COLUMBUS. Your Majesty—
KING. Away, I say! And come to us no more with tales of unknown lands.
[Enter JESTER from gates.]
JESTER. With people a-walking on their heads—so!
[Jester stands on his head; all laugh. Columbus goes, showing bitter disappointment.]
SCENE II
TIME: 1492.
PLACE: Spain. Court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
| KING FERDINAND. | CAPTAIN RIVERRA. |
| QUEEN ISABELLA. | WISE MEN. |
| CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. | COURTIERS AND LADIES. |
| A MONK, FATHER-CONFESSOR TO THE QUEEN. | |
| MESSENGER. | |