Will complete Spain be subject, far and wide,
By simple conquest of this people's pride.
[Scene II.]
Enters a damsel, crowned with a mural crown, bearing heraldic castles in her hand, signifying Spain, and says:
Spain.
Thou Heaven, the lofty, vast, serenely grand,
Who, with thy fructifying powers, hast crowned
With wealth the chiefest part of this my land,
And made it great above the realms around,
Let my sad dole excite thy pity bland;