[129] The clause in question runs as follows: "The Jews, even as they formerly were residents and arendars on the estates of his Royal Majesty, as well as on the estates of the Shlakhta, shall equally be so in the future."
[131] [Allusion to Amos v. 19.]
[132] ["Mire of the Deep," from Ps. lxix. 3.—The Hebrew word Yeven is a play on Yavan, "Greek," a term generally applied to the Greek Orthodox.]
[134] ["Scroll of Darkness" (comp. Amos iv. 13), with a clever allusion to the similarly sounding words in Zech. v. 1.]
[135] [In Polish Szczebrzeszyn, a town in the region of Lublin.]
[136] ["Troublous Times," allusion to Dan. ix. 25.]
[137] ["Door of Repentance.">[