I am called Ludovicus.

THE FIRST THEATRE MANAGER.

I name you Epaminondas Alexandrion! That was the name of a wonderfully talented comedian who eloped with my wife a short time ago. Nomen est omen!——Come, my children. (Leaves with the King and Alma.)

CHORUS.

Soon the sun will rise in state,
Us to scatter for a year; here and there upon the wind,
Driven by relentless Fate,
To hunt illusive phantoms none of us can ever find.


ACT IV


MARKET PLACE AT PERUGIA.