In the Monasticon de Melsa, ii. pp. 134, 137, we read
that a Jew at Tewkesbury fell into a cesspool, and Richard, Earl of
Gloucester, passing by, offered to pull him out, but the Jew refused,
saying
Sabbato nostra colo;
De stercore surgére nolo.
Next day, as the Earl was passing again, the Jew cried to him for
help, when Gloucester replied -
