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The Jew twisted himself in the saddle, like a man in a fit of the colic; but his better feelings predominated over those which were most familiar to him. "I care not," he said, "I care not let me go. If there is damage, it will cost you nothing if there is usage money, Kirjath Jairam will forgive it for the sake of his kinsman Isaac. Fare thee well!
The goodly steed and the rich armour, equal to the full profit of my adventure with our Kirjath Jairam of Leicester there is a dead loss too ay, a loss which swallows up the gains of a week; ay, of the space between two Sabbaths and yet it may end better than I now think, for 'tis a good youth."
"O," said the Jew, "you are come to pay moneys? Holy Father Abraham! that altereth our relation to each other. And from whom dost thou bring it?" "From the Disinherited Knight," said Gurth, "victor in this day's tournament. It is the price of the armour supplied to him by Kirjath Jairam of Leicester, on thy recommendation. The steed is restored to thy stable.
When he had finished, he delivered the scroll, which was in the Hebrew character, to the Pilgrim, saying, "In the town of Leicester all men know the rich Jew, Kirjath Jairam of Lombardy; give him this scroll he hath on sale six Milan harnesses, the worst would suit a crowned head ten goodly steeds, the worst might mount a king, were he to do battle for his throne.
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