[Exeunt forcing RUAHMAH with them. Musical interlude. A wounded soldier crawls from a dark corner of the tent and finds the chain with NAAMAN's seal, which has fallen to the ground in the struggle.]

WOUNDED SOLDIER:

This signet of my lord, her amulet!

Lost, lost! Ah, noble lady,--let me die

With this upon my breast.

[The tent is dark. Enter NAAMAN and his company in haste, with torches.]

NAAMAN:

What bloody work

Is here? God, let me live to punish him

Who wrought this horror! Treacherously slain