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The REVENGE.
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Urges Alonzo to espouse his DaughterThis very Day; for he has learnt their Loves.
Zan.Ha! was not that receiv'd with EcstasieBy Don Alonzo?
Man.Yes, at first; but soonA Damp came o'er him, it would kill his Friend.
Zan.Not if his Friend consented; and since nowHe can't himself espouse her———
Man.Yet to ask itHas something shocking to a generous Mind,At least Alonzo's Spirit startles at it.Wide is the Distance between our Despair,And giving up a Mistress to another.But I must leave you. Carlos wants SupportIn his severe Affliction. [Exit Manuel.

Zan.Ha! it dawns!———It rises to me, like a new-found WorldTo Mariners long time distress'd at Sea,Sore from a Storm, and all their Viands spent;———Or like the Sun just rising out of Chaos,Some dregs of ancient Night not quite purg'd off:But shall I finish it—Hoa! Isabella!Enter Isabella.I thought of dying; better Things come forward;Vengeance is still alive; from her dark Covert,With all her Snakes erect upon her Crest,She stalks in View, and fires me with her Charms.When, Isabell, arriv'd Don Carlos here?
Isab.Two Nights ago.
Zan.
That was the very NightBefore the Battel—Memory, set down that,It has the Essence of a Crocodile,Tho' yet but in the Shell—I'll give it Birth—What Time did he return?Isab.
At Midnight.Zan.
So—Say, did he see that Night his Leonora?
Isab.No, my good Lord.

Zan.

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