Alice. Oh! you're a Judas!
Walter. Then am I a Jew!
Enter Smith, Percy, Nantaquas, Larry, &c.
Smith. Yet, prince, accept at least my ardent thanks:
A thousand times told over, they would fail
To pay what you and your dear sister claim.
Through my long absence from my people here,
You have sustain'd their feebleness.
Nantaquas. O brother,
To you, the conqueror of our father's foes;
To you, the sun which from our darken'd minds
Has chas'd the clouds of error, what can we
Not to remain your debtors?
Smith. Gen'rous soul!
Your friendship is my pride. But who knows aught
Of our young Rolfe?
Percy. This morning, sir, I hear,
An hour ere our arrival, the lieutenant
Accompanied the princess to her father's.
Smith. Methinks our laughing friend has found at last
The power of sparkling eyes. What say you, prince,
To a brave, worthy soldier for your brother?
Nantaquas. Were I to choose, I'd put all other by
To make his path-way clear unto my sister.
But come, sir, shall we to my father's banquet?
One of my train I've sent to give him tidings
Of your long-wish'd for coming.
Smith. Gentle prince,
You greet my fresh return with welcome summons,
And I obey it cheerfully. Good Walter,
And, worthy sir [To Larry.], be it your care
To play the queen bee here, and keep the swarm
Still gathering busily. Look to it well:
Our new-raised hive must hold no drones within it.
Now, forward, sirs, to Werocomoco.