1st Wrenboy: Come now, it's time to be taking
the road. Thank you, noble Gentlemen! That
you may be doing the same thing this day fifty years!
(They go off playing fife and beating drum.)
1st Prince: I would nearly wish to be in their
place to go through the world at large.
2nd Prince: They can go visit strange cities,
sailing in white-sailed ships.
3rd Prince: They have no lessons to learn.
4th Prince: No hours to keep. No clocks to
strike.
5th Prince: No Lady Messengers coming to
show off to.
1st Prince: They should be as merry as midges.
2nd Prince: As free as the March wind.
3rd Prince: I don't know how we stopped so
long shut up in this place.
4th Prince: I would be nearly ready to change
places with them if such a thing were possible.