My holy, earnest vow doth ray out power:
And thou canst bear this pressure on thy soul
If thou wilt feel the healing power it gives.
Ahriman (to himself):
’Tis Benedictus who hath sent them here;
He guided them that they might recognize
And know me, when they feel me in my realm.
(He speaks the rest so that Thomasius and Maria can hear.)
Thomasius, the Guardian did direct
Thy footsteps first of all toward my realm