The Jacob who is now above my head, occupies that vertical position in place of him who let himself down from there and submitted himself. Because he had been deprived of worshippers he is reclining in his usual manner on his bed, grandiose, summoning the rest to his bed [see 462]. Many of the Jews came to him as he was thus lying down, which I sensed through much of the night by the stench of mice. When I could no longer bear it, it was asked in the heaven of spirits whence that stench came. Some declared that they had been troubled by the same smell, but as a result of inquiry, it was found that they were Jews who had been lifted up out of their own rooms, as it seems to them, to Jacob, before whom many were thus gathered together. Thence came the stench of mice. Jacob told that he was surrounded by so many mice, that he could not stand them any longer, whereupon, being almost ejected from his bed, he betook himself downwards. Those same people were complaining, because they had not stayed in their rooms, where their money was, which they were afraid thieves might take away.