His doctrine take to heart; nought else have you to fear.’”
The Vazīr having laid this plot before the King,
All shame and scruple vanished; ’twas a perfect thing.
In presence of the public, nose, ears were cut off.
The rabble wondered greatly; now’s the time to scoff.
He fled unto the Christians; begged them him to hear;
And straightway set up preaching; saintlike was he there.40
The Christians soon with one accord accepted him,
In multitudes they round him flocked, all meek and prim.
The Gospel’s holy words, the prayer, the cord, he’d preach;