And it shall be fulfill’d.
Exit Montalba.
Scene IV.—Entrance of a Cave, surrounded by rocks and forests. A rude Cross seen among the rocks.
Procida, Raimond.
Pro. And is it thus, beneath the solemn skies
Of midnight, and in solitary caves,
Where the wild forest creatures make their lair—
Is’t thus the chiefs of Sicily must hold
The councils of their country?
Raim. Why, such scenes