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Chapter 43

           "Andreasongood,"saidFriarTuck,"seeingsheisaJewessandyet,bymineOrder,itishardthatsoyoungandbeautifulacreatureshouldperishwithoutoneblowbeingstruckinherbehalf!Wereshetentimesawitch,providedshewerebuttheleastbitofaChristian,myquarter-staffshouldringnoononthesteelcapofyonderfierceTemplar,erehecarriedthematteroffthus."

           Itwas,however,thegeneralbeliefthatnoonecouldorwouldappearforaJewess,accusedofsorcery;andtheknights,instigatedbyMalvoisin,whisperedtoeachother,thatitwastimetodeclarethepledgeofRebeccaforfeited.Atthisinstantaknight,urginghishorsetospeed,appearedontheplainadvancingtowardsthelists.Ahundredvoicesexclaimed,"Achampion!achampion!"Anddespitetheprepossessionsandprejudicesofthemultitude,theyshoutedunanimouslyastheknightrodeintothetiltyard,Thesecondglance,however,servedtodestroythehopethathistimelyarrivalhadexcited.Hishorse,urgedformanymilestoitsutmostspeed,appearedtoreelfromfatigue,andtherider,howeverundauntedlyhepresentedhimselfinthelists,eitherfromweakness,weariness,orboth,seemedscarceabletosupporthimselfinthesaddle.

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