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The REVENGE.

ACT II. SCENE I.

Enter Manuel, and Zanga.

Zan.If this be true, I cannot blame your PainFor wretched Carlos; 'tis but human in you.But when arriv'd your dismal News?
Man.This Hour.
Zan.What, not a Vessel sav'd!
Man.All, all the StormDevour'd, and now o'er his late envy'd FortuneThe Dolphins bound, and watry Mountains roar,Triumphant in his Ruin.
Zan.Is AlvarezDetermin'd to deny his Daughter to him?That Treasure was on Shore; must that too joinThe common Wreck?
Man.Alvarez pleads indeedThat Leonora's Heart is dis-inclin'd,And pleads that only; so it was this Morning,When he concurr'd: the Tempest broke the Match;And sunk his Favour, when it sunk the Gold.The Love of Gold is double in his Heart,The Vice of Age, and of Alvarez too.
Zan.How does Don Carlos bear it?
Man.Like a ManWhose Heart feels most a human Heart can feel,And reasons best a human Heart can reason.
Zan.But is he then in absolute Despair?
Man.Never to see his Leonora more.And quite to quench all future Hope; Alvarez

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