Preceding that appointed for their doom.

Gui. My brother! thou shalt live! Oppression boasts

No gift of prophecy!—It but remains

To name our signal, chiefs!

Mon. The Vesper-bell!

Pro. Even so—the Vesper-bell, whose deep-toned peal

Is heard o’er land and wave. Part of our band,

Wearing the guise of antic revelry,

Shall enter, as in some fantastic pageant,

The halls of Eribert; and at the hour