Rudolph—They don't deny that the man owned the land?
Canzler—He owned the land till he disowned the Faith
And by that act he dispossessed himself,
And then, they say, the land reverted to God.
Rudolph—And Hartzel's money, to whom does it revert?
Canzler—That is a matter between infidels,
And proves, when they rob one another so,
There is no honesty outside the Faith.
Rudolph—The man that sold the land robbed Hartzel, eh?
Canzler—If knavery is all outside the Faith.
Conrad—Will you men have some breakfast?
Rudolph— And did they
Tell Hartzel on what ground they had seized his land?
Canzler—"All land is God's, and pagans have no right
To own it," was the answer that he got.
That was a month ago, though. When they found
That the wind passed and still the fruit hung on,
Thinking perhaps 'twould fall of its own weight.
They waited until yesterday and then
Unexpectedly they bumped the tree.
Hartzel should hold possession during life—
He is about to die—and at his death
The Church should take the burden of the estate
From his dead shoulders, and carry it without charge
And with it save his soul from Hell.
Rudolph— And save
His children—?