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man met him. She asked the king to make two heavymillstones, from a big mountain nearby. They were madeand weighed 600 tons. She uttered the Ineffable Name ofGod, the millstones rose on the air and ground the wholearmy to dust. When the king saw this, he said," If thiscan merely be done by word of mouth, how much greaterthe power when done by hand?" He acknowledged thetruth and the Jews rejoiced, after which the girl returnedto her people.

446[ Cod. G. 1380 f. 14a]. A man paid 3000 Dinars forthese three maxims, at 1000 Dinars each.

I. Do not refuse the smallest things lest you remain poor.2. If invited to break the fast in the morning do not refuse.3. Rebuke not the wicked lest you make an enemy.Having thus spent all his money he went to anothertown. There a man asked a scribe to write a petition, offer-ding a small coin. The scribe refused. The poor man remem-bering the maxim wrote the petition. The king greatlysurprised and pleased with the beautiful writing appointedhim scribe at Court. One day, going out of town with theKing, he remembered that he had left his pen and ink atthe palace. Returning to fetch it he found a Knight withthe Queen. Remembering the other maxim he said nothing.The Queen, however, frightened tore her clothes and accusedthe scribe to the King of having abused her. The Kingsent him with a letter, as he said, to get a thousand Dinarsfrom a certain lord to whom he had previously sent wordto kill the first man that would come to him from thepalace. On the way the scribe was invited to break his fastwith a friend before going on his errand; remembering theother maxim he stayed there. Meanwhile, the wicked knight,knowing the order of the king went to the place, hopingto find that man killed, but being the first to come he waskilled instead. When the scribe came he learned what hadhappened and returned to the King, who wondered at ituntil the man told all that had passed.

( cf. 320 and 345.)

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