PATRIARCH.
I have heard
That you found favour in the sultan’s sight,
I beg with all humility to be
Remembered to him. I am purely motived
By zeal in th’ cause of God. What of too much
I do, I do for him—weigh that in goodness.
’Twas then, most noble sir—what you were starting
About the Jew—a problem merely!
TEMPLAR.
Problem!
[Goes.
PATRIARCH.
Of whose foundation I’ll have nearer knowledge.
Another job for brother Bonafides.
Hither, my son!
[Converses with the Friar as he walks off.
Scene.—A Room in the Palace.
Slaves bring in a number of purses and pile them on the floor. Saladin is present.