Within] Kill the Dog—down with him!
Ors. Oh, how I’m ravisht with this unknown Noise!
Within.] Break down the Prison-Walls and Gates, and force your Passage—
Enter Vallentio, followed by Gorel and a Rabble of
Citizens and Officers, tearing in the Keeper all bloody.
Val. No killing to day, my Fellow-Soldiers, if you can help it; we will not stain our Triumphs in Blood— [They all stand and gaze. Ors. gazes on them. Ye Gods, instruct me where to bow my Knee— But this alone must be the Deity—
[Kneels, Ors. lets him kneel, and gazes on him.
1 Cit. Is that the King, Neighbour, in such mean Clothes?
Gorel. Yes, Goodman Fool, why should the Colonel kneel else?
2 Cit. Oh, pray, Neighbour, let me see a little, I never saw a King in all the days of my Life. Lord, Lord! Is that he the Colonel kneels to?
Gorel. What Questions this ignorant Fellow asks!