Now you must know that Nayan was a baptized Christian, and bore the cross

on his banner; but this nought availed him, seeing how grievously he had
done amiss in rebelling against his Lord
Now you must know that Nayan was a baptized Christian, and bore the cross
on his banner; but this nought availed him, seeing how grievously he had
done amiss in rebelling against his Lord. For he was the Great Kaan”s
liegeman,[NOTE 5] and was bound to hold his lands of him like all his
ancestors before him.[NOTE 6]