(Enter Italy, dressed in National costume.)
FRANCE:
Now, welcome, Sister Italy. I have looked for thy coming.
BELGIUM:
Twice welcome art thou, for I, too, hoped for your aid.
BRITAIN:
Thrice welcome art thou. For well I know that in thee still lives the greatness that was Rome.
ITALY:
Yea, and dauntless as Romans of old come my sons to strike for liberty. Now as then—
The horsemen and the footmen