[Returning the blow.] Oh, you abandoned hound![hound!]
Potamon.
Accursed, accursed be ye both!
[A general fight; laughter and derision among the onlookers.
The Captain of the Guard.
[Calls to the soldiers.] The Emperor comes!
[The combatants are parted and carried with the stream of other worshippers into the church.
Hymn of Praise.
[From the high altar.]
The Serpent is hurled