into a dungeon and for half a year remained a close prisoner, befriended only by some merchants of Genoa and Spain, who took pity on the aged champion of their common faith. Meanwhile riches, wives, high place, and power were offered the Christian philosopher if only he would abjure his faith and turn Moslem. This was Lull’s reply, from the depth of his dungeon, to all their enticements: “Ye have for me wives and all sorts of worldly pleasure if I accept the law of Mohammed? Alas! ye offer a poor