Visits to monasteries in the Levant . in the race, and he had not one himself. Thevillagers stood silent around, and one of them havinghanded him a dagger, the young man held the boyshead sideways across his thigh and cut his throat ex-actly in the same way as he had done to the then pitched him away upon the ground, and thetwo lay together bleeding and writhing side by wounds were precisely the same ; the secondoperation had been most expertly performed, and the 162 RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE. Cliap. XII. knife had passed just where the boy had stabbed hisplaymate. The wounds, I
Visits to monasteries in the Levant . in the race, and he had not one himself. Thevillagers stood silent around, and one of them havinghanded him a dagger, the young man held the boyshead sideways across his thigh and cut his throat ex-actly in the same way as he had done to the then pitched him away upon the ground, and thetwo lay together bleeding and writhing side by wounds were precisely the same ; the secondoperation had been most expertly performed, and the 162 RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE. Cliap. XII. knife had passed just where the boy had stabbed hisplaymate. The wounds, I believe, were not dangerous,for presently both the boys got up and were led awayto their homes. It was a curious instance of retribu-tive justice, following out the old law of blood forblood, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. MONASTERIES OF THE LEYANT. PAET II. JERUSALEM AND THE MONASTERYOF ST. SABBA. 1834. I THE HOLY SEPULCHRE, fJn—^^^^=^^1 It. Wfasnour Lorduppenrniu ^^J ^^ I*. ^ at Uimnlu^. ( 165 ) JERUSALEM AND THE MONASTERYOF ST. SABBA. CHAPTER XIII. Journey to Jerusalem — First View of the Holy City — The Valleyof Gihon — Appearance of the City — The Latin Convent of — Inhospitable Reception by the Monks — Visit to theChurch of the Holy Sepulchre — Description of the Interior —The Chapel of the Sepulchre — The Chapel of the Cross on MountCalvary — The Tomb and Sword of Godfrey de Bouillon — Argu-ments in favour of the Authenticity of the Holy Sepulchre — TheInvention of the Cross by the Empress Helena — Legend of theCross. Ecco apparir Gerusalem si vede,Ecco additar Gerusalem si scorge,Ecco da mile voce unitamente,Gerusalemme salutar si sente. E r uno air altro 11 mostra e in tanto oblia,La noja e il mal della passata via. Al gran piacer che quella prima vista,Dolcemente spiro nell altrui petto,Alta contrizion succese mista,Di timoroso e riverente affetto,Ossano appena d inalzar la vistaVer la
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