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Chapter 6

           Yetthepassivecourageinspiredbytheloveofgain,inducedtheJewstodarethevariousevilstowhichtheyweresubjected,inconsiderationoftheimmenseprofitswhichtheywereenabledtorealizeinacountrynaturallysowealthyasEngland.Inspiteofeverykindofdiscouragement,andevenofthespecialcourtoftaxationsalreadymentioned,calledtheJews’Exchequer,erectedfortheverypurposeofdespoilinganddistressingthem,theJewsincreased,multiplied,andaccumulatedhugesums,whichtheytransferredfromonehandtoanotherbymeansofbillsofexchange—aninventionforwhichcommerceissaidtobeindebtedtothem,andwhichenabledthemtotransfertheirwealthfromlandtoland,thatwhenthreatenedwithoppressioninonecountry,theirtreasuremightbesecuredinanother.

           TheobstinacyandavariceoftheJewsbeingthusinameasureplacedinoppositiontothefanaticismthattyrannyofthoseunderwhomtheylived,seemedtoincreaseinproportiontothepersecutionwithwhichtheywerevisited;andtheimmensewealththeyusuallyacquiredincommerce,whileitfrequentlyplacedthemindanger,wasatothertimesusedtoextendtheirinfluence,andtosecuretothemacertaindegreeofprotection.Onthesetermstheylived;andtheircharacter,influencedaccordingly,waswatchful,suspicious,andtimid—yetobstinate,uncomplying,andskilfulinevadingthedangerstowhichtheywereexposed.

           Whenthetravellershadpushedonatarapidratethroughmanydeviouspaths,thePalmeratlengthbrokesilence.

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