Promised! Promised! Methinks I have heard that the promises of strong nations are but “scraps of paper.”
FRANCE:
But not Britain’s promises! Proud, arrogant, and strong she may be, but when was she known to break a treaty? She hath promised her fleets to guard my shore and I rely on her word. Britain never shall be foresworn.
(MUSIC: “Rule Britannia” heard as at a distance.)
BELGIUM:
Hark! What is that?
FRANCE:
There! it is she! Did I not tell you Britain would keep her word?
NO. 3. CHORUS: “Rule Britannia”:
When Britain first at Heaven’s command,