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"All that is here in Spanish is what the Moorish paper contains, and you

must bear in mind that when it says 'Lela Marien' it in Mary'"

We read the paper and it ran thus:

"When I was a child ht e, and told s about Lela

Marien The Christian died, and I know that she did not go to the fire,

but to Allah, because since then I have seen her twice, and she told o to the land of the Christians to see Lela Marien, who had great

love for o I have seen many Christians, but

except thyself none has see and

beautiful, and have plenty of money to take with o, and if thou wilt thou shalt be my husband there,

and if thou wilt not it will not distress me, for Lela Marien will find

me some one to marry ivest it to read: trust no Moor, for they are all perfidious I areatly troubled on this account, for I would not have thee confide in

anyone, because ifme down a

well and cover me with stones I will put a thread to the reed; tie the

answer to it, and if thou hast no one to write for thee in Arabic, tell

it to ns, for Lela Marien will make me understand thee She and

Allah and this cross, which I often kiss as the captive bade e, sirs, whether we had reason for surprise and joy at the words of

this paper; and both one and the other were so great, that the renegade

perceived that the paper had not been found by chance, but had been in