And with it, take the hope I breathe o'er it:

That so, before Colonna's host, your arms

Lie crush'd and sullied with dishonour's stain;

So, reft in sunder by contending factions,

Be your Italian provinces; so torn

By discord and dissension this vast empire;

So broken and disjoin'd your subjects' loves;

So fallen your son's ambition, and your pride.

QUEEN (rising.)

What ho—a guard within there—Charles of Bourbon,