At the centre he falls, prostrating himself before them.
The four Maskers are dressed sumptuously in Chinese garments, worn over their own tattered garbs of motley, which—at times, when they gesticulate or move abruptly,—are fantastically visible.
BARAK
Mercy and clemency, your highnesses!
PUNCHINELLO
Your highness, slave! Address thy vermin speech
To the Prime-Minister.
BARAK
To which, O Lord?
SCARAMOUCHE