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Show • 8 a The Rival LaSes. The fault I muft commit. Jul. Fair Youth, I am A Suitor to you. Amid. So am I to you. Jul. You fee m e here a Pris'ner. Amid. M y requeft Is, I may fet you free ; make hafte fweet, M a d a m : Which way would you go ? Jul. T o the next Religious Houfe. Amid. Here through the Garden, Madam; H o w I commend your holy Refoludon! [Exeunt unfa. Enter Don Manuel in the Street, and A Servant with him. Man. Angellina fled to a Monaftery fay you ? Serv. So 'tis giv'n out: I could not fee her W o m a n : But for yfcur Sifter, what you heard is true: I faw her at the Inn : They told m e fhe was brought in laft Night, By a young Cavalier they fhow'd m e there. Man. This muft be he that refeu'd m e: What would I give to fee him. Serv. Fortune is Obedient to your wifhes; H e was coming To find out you; I waited on him to The turning ofthe Street; and ftept before lo tell you of it. Man. You o'er-joy me. Serv. This, Sir, is he. Enter Gonfalvo. Gonf. As fuch indeed you promis'd me your Sifter. BecTufe IrlTfl ? ** im'reft l ^ulct have, Becaufe I thought before you came to claim it, A Husbands right would take m y Title from me, Gonf I come to fee if any Manly Vertue CandweH withfalfhood : 6raw, thou'ft fnjur'd me A n f *V Y o u , % a^adyl have done you wrong. And yet would have m e right you by a great? Gonf Poor abject thing' Xa greater. Man. W h o doubts another's Courage ^antsithimfelf; but I w h o know m§y own Will not receive aLaw from you toRgfc ' Or to forbear: For then I grant your c l u ^ e Tomaftermine when ILforcM to d S ^ Whatofmyfelfl would not. bonf Your reafon? ; Man YoU fav'd m y Life. , Gonf. I'll quit that debt to be In a Capacity of forcing you |o keep your promife with m e • for I m m * Tofe™LyonrSaterisnotyttitouT Gonf YotrSSfto? / 't0 a Robber' As noble as your felf- '**?T^ ^ ^ <* &<*** At leaft with yours S 0 ^ equal 1 think unltam'd ' Y RcPutatl<>n> yet 7fl<? ^/vol Ladies. Man. I wifh, Sir, it may prore fo; I never had fo ftrong an Inclination T o believe any M a n as you: But yet-• Gonf. All things fhall be fo clear, there fhall be left N o Room for any feruple : I was born In Sevil, ofthe beft Houfe in that City ; M y name Gonfalvo de Ptralta : Being A younger Brother, 'twas m y Uncle's care T o take m e with him in a Voyage to TMc Indies, where fince dying, he has left m e A fortune not contemptible ; returning From thence all m y Wealth in the Plate-Fleet, A furious ftorm almoft within the Port Of Scvil, took us, fcatter'd all the Navy: M y Ship, by the unruly Tempeft born Quite through the Streights, as far as Barcelona ', There firft caft Anchor ; there I ftept Afhore: Three days I ftaid, in which fmall time I made A^ffe Love, which vanmYd as it came. Man. But were you not ingag'd to her you Courted ? Gonf. Upon m y honour, no; what might have been I cannot tell: But e'er I could repair M y beaten Ship, or take frefh Water in, One Night, when there by chance I lay Aboard, A Wind tore up m y Anchor from the bottom, And with that violence it brought m e thither; Has thrown m e in this P o r t : - - Man. But yet our meeting in the W o o d was ttrange. Gonf For that I'll fatisfie you as w e Walk. Enter Hippolito. Hip. O Sir, h o w glad a m I to find you [Whifper. Man. That Boy I have feen fome where* or one like him, But where, I cannot call to mind: Hip. I found it out, and got before'em-- And here they are Enter Amideo, and Julia. Man. M y Sifter! As I could have wiftfd it. Amid. O ! W e are caught ? Jul. I did expect as much : Fortune has not forgot that I a m Julia. Man. Sifter, I'm glad you'r happily retum'd ; 'Twas kindly done of you thus to prevent The trouble of m y fearch. Jul. I wqukl not have you MrttakemyvV£oveto Rodorick fo much, T o think I meant to fall into your hands, M y purpofe is for the next Nunnery ; There I'll pray for you: Sofarewel. Man. Stay, Julia you muft go with me. Jul. Lead, lead ; You think I a m your Pris'ner now : *- Gonf. If you will needs to a Religious Houk. Leave that fair Face behind; a worfe will ferve TcfTpoil with Watching, and with Fafting there. Man. Prithee no more of this ; the only way T o make her happy is to force it on her. Julia, prepare your felf ftrait to be married. Jul. To whom. f Man. You fee your Bridegroom : and you Imow M y Father's Will, who with his dying breath Commanded, you fhould pay asftnet Obedierice T o m e as formerly to him: if not, Your Dowry is at m y difpofe. |
