Note 394 — Part II—The Worldlings (continued 2)
Henri Van Laun translation
Christian Priest: "But we by martyrdom our faith avow." Montezuma: "You do no more than I for ours do now. To prove religion true, If either wit or sufferings would suffice, All faiths afford the constant and the wise, And yet even they, by education sway'd, In age defend what infancy obeyed." Christian Priest: "Since age by erring childhood is misled, Refer yourself to our unerring head." Montezuma: "Man, and not err! what reason can you give?" Christian Priest: "Renounce that carnal reason, and believe...." Pizarro: "Increase their pains, the cords are yet too slack."
—"The Indian Emperor," V. 2.