K. Go, wait upon him. [Exit Messenger.

Accursed be the seed

Of these idolaters. Five thousand men,

The best in Fez: the right arm of my power

Lost in one night. Five thousand men were there.

Ah! by God’s holiest names!

Al.Thank heaven, dear father,

The best is saved, if Sala be escaped.

K. True, girl: and from the ill there’s good to come:

Their victory will lead these devils on.