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enemy who proceded to the limekiln whither the Jew hadbeen sent, was seized by the master of the kiln and burnedinstead of the man.

( v. below No. 345.)

( 38) No. 140 of Exempla.

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( 39) No. 89 of Exempla.

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321( 40)[ f. 321]. The daughter of Anak the giant threwthe shell of an huge pomegranate into the garden withoutfeeling the weight. Inside the shell were the 12 spies sentby Moses. They had found shelter in it.

322( 41)[ f. 321b]. A heathen smashed up a marble tablesimply because a certain kind of nuts were not on it. Hewas so much given to the material pleasure of the worldthat he could not stand the lack of one dainty dish.

( 42) No. 138 of Exempla.

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323( 43)[ f. 322 a]. Joshua b. Levi enquired who wouldbe his companion in Paradise. He was told a certain butcher.He found out that he was good to his parents in secret.

324( 44)[ f. 322b]. A man hides his money in the garden.It is stolen by the neighbour. He pretends not to know ofthe theft, and asks the neighbour whether it would be wiseto hide other money in the same secret spot. The stolenmoney is then replaced by the neighbour so as not to arousesuspicion and thus the owner recovers it.

325( 46)[ f. 323b]. A man went from Gallilee to Jeru-salem to pray. Thence he went to Babylon and entrusted200 dinars to a man in Jerusalem. When he returned, hedid not recognise the man, with whom he had left the money,and mistaking him for another, abused him publicly forwitholding the money. He saw afterwards the right manand recovered his money from him. He then atoned bysubmitting himself to the same public abuse. The innocentlyaccused man obtained 600 dinars as compensation.

326( 47)[ f. 324a]. A rich man had no children until inhis oldage he got a son and called him Saul. But he did notgrow up a good man. At one time, however, he saved thelife of a man who had lost his fortune twice and who had