Speaks by me.
[Exit Ambassadors, Cardinals and Peter.
Page. The Countess of Canossa awaits without, my Lord.
Hild. Show her within.
Enter Beatrice.
Hild. My gentle Countess, saintly Beatrice,
Welcome to my first royalty of Heaven.
Thou comest to me as cometh the evening star
After the heat and turmoil of the day,