“This very year (1252) there came out of the Holy Land a mandate from
the king of France, that all the Jews should be expelled out of the
realm of France, and condemned to perpetual exile, with this clause of
moderation added thereto:――But he who desires to remain, let him be an
artificer or handicraftsman, and apply himself to mechanical artifices.
For it was scornfully objected to the said king by the Saracens, that
we did little love or reverence our Lord Jesus Christ, who tolerated the
murderers of him to live amongst us.”――_Prynne._