Page:The Revenge - Young (1721).djvu/48
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
30
The REVENGE.
Alon.Think, think no more.
It ne'er can enter in an honest Heart.
I'll tell thee then———I cannot,———Yet I do
By wanting Force to give it Utterance.
It ne'er can enter in an honest Heart.
I'll tell thee then———I cannot,———Yet I do
By wanting Force to give it Utterance.
Zan.Speak, ease your Heart; its Throbs will break your Bosom.
Alon.I am most Happy: mine is Victory,
Mine the King's Favour, mine the Nation's Shout,
And great Men make their Fortunes of my Smiles.
O Curse of Curses! In the lap of Blessing
To be most Curst!———My Leonora's False!
Mine the King's Favour, mine the Nation's Shout,
And great Men make their Fortunes of my Smiles.
O Curse of Curses! In the lap of Blessing
To be most Curst!———My Leonora's False!
Zan.Save me, my Lord!
Alon.My Leonora's false. [Gives him the Letter.
Zan.Then Heav'n has lost its Image here on Earth.
[While Zanga reads the Letter, he trembles
and shews the utmost Concern.
[While Zanga reads the Letter, he trembles
and shews the utmost Concern.
Alon.Good-natur'd Man! He makes my Pains his own.
I durst not read it; but I read it now
In thy concern.
I durst not read it; but I read it now
In thy concern.
Zan.Did you not read it then?
Alon.Mine Eye just touch'd it, and could bear no more.
Zan.Thus perish all that gives Alonzo Pain. [Tears the Letter.
Alon.Why didst thou tear it?
Zan.Think of it no more.
'Twas your Mistake, and groundless are your Fears.
'Twas your Mistake, and groundless are your Fears.
Alon.And didst thou tremble then for my Mistake?
Or give the whole Contents, or by the Pangs
That feed upon my Heart, thy Life's in Danger.
Or give the whole Contents, or by the Pangs
That feed upon my Heart, thy Life's in Danger.
Zan.Is this Alonzo's Language to his Zanga?
Draw forth your Sword, and find the Secret here.
For whose sake is it, think you, I conceal it?
Wherefore this Rage? Because I seek your Peace?
I have no Interest in suppressing it,
But what good-natur'd Tenderness for you
Obliges me to have. Not mine the Heart
That will be rent in two, not mine the Fame
That will be damn'd, tho' all the World should know it.
Draw forth your Sword, and find the Secret here.
For whose sake is it, think you, I conceal it?
Wherefore this Rage? Because I seek your Peace?
I have no Interest in suppressing it,
But what good-natur'd Tenderness for you
Obliges me to have. Not mine the Heart
That will be rent in two, not mine the Fame
That will be damn'd, tho' all the World should know it.
Alon.Then my worst Fears are true, and Life is past.
Zan.