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The REVENGE.
Which gives you Leonora now, will cease.
Carlos has lost her; should you lose her too,
Why then, you heap new Torments on your Friend
By that Respect which labour'd to relieve him———
'Tis well, he is disturb'd, it makes him pause.[Aside.
Carlos has lost her; should you lose her too,
Why then, you heap new Torments on your Friend
By that Respect which labour'd to relieve him———
'Tis well, he is disturb'd, it makes him pause.[Aside.
Alon.Think'st thou, my Zanga, shou'd I ask Don Carlos,
His Goodness would consent that I should wed her?
His Goodness would consent that I should wed her?
Zan.I know it would.
Alon.But then the Cruelty
To ask it, and for me to ask it of him!
To ask it, and for me to ask it of him!
Zan.Methinks, you are severe upon your Friend.
Who was it gave him Liberty and Life?
Who was it gave him Liberty and Life?
Alon.That is the very Reason which forbids it.
Were I a Stranger, I could freely speak:
In me, it so resembles a Demand,
Exacting of a Debt, it shocks my Nature.
Were I a Stranger, I could freely speak:
In me, it so resembles a Demand,
Exacting of a Debt, it shocks my Nature.
Zan.My Lord, you know the sad Alternative.
Is Leonora worth one Pang, or not?
It hurts not me, my Lord, but as I love you;
Warmly as you I wish Don Carlos well;
But I am likewise Don Alonzo's Friend:
There all the Difference lies between us two.
In me, my Lord, you hear another self,
And give me leave to add, a better too,
Clear'd from those Errors, which, tho' caus'd by Virtue,
Are such as may hereafter give you Pain.———
Don Lopez of Castille would not demur thus.
Is Leonora worth one Pang, or not?
It hurts not me, my Lord, but as I love you;
Warmly as you I wish Don Carlos well;
But I am likewise Don Alonzo's Friend:
There all the Difference lies between us two.
In me, my Lord, you hear another self,
And give me leave to add, a better too,
Clear'd from those Errors, which, tho' caus'd by Virtue,
Are such as may hereafter give you Pain.———
Don Lopez of Castille would not demur thus.
Alon.Perish the Name! What! Sacrifice the Fair
To Age and Illness, because set in Gold?—
I'll to Don Carlos, if my Heart will let me.
I have not seen him since his sore Affliction;
But shunn'd it, as too terrible to bear.
How shall I bear it now? I'm struck already. [Ex. Alon.
To Age and Illness, because set in Gold?—
I'll to Don Carlos, if my Heart will let me.
I have not seen him since his sore Affliction;
But shunn'd it, as too terrible to bear.
How shall I bear it now? I'm struck already. [Ex. Alon.
Zan.Half of my Work is done. I must secure
Don Carlos, e'er Alonzo speaks with him.
[He gives a Message to a Servant, then returns.]
Proud, hated Spain! Oft drench'd in Moorish Blood;
Dost thou not feel a deadly Foe within thee?
Don Carlos, e'er Alonzo speaks with him.
[He gives a Message to a Servant, then returns.]
Proud, hated Spain! Oft drench'd in Moorish Blood;
Dost thou not feel a deadly Foe within thee?
Shake