[Rises.

Melville.

Good wishes go with you.

Bland.

I'll save my friend.

[Exeunt.

Scene, the Encampment, by starlight.

Enter the General, M'Donald and Seward.

General.

'T is well. Each sentinel upon his post
Stands firm, and meets me at the bayonet's point;
While in his tent the weary soldier lies,
The sweet reward of wholesome toil enjoying;
Resting secure as erst within his cot
He careless slept, his rural labour o'er;
Ere Britons dar'd to violate those laws,
Those boasted laws by which themselves are govern'd,
And strove to make their fellow-subjects slaves.