That skirts the northern brink: and but for this,
Their sole refreshment, all were like to have died
Of woe, and scant food, and the daily stroke
Shelterless of the hot meridian sun.
Fer. Alas!
What fault of theirs deserved such punishment?
Sa. That they refused confession of the prophet.
Fer. To acknowledge him were to renounce their faith.
That is no wrong.
Sa.Whether it be wrong or no,