Nathan the Wise; a dramatic poem in five acts

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

[Aloud.

They are my brother’s and thy brother’s children.

[Rushes to embrace them.

SITTAH.

What do I hear? Could it be otherwise?

[The like.

SALADIN (to the templar).

Now, proud boy, thou shalt love me, thou must love me,

[To Recha.

And I am, what I offered to become,
With or without thy leave.