SCENE II.

_Trumpets and kettle-drums sounding, with other martial music usually observed in that country._

_Enter_ DUKE EUGENIO, _Officers, and Soldiers with colours displayed_.

DUKE. Thus far on our address![146] May prosperous gales Breathe on our sails: sails, on our just designs In vindicating of our country's fame, Too long impair'd by suffering injuries; Till which redress'd, our honour lies at stake, And we made aliens to our own estate. March on then bravely, that it may appear "Our courage can revenge as well as bear."

[_They march over the stage with trumpets, fifes, drums, and colours, and go out; manentibus civibus._

1ST CIT. This gallant resolve of the duke, pursued with such alacrity, can never be sufficiently admired; and to engage his person, too, in so perilous adventure!

2D CIT. And all this in vindication of the merchants' honour, and their interest.

1ST CIT. Trust me, he appears bravely.

2D CIT. His disposition from his youth foretold What's manhood would assay----whence comes this noise?

_Enter_ BOY.

BOY. Room for our bravoes, cadets! they march along in ranks and files; their pockets grow shallow; the taverns and ordinaries they vow to be infidels, so as they have enlisted themselves soldiers of fortune.

1ST CIT. These be those trepanners whom the duke Has proscribed, or I mistake it. Let us observe their posture.