Mal. Not half an hour since.

King. Mad now! now frantic!

When all my hopes are at the highest pitch

To enjoy her beauties! talk no more; thou liest.

[Enter Gazetto.

Gaz. May it please your Majesty—

King. Curses consume thee—oh—

[Strikes him.

Gaz. It is dispatch’d, the Queen is lost, never to be found.

King. Wave upon wave,