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The REVENGE.

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If thus a slight Surmise can work his Soul,
How will the fulness of the Tempest tear him!

Enter Alonzo.

Alon.And yet it cannot be———I am deceiv'd———
I injure her: she wears the Face of Heav'n.

Zan.He doubts.

Alon.I dare not look on This again.
If the first Glance, which gave Suspicion only,
Had such effect, so smote my Heart and Brain,
The Certainty would dash me all in Pieces.
It cannot———Ha! it must, it must be true. [Starts.

Zan.Hold there, and we succeed. He has descry'd me,
And, for he knows I love him, will unfold
His aching Heart, and rest it on my Counsel.
I'll seem to go, to make my Stay more sure.

Alon.Hold, Zanga, turn.

Zanga.My Lord.

Alon.Shut close the Doors,
That not a Spirit find an Entrance here.

Zan.My Lord's obey'd.

Alon.I see that thou art frighted.
If thou dost love me, I shall fill thy Heart
With Scorpion's Stings.

Zan.If I do love, my Lord?

Alon.Come near me, let me rest upon thy Bosom.
What Pillow like the Bosom of a Friend?
And I am sick at Heart.

Zan.Speak, Sir, O speak,
And take me from the Rack!

Alon.And is there need
Of Words? Behold a Wonder! See my Tears!

Zan.I feel them too. Heav'n grant my Senses fail me!
I rather would lose them than have this real.

Alon.Go, take a Round thro' all things in thy Thought,
And find that One; for there is only One
Which could extort my Tears; find that, and tell
Thy self my Misery, and spare me the Pain.

Zan.Sorrow can think but ill—I am bewilder'd;
I know not where I am.

Alon.