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Now fitted the halter, now traversed the cart,
And often took leave, but seem'd loath to depart.
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IVANHOE.

CHAPTER I.

Arouse the tiger of Hyrcanian deserts,

Strive with the half-starved lion for his prey;
Lesser the risk, than rouse the slumbering fire
Of wild fanaticism.

Anonymous.

OUR tale now returns to Isaac of York.— Mounted upon a mule, the gift of the outlaw, with two tall yeomen to act as his guard and guides, the Jew had set out for the Preceptory of Templestowe, for the purpose of negociating his daughter's redemption. The Preceptory was but a day's journey from the demolished castle of Torquilstone, and the Jew had hoped to reach it before nightfall; accordingly, having dismissed his guides at the verge of the forest, and rewarded them with a