Jesus Crucified. They immediately rose up and
drove the intruders out with blows and curses. The five next repaired
to a larger mosque, and sought to obtain a hearing there. Again they
were thrown out. Then a brilliant idea occurred to the leader, Berard.

"We will go to the King," he said. "If we gain him, the victory over
the others will be easy!"

In spite of all difficulties, they managed to gain admission to the
Court, and present their plea. The King was enraged at their audacity,
and ordered them to be scourged and beheaded, which was the summary
mode in which justice was dealt out in that era. If it had not been
for the intercession of the King's son, this sentence would have been
carried into effect, as it was they were taken away and imprisoned in
a tower.

A few hours later all Seville gathered to see a strange sight! There,
on top of the prison tower, stood the five, brown-robed, bare-footed
strangers, singing with all their might praises to the one true God!
They were then taken and thrust into the darkest and deepest dungeon.
But as solitary confinement was unknown then, they found that they had
a congregation all ready to listen to them, and, as long as they
stayed there, they never ceased to preach repentance to the prisoners.

They were not left in prison very long. The King sent for them again,
and began by coaxing them to leave off preaching. He promised them
riches and honor, if they would only stop talking about Jesus Christ.
They thanked him courteously, and Berard said--

"Would to God, noble prince, you would show mercy to yourself! You
need it more than we do. Treat us as you will, you can, at the utmost,
only deprive us of life, and that is a matter of little moment to us
who hope for eternal joys!"

What to do with these strange men the King did not know! Their courage
and heroism he could not but admire, still they were very dangerous.
After a consultation with his officers, they decided that the best
thing to be done was to get them quietly out of the country.
Accordingly they were placed in a vessel bound to Morocco. This exile
filled the five with joy! At last they were to begin work in an
infidel country!

[Sidenote: _Don Pedro._]

Now, Don Pedro, the brother of King Alphonso of Portugal, a nominal
Christian, had had some kind of a dispute with the King, in consequence
of which he had come to live in Morocco. Notwithstanding his Christianity,
he had been placed at the head of a