An Officer. Prince! I have done your bidding.

Doge‍What command?

Offi. A melancholy one—to call the attendance

Of——

Doge.‍True—true—true: I crave your pardon. I

Begin to fail in apprehension, and

Wax very old—old almost as my years.

Till now I fought them off, but they begin10

To overtake me.

Enter the Deputation, consisting of six of the Signory and the Chief of the Ten.