And the priest beat his breast,and answered:“Alack,alack,thou art mad,or hast eaten of some poisonous herb,for the soul is the noblest part of man,and was given to us by God that we should nobly use it.There is no thing more precious than a human soul,nor any earthly thing that can be weighed with it.It is worth all the gold that is in the world,and is more precious than the rubies of the kings.Therefore,my son,think not any more of this matter,for it is a sin that may not be forgiven.And as for the seafolk,they are lost,and they who would traffic with them are lost also.They are the beasts of the field that know not good from evil,and for them the Lord has not died.”