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Having thus explained himself to his pupil, he turned to the priest,
with intention to appeal to his determination; but the Jew pulled
him by the sleeve with great eagerness, saying, "For the love of God,
be quiet: the Capuchin will discover who we are." Joker, offended
at this conjunction, echoed, "Who we are!" with great emphasis; and
repeating nos poma natamus, asked ironically, to which of the tribes
the Jew thought he belonged? The Levite, affronted at his comparing
him to a ball of horse-dung, replied, with a most significant grin,
"To the tribe of Issachar." His antagonist, taking the advantage of
his unwillingness to be known by the friar, and prompted by revenge
for the freedom he had used, answered, in the French language,
that the judgment of God was still manifest upon their whole race,
not only in their being in the state of exiles from their native
land, but also in the spite of their hearts and pravity of their
dispositions, which demonstrate them to be the genuine offspring
of those who crucified the Saviour of the world.


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