Olof. I am the Secretary of the Court-House, and I command you in the name of the King to keep order!
Knipperdollink. So you are the man whom the King has sent here to make war on our sacred cause? Onward, onward, ye men of God, and seize him first of all! Afterwards we'll cleanse the temple of the Lord from idolatry.
Mårten. Go at him, good folk, for he's a heretic and under the ban!
Knipperdollink. A heretic? You are not one of the papists, then?
Olof. Since they have banned me, I can no longer be of the Church.
Knipperdollink. Then you are on our side? (Olof remains silent.) Answer: are you with us or against us?
Mårten. He's Olof Pedersson, the man that was sent here by the King.
Knipperdollink. Are you Olof Pedersson?
Olof. I am.
Knipperdollink. But a heretic?