They would be glittering with this hollow pomp,

To greet a conqueror’s entrance?

3d Cit. Thou say’st well.

None but a land forsaken of its chiefs

Had been so lost and won.

4th Cit. The lot is cast;

We have but to yield. Hush! for some strangers come:

Now, friends, beware.

1st Cit. Did the king pass this way

At morning, with his train?