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Show 214 The MISTAKE. fign'd you. 'Tis true, in Juftice it was yours before • but 'tis the God of Love has done you Right. T o him you owe this ftrange Difcovery, thro him you are to know the true Camillo's dead, and that this fair Adventurer is Daughter to Alvarez. Lor. Incredible ! But go on ; let m e hear more. D o n Fel. She'll tell thee the reft her felf, the next dark Night fhe meets thee in the Garden. Lor. H a ! Was it Camillo then, that I-Ifab. It was Camillo who there made you happy: And who has Virtue, Beauty, Wit and Love--enough to make you fo, while Life fhall laft you. Lor. The Proof fhe gives m e of her Love, deferves a large Acknowledgment indeed. Forgive m e therefore, Leonora, if what I o we this Goodnefs and thefe Charms, I with m y utmoft Care, m y Life, m y Soul, endeavour to repay. Cam. Is it then poflible you can forgive m e ? Lor. Indeed I can ; few Crimes have fuch a Claim to Mercy; but join with m e then, dear Camillo, (for ftill I know you by no other N a m e ) join with m e to obtain your Father's Pardon : yours, Leono~ ra, too, I muft implore ; and yours, m y Friend, for now we may be fuch. [To Carlos.] O f all I ask Forgivenefs. And fince there is fo fair a Caufe of all m y wild Miftakes, I hope I by her Intereft fhall obtain it. Alv. You have a Claim to mine, Lorenzo, I wifh I had fo ftrong a one to yours ; but if by future Services, (tho I lay down m y Life amongft'em) I may blot out of your Remembrance a Fault (I cannot name) I then fhall leave the World in Peace. Lor. In Peace then, Sir, enjoy it; for from this very Hour, whate'er is paft with me, is gone for ever. Your Daughter is too fair a Mediatrix to be refus'd his Pardon, to w h o m fhe owes the Charms fhe pleads with for it. From • • • • » . • ... The .-S&iVX k E.''-" 215 . " i' ...... • ,• »* > > From this good/Day, then let all Difcord ceafe ; "\#. ^ ' Let thofe ttftyf/fe be Harm<W\ 'fad fP eat* ; *'..•' Henceforth let fall our diff'ren-tllfftjerSjh'jfiin, V Let Fathers, Lovers, friends, let all combine, > To make each other's Days as blefi asfije will mine.) FINIS. juu |