Note 547
The Nazarene Broker’s Story.
A universal custom in the East, the object being originally to show that the draught was not poisoned.
… asked her, "Perforce must I tell thee?"; and she answered, "Yes." Then said I, "If it needs must be so, then give me to drink with thine own hand." She filled and drank,[FN#547] and filled again and gave me the cup which I took from her with my left hand and wiped the tears from my eyelids and began repeating:
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