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SCENE I.

The German Camp.
Chelderic, Trebantes; Both of them Gauls.
Trebantes.
Chelderic, these Germans made a bold assault,
But Roman discipline repell'd the fury
Of wild barbarians.

Chelderic.
For this night they've conquer'd;
But in broad day-light what must be their fate?
Their little army cannot meet the numbers
With which Arminius covers all the plain.
As well the level shore may stand the fury
Of the rough northern sea, when lash'd by winds
It rolls its mountain billows on the land.

Trebantes.
And yet, if our proposal has been heard;
If from the Roman Dumnorix has met
With due applause, a cheap, an easy victory
Will end the war.

Chelderic.
And lo! our hero comes.