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The REVENGE.
Zan.I dare be sworn you do.
Yet he has other Thoughts.
Yet he has other Thoughts.
Car.What can'st thou mean?
Zan.Indeed he has, and fears to ask a Favour
A Stranger from a Stranger might request,
What costs you Nothing, yet is All to him,
Nay what indeed will to your Glory add,
For nothing more than wishing your Friend well.
A Stranger from a Stranger might request,
What costs you Nothing, yet is All to him,
Nay what indeed will to your Glory add,
For nothing more than wishing your Friend well.
Car.I pray be plain: his Happiness is mine.
Zan.He loves to Death; but so reveres his Friend,
He can't persuade his Heart to wed the Maid,
Without your Leave, and that he fears to ask,
In perfect Tenderness; I urg'd him to it,
Knowing the deadly Sickness of his Heart,
Your overflowing Goodness to your Friend,
Your Wisdom, and Despair your self to wed her;
I wrung a Promise from him he would try:
And now, I come a mutual Friend to both,
Without his Privacy, to let you know it,
And to prepare you kindly to receive him.
He can't persuade his Heart to wed the Maid,
Without your Leave, and that he fears to ask,
In perfect Tenderness; I urg'd him to it,
Knowing the deadly Sickness of his Heart,
Your overflowing Goodness to your Friend,
Your Wisdom, and Despair your self to wed her;
I wrung a Promise from him he would try:
And now, I come a mutual Friend to both,
Without his Privacy, to let you know it,
And to prepare you kindly to receive him.
Car.Ha! if he weds, I am undone indeed;
Not Don Alvarez' self can then relieve me.
Not Don Alvarez' self can then relieve me.
Zan.Alas! My Lord, you know his Heart is Steel,
'Tis fixt, 'tis past, 'tis absolute Despair.
'Tis fixt, 'tis past, 'tis absolute Despair.
Car.O cruel Heav'n! and is it not enough
That I must never, never see her more!
Say, is it not enough that I must die;
But must I be tormented in the Grave?
Ask my Consent!—Must I then give her to him?
Lead to his Nuptial Sheets the blushing Maid?
Oh!—Leonora! never, never, never!
That I must never, never see her more!
Say, is it not enough that I must die;
But must I be tormented in the Grave?
Ask my Consent!—Must I then give her to him?
Lead to his Nuptial Sheets the blushing Maid?
Oh!—Leonora! never, never, never!
Zan.A Storm of Plagues upon him! he refuses. [Aside.
Car.What! Wed her?—and to-day?
Zan.To-day, or never.
To-morrow may some wealthier Lover bring,
And then Alonzo is thrown out like you.
Then whom shall he condemn for his Misfortune?
Carlos is an Alvarez to his Love.
To-morrow may some wealthier Lover bring,
And then Alonzo is thrown out like you.
Then whom shall he condemn for his Misfortune?
Carlos is an Alvarez to his Love.
Car.