Presides for him. Lucan, array the guests.
The Queen approaches.
(The guests arrange themselves. Harps. The Queen enters attended by her ladies. All are standing.)
Guenevere
Welcome and salutation to you all.
Our banquet loses what it least should lose
On such a day as this; my lord the King
Had thought to celebrate his feast with those
That bore his banners into victory:
But sudden cares absent him. Pray, be seated.