Away with you!
COLUMBUS. Your Majesty--
KING. Away, I say! And come to us no more with tales of unknown lands.
[_Enter_ JESTER _from gates._]
JESTER. With people a-walking on their heads--so!
[_Jester stands on his head; all laugh. Columbus goes, showing bitter
disappointment._]
SCENE II
TIME: _1492_.
PLACE: _Spain. Court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella_.
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KING FERDINAND.
QUEEN ISABELLA.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
CAPTAIN RIVERRA.
WISE MEN.
COURTIERS AND LADIES.
A MONK, FATHER-CONFESSOR TO THE QUEEN.
MESSENGER.
* * * * *
[_Many_ COURTIERS _and_ LADIES _are seen in audience-room of palace; a
throne is in the background. Enter the_ FIRST COURTIER.]
FIRST COURTIER. The King and Queen!
[_Enter_ KING FERDINAND _and_ QUEEN ISABELLA, _followed by_ COURTIERS,
LADIES _and the_ WISE MEN. _All bow as the King and Queen cross to throne
and sit. Enter the_ MONK; _he advances to throne and bows._]
KING. Speak, good Father.
MONK. I pray your Majesties to see one Christopher Columbus.
KING (_inquiringly_). Columbus?
MONK. The Italian who thinks he can find a short route to the Indies, sire.
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