He knows that Saladin, from time to time,

Visits this fortress, by some secret way,

With but a few attendants.

TEMPLAR.

Well! what then?

FRIAR.

'Twould be an easy task, methinks, to seize

The Sultan thus defenceless--and to end him.

You shudder, knight! Two monks who fear the Lord,

Are ready now to undertake the task,