[They kneel around the supposed friar, who casts off the disguise, and is discovered to be their mother.
Lady Seton.—A mother, in her children's cause, fears nothing,
And needs not thanks—
A woman, in her country's cause,
Can dare what man dare! [They start up.
Sir Alex.—What! my Matilda!
Richard.—My mother!
Henry.—Ha! my mother!
Lady Seton.—Joy, joy, my sons; your mother's done her duty! And joy, my husband, we have saved our honour.
Sir Alex.—Matilda, thou hast ta'en my heart anew, And with it, too, my words!
Provost Ramsay.—The like o' this! I may weel say, what, in the universal globe, tempted me to be a bachelor! [Exeunt.