_Fran. de Med._ So, my lord, I commend your diligence. Guard well the conclave; and, as the order is, Let none have conference with the cardinals. _Lod._ I shall, my lord.--Room for the ambassadors! _Gasp._ They're wondrous brave[76] to-day: why do they wear These several habits? _Lod._ O, sir, they are knights Of several orders: That lord i' the black cloak, with the silver cross, Is Knight of Rhodes; the next, Knight of St. Michael; That, of the Golden Fleece; the Frenchman, there, Knight of the Holy Ghost; my lord of Savoy, Knight of the Annunciation; the Englishman Is Knight of the honoured Garter, dedicated Unto their saint, St. George. I could describe to you Their several institutions, with the laws Annexèd to their orders; but that time Permits not such discovery. _Fran. de Med._ Where's Count Lodowick? _Lod._ Here, my lord. _Fran. de Med._ 'Tis o' the point of dinner time: Marshal the cardinals' service. _Lod._ Sir, I shall. _Enter_ Servants, _with several dishes covered._ Stand, let me search your dish: who's this for? _Serv._ For my Lord Cardinal Monticelso. _Lod._ Whose this? _Serv._ For my Lord Cardinal of Bourbon. _Fr. Am._ Why doth he search the dishes? to observe What meat is drest? _Eng. Am._ No, sir, but to prevent Lest any letters should be conveyed in, To bribe or to solicit the advancement Of any cardinal. When first they enter, 'Tis lawful for the ambassadors of princes To enter with them, and to make their suit For any man their prince affecteth best; But after, till a general election, No man may speak with them. _Lod._ You that attend on the lord cardinals, Open the window, and receive their viands! _A Cardinal._ [_At the window._] You must return the service: the lord cardinals Are busied 'bout electing of the Pope; They have given over scrutiny, and are fall'n To admiration. _Lod._ Away, away! _Fran. de Med._ I'll lay a thousand ducats you hear news. Of a Pope presently. Hark! sure, he's elected: Behold, my Lord of Arragon appears On the church-battlements. _Arragon._ [_On the church battlements._] _Denuntio vobis_[77] _gaudium magnum. Reverendissimus cardinalis Lorenzo de Monticelso electus est in sedem apostolicam, et elegit sibi nomen Paulum Quartum._ _Omnes. Vivat sanctus pater Paulus Quartus!_ _Enter_ Servant. _Serv._ Vittoria, my lord,-- _Fran. de Med._ Well, what of her? _Serv._ Is fled the city,-- _Fran. de Med._ Ha! _Serv._ With Duke Brachiano. _Fran. de Med._ Fled! Where's the Prince Giovanni? _Serv._ Gone with his father.