He is right, Melchior. I have boasted. Take his advice and profit by it. No matter how masked he is——he is, at least.
Melchior.
Do you believe in God?
The Masked Man.
Yes, conditionally.
Melchior.
Will you tell me who discovered gunpowder?
The Masked Man.
Berthold Schwarz——alias Konstantin Anklitzen.——A Franciscan monk at Freiburg in Breisgau, in 1330.
Moritz.