And dipped in wine?

Try and see if they are tasty.

(Dodon, yawning, sits down before the dishes.)

King Dodon.

Oh well! All right! And whilst

I dally with the dishes, amuse me

So that I shall not fall asleep.

(Having finished the delicacies, he glances at the bed. Amelfa shakes up the pillow and arranges the bed.)

Lie down! I shall from the royal face

Drive off the annoying flies.