[A window-pane near the Queen is broken by a stone thrown from outside.
Renard.Your Majesty is destroying yourself without saving him. The second court is forced. What are the Queen's commands?
The Queen.You are cowards all! and Clinton first! Ah! Clinton, I shall remember this, my friend!
Renard.What are the Queen's commands?
The Queen.Oh! to be abandoned by all! to have laid bare my heart and obtained nothing! In Heaven's name what manner of gentlemen are these? This mob is infamous! I would gladly crush it under my feet. So there be times when a queen is nought but a woman? You shall all pay me very dearly for this, gentlemen!
Renard.What are the Queen's commands?
The Queen [in despair.]What you choose. Do what you will. You are a murderer! [Aside.] O Fabiano!
Renard.Clarence! Garter! Come with me!—Master Æneas, throw open the great balcony of the gallery.
The People.Fabiani! Fabiani!
Renard [on the balcony, facing the crowd.]In the Queen's name!
The Heralds.In the Queen's name!
[Profound silence without.
Renard.Ye clowns, hear what the Queen gives you to know. To-night, an hour after curfew, Fabiano Fabiani, Earl of Clanbrassil, shrouded from
