Enter Balthezar, Alexandro, Vollupo, Don Pedro, with Soldiers, Drum, and Colours.

Bal. Come, valiant spirits, you peers of Portugal,

That owe your lives, your faiths, and services,

To set you free from base captivity.

O, let our fathers’ scandal ne’er be seen

As a base blush upon our free-born cheeks;

Let all the tribute that proud Spain received

Of those all captive Portugals deceased,

Turn into chafe, and choke their insolence.

Methinks, no moiety, not one little thought