Pardon was offered to your soldiers if they would yield. All refused.
FAITHFUL PRINCE
Their heroism should be only an additional reason for sparing them.
TARTAR GENERAL
What can be done? Our duty is to obey.
FAITHFUL PRINCE
Not to the extent of a crime. A little stone can ofttimes retard the course of a heavy chariot. We, the chieftains, by sacrificing only our own lives could thereby save the crowds.
TARTAR GENERAL
How could that be?
FAITHFUL PRINCE