No, that indeed not;
But what is villainy in human eyes
May in the sight of God, the patriarch thinks,
Not be—
TEMPLAR.
I owe my life to Saladin,
And might take his?
FRIAR.
That—fie! But Saladin,
The patriarch thinks, is yet the common foe
Of Christendom, and cannot earn a right
To be your friend.
TEMPLAR.
My friend—because I will not
Behave like an ungrateful scoundrel to him.
FRIAR.
Yet gratitude, the patriarch thinks, is not
A debt before the eye of God or man,
Unless for our own sakes the benefit
Had been conferred; and, it has been reported,
The patriarch understands that Saladin
Preserved your life merely because your voice,
Your air, or features, raised a recollection
Of his lost brother.
TEMPLAR.