'Look at them well,' says Leonardo.

They are the knights of the plains.

'They have come to mock me,' Camillo exclaims, and avoids them.
Leonardo, Michiella, and Camillo now sing a trio that is tricuspidato, or a three-pointed manner of declaring their divergent sentiments in harmony.

The fast-gathering cavaliers lend masculine character to the choric refrains at every interval.

Leonardo plucks Michiella entreatingly by the arm.