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Rh Soon after this, his old wife dying, he married the relict of the old knight. They lived many years, and ended their days in peace.

My beloved, the two knights are Moses and Christ. The latter, who is the old knight, married a young wife, that is, the new law. The old wife is the old law. The fig-tree is the Cross; the nightingale, Christ's humanity, which the Jews destroyed. The heart of the bird, is the love exhibited by our Saviour. The double arms, are the Jewish ceremonies, &c.