Enter Chorus of Persian Elders.
We the title bear of Faithful,[[3]]
Friends of Persians gone to Hellas,
Watchers left of treasure city,[[4]]
Gold-abounding, whom, as oldest,
Xerxes hath himself appointed,
He, the offspring of Dareios,
As the warders of his country.
And about our king's returning,
And our army's, gold-abounding,