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master that his failure to send me a Jewish doctor means
war between France and Spain. Tell the knave that I
have multitudes of Christian leeches in my kingdom and
to spare, but I desired a Jew, for to my mind a Jew has
more learning, acuteness, and common sense than a
Christian. Go !'
" Then King Francis sent to Constantinople and ob-
tained the loan of an extremely wise Israelite physician,
who threw the Christian drugs out of the palace window,
told the king he ate and drank too much, and finally "
" Cured him? " interrupted Paulus Androcydes, spite-
fully.
"Yes!" responded Athothis. " The Jew cured his
Royal patient with asses milk."
" Enough ! " cried Paulus Androcydes, in a bad spirit-
ual humor. " The king must have gone back to the breast
that first nourished him. Yet, changing the subject and
returning to our original discourse, I am willing to admit
that circumcision has latterly conferred a boon on
humanity."
" How is that ? " inquired the innocent Athothis.
" We use the remnants of the operation for skin graft-
ing," answered Paulus Androcydes. Whereat, Athothis
passed out of the widow, with a smile on his Egyptian
face.
