Oh, reverend Sir, the rest In the confessional, if God allow. (_Is going_.) PATRIARCH. What, going! and not await my questioning! Not name to me this infidel, this Jew! Not find him out for me at once! But, hold! A thought occurs. I'll to the Sultan straight. According to the treaty we have sworn With Saladin, he must protect our creed With all the privileges, all the rights That appertain to our most holy faith. Thank God! we have retained the deed itself, With seal and signature affixed, and we Can readily convince him, make him feel How full of peril for the state it is Not to believe. All civil bonds are rent Asunder, torn to pieces, Knight, when men Have no belief. Away, away for ever With such impiety! TEMPLAR. I much deplore That I want time to relish this discourse, This holy sermon. Saladin awaits My coming. PATRIARCH. Ah, indeed! TEMPLAR. And I'll prepare The Sultan for your presence, reverend Sir, If you desire. PATRIARCH. Why, yes! for I have heard You have found favour in the Sultan's sight. I beg to be remembered with respect. Zeal in the cause of God impels me on, And all excesses are performed for Him. Weigh that in kindness, then, most noble Sir! But, tell me, was your case about the Jew A problem merely? TEMPLAR. Problem! (_He retires_.) PATRIARCH. (Of the facts, I must have fuller knowledge. I must be Better informed; 'twill be another job For brother Bonafides.) Son, come hither! (_Speaks with the_ Friar _as he retires_.) Scene III. Saladin's _Palace_. (_Slaves are employed in bringing bags of gold, and piling them on the floor_.) Saladin, Sittah. SALADIN. In truth, this weary business ne'er will end; Say, is it nearly done? A SLAVE. One half is done. SALADIN. Then take the rest to Sittah? Where's Al-Hafi? He must take charge of what is here. But, hold, Were it not best to send it to my father? Here 'twill be quickly spent. I feel, in truth, That I am growing miserly. At last He must be skilful who gets much from me, And till from Egypt further treasure comes, Our poverty must be content to struggle. Yet, at the Holy Sepulchre, the cost Of all the Christian pilgrims must be paid; They must, at least, not go with empty hands.