CHAPTER XVII.

THE DISPERSION OF THE JEWS 206-224

Exiles Transported on Ships.--Heart-rending Scenes on Board a Ship.--Set Ashore on Deserted Islands to Starve.--Starving Jews Given the Choice Between Death and Christianity.--Merciful Italy.--Crafty Portugal.--Torquemada's Edict Eclipsed.--The Expulsion of the Jews From Portugal.--A Condition.--The King's Marriage.--Contract.--Final Expulsion.