[Two Senators pass over the stage, as in their way to "the Hall of the Council of Ten."

Lor.‍You see the number is complete.

Follow me.[Exit Loredano.

Bar. (solus). Follow thee! I have followed long

Thy path of desolation, as the wave

Sweeps after that before it, alike whelming[au]

The wreck that creaks to the wild winds, and wretch

Who shrieks within its riven ribs, as gush60

The waters through them; but this son and sire

Might move the elements to pause, and yet