SCENE III. A council-chamber.

The DUKE and Senators sitting at a table; Officers attending

DUKE OF VENICE
There is no composition in these news
That gives them credit.

FIRST SENATOR
Indeed, they are disproportion'd;
My letters say a hundred and seven galleys.

DUKE OF VENICE
And mine, a hundred and forty.

SECOND SENATOR
And mine, two hundred:
But though they jump not on a just account,--
As in these cases, where the aim reports,
'Tis oft with difference--yet do they all confirm
A Turkish fleet, and bearing up to Cyprus.

DUKE OF VENICE
Nay, it is possible enough to judgment:
I do not so secure me in the error,
But the main article I do approve
In fearful sense.