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[In the church.] Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven!

[The chant continues during what follows.

Now Constantius has no longer a bodyguard.

What say you, my lord?

Ah! My faithful ones! Up into the daylight to Rome, and to Greece!

Long live the Emperor Julian!

We will not look back; all ways lie open before us. Up into the daylight! Through the church! The liars shall be silenced!

[He rushes up the steps in the background.

The army mine, the treasure mine, the throne mine!

[In the church.] Lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil!

['' throws wide the doors, revealing the brightly-lighted interior of the church. The priests stand before the high altar; crowds of worshippers kneel below, around the Princess's bier.''