P. 99, l. 22. “_As Vasquo saith._” For Vasquo read Usque. Menasseh is quoting from the “Consolacam as Tribvlacoens de Ysrael,” by Samuel Usque (Ferrara, 1552), see pp. 198–200. Samuel Usque was one of three brothers, all distinguished Marranos. He fled from the Portuguese Inquisition and settled at Ferrara, whence he emigrated to the Holy Land. He was a protégé of Donna Gracia Nasi (see Note on “Don Josephus Nassi,” _supra_, p. 159; also Kayserling, “Jüdischen Frauen,” pp. 80–86). P. 100, l. 5. The narrative as pirated from Aboab’s “Nomologia” ends here. For fuller details of the Portuguese persecutions, see Kayserling, “Juden in Portugal,” pp. 120 _et seq._ P. 101, l. 17. “_As for killing of the young children of Christians._” See _infra_, notes on “Vindiciæ Judæorum,” pp. 165–167. P. 102, l. 9. “_In Araguza_” = Ragusa. For a fuller version of this story see _infra_, “Vindiciæ Judæorum,” pp. 116–117. P. 102, l. 20. “_As for the third point._” Menasseh himself was largely responsible for the charge of proselytising, inasmuch as in the “Hope of Israel” (_supra_, p. 47) he had boasted of the converts made by the Jews in Spain. There can be no doubt that these conversions were very numerous, but they were probably due in a larger measure to the oppressive policy of the Inquisition than to any active proselytising on the part of the Jews. P. 103, l. 33. “_In the Strand._” For a full discussion of the place of Menasseh’s abode while in London, see _Trans. Jew. Hist. Soc._, vol. iii. pp. 144 _et seq._ VINDICÆ JUDÆORUM (pp. 105–147) BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE For the origin of this tract see Introduction, pp. lxii-lxiv. It has often been reprinted and translated, especially on occasions of Jewish persecution. In 1708 it reappeared in the second volume of “The Phœnix; or a Revival of Scarce and Valuable Pieces.” In 1743 it was reprinted as an independent pamphlet (Lond., 8vo, pp. 67). Ninety-five years later it was again reprinted by M. Samuels in the prolegomena to his translation of Moses Mendelssohn’s “Jerusalem” (Lond., 1838, vol. i. pp. 1–73), together with a translation of Mendelssohn’s introduction to the German edition (pp. 77–116).