More generous far and civil, who confessed

They had enough revenged, having reduced

Their foe to misery beneath their fears;

The rest was magnanimity to remit, 1470

If some convenient ransom were proposed.

What noise or shout was that? it tore the sky.

Chorus. Doubtless the people shouting to behold

Their once great dread, captive and blind before them,

Or at some proof of strength before them shown. 1475

Manoa. His ransom, if my whole inheritance