5. While king Chilperic was still at the villa mentioned above, he directed his baggage to be moved and made arrangements to go to Paris. And when I went to see him to say good-by, a certain Jew named Priscus came in who was on friendly terms with him and helped him buy costly articles. The king took him by the hair in a gentle way and said to me: “Come, bishop of God, and lay your hands on him.” But he struggled and the king said to him: “O obstinate-minded and ever disbelieving race, which does not recognize the Son of God promised to it by the voices of its prophets and does not recognize the mysteries of the church prefigured in its own sacrifices.” To these words the Jew replied: “God never married nor was blessed with offspring nor allowed any one to share his power, but he said by the mouth of Moses: ‘See, see that I am the Lord and except me there is no God. I shall kill and I shall make alive; I shall wound and I shall heal.’”[59] … Although I said this and more, the wretched man felt no remorse and refused to believe. Then when he was silent and the king saw that he was not conscience stricken because of my words, he turned to me and asked to receive my blessing that he might depart. He said: “I will say to you, bishop, what Jacob said to the angel, for he said to him, ‘I will not let you go until you bless me.’” So saying he ordered water brought for our hands. After washing them we prayed, and taking bread I thanked God and took it myself and offered it to the king, and after a draught of wine I said farewell and left. And the king mounted his horse and returned to Paris with his wife and daughter and all his household.