courtyard of palace in background_.

* * * * *

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
SCHOOLMASTER.
CARLOS.
ROQUE.[Footnote: Pronounced _R[=o]'k[=a]_.]
PANCHO.[Footnote: Pronounced _Pän'ch[=o]_ (_ch_ as in _ch_urch.)]
KING JOHN.
COURTIERS.
JESTER.
RIVERRA,[Footnote: Pronounced _R[=e]-ver'rä_.] A SEA-CAPTAIN.
PORTER.
BOYS, HOSTLERS, SERVANTS.

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[_Enter_ CARLOS, ROQUE _and_ PANCHO. _They carry their school-books. A
noise is heard in courtyard._]

ROQUE (_stopping; listening_). There's stirring in the King's courtyard!

[_He runs to closed gates; peeps through a crack._]

CARLOS. Come, Roque, we shall be late to school.

ROQUE (_throwing down books_). Come, look! They are laying the red carpets
in the court!