Scene + 

IX + 

Gallicanus + 

By Jupiter, tribunes, I see the legions of an immense army advancing! The diversity of their arms is enough to make the stoutest heart tremble. + 

Tribunes + 

By Hercules, the enemy! + 

Gallicanus + 

Let us resist with courage, and show them we are men! + 

Tribunes + 

It is useless to attempt resistance to such a host. + 

Gallicanus + 

What, then, do you propose? + 

Tribunes + 

Surrender. + 

Gallicanus + 

Apollo forbid! + 

Tribunes + 

By Pollux, we must surrender! See, we are surrounded on every side⁠—we are being mown down⁠—we perish! + 

Gallicanus + 

Ye gods! What will happen if the tribunes refuse to obey me, and surrender? + 

John + 

Promise you will become a Christian, and you will conquer. + 

Gallicanus + 

I swear! And I will keep my vow. + 

One of the Enemy + 

Woe to us, King Bradan! Fortune, who but now promised us victory, was mocking us. Our men are weakening, their strength is exhausted⁠—they have lost heart and are giving up the struggle. + 

Bradan + 

I am uncertain what to do. A strange faintheartedness has seized me also. There is but one course⁠—we must surrender. + 

The Enemy + 

There is nothing else to do. + 

Bradan + 

Gallicanus, do not destroy us! Be merciful! Spare our lives and do with us what you will. + 

Gallicanus + 

Have no fear. There is no need to tremble. Give me hostages, acknowledge yourselves tributaries of the Emperor, and you shall live happy under a Roman peace. + 

Bradan + 

You have only to name the number and rank of the hostages, and the tribute to be exacted. + 

Gallicanus + 

Soldiers, lay down arms. Slay no one, wound no one, but embrace as friends these men whom you had to fight as enemies of the Empire. + 

John + 

How much more powerful is one fervent prayer than all the pride of man! + 

Gallicanus + 

That is true indeed. + 

Paul + 

What mighty succour God in His mercy sends to those who humbly trust in Him! + 

Gallicanus + 

I have had good proof of it. + 

John + 

But the promise made when the storm was raging must be kept now it is calm. + 

Gallicanus + 

I agree. It is my wish to be baptized as soon as possible, and to devote the rest of my life to the service of God. + 

Paul + 

You are right. + 