SCENE I.--_The cloisters of a convent_. ATHANASIOS _the Patriarch_,

_and the_ TEMPLAR.

ATHANASIOS: Heaven keep you in your valour, good Sir Knight! You seek my counsel? It is yours; say on.

TEMPLAR: Suppose, my reverend father, that a Jew Brought up a Christian child, in ignorance Of her own faith and lineage, as his daughter, What then?

ATHANASIOS: Is this mere supposition, sir? If in our diocese such impious act Were done in truth, the Jew should die by fire. You will not name the man? I'll to the sultan, Who will support us.

TEMPLAR: I'll to Saladin, And will announce your visit.

ATHANASIOS: Was it then A problem merely? Nay, this is a job For Brother Bonafides. Here, my son!

[_Exit_ ATHANASIOS, _talking with the friar_.