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from the honeycomb of its words, the Lord stirred up his spirit, and he also began to speak; and he opened his mouth with songs of rejoicing; and he said—

"Whosoever desireth to find delight in the times past, let him take up this Book of Memorials: when his sleep hath left him, let him read itt, for therein he shall see the matters of the king of the nations‡, and the end of our captivity. Peradventure he will be favored to discern between the greatness of the heathen kings, and that of our Messiah. And so he will give thanks unto God, that he hath not taken his mercy from us, giving us a ready penman, a writer of the Chronicles of our nation."

These Chronicles are ready for sale at the printer's and bookseller's, the celebrated Rabbi Solomon Proops, the righteous priest, (may his rock and his Redeemer guard him!§), together with any other sort of books, Pentateuchs, Prayer-books, Liturgies, Absolutions, according to every regulation of each congregation|| (may their rock and Redeemer guard them!); and sorts of volumes, large and small, either in the holy tongue, or in the strange tongue¶. He buys and sells also, all sorts of old and new books, Gemaroth,

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i. e. According to the Sphardim, or the Jews of the Spanish, and the Ashkenazim, or the Jews of the German rites.

¶p. A similar phrase occurs in Ps. cxiv. Our text has

the mark of "Wx, or of initials, over t'y; which seems to

.לשון עם זר imply that it is to be taken as an abbreviation for

The context shows that the Dutch language is meant.

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AMSTERDAM EDITION, A.D. 1730.

קמג

Medrashim (Sermons), and also books of the Cabbalah,
Commentaries, Decisions, Questions and Answers, and
all other sorts of books whatsoever, as it is known.

His dwelling is in the street which is called Broad
Street, (D", Breite Strasse), in the holy com-
munity of Amsterdam.

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CORRIGENDA TO VOL. I.

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17, note to footmen. Von Raumer states the number
of the Egyptian army to have been eleven thousand
horse and twenty thousand foot; and of the Christian
army, two hundred and sixty knights and two hun-
dred footmen.-Hohenstaufen, vol. i. p. 423.

Other historians
relate that the siege of Acco lasted only twenty
days.- Hohenstaufen, vol i. p. 433.

7 from the bottom, note to months.

first note, delete October, A. D. 1108.

last note, after Perhaps, insert Togthekin or.

2, note to horsemen. Keightley, in his "Crusaders,"
states that one thousand five hundred persons were
slain in this encounter.

note, after N, insert, other historians call him Il Gazi.
-Hohenstaufen, vol. i. p. 458.

1, note to priests. Von Raumer, after William of Tyre,
says that these persons were disguised like traders.
-Hohenstaufen, vol. i. p. 461.

6, note to one thousand one hundred and twenty-seven.
Von Raumer says, one thousand one hundred and
twenty-six.

first note, after p¬, insert, probably Bagdad.
11, note to one thousand one hundred and fifty-six. Other
chronologers say one thousand one hundred and fifty-

seven.

6, note to Inardo. By some called Anar.-Keightley's
Crusaders, vol. iv. p. 110.

19, note to forty men. Some say four hundred.
16, for Castile read Chatillon.

15, for fifty-two read fifty-eight.

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17, for Toro read Toros.

note, after 1, insert, afterwards spelled

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heading and lines 3 and 10, for Balbis read Belbeis.

note, after N, read, by modern historians spelled

Shauer.

11, note to seventy-five. According to other computa-
tion, one thousand one hundred and seventy-three.
5 from bottom, for Danzig read Denmark.
16, note to life. This ransom is usually accounted one
hundred and fifty thousand marks.

15, for one thousand two hundred and twenty-seven,
Rabbi Joseph should have said, one thousand two
hundred and seventy.-See the following page.

16, for two read no.

3 from bottom, for Griti read Gritti.
7, for Griti read Gritti.

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