CESARE.

Spain! You would threaten France?
Diavolo,
It is a game of patience quivering
Upon its leash....

ALEXANDER.

Are all the rebel-mercenaries slaughtered?

CESARE.

Of the Orsini only one—Giordano
Braves us at Bracciano.... Some one knocks.
Send them away. [He hides in a further closet.

ALEXANDER.

Enter!

Re-enter Poto.

POTO.