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Chapter 6

           Hisdoubtsmighthavebeenindeedpardoned;for,exceptperhapstheflyingfish,therewasnoraceexistingontheearth,intheair,orthewaters,whoweretheobjectofsuchanunintermitting,general,andrelentlesspersecutionastheJewsofthisperiod.Upontheslightestandmostunreasonablepretences,aswellasuponaccusationsthemostabsurdandgroundless,theirpersonsandpropertywereexposedtoeveryturnofpopularfury;forNorman,Saxon,Dane,andBriton,howeveradversetheseracesweretoeachother,contendedwhichshouldlookwithgreatestdetestationuponapeople,whomitwasaccountedapointofreligiontohate,torevile,todespise,toplunder,andtopersecute.ThekingsoftheNormanrace,andtheindependentnobles,whofollowedtheirexampleinallactsoftyranny,maintainedagainstthisdevotedpeopleapersecutionofamoreregular,calculated,andself-interestedkind.Itisawell-knownstoryofKingJohn,thatheconfinedawealthyJewinoneoftheroyalcastles,anddailycausedoneofhisteethtobetornout,until,whenthejawoftheunhappyIsraelitewashalfdisfurnished,heconsentedtopayalargesum,whichitwasthetyrant’sobjecttoextortfromhim.Thelittlereadymoneywhichwasinthecountrywaschieflyinpossessionofthispersecutedpeople,andthenobilityhesitatednottofollowtheexampleoftheirsovereign,inwringingitfromthembyeveryspeciesofoppression,andevenpersonaltorture.

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