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The REVENGE.
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ACT IV. SCENE I.
Enter Alonzo, and Zanga.
Alon.Oh, what a Pain to think! when every Thought,
Perplexing Thought in Intricacies runs,
And Reason knits th'inextricable Toil
In which her self is taken. I am lost,
Poor Insect that I am, I am involv'd,
And bury'd in the Web my self have wrought.
One Argument is ballanc'd by another,
And Reason Reason meets in doubtful Fight,
And Proofs are countermin'd by equal Proofs.
No more I'll bear this Battel of the Mind,
This inward Anarchy; but find my Wife,
And to her trembling Heart presenting Death,
Force all the Secret from her.
Perplexing Thought in Intricacies runs,
And Reason knits th'inextricable Toil
In which her self is taken. I am lost,
Poor Insect that I am, I am involv'd,
And bury'd in the Web my self have wrought.
One Argument is ballanc'd by another,
And Reason Reason meets in doubtful Fight,
And Proofs are countermin'd by equal Proofs.
No more I'll bear this Battel of the Mind,
This inward Anarchy; but find my Wife,
And to her trembling Heart presenting Death,
Force all the Secret from her.
Zan.O forbear!
You totter on the very Brink of Ruin.
You totter on the very Brink of Ruin.
Alon.What dost thou mean?
Zan.That will discover all,
And kill my Hopes. What can I think or do? [Aside.
And kill my Hopes. What can I think or do? [Aside.
Alon.What dost thou murmur?
Zan.Force the Secret from her!
What's Perjury to such a Crime as this?—
Will she confess it then? O groundless Hope!
But rest assur'd, she'll make this Accusation,
Or false or true, your Ruin with the King;
Such is her Father's Pow'r.
What's Perjury to such a Crime as this?—
Will she confess it then? O groundless Hope!
But rest assur'd, she'll make this Accusation,
Or false or true, your Ruin with the King;
Such is her Father's Pow'r.
Alon.No more, I care not;
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