stiff-necked brutes repent
To-day if ne'er before.

WIFE.
I am all a-quiver.
I have seen monstrous sights,--an uncaged wolf,
The corpse of one sucked by a vampyre,
The widow Kupfen's malformed child--but never
Until this hour, a Jew.

3D CITIZEN.
D' ye call me Jew?
Where do you spy one now?

WIFE.
You'll have your jest
Now or anon, what matters it?

4TH CITIZEN.
Well, I
Have seen a Jew, and seen one burn at that;
Hard by in Wartburg; he had killed a child.
Zounds! how the serpent wriggled! I smell now
The roasting, stinking flesh!

BOY.
Father, be these
The folk who murdered Jesus?

4TH CITIZEN.
Ay, my boy.
Remember that, and when you hear them come,
I'll lift you on my shoulders. You can fling
Your pebbles with the rest.
[Trumpets sound.]

CITIZENS.
The Jews! the Jews!

BOY.
Quick, father! lift me! I see nothing here
But hose and skirts.
[Music of a march approaching.]

CITIZENS.
What mummery is this?
The sorcerers brew new mischief.

ANOTHER CITIZEN.
Why, they come
Pranked for a holiday; not veiled for death.

ANOTHER CITIZEN.
Insolent braggarts! They defy the Christ!

Enter, in procession to music, the Jews. First, RABBI JACOB--
after him, sick people, carried on litters--then old men and
women, followed promiscuously by men, women, and children of
all ages. Some of the men carry gold and silver vessels, some
the Rolls of the Law. One bears the Perpetual Lamp, another
the Seven-branched silver Candlestick of the Synagogue. The
mothers have their children by the hand or in their arms. All
richly attired.

CITIZENS.
The misers! they will take their gems and gold
Down to the grave!

CITIZEN'S WIFE.
So these be Jews! Christ save us!
To think the devils look like human folk!

CITIZENS.
Cursed be the poison-mixers! Let them burn!

CITIZENS.
Burn! burn!

Enter SUSSKIND VON ORB, LIEBHAID, REUBEN, and CLAIRE.

SCHNETZEN.
Good God! what maid is that?

TETTENBORN.
Liebhaid von Orb.

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