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THE DANCE TO BEATS.
ACT I. — In Nordhausen.
SCENE I.
A street in the Judengasse, outside the Synagogue, During this Scene Jews and Jewesses^ singly and in groups, with prayer-books in their hands, pass across the stage, and go into the Synagogue, Among them, enter Babuch and Naphtau.
NAPHTAU.
Hast seen him yet ?
BASUOH.
Nay ; Babbi Jacob's door
Swung to behind him, just as I puffed up
O'erblown with haste. See how our years weigh, cousin.
Who 'd judge me with this paunch a temperate man,
A man of modest means, a man withal
Scarce overpast his prime? Well, God be praised,
If age bring no worse burden! Who is this stranger ?
Simon the Leech tells me he claims to bear
Some special message from the Lord — no doubt
To-morrow, fresh from rest, he 'll publish it
Within the Synagogue.
