Menasseh ben Israel's Mission to Oliver Cromwell: Being a reprint of the pamphlets published by Menasseh ben Israel to promote the re-admission of the Jews to England, 1649-1656Manasseh ben Israel
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Menasseh ben Israel's Mission to Oliver Cromwell: Being a reprint of the pamphlets published by Menasseh ben Israel to promote the re-admission of the Jews to England, 1649-1656
Manasseh ben Israel
Jews -- Great Britain
P. 85, l. 7. “_These in India in Cochin._” See note, _supra_, pp.
159–160.
P. 85, l. 21. “_In the Turkish Empire._” See Nicolas de Nicolay,
“Navigations, Peregrinations et Voyages faicts en la Turquie,”
Anvers, 1576, pp. 243 _et seq._
P. 86, l. 20. “_In this estate some of the Jews have grown to great
fortunes._” The Jewish notabilities referred to in this paragraph
are also mentioned in the “Hope of Israel.” See note, _supra_, p.
159.
P. 87, l. 6. “_Isaac Iecells._” Jessel or Joesel is a diminutive of
Joseph. The person referred to is probably Asher ben Joseph of
Cracow (see Steinschneider, “Bibl. Bodl.,” p. 751).
P. 87, l. 9. “_The Cosaques in the late warres._” The rising of
Chmielnicki, 1648–1649. (Graetz, “Geschichte,” vol. x. pp. 52–82.)
P. 87, ll. 22 et seq. The references to Jewish families in this
paragraph are taken from Aboab and De Barrios. See notes 201–204 to
Kayserling’s “Menasseh ben Israel” (_Misc. Heb. Lit._, ii. p. 88).
P. 88, l. 17. “_Seignor Moseh Palache._” See De Castro, “Keur Van
Graafsteenen,” p. 93; “Cal. State Papers, Dom.,” 1654, p. 91. On the
Jews of Morocco, see _Jew. Quart. Rev._, vol. iv. pp. 369 _et seq._
P. 89, l. 5. “_Sir Duarte Nunes a’ Acosta._” See Da Costa, “Adellijke
Geslachten onder de Israelieten.”
P. 89, l. 8. “_Emanuel Boccaro Rosales._” See p. lxxx (Menasseh’s
letter to Felgenhauer); Kayserling, “Sephardim,” p. 209; “Biblioteca
Española-Portugueza-Judaica,” pp. 95–96.
P. 90, l. 16. “_As the Chronicles do declare._” This paragraph is
almost literally translated from Aboab’s “Nomologia,” p. 290. The
story does not appear in the earlier Jewish chronicles, such as
_Schevet Jehuda_, _Emek Habacha_, and _Zemach David_, although the
events of the reign of Pedro the Cruel and Don Enrique so far as
they affect the Jew are fully dealt with in them. The “Chronicle”
referred to by Menasseh is probably that of Pedro Lopez d’Ayala,
which is the original authority for the story.
P. 91, l. 27. “_Don Isaac Abarbanel._” See note, _supra_, p. 154.
P. 92, l. 1. “_They everywhere are used to pray._” See Singer, “The
Earliest Jewish Prayers for the Sovereign” (_Jewish Chronicle_, Feb.
22, 1901).
P. 92, l. 18. “_He that giveth salvation unto Kings._” This is the
first English translation of the Prayer for the Sovereign. See
Singer, preceding note.
P. 93, l. 3. “_R. Simon Ben-Iochai in his excellent book called
Zoar._” See note, _supra_, p. 158.
P. 93, l. 26. “_One famous lawyer in Rome, and Osorius._” The whole of
this, and the following paragraphs relating to the expulsion from
Spain, is taken from Aboab’s “Nomologia.” Osorius (Hieronymo Osorio,
1506–1580) was author of a history of the reign of King Emanuel,
which was translated into English by Gibbs (Lond., 1752). See notes
to Kayserling’s “Menasseh” for parallel passages from Aboab.
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