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fing ; with all his Defendants, who ftan§ about him as at the 

 firft. Then he calleth them forth by one and by one, byname, 

 as he pleafeth, though feldome the Order of Age be inverted. 

 The perfcn that is called, (the Table being before removed, ) 

 kneeleth down before the Chair, and the Father layeth his Hand 

 upon his Head, or her Head, and giveth the Blefsing inthefe 

 words ; Son of Benfakm, (or Daughter of 'Ben/alem^ ) thy Father, 

 fatth it>, The Man by whom thou hafl Breath and Life fpeaketh the 

 wcrd; the hie f sing of the ■ Everlafting Father , the fr'mce of feace , 

 and tte Holy DoVe he upon thee , and make the dales of thy .(Pil^r'h 

 mage goid and many. This he faith to every of them j And thac 

 done, if there be any of his Sons of eminent Vlerit and Ver- 

 tue, ( fo they be not above two, ) he calleth for them again, and 

 iaith , laying his Arm over their fhoulders , they (landing; 

 Sonnes , it is well you are bom , give God tlx pra/e 5 and per fevers to 

 the end. And withall delivereth to either of them a Jew- 

 ell , made in the Figure or an Ear of Wheat, which they ever 

 after wear in the front of their Turban , or Hit. This done, 

 chey fall to Mufick and dances , and other recreations , after 

 their manner, for the reft of the day. This is the full order of thac 

 Feaft. 



By that time , fix or feven daies were fpent , I was fallen in- 

 to ftraight Acquaintance , with a Merchant of that Ctty , whofe 

 Name was J whin. He was a Jew and Ctrcumcifed ■ For they have 

 fome few flirps of Jeffs , yet remaining among them , whom 

 they leave to their own Religion. Which they may the better 

 do , becaule they are of a farre differing Difpoli: ion from 

 the Jews in other parts. For whereas they hate the Name of 

 C H R 1 S Tj and have a fecret inbred Rancour againft the Peo- 

 ple among whom they live; thefe (contrariwife) give onto our 

 SAVIOUR many high Attributes, and love the Nation ot 

 (Benfdem, extremely- Surely this Man, of whom I fpeak, would 

 ever acknowledge , that CHRIST was born of a Virgin-, and 

 that he was more than a Man ; And he would tell how GOD 

 made him Ruler of the Seraphims , which giurd his Throne^ 

 And they call him alio the Mdken way, and the Eliahotxhe 

 Mefsiah . and many other high Names • wh ich though they be 

 jlnferiour to his Divine Majcfty, yet they are far from the Lan- 

 guage of other Je^*, And for the Country of ^en/Sem , ihh 

 'Man would make no end of commending ir, Being defirous by 

 Tradition among the Jews there, to have it beieeved , that the 



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