An invitation to enjoy the performance (or "mystical celebration") which is being offered to the public

As has always been the case, Discord invites War to walk together in unison

Discord and War contemplate the conversion of King Clodoveo to Christian law. The king tells the story of what took place when he was baptized: the flask fell from the Bishop's hand as he was about to anoint the king with the Sovereign Oil

Musical scene. An Angel and a dove come down from Heaven. The Angel carries three irises, symbol of the French crown and the dove carries a new flask in its beak. The King is baptized

Discord leads war to a new vision: the stormy night through which King Rodolpho accompanies a priest who carries the Blessed Sacrament through the torrential downpour. Rodolfo recounts how, when they were lost in the darkness, the sun lit up the path to show them the way

Musical scene. Peace comes down as dawn breaks with a bunch of white lilies (the coat of arms of the house of Habsburg). Rodolfo embraces the catholic faith

Discord reveals to War his desire to prevent Peace between the Christian and catholic monarchs, symbols of the union between the Spanish and French kingdoms

Discord's monologue in which he recounts his vile actions throughout history. From Cain to the Jews in the time of Christ he has always sowed discord

Leisure appears, with grace followed by the Secular Branch. He threatens Discord with baptism. War decides to collaborate with Discord

The Ecclesiastical Branch appears and Discord asks him for arms

Discord brings about the fall of Peace

Peace finds the support and companionship of Leisure

Justice arrives to join with Peace

The Spouse appears (an allegory of the Infanta Maria Teresa), disposed to embrace Peace. The King of the Law of Grace, her father intervenes, knowing that Peace is fleeing

Peace leaves, accompanied by Leisure

The King of Natural Law is lost in contemplation of a portrait of a stranger who awakes his love. Peace shakes him from his ignorance by telling him that the portrait is of the Spouse (Maria Teresa). The two of them describe the Infanta's beauty and grace. But the King does not acknowledge Peace

Peace tells Leisure of his desire to triumph and to not give in

War and Discord return and talk of their fear of Peace and of how to trick her - to separate her from the king

Musical scene. Peace implores both camps, that of Natural Law and that of the Law of Grace to respond to her. Both of them do so

Discord and War see their plans in tatters

The Spanish King, together with the Ecclesiastical Branch and the French monarch, together with the Secular Branch, accept Peace

War and Discord try their last ruses with the Ecclesiastical Branch and the Secular Branch but are ignored

Peace, victorious, receives the embrace of both sides (Ecclesiastical and Secular) and in this way the union of Grace and Nature is brought about, with the Iris and the White Lily of the kingdoms of France and Spain

Discord and War, not knowing how their defeat came about, question Leisure, blaming him for their misfortune. Leisure, unhappy about being left by Peace reveals that Peace had a meeting with the two sides

Musical scene. Fame proclaims the union of the two kingdoms

Discord and War relate how the two kings departed in their respective ships and went to the place where Peace would be sealed (the Treaty of the Pyrenees)

Everyone celebrates the union in the Palace; the Spanish King descends from the ship with Maria Teresa as does the French King with his mother (Grace). Everything ends with the rendition of War at the feet of the monarchs and the final triumph of Peace

Invitation to the celebration of a royal wedding