Curiosity and credulity, then, are the characteristics of the savage intellect.
Antonio, with all the credulity of an exile, believed that his presence would provoke a general rising against Philip II., but none took place, and the expedition was a costly failure.
But it is the mark of utter folly and complete credulity.
But, however foolish in his credulity, he still made his strong hand felt both in France and in Italy, remaining to the last "the terrible king."
At no other historical crisis have passions been more fiercely excited; at none have shameless disregard of truth and blind credulity been more common.