At last together at the self-same goal——

Third King.

Whether a King’s son or a beggar’s son

The Child this star has lighted into life

Will be uplifted high, and on the Earth

No man shall breathe that will not bow to Him.

Herod (aside).

So speaks the Ancient Book as well! (Aloud.) May I

Make offer of a guide to Bethlehem?

First King