ick out:
Tell him, the lady Julia will be walking
On the broad rock, that lies beside the port,
And there expects to see him instantly.
In the mean time I'll call for Amideo.
_Jul_. You'll keep your promise to Don Roderick?
_Gons_. Madam, since you bring death, I welcome it;
But to his fortune, not his love, submit.
[_Exit_ GONSALVO.
_Hip_. I dare not ask what I too fain would hear:
But, like a tender mother, hope and fear,
My equal twins, my equal care I make,
And keep hope quiet, lest that fear should wake.
[_Aside. Exit_ HIPPOLITO.
_Jul_. So, now I'm firmly at my own dispose;
And all the lets, my virtue caused, removed:
Now, Roderick, I come--
_Enter_ GONSALVO _again_.
_Gons_. Madam, my boy's not yet returned.
_Jul_. No matter, we'll not stay for him.
_Gon_. Pray make not too much haste.
[_Exeunt JUL. and GONS_.
SCENE II.
_Enter DON RODORICK, and a Servant_.
_Rod_. Have you bespoke a vessel, as I bid you?
_Serv_. I have done better; for I have employed
Some, whom I know, this day to seize a ship;
Which they have done, clapping the men within her
All under hatches, with such speed and silence,
That, though she rides at anchor in the port
Among the rest, the change is not discovered.
_Rod_. Let my best goods and jewels be embarked
With secrecy: We'll put to sea this night.
Have you yet found my sister, or her woman?
_Serv_. Neither, sir; but in all probability
She is with Manuel.
_Rod_. Would God the meanest man in Alicant
Had Angelina, rather than Don Manuel!
I never can forgive, much less forget,
How he (the younger soldier) was preferred
To that command of horse, which was my due.
_Serv_. And, after that, by force disseized you of
Your quarters--
_Rod_. Should I meet him seven years hence
At the altar, I would kill him there:--I had
Forgot to tell you, the design we had,
To carry Julia by force away,
Will now be needless: she'll come to the rock
To see me; you, unseen, shall stand behind,
And carry her into the vessel.
_Serv_. Shall I not help you to dispatch Don Manuel?
_Rod_. I neither doubt my valour nor my fortune:
But if I die, revenge me: Presently
About your business; I must to the rock,
For fear I come too late. [_Exeunt severally_.
SCENE III.--_Through a rock is discovered a navy of
ships riding at a distance_.
_Enter AMIDEO_.
_Amid_. Thus far, unseen by Manuel, I have traced him;
He can be gone no farther than the walk
Behind t
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