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Be said with safety. Hast thou looked within Those stately palaces? Were they but peopled With the high race of warlike nobles, once Their princely lords, think'st thou, good friend, that now They would be glittering with this hollow pomp, To greet a conqueror's entrance?

3d Cit.Thou say'st well. None but a land forsaken of its chiefs Had been so lost and won.

4th Cit.The lot is cast; We have but to yield. Hush! for some strangers come; Now friends beware.

1st Cit.Did the King pass this way At morning, with his train?

2d Cit.Aye, saw you not The long and rich procession?

[''Sebast. enters with Gonzal. and Zamor''.

''Sebast. to Gonzal''.This should be The night of some high festival. E'en thus