On the second day of Shavuot, the French crusaders gathered at Ramerupt. They came to the house of Rabbi Jacob—may he live—and took all that was in his house. They ripped up a Torah scroll in his presence. They then took him and led him to a field. They spoke with him harshly about his faith and planned to kill him. They wounded him five times in the head, for they said- “You are the leader of the Jews. Therefore we shall avenge upon you the crucified. We shall wound you as you wounded our Lord five times.” His holy soul was on the verge of expiring, were it not for the mercies of our Creator, who had pity on his Torah. The Lord called forth a great baron for Rabbi Jacob [traversing] that field. Our rabbi called him and offered him a horse valued at five pounds. The baron then spoke with the crusaders and convinced them. He said- “Give me this day, and I shall speak with him. Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we shall win him over. If he does not wish [to do so], know that tomorrow I shall hand him over to you.” They [the crusaders] did so, and the catastrophic hour was evaded, through the mercy of the Lord upon his people.