There are but two ways to deal with Israelites--root them from the face of the earth or make them partners with you.

Willebald would have fought them; I, more wise, bought them at a price.

For two score years they have wrought faithfully for me.

You say well, a mother in Israel!" "I could wish that a Christian lady had no dealings with the accursed race," said the Cluniac.
"You could wish folly," was the tart answer.

"I am not as your burgher folk, and on my own affairs I take no man's guiding, be he monk or merchant.