1196. He said that he was a Rabbi of the Jews and had been in that filthy city for a long time, and he lamented greatly that he would have to stay so long in such a city, where the streets were nothing but filth and mire wherever one went, and where there was no other food to eat but filth. I asked him why, since he was a spirit, he should desire to eat? He said that it so seemed to him that he desired to eat, and that then nothing else was offered to him but filth, whereat he lamented greatly.
1196 1/2. He therefore asked what was to be done, for he said he was unable to find Abraham, or Isaac, or Jacob. I told him something about them, and that he would seek them in vain for they would give him no help, besides other things concerning them which are more secret.
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