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Show ,,<$ The F A L S E F R I E N D. de, ce imuft'confcfi, at firft quite Oracle me fpeechlefs | £ ta a moment I r'egain'd my Tongue, and loud pro-daim'd the Tray tor. lion /W. Is t poflible'. . . S U . Yet more: your arrival h.ndnng me « A.7?ta* from taking vengeance for your Wrong, r S i ' taft « expert h?m here, to pumfh htm (with Hea- "e„> w"hteoua Aid) for daring to attempt my Ru,„ ^kh the Man, whole Friendfoip I prefer to all the Blef. fiiws Heaven and Earth difpenle. Y n d now.Don Pedro, I have told vou th,S)If ft,l you have a mind to take m y Life, 1 mail defend nwuhthe 5'fame warmth, I tntended to expofe « tn you, Set- VkDon Ped. afide.-] If I diS not know he was in love w i t h l W 1 could beeafily furpr.z'd wuh vvhat he i iJ - Rut- • But yet 'tis certain he has de-fcyedAe Proofs againft him\ and ir I only hold to, S y as a Lover, why muft Don Guzman pafs for «• iocent ? Good Gcds, 1 am again returning to «ny Doubts! D o n > t o afide.-] 1 have at laft redue'd htm to a Rallance but one Lye more toft in, will turn the Scale. T . D o n Fed "I One Obligation more, my Friend, you J f r n e " I * o V to have let it pafs, but it (hall m owe m e , o. fa beauteous iw»««; K n o w then 1 lov d IkeJ. , ^ ^ y b B t X f i t rm'vPaffion from my Weeding Hea, P'eH fl ifie'd m r Ha^pinefs to yours. Now, 1 have no "ore to plead^f ^ think your Vengeance ,s ay due, come pay « me. p0nyards ftrike me D o a y a Rather ten thoufand I y ^ find >° GoT? Whither wls°m &» Frenzy leading S e f c a n T o - ^ this barbarous tafjj ^ D o „ * * „ I can: N o more jj< ' ^ Weni think m e what I am, a taitbtni a j bopt Retire, and leave m e here. In a tew m o m ^ •,-//V,A L S E F R I E N D- f47 to bring you farther Proofs on't. G « * ™ „ » T • A I «peft, leave m e to do you Juftice on hfm * X ,B&nd* Don /V#. That muft nnt K*» M,, u be fatisfy'd by any J L ^ J S ? ™ * «» •*• Don Ped. You miftake, he won't be here. Don John. How fo ? Don Ped. He has not had your Challenge. His Sifter mtercepted rt, and defir'd I would come to prevent the Quarrel. * Don John. What then is towbe done ? Don Ped. I'll go and find him out immediately. Don John. Very well: Or hold _ [Afide'] I muft hinder 'em from talking, Goffiping may difcover me. ' Yes: Let's go and find him: Or, let m e fee „ Ay 'twill do better. Don Ped. What ? Don John. W h y That the Punifhment fhould fuit theCrirre. Don Ped. Explain. Don John. Attack him by his own Laws of W a r * Twas in the Night he would have had your Honour and in the Night you ought to have his Life. Bon Ped. His Treafon cannot take the Guilt from mine. N Don John. There is no Guilt in fair Retaliation. When 'tis a point of Honour founds the Quarrel, the Laws of Sword-Men muft be kept, 'tis true : But if a Thief glides in to feize m y Treafure, methinks I may return the Favour on m y Dagger's Point, as well as with my Sword of Ceremony fix times as long. Don Ped. Yet ftill the nobler Method I wou'd chufe • it better fatisfiesthe Vengeance of a Man of Honour. Don John. I o w n it, were you fure you fhou'd fuc-ceed: But the Events of Combats are uncertain. Your Enemy may 'fcape you: You perhaps may only wound him;, you may be parted. Believe me, Pedro, the Injury's too great for a Punailio Satisfa&ion. G 2 Do» |