Being got to their Journey's End, the first Step that _Setoc_ took was to claim a Debt of five hundred Ounces of Silver of a _Jew_, who had borrow'd it in the Presence of two Witnesses; but both of them were dead; and as the _Jew_ was conscious he couldn't be cast for Want of Evidence, appropriated the Merchant's Money to his own Use, and thank'd God that it lay in his Power for once to bite an _Arabian_ with Impunity. _Setoc_ discover'd to _Zadig_ the unhappy Situation of his Case, as he was now become his Confident. Where was it, pray, said _Zadig_, that you lent this large Sum to that ungrateful Infidel? Upon a large Stone, said the Merchant, at the Foot of Mount _Horeb_. What sort of a Man is your Debtor, said _Zadig_? Oh! he is as errand a Rogue as ever breath'd, reply'd _Setoc_. That I take for granted; but, says _Zadig_, is he a lively, active Man, or is he a dull heavy-headed Fellow? He is one of the worst of Pay-masters in the World, but the merriest, most sprightly Fellow I ever met with. Very well! said _Zadig_, let me be one of your Council when your Cause comes to be heard. In short, he summon'd the _Jew_ to attend the Court; where, when the Judge was sat, _Zadig_ open'd the Cause: Thou impartial Judge of this Court of Equity, I am come here, in behalf of my Master, to demand of the Defendant five hundred Ounces of Silver, which he refuses to pay, and would fain traverse the Debt. Have you, Friend, your Witnesses ready to prove the Loan, said the Judge? No, they are dead; but there is a large Stone still subsisting, on which the Money was deposited; and if your Excellence, will be pleas'd to order the Stone to be brought in Court, I don't doubt but the Evidence it will give, will be Proof sufficient of the Fact. I hope your Excellence will order, that the _Jew_ and myself shall be oblig'd to attend the Court, till the Stone comes, and I'll dispatch a special Messenger to fetch it, at my Master's Expence. Your Request is very reasonable, said the Judge. Do as you propose; and so call'd another Cause. When the Court was ready to break up, Well! said the Judge to _Zadig_, is your Stone come yet? The _Jew_, with a Sneer, replied, your Excellence may wait here till this Time To-morrow, before the Stone will appear in Court; for 'tis above six Mile off, and it will require fifteen Men to remove it from its Place. 'Tis well! replied _Zadig_. I told your Excellence that the Stone would be a very material Evidence. Since the Defendant can point out the Place where the Stone lies, he tacitly confesses, that it was upon that Stone the Money was deposited. The _Jew_ thus unexpectedly confuted, was soon oblig'd to acknowledge the Debt. The Judge order'd that the _Jew_ should be tied fast to the Stone, without Victuals or Drink, till he should advance the five hundred Ounces of Silver, which were soon paid accordingly, and the _Jew_ releas'd. The Slave _Zadig_, and this remarkable Stone-Witness, were in great Repute all over _Arabia_.