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another of the friends of the woman, to see them sev 

 erally bathe naked.&quot; 



And as we were thus in conference, there came one 

 that seemed to be a messenger, in a rich huke, 1 that 

 spake with the Jew : whereupon he turned to me and 

 said ; &quot; You will pardon me, for I am commanded 

 away in haste.&quot; The next morning he came to me 

 again, joyful as it seemed, and said, i; There is word 

 come to the governor of the city, that one of the Fa- f^t 

 thers of Salomon s House will be here this day seven- 

 night : we have seen none of them this dozen years. 

 His coming is in state ; but the cause of his coming 

 is secret. I will provide you and your fellows of a 

 good standing to see his entry.&quot; I thanked him, and 

 told him, &quot; I was most glad of the news.&quot; The day 

 being come, he made his entry. He was a man of 

 middle stature and age, comely of person, and had an 

 aspect as if he pitied men. He was clothed in a robe f 

 of fine black cloth, with wide sleeves and a cape. His , 

 under o-arment was of excellent white linen down to 

 the foot, girt with a girdle of the same ; and a sindon 

 or tippet of the same about his neck. He had gloves 

 that were curious, and set with stone ; and shoes of 

 peach-coloured velvet. His neck was bare to the ^ 

 shoulder^ His hat was like a helmet, or Spanish 

 Montera ; and his locks curled below it decently : 

 they were of colour brown. His beard was cut round, 

 and of the same colour with his hair, somewhat lighter. 2 

 He was carried in a rich chariot without wheels, lit 

 ter-wise ; with two horses at either end, richly trapped 



1 indutus tunica picta et innuratd. 



2 The words &quot;somewhat lighter&quot; are omitted in the translation. 



