[ 86 | robbed for his support. From their house he escaped into France. A short time after, one of these men who had resisted the reward of three lacs of rupees lest he should commit a breach of faith, was hanged for stealing a cow of the value of sifteen Rupees. 37. Changing one's religion. When one of the kings of France solicited one of his chief counsellors to change his religion and to embrace the same faith with his master, promising to give him as a reward a high post in the government, he nobly replied, If I could betray my God sor a place in the Government, I might betray my sovereign for a smaller thing; if I become unfaithful to God, how can I remain faithful to 38. Columbus. When Columbus after the most astonishing perseverance, had discovered America and
