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Chapter 43

           Meanwhile,theGrandMasterhadassumedhisseat;andwhenthechivalryofhisorderwasplacedaroundandbehindhim,eachinhisduerank,aloudandlongflourishofthetrumpetsannouncedthattheCourtwereseatedforjudgment.Malvoisin,then,actingasgodfatherofthechampion,steppedforward,andlaidthegloveoftheJewess,whichwasthepledgeofbattle,atthefeetoftheGrandMaster.

           "ValorousLord,andreverendFather,"saidhe,"herestandeththegoodKnight,BriandeBois-Guilbert,KnightPreceptoroftheOrderoftheTemple,who,byacceptingthepledgeofbattlewhichInowlayatyourreverence’sfeet,hathbecomeboundtodohisdevoirincombatthisday,tomaintainthatthisJewishmaiden,bynameRebecca,hathjustlydeservedthedoompasseduponherinaChapterofthismostHolyOrderoftheTempleofZion,condemninghertodieasasorceress;here,Isay,hestandeth,suchbattletodo,knightlyandhonourable,ifsuchbeyournobleandsanctifiedpleasure."

           "Hathhemadeoath,"saidtheGrandMaster,"thathisquarrelisjustandhonourable?BringforwardtheCrucifixandtheTeigitur."

           "Sir,andmostreverendfather,"answeredMalvoisin,readily,"ourbrotherherepresenthathalreadysworntothetruthofhisaccusationinthehandofthegoodKnightConradedeMont-Fitchet;andotherwiseheoughtnottobesworn,seeingthathisadversaryisanunbeliever,andmaytakenooath."

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