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After this our captayne commyng out of the temple, and turnyng to vs, sayd, “See (I pray you) for what goodly stuffe I would haue paide three thousande seraphes of golde.”

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To whom the Side answered, “At the feete of Mahumet. 15” Then sayde our captayne agayne:

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Aumar, and Fatoma13; but Mahumet was theyr chiefe captayne, and an Arabian borne.

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Then our captayne sayde to him, “Where is Jesus Christus, the sonne of Marie?”

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To whom agayne our captayne aunswered thus: “My Lord, you have sayde truly; neuertheless I pray you that I may fynd so much fauour with you, that I may see the Prophet; whom when I haue seene, I will immediately thrust out myne eyes.”

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It is therefore to bee vnderstoode, that none other shynyng came out of the sepulchre, then a certayne flame which the priests caused to come out of the open place of the towre18 spoken of here before, whereby they would have deceyved vs. And therefore our captayne commaunded that thereafter none of vs should enter into the temple.

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To this our captayne answered agayne, “O you madde and insensate beastes, I had thought to haue giuen you three thousande peeces of gold; but now, O you dogges and progenie of dogges, I will gyue you nothing.”

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Our captayne answered that he sawe nothing; and we also beyng demaunded, answered in lyke maner.

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Our captayne and we, all raysed with this crye, tooke weapon with all expedition, suspectyng that the Arabians were come to rob our carauana; we asked what was the cause of that exclamation, and what they cryed?

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I wylle never se my captayne fyght on a fylde, and stande my selffe and loocke on,

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