Scene 8
The same. The First Preceptor; Joseph Keane; then the Grand Master with Simon; later the First and the Second Master of Ceremonies. Joseph Keane is there first; the Preceptor approaches him.
First Preceptor:
Thou didst send word thou wouldst have speech with me.
What is the news that thou art come to bring?
Joseph Keane:
Most weighty matters both to thee and me.
Thou knowst the master miner Thomas here,