Section 13. Religious Toleration⁠

When⁠ certain persons attempted⁠ to persuade Stephen⁠, King of Poland, to constrain⁠ some of his subjects, who⁠ were of a different religion, to embrace⁠ his, he said⁠ to them: “I⁠ am king of men, and not of⁠ consciences⁠. The⁠ dominion of conscience belongs exclusively to God.”—Rev. R. K. Arvine.

Religionsduldung, f.

‘When’, here?

attempted to = would, impf. of wollen.

Say ‘the king Stephen of Poland’. König Stephan von Bathori regierte von 1576-1586.

zwingen. Place the verb after the relative clause, since the relative pronoun should follow its antecedent as closely as possible.

‘who — religion’, say ‘who belonged to another religion’.

to embrace = to accept.

‘to say’, here ‘to reply’, entgegnen.

I — men = I rule (herrschen) over men.

of = over.

This noun is not used in the plural in German. See S. 3, N. 2.

‘The — God’, say ‘God alone rules over consciences (sing.)’.