Queen: Will you take a vow to use the riches you obtain to help drive out the Turks from the Holy City of Jerusalem?
Columbus: I will take that vow.
(Columbus takes vow).
End of Act II.
The voyage across the ocean was a long and tiresome one. The sailors became discouraged and wanted to return to Spain. Columbus kept on and finally was rewarded. The next act will be the discovery of land.
ACT III.
(Columbus talking to sailors:)
Columbus: I rejoice my friends that you have had the grace to chant the vesper hymn in so devout a spirit at a moment when there is so much reason to be grateful to God for His goodness to us. What cheering signs have encouraged us to persevere. The birds in the air, the unusual fishes in the sea and the plants seldom met far from rocks where they grow. I deem it probable that we reach the land this very night. I call on you all to be watchful.
(Columbus and Luis walk apart from the other sailors. Columbus a little in advance, stops, calls Luis.)
Columbus: Luis! Look in that direction, seest thou aught uncommon?