Rudolph— But now
Val-father has his dark side to the earth,
And works in his own shadow.
Fritz— But the dawn
Will reach down and lift Balder out of Hell.
Conrad— (Drawing the sword from Canzler's belt.)
If we concede to every man the right,
As you say, Canzler, to his own belief,
We must concede to the villagers the right
To their belief that they own Hartzel's land.
Canzler—We do concede it.
Rudolph— Their right to their belief.
But not their right to Hartzel's land.
Canzler— With them
Men are God's vassals, and the land they hold,
They hold in fief to him, on terms of faith.
Rudolph—And while they keep the Faith, they keep the land.
Fritz—And when they lose the Faith, they lose the land.
Conrad— (Walking aside.)
And when they have no Faith, they have no land.
(He tries to pierce with the sword a pine tree in the sunlight.)