Philip II. Well said, brave man! If you succeed in constructing this sailless, oarless vessel that shall face the wind as swiftly as if the wind were in its favor, I will create you—what is your name?
Fontanares
Alfonso Fontanares.
Philip II.
You shall be Don Alfonso Fontanares, Duke of—Neptunado, Grandee of
Spain.
The Duke of Lerma
Sire, the statutes concerning nobility—
Philip II.
Silence! Duke of Lerma. It is the duty of the king to exalt the man of
genius above all other men and thus to honor the ray of light which
God has given to him.
The Grand Inquisitor
Sire—
Philip II.
What would you?
The Grand Inquisitor We did not imprison the man on the charge that he had commerce with the devil, nor because of his impiety, nor because he springs from a family suspected of heresy; but for the safety of monarchies. Printing has permitted clever men to communicate their thoughts to others and the result has been—Luther, whose word has flown abroad in every direction. But this man is endeavoring to make out of all the nations of the earth a single people, and, before a multitude like this, the Holy Office trembles for the fate of monarchy.
Philip II.
All progress moves heavenward.
The Grand Inquisitor Heaven does not command many things which yet it does not hinder men from doing.