SCENE III. Venice. A council chamber.
[The Duke and Senators sitting at a table; Officers attending.]
DUKE.
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.
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.
Nay, it is possible enough to judgement:
I do not so secure me in the error,
But the main article I do approve
In fearful sense.
SAILOR.
[Within.] What, ho! what, ho! what, ho!
FIRST OFFICER.
A messenger from the galleys.
[Enter a Sailor.]
DUKE.
Now, — what's the business?
SAILOR.
The Turkish preparation makes for Rhodes;
So was I bid report here to the state
By Signior Angelo.
DUKE.
How say you by this change?
