:53:16
Don Cabeza, how can you possibly
refer to this child as an animal?
:53:20
A parrot can be taught to sing,
Your Eminence.
:53:24
Yes, but how does one teach it
to sing as melodiously as this?
:53:31
Your Eminence.
:53:34
This is a child of the jungle,
an animal with a human voice.
:53:38
If it were human,
an animal would cringe at its vices.
:53:41
These creatures
are lethal and lecherous.
:53:44
They have to be subdued by the sword
and brought to labor by the whip.
:53:48
What they say is sheer nonsense.
:53:53
Father Gabriel, of the mission of
San Carlos, from which the boy comes.
:53:59
And that is where?
:54:06
That is here.
Above the falls, in Spanish territory.
:54:10
No, that is territory which used
to be Spanish. Now it's Portuguese.
:54:14
- That is for His Eminence to decide.
- No, that is a state matter.
:54:19
It was decided by the Treaty of Madrid
and concluded by Spain and Portugal.
:54:25
But surely the missions will remain
under church protection?
:54:29
That is what His Eminence
is here to decide, Father Gabriel.
:54:40
Continue, Father.
:54:46
Your Eminence, below the falls,
the jungle, if it has to be divided...
:54:51
...may be divided between
the Spanish and Portuguese.
:54:54
But above the falls, it still
belongs to God and the Guarani.
:54:58
There's no one else there.
And they are not naturally animals.