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