The affecting scene at the service which followed may be pictured from the form in _Appendix A_. There was a certain tenderness mingled with “the terrible ten commandments of man.” The priest endeavours to show the leper that he is sharing in the afflictions of Christ. For [p068] his consolation the verse of Isaiah is recited:—“Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, yet did we esteem Him as a leper, smitten of God and afflicted.” The same passage from the Vulgate is quoted in the statutes for the lepers of St. Julian’s:—“among all infirmities the disease of leprosy is more loathsome than any . . . yet ought they not on that account to despair or murmur against God, but rather to praise and glorify Him who was led to death as a leper.” [Illustration: 9. A LEPER] After separation the fate of the outcast is irrevocably sealed. Remembering the exhortation, he must never frequent places of public resort, nor eat and drink with the sound; he must not speak to them unless they are on the windward side, nor may he touch infants or young folk. Henceforth his signal is the clapper, by which he gives warning of his approach and draws attention to his [p069] request. (Fig. 26.) This instrument consisted of tablets of wood, attached at one end with leather thongs, which made a loud click when shaken. In England, a bell was often substituted for this dismal rattle. Stow and Holinshed refer to the “clapping of dishes and ringing of bels” by the lazar. The poor creature of shocking appearance shown in Fig. 9 holds in his one remaining hand a bell. His piteous cry is “Sum good, my gentyll mayster, for God sake.” This was the beggar’s common appeal: in an _Early English Legendary_, a _mesel_ cries to St. Francis, “Sum good for godes love.” Compelled to leave home and friends, many a leper thus haunted the highway—his only shelter a dilapidated hovel, his meagre fare the scraps put into his dish. To others, the lines fell in more pleasant places, for in the hospital pain and privation were softened by kindness. FOOTNOTES: [33] See p. 180. [34] Chron. and Mem. 37, _Magna Vita_, pp. 162–5. [35] Riley, _Memorials of London_, 230. [36] Close 1346 pt. i. m. 18 _d_, 14 _d_, and 1348 pt. i. m. 25 _d_. [37] Toulmin Smith, _Gilds_, 241. [38] Selden Soc., _Court Baron_, p. 134. [39] _Natura Brevium_, ed. 1652 p. 584. [40] Wilkins, _Concil. Mag._ i. 616. [41] Chron. and Mem., 1. 186. [42] Selden Soc., 3, No. 157. [43] Rot. Litt. Claus. 6 John m. 21. [44] Chron. and Mem., 70, i. 95; vi. 325. [45] First Institutes, p. 8a., 135b. [46] Inquisition, cf. Rot. Curia Scacc. Abb., i. 33. [47] Curia Regis Rolls, 72, m. 18 _d_. [48] _Conciliorum Omnium_, ed. 1567, III, 700 (cap. 4). [49] Reg. Welton. Cited Vict. Co. Hist. [50] Reg. Stapeldon, p. 342. [51] P.R.O. Early Chancery Proceedings, Bundle 46, No. 158. [52] Close 6 Edw. II, m. 21 _d_. [53] Close Roll, Rymer, ed. 1710, ix. 365. Translated, Simpson, _Arch. Essays_.