“On one of the days the sultan put this question to the emperor, 'What would you have done if you had me in your power?' to which the emperor flatly and bluntly replied, 'Know that I would have inflicted no end of pain upon your body.' 'Whereas I,' said the sultan, 'will not imitate your severe and harsh approach. Besides, I have heard that your Christ ordains peace upon you and the forgiveness of sins, and that he opposes the high and mighty and bestows grace upon the humble.'”