[Enter The Princess Sabra.]
Sabra. I am the Princess Sabra, and it is my delight,
My chiefest pride, to be the bride of this gallant Christian knight.
[St. George kneels and kisses her hand. Fool advances and holds up his hands over them.]
Fool. Why here's a sight will do any honest man's heart good,
To see the Dragon-slayer thus subdued!
[St. George rises. Exit Sabra.]
St. George. Keep thy jests in thy pocket if thou
would'st keep thy head on thy shoulders.
I love a woman, and a woman loves me,
And when I want a fool I'll send for thee.
If there is any man but me
Who noxious beasts can tame,
Let him stand forth in this gracious company,
And boldly tell his name.
[St. George stands aside. Trumpet sounds for St. Patrick.]
[St. Patrick stands forth.]
St. Patrick. I am St. Patrick from the bogs,
This truth I fain would learn ye,
I banished serpents, toads, and frogs,
From beautiful Hibernia.
I flourished my shillelah
And the reptiles all ran races,
And they took their way into the sea,
And they've never since shown their faces.
[Enter The Prince of Paradine.]