(After an interval, the Countryfolk come across the meadow.)
First Countryman:
My uncle yesterday came home again.
He dwelt a long time in Bohemia,
And earned an honest living in the mines.
Full many a bit of news he hath to tell
Picked up by him upon his journeyings.
Excitement and unrest are everywhere.
Attacks are made upon the Spirit-Knights.
Our local brotherhood can not escape;