he has taken away my hope." And he went away hence perplexed.
138. In the market he found his friend Charis, and said, "Why didst thou throw me as thy companion into Hell? Why hast thou robbed me and caused loss to me without having profited anything thyself? Why hast thou hurt me without having any benefit? Why hast thou killed me without having life thyself? Why hast thou wronged me without having obtained the right thyself? Why didst thou not suffer me to kill the sorcerer, ere he destroyed my house by his sorcery?" And he quarreled with Charis, and Charis said, "What has happened to thee?" And Misdai said, "He has bewitched Tertia!" And both went to the house of the commander Sifôr. And they found Judas sitting and teaching. And those present rose up before the king, but he (Judas) did not get up. And Misdai knew that it was he, took the seat and upturned it, and in lifting up the chair with the two hands, he struck him so hard on the head that he wounded him. And he delivered him to his soldiers with the words, " Drag him along by force without regard to him, that his impudence may become known to all." And they dragged him to a place where Misdai was in the habit of judging. There he stood, held by the soldiers of Misdai.
