``Ay，Jew，’’saidPriorAymer；``kneeltoGod，asrepresentedintheservantofhisaltar，andwhoknows，withthysincererepentanceandduegiftstotheshrineofSaintRobert，whatgracethoumaystacquireforthyselfandthydaughterRebecca?I
grieveforthemaiden，forsheisoffairandcomelycountenance，——IbeheldherinthelistsofAshby。
AlsoBriandeBois-GuilbertisonewithwhomI
maydomuch——bethinktheehowthoumaystdeservemygoodwordwithhim。’’
``Alas！alas！’’saidtheJew，``oneveryhandthespoilersariseagainstme——IamgivenasapreyuntotheAssyrian，andapreyuntohimofEgypt。’’