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The REVENGE.
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ACT III. SCENE I.
Enter Zanga and Isabella.
Zan.OJoy, Thou welcome Stranger! twice three Years
I have not felt thy Vital Beam, but now
It warms my Veins, and plays around my Heart:
A Fiery Instinct lifts me from the Ground,
And I could mount! The Spirits numberless
Of my dear Countrymen, which Yesterday
Left their poor bleeding Bodies on the Field,
Are all assembled here, and o'er-inform me.———
O Bridegroom! Great indeed thy present Bliss;
Yet ev'n by me unenvy'd; for be sure
It is thy last, thy last Smile, that which now
Sits on thy Cheek; enjoy it while thou may'st,
Anguish, and Groans, and Death bespeak To-morrow.
My Isabella!
I have not felt thy Vital Beam, but now
It warms my Veins, and plays around my Heart:
A Fiery Instinct lifts me from the Ground,
And I could mount! The Spirits numberless
Of my dear Countrymen, which Yesterday
Left their poor bleeding Bodies on the Field,
Are all assembled here, and o'er-inform me.———
O Bridegroom! Great indeed thy present Bliss;
Yet ev'n by me unenvy'd; for be sure
It is thy last, thy last Smile, that which now
Sits on thy Cheek; enjoy it while thou may'st,
Anguish, and Groans, and Death bespeak To-morrow.
My Isabella!
Isab.What commands my Moor?
Zan.My fair Ally! My lovely Minister!
'Twas well Alvarez by my Arts impell'd,
(To plunge Don Carlos in the last Despair,
And so prevent all future Molestation,)
Finish'd the Nuptials soon as he resolv'd them,
This Conduct ripen'd all for Me, and Ruin.
Scarce had the Priest the holy Rite perform'd,
When I, by sacred Inspiration, forg'd
That Letter, which I trusted to thy Hand;
That Letter, which in glowing Terms conveys
'Twas well Alvarez by my Arts impell'd,
(To plunge Don Carlos in the last Despair,
And so prevent all future Molestation,)
Finish'd the Nuptials soon as he resolv'd them,
This Conduct ripen'd all for Me, and Ruin.
Scarce had the Priest the holy Rite perform'd,
When I, by sacred Inspiration, forg'd
That Letter, which I trusted to thy Hand;
That Letter, which in glowing Terms conveys
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