"Even the sage flies the tempest which he cannot control.

Use thy speed, therefore, and fly from the vengeance of Richard to the shadow of Saladin's victorious banner." "I might indeed hide my dishonour," said Sir Kenneth ironically, "in a camp of infidel heathens, where the very phrase is unknown.

But had I not better partake more fully in their reproach?
Does not thy advice stretch so far as to recommend me to take the turban?
Methinks I want but apostasy to consummate my infamy." "Blaspheme not, Nazarene," said the physician sternly.

"Saladin makes no converts to the law of the Prophet, save those on whom its precepts shall work conviction.

Open thine eyes to the light, and the great Soldan, whose liberality is as boundless as his power, may bestow on thee a kingdom; remain blinded if thou will, and, being one whose second life is doomed to misery, Saladin will yet, for this span of present time, make thee rich and happy.