I want you to keep custody of your daughter whom I intend to legally marry in a few days." And after he had finished his speech, the miserable and distressed fathers who were greatly confused by this course of events were sent away. While he was ardently in love with Giulla, when he was by himself, the King still had some sparks of reason in him for he wanted to seek the advice of his scholars regarding Feristeno's answer. So, he had them come before him, told them the whole story, and asked them for their advice. After the scholars had listened to what the King had told them and knowing that he had no reasonable argument against Feristeno, the oldest of them replied as follows, "I would judge, Sire, that the best thing to do would be to release the young Christian, for it would be unjust to have him killed since he had not committed a murder. We find in our law that Mohammed promises that on the Day of Judgment, Muslims who have injured Christian subjects will be severely persecuted.” These words greatly frightened the King. However, he did not want to drop his harsh decision. He summoned his ministers again and ordered that the miserable Feristeno should be thrown into the sea the next morning.
