Volume Five-第95章 (95)

foe of God，is it come to such a pass with thee that thou doest the deed thou hast done and bringest these women far from their country and stealest their monies and wouldst make them Jews？ How durst thou seek to make miscreants of Moslems？'Answered the Jew；'O my lord this woman is my wife.'Now when the Kazis heard this；they all cried out，saying，'Throw this hound on the ground and come down on his face with your sandals and beat him with sore blows，for his offence is unpardonable.'So they pulled off his silken gear and clad him in his wife's raiment of hair-cloth；after which they threw him down and plucked out his beard and belaboured him about the face with sandals.Then they sat him on an ass，face to crupper，arsi-versy，and making him take its tail in his hand，paraded him round about the city，ringing the bell before him in every street；after which they brought him back to the judges in sorriest plight；and the four Kazis with one voice condemned him to have his feet and hands cut off and lastly to be crucified.When the accursed heard this sentence his sense forsook him and he was confounded and said，'O my lords the Kazis，what would ye of me？'They replied，'Say thou，'This damsel is not my wife and the monies are her monies，and I have transgressed against her and brought her far from her country.''