Thepeasanttookthescroll，whichcontainedonlyafewlinesinHebrew。Manyofthecrowdwouldhavedissuadedhimfromtouchingadocumentsosuspicious；butHiggwasresoluteintheserviceofhisbenefactress。Shehadsavedhisbody，hesaid，andhewasconfidentshedidnotmeantoperilhissoul。
``Iwillgetme，’’hesaid，``myneighbourButhan’sgoodcapul，*andIwillbeatYorkwithinas*_Capul_，i。e。horse；inamorelimitedsense，work-horse。
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Butasitfortuned，hehadnooccasiontogosofar，forwithinaquarterofamilefromthegateofthePreceptoryhemetwithtworiders，whom，bytheirdressandtheirhugeyellowcaps，heknewtobeJews；and，onapproachingmorenearly，discoveredthatoneofthemwashisancientemployer，IsaacofYork。TheotherwastheRabbiBenSamuel；
andbothhadapproachedasneartothePreceptoryastheydared，onhearingthattheGrandMasterhadsummonedachapterforthetrialofasorceress。