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Enter two Senators with VOLUMNIA, VIRGILIA, VALERIA, & c. passing over the stage, followed by Patricians and others
Enter two Senators with VOLUMNIA, VIRGILIA, VALERIA, & c. passing over the stage, followed by Patricians and others
First Senator
Behold our patroness, the life of Rome! Call all your tribes together, praise the gods, And make triumphant fires; strew flowers before them: Unshout the noise that banish’d Marcius, Repeal him with the welcome of his mother; Cry ’Welcome, ladies, welcome!’
First Senator
Behold our patroness, the life of Rome! Call all your tribes together, praise the gods, And light triumphant fires; scatter flowers before them: Silence the noise that banished Marcius, Welcome him back with the greeting of his mother; Shout Welcome, ladies, welcome!
All
Welcome, ladies, Welcome!
All
Welcome, ladies, Welcome!
A flourish with drums and trumpets. Exeunt
A flourish with drums and trumpets. Exit.