[He reads.

Whelm the Bull-calves, O vengeful Tiber, deign
To take them to thy raging breast;
And let the monster-bearing Bull be slain,
victim to Infernal Jove addressed.

VOICES.

Oh, oh, oh!

A FRIAR.

Rome were favoured, indeed, if Tiber had his glut.

A GERMAN PILGRIM.

To think the Pope could promise such good things, and not be able to hold for the space of half a year.

MERCHANT.

Alexander Sixtus! A quivering reed after the breeze, valiant in power of recovery. Vivat diu bos, vivat Alexander!