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Page 251 - Judaism was established against the accused are so curious, that a few of them may deserve notice. It was considered good evidence of the fact, if the prisoner wore better clothes or cleaner linen on the Jewish sabbath than on other days of the week ; if he had no fire in his house the preceding evening , if he sat at table with Jews, or ate the meat of animals slaughtered by their hands...
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| Title | History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, of Spain, Volume 1 History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic, of Spain, William Hickling Prescott |
| Author | William Hickling Prescott |
| Edition | 15 |
| Publisher | Lippincott, 1868 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Nov 21, 2007 |
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