(All Kneel.)

All. Hail to Aurelius,

Lawful King of Britain.

Pascentius enters.

Pas. to Aur. Vortigern on thee bestows our sister,

And bade me, in his name, present her hand:—

Aur. Which thus I kiss; and, with the self-same breath,

Do hail her wife, and Britain’s lovely Queen.

All. All hail to Flavia, Queen of Britain.

Aur. Much, we confess, we owe to all here present;