But I was not rich -- not very rich . Therefore , when those that had power and knowledge and wealth talked together , I sat in the shadow . Why not ? ` Yet all my wanderings had shown me one sure thing , which is , that a King without money is like a spear without a head . He can not do much harm . I said , therefore , to Elias of Bury , a great one among our people : `` Why do our people lend any more to the Kings that oppress us ? '' `` Because , '' said Elias , `` if we refuse they stir up their people against us , and the People are tenfold more cruel than Kings . If thou doubtest , come with me to Bury in England and live as I live . '' ' I saw my mother 's face across the candle flame , and I said , `` I will come with thee to Bury . Maybe my Kingdom shall be there . '' ` So I sailed with Elias to the darkness and the cruelty of Bury in England , where there are no learned men . How can a man be wise if he hate ? At Bury I kept his accounts for Elias , and I saw men kill Jews there by the tower . No -- none laid hands on Elias . He lent money to the King , and the King 's favour was about him . A King will not take the life so long as there is any gold . This King -- yes , John -- oppressed his people bitterly because they would not give him money . Yet his land was a good land . If he had only given it rest he might have cropped it as a Christian crops his beard . But even that little he did not know , for God had deprived him of all understanding , and had multiplied pestilence , and famine , and despair upon the people .
Therefore his people turned against us XXXXX , who are all people 's dogs .
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