This way I'll take; and this way comes the king,
He takes them up again.
And here I'll have a fling at him, that's flat!
And, Balthazar, I'll be with thee to bring;
And thee, Lorenzo! Here's the king; nay, stay!
And here,—aye, here,—there goes the hare away!
Enter KING, AMBASSADOR, CASTILLE, and
LORENZO.
KING. Now show, ambassador, what our viceroy saith:
Hath he receiv'd the articles we sent?
HIERO. Justice! O, justice to Hieronimo!
LOR. Back! see'st thou not the king is busy?
HIERO. O! is he so?
KING. Who is he that interrupts our business?
HIERO. Not I! [aside] Hieronimo, beware! go by, go
by!