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  • The king said to him: “Tell (me), then, what is the (best) plan? What is the remedy against that deceit and imposture?—
  • So that there may not remain a single Christian in the world, neither one whose religion is manifest nor one who is concealed.”
  • “O king,” said he, “cut off my ears and hands, rip my nose and lips by bitter (cruel) decree;
  • Then bring me under the gallows, that an intercessor may plead for me. 345
  • Do this deed in the place for (public) proclamation, on a highway where roads run in four directions.
  • Then banish me from thy presence to a distant land, that I may cast mischief and confusion amongst them.
  • How the vizier brought the Christians into doubt and perplexity.
  • Then I will say (to them), ‘I am secretly a Christian. O God who knowest (all) things hidden, Thou knowest me.
  • The king was informed of my (Christian) faith and from bigotry sought to take my life.
  • I wished to hide my religion from the king and profess his religion, 350
  • (But) the king got a scent of my inmost beliefs, and my words were suspected (when I stood) before the king.