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To force a passage to the block'd-up port:
A thing, Rodrigo's bold success alone
Hath taught us to believe e'en possible.

CONJUROR.

Thanks for your information, my good lord:

I'll profit by it.

PETRONIUS.

But use it prudently. And so good day.

Well thrive thy trade, and all good luck attend us.
(Exeunt severally.

SCENE IV. An apartment in the imperial palace, with a view through a grand arched door of another apartment, in which are discovered Constantine, Othus, Justiniani, Rodrigo, and others, arising from a council table. They enter and come forward.

CONSTANTINE.

Well, my brave friends, I to your care intrust

This last attempt by honourable treaty
To gain peace from the foe. Heav'n bless your efforts.

JUSTINIANI.

All that strict honour will permit to us

Shall be most truly done, imperial lord,
And one step farther on we cannot go.