BEL. I admit that to deserve is better than to possess.
JEAN. Well parried!
BEL. And, as against polite Spaniards, I admit to a preference for honest cannibals.
JEAN. (laughing) And the New World?
BEL. And the New World. I have heard tales of it to make the heart beat and the eye lighten.
JEAN. Fairy tales.
BEL. Matters of fact; of wonderful fortune-making, of breathless daring.
JEAN. Accomplished by whom?
BEL. The Carthagenians (fiercely) against the Spanish.