Enter Montalba, Guido, and other Sicilians.

Pro. Welcome, my brave associates! We can share

The wolf’s wild freedom here! Th’ oppressor’s haunt

Is not midst rocks and caves. Are we all met?

Sicilians. All, all!

Pro. The torchlight, sway’d by every gust,

But dimly shows your features.—Where is he

Who from his battles had return’d to breathe

Once more without a corslet, and to meet

The voices and the footsteps and the smiles