3rd Steward. But have a care, ladies, shepherdesses, nymphs; run, run—Here, here is a dragon that devours virgins, as a pike does small fish.
2nd Steward. Have a care—here he comes, here he come—he eats all virgins without mercy, but will touch nobody else.
Several women's voices together.
Let him come, let him come.
An old withered Maid, crying out.
Old Maid. Have a care, have a care, have a care; let me get off, let me get off; oh me—oh me! [Running off.
Figure of St. George—Dicky, borne on a war-horse.
Dicky. Fear not, fair one, fear not. I am St. George, I'll save thee.
Dragon and St. George fight.
The crowd cry out. Ho-boy, St. George! Ho-boy, dragon!—there's the knight of the world.
1st Masquer. Hear, hear, the knight is going to speak. As he's stout, he's merciful. He is going to give the dragon his life—no, no, he's going to speak to him.