Hossho-bo answers 'Even when the Imperial Court orders me to come there, I will not go at the second order. However, I live in odo (the land governed by the emperors) and I can not refuse to go at the third visit of the messenger.'
法性坊は｢朝廷からのお召しがあっても、二度までは参らぬ。しかしながら王土（天皇が治める土地）に住むこの身、勅使三度に及べば参らぬわけにいかない｣と答える。