Bend the knee.
[Other Heralds at the doors repeat the order to the crowd on the terrace and in the Court yards.]
Bend the knee.
[All the mandarins bend the knee at the same time]
THE HERALDS
Prostrate yourselves.
HERALDS AT THE DOORS
Prostrate yourselves.
[All the mandarins prostrate themselves three times, touching the ground with their foreheads three times at each prostration.]
THE HERALDS