SLAG
She comes to us new and nimble, remembering olden loves.
OORANDER
It were well that prophets should come and speak to us.
ILLANAUN
This hath not been in the past. Let prophets come. Let prophets speak to us of future things.
[The beggars seat themselves upon the floor in the attitude of the seven gods of Marma.
CITIZEN
I heard men speak to-day in the market place. They speak of a prophecy read somewhere of old. It says the seven gods shall come from Marma in the guise of men.
ILLANAUN