Montalba, Guido, and other Sicilians enter.
Pro. Welcome! we meet in joy!
Now may we bear ourselves erect, resuming
The kingly port of freemen! Who shall dare,
After this proof of slavery’s dread recoil,
To weave us chains again? Ye have done well.
Mon. We have done well. There needs no choral song,
No shouting multitudes, to blazon forth
Our stern exploits. The silence of our foes
Doth vouch enough, and they are laid to rest,