[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