First Ambassador.
With this permission, in such courteous way
Conceded to us by thy regal grace,
I shall proceed to state our urgent case.
Numantia, to whom my birth I owe,
Hath sent me, noble general, to thee,
As to the bravest Roman Scipio
The night e'er covered, or the day can see;
And begs of thee the friendly hand to show,
In token that thou graciously agree