Saladin. Is that, then, all the answer I must have?
Nathan. ’Tis my apology, if I decline
To act as judge, or to select the ring—
The one, true gem, of three all made alike;
All given by one—
Saladin. There! talk no more of “rings.”
The three religions, that, at first, were named,
Are all distinct—aye, down to dress—food—drink—
Nathan. Just so! and yet their claims are all alike,
As founded upon history, on facts