xiv CONTENTS. PAGE Reply-The Lincoln Jews-Calumniated as Crucifiers of کیا Collectors.-K. A Clause from Bishop Rupibus's Will.- L. The original Writ respect the King's heirship to Jew- ish Property.-M. The Writ respecting the Removal of Rabbi Elias from his Office.-N. The French King's Edict against the Jews.-O. A Ballad composed on the Story of Jews crucifying Children.-P. The Deed of the Site of Merton College.-O. The Writ of Release of the Oxford Jews.-R. The Inquisition on a Jew murdered in Oxford.-S. Writs of Protection towards the Jews.-T. Aaron's Enfranchisement.-U. Henry's original Charter An Epitome of the last Lecture-the Jews treated kindly in the CONTENTS. £20,000; he imprisoned, therefore, all the Jews in Eng- land-Asher chronicles the Imprisonment on the Walls of demic-The Clergy and the Laity prevail with the King to banish the Jews-All the Jews banished this Country, A.D. 1290-The Barbarities practised upon them-The King and the Queen profited much by their Banishment -The Mariner's Stratagem-Ben Verga's Account of the Banishment of the Jews-Rabbi G'daliah's Account- Dr. Jost's Estimate of the English Jews incorrect-The Jewish Chronicle-The unjust Cruelty the Jews expe- rienced-A Picture of the Exiles-De Lyra an English Jew-His Writings-L'Advocat's Account of him incor- rect-APPENDIX A. Edward's first impartial Proclama- tion.-B. The Prohibition of Jewish Blasphemy.-C. Ed- ward institutes an Investigation respecting Suetecota- D. The Writ for compelling the Jews to attend Church. -E. Belager's Goods and Chattels F. The Proclamation against accusing the Jews of clipping the Coin.-G. The Original of Ben Verga's Account.-H. Of Rabbi G'da- PAGE LECTURES ON THE HISTORY OF THE JEWS. LECTURE I. BEFORE I begin with the immediate subject which brings me before your notice this evening, I would venture to crave your indulgence if my lisping, broken accents, and my limited attainments, should not reflect the credit upon your noble Institution which it so richly deserves. I humbly trust, that you will kindly take into consideration that it is comparatively but a short time since I began to pay attention to your language and literature. It is but little more than eight years since I landed on the shores of England, and eight years to a day* since I arrived * October 28th, 1845. B 2 LECTURER'S DISADVANTAGES. in your town of Liverpool, at a time when you, in all probability, little thought of erecting such a magnificent edifice for so laudable a purpose. As for me, I positively aver that I did not then entertain the least ambition of ever appearing before you as lecturer in any shape whatever, being then totally ignorant of your language. I trust, therefore, to your kind and well-known courtesy, that you will put the best construction you possibly can on my humble efforts. Whilst it would be unpardonable presumption in me, seeing as I do before me such a host of learned and highly-gifted men, to imagine that there were not those present who, from more extensive reading, were not better acquainted with several, if not with all the subjects which will come before them in the progress of these lectures; it would be, at the same time, regarded as mere affectation and false modesty if I pretended that there were not others less conversant with these subjects than myself, and to whom it may be in |