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Show jjo The F A L S E FRIEND. Don Ped. D o n John, follow m e by this back,way • And you, Leonora, retire. (Exit Leonora. (Don John afide, following Don Ped.) If D o h G«^- tnan's Throat were cut, wou'd not this Buftle end ? V - y e s - .Why then if his Throat be not cut, may this Buftle end me. ACT IV. SCENE, Don Guzman** Houfe. Enter Don Guzman, and Galindo* Don Gu%. mufing.)/^^ Alindo ! \^JJ Gal. Sir. D o n Guz. Try if you can fee Jacinta, let her pri-vate'y know I wou'd fain fpeak with her. Gal. It fhall be done, Sir. (Exit Czl Don Guzman folus. Sure Villany and Impudence were never on the ftretch before ! This Traitor has wreckt them till they crack. To what a Plunge the Villain's Tour has brought m e Pedro's Refentment muft at laft be pointed here; But that's a Trifle, had he not ruin'd me with Leonora, I cafily hadpafs'd him by the reft. What's to be done ? Which way fhall I convince her of my Innocence ? The Blood of him, who has dar'd declare me guilty, may fatisfy m y Vengeance, but not aid my Love* N o , I'm loft with her for ever, . Enter Jacinta. Speak; iVt not fb, Jacinta / A m I not ruin'd with the virtuous Leonora .* Jac. O n e of you, I fuppofe, is. D o n Guz. Which doft thou think ? Jac. W h y he that came to fpoil all, who fhoud *be? POil The FALSE F R I E ™ i ? r c D°n SX Sr"hce be ferfous with me * thou ean'i* for one fmall Moment, and advife m e which way I (hall take to convince her of m y Innocence, That I was I. that came to do her Service ? Jacin. W h y you both came to do. her Service, did nor you? Don Guz. Still trifling? Jacin. N o by my Troth, not I. Don Guz. Then turn thy Thoughts to eafe m e in my Torment, and be my faithful Witnefs to her, That Hea' ven and Hell and all their Wrath I imprecate, if ever once I knew one fleeting Thought, that durft propofe to-me fo impious an Attempt. No, Jacinta, I. love her well; but love with that humility, whatever Mifery I feel, my Torture ne'er fhall urge me on to feize, more than her Bounty gives m e leave to take. Jacin. And the Murrain take fuch a Lover, and his Humility both, fay I. W h y fure, Sir, you are not. in. earneft in this Story, are you ? Don Guz. W h y do'ft thou queftion it ? Jacin. Becaufe I really and ferioufly thought you* innocent. Don-Gu%. Innocent ! What doft thou mean ? Jacin. Mean ! W h y what fhou'd I mean ? I mean) that I concluded you lov'd m y Lady to that degree, yoir> cou'd not live without her : And that the thought of her-being given up to another, made your Paflion flame out like Mount Etna : That upon this your Love got the Bridle in his Teeth, and ran away with you into her Chamber, where that impertinent Spy upon her and; you, Don John, followed and prevented farther proof* of your AfFe&ion. Don Guz. W h y fure • - Jacin. W h y fure, thus I thought it was, and thus- Hie thinks it is. If you have a mind in the depth o£ your Difcretion to convince her of your Innocence May your Innocence be your Reward. I'm fure were L in her place, you fhou'd never have any other from me. Don Guz. Was there then no Merit, in flying to ha- 4fliftan6fi when I heard her Cries? i Tuim. |