Think of a little Prince who had never known rough words in his own house handed over to shouting , bearded Rabbis , who pulled his ears and filliped his nose , all that he might learn -- learn -- learn to be King when his time came . Hé ! Such a little Prince it was ! One eye he kept on the stone-throwing Moorish boys , and the other it roved about the streets looking for his Kingdom . Yes , and he learned to cry softly when he was hunted up and down those streets . He learned to do all things without noise . He played beneath his father 's table when the Great Candle was lit , and he listened as children listen to the talk of his father 's friends above the table . They came across the mountains , from out of all the world , for my Prince 's father was their counsellor . They came from behind the armies of Sala-ud-Din : from Rome : from Venice : from England . They stole down our alley , they tapped secretly at our door , they took off their rags , they arrayed themselves , and they talked to my father at the wine . All over the world the heathen fought each other . They brought news of these wars , and while he played beneath the table , my Prince heard these meanly dressed ones decide between themselves how , and when , and for how long King should draw sword against King , and People rise up against People . Why not ? There can be no war without gold , and we Jews know how the earth 's gold moves with the seasons , and the crops , and the winds ; circling and looping and rising and sinking away like a river -- a wonderful underground river . How should the foolish Kings know that while they fight and steal and kill ? ' The children 's faces showed that they knew nothing at all as , with open eyes , they trotted and turned beside the long-striding old man . He twitched his gown over his shoulders , and a square plate of gold , studded with jewels , gleamed for an instant through the fur , like a star through flying snow . ` No matter , ' he said . ` But , credit me , my Prince saw peace or war decided not once , but many times , by the fall of a coin spun between a Jew from Bury and a Jewess from Alexandria , in his father 's house , when the Great Candle was lit . Such power had we Jews among the Gentiles .
Ah , my little XXXXX !
England Gentiles Hé Jews King Prince Rome Sala-ud-Din counsellor war