War is my province; Priest, why stand you mute?
You gain by Heav'n and therefore should dispute....
CATHERINE.
Then let the whole dispute concluded be
Betwixt these rules and christianity....
.... Reason with your fond religion fights,
For many Gods are many infinites;
This to the first philosophers was known.
Who under various names, ador'd but one.
(Act. II, sc. i.)
Absent, I may her Martyrdom decree,
But one look more will make that martyr me....
Ce Maximin a la spécialité des calembours: Porphyrius, à qui il offre sa fille en mariage, répond que la distance est trop grande. Maximin là-dessus répond:
Yet Heav'n and Earth which so remote appear,
Are by the air, which flows betwixt'em, near.
Since you neglect to answer my desires,
Know, princess, you shall burn in other fires.