Thou understandest me, father ?" "I do.

I know your pious heart and well-judging mind." "Thou wert right," resumed the king, musingly, "when thou didst tell us that these caitiff Jews were waxing strong in the fatness of their substance.

They would have equal laws--the insolent blasphemers!" "Son!" said the Dominican, with earnest adjuration, "God, who has prospered your arms and councils, will require at your hands an account of the power intrusted to you.

Shall there be no difference between His friends and His foes--His disciples and His crucifiers ?" "Priest," said the king, laying his hand on the monk's shoulder, and with a saturnine smile upon his countenance, "were religion silent in this matter, policy has a voice loud enough to make itself heard.

The Jews demand equal rights; when men demand equality with their masters, treason is at work, and justice sharpens her sword.