OOGNO
Yes, all men indeed are beggars before the gods.
AGMAR
Does not the mighty Soldan often sit by the agate altar in his royal temple as we sit at a street corner or by a palace gate?
ULF
It is even so.
AGMAR
Then will the gods be glad when we follow the holy calling with new devices and with subtlety, as they are glad when the priests sing a new song.
ULF
Yet I have a fear.