Crowd

  Abelard! Abelard! Abelard!



William

  Just look at all these trappings, flags, lanterns. When will these

  unbridled revels end?

 Lotulfe

  Didn't you hear the news?

William

  What news?

 Lotulfe

  The reason for the celebration. At the great debate this morning,

  Peter Abelard outperformed professors from all the colleges of

  France.

 Alberic

  The adulation of the crowd has gone to his head.

William

  Remember, "pride cometh before a fall"



 Crowd

  Freedom, freedom, freedom!