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diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6833f05 --- /dev/null +++ b/.gitattributes @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +* text=auto +*.txt text +*.md text diff --git a/7487-0.txt b/7487-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1a00671 --- /dev/null +++ b/7487-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,5766 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Count Alarcos, by Benjamin Disraeli + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Count Alarcos + A Tragedy + +Author: Benjamin Disraeli + +Release Date: February, 2005 [EBook #7487] +Posting Date: July 31, 2009 +Last Updated: September 7, 2016 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNT ALARCOS *** + + + + +Produced by K. Kay Shearin + + + + + +COUNT ALARCOS + +A TRAGEDY + + +By Benjamin Disraeli + + + +As there is no historical authority for the events of the celebrated +Ballad on which this Tragedy is founded, I have fixed upon the +thirteenth century for the period of their occurrence. At that time the +kingdom of Castille had recently obtained that supremacy in Spain which +led, in a subsequent age, to the political integrity of the country. +Burgos, its capital, was a magnificent city; and then also arose that +masterpiece of Christian architecture, its famous Cathedral. + +This state of comparative refinement and civilisation permitted the +introduction of more complicated motives than the rude manners of the +Ballad would have authorised; while the picturesque features of the +Castillian middle ages still flourished in full force; the factions of +a powerful nobility, renowned for their turbulence, strong passions, +enormous crimes, profound superstition. + + [Delta] + +London: May, 1839 + + + + +DRAMATIS PERSONAE + + + THE KING OF CASTILLE. + COUNT ALARCOS, a Prince of the Blood. + COUNT OF SIDONIA. + COUNT OF LEON. + PRIOR OF BURGOS. + ORAN, a Moor. + FERDINAND, a PAGE. + GUZMAN JACA, a BRAVO. + GRAUS, the Keeper of a Posada. + + SOLISA, Infanta of Castille, only child of the King. + FLORIMONDE, Countess Alarcos. + FLIX, a Hostess. + + Courtiers, Pages, Chamberlains, Bravos, and Priests. + + +Time--the 13th Century. +Scene--Burgos, the capital of Castille, and its vicinity. + + + + + +ACT I + + + SCENE 1 + + A Street in Burgos; the Cathedral in the distance. + + [Enter Two Courtiers.] + + + I:1:1 1ST COURT. + The Prince of Hungary dismissed? + + I:1:2 2ND COURT. + Indeed + So runs the rumour. + + I:1:3 1ST COURT. + Why the spousal note + Still floats upon the air! + + I:1:4 2ND COURT. + Myself this morn + Beheld the Infanta’s entrance, as she threw, + Proud as some hitless barb, her haughty glance + On our assembled chiefs. + + I:1:5 1ST COURT. + The Prince was there? + + I:1:6 2ND COURT. + Most royally; nor seemed a man more fit + To claim a kingdom for a dower. He looked + Our Gadian Hercules, as the advancing peers + Their homage paid. I followed in the train + Of Count Alarcos, with whose ancient house + My fortunes long have mingled. + + I:1:7 1ST COURT. + ‘Tis the same, + But just returned? + + I:1:8 2ND COURT. + Long banished from the Court; + And only favoured since the Queen’s decease, + His ancient foe. + + I:1:9 1ST COURT. + A very potent Lord? + + I:1:10 2ND COURT. + Near to the throne; too near perchance for peace. + You’re young at Burgos, or indeed ‘twere vain + To sing Alarcos’ praise, the brightest knight + That ever waved a lance in Old Castille. + + I:1:11 1ST COURT. + You followed in his train? + + I:1:12 2ND COURT. + And as we passed, + Alarcos bowing to the lowest earth, + The Infanta swooned; and pale as yon niched saint, + From off the throned step, her seat of place, + Fell in a wild and senseless agony. + + I:1:13 1ST COURT. + Sancta Maria! and the King-- + + I:1:14 2ND COURT. + Uprose + And bore her from her maidens, then broke up + The hurried Court; indeed I know no more, + For like a turning tide the crowd pressed on, + And scarcely could I gain the grateful air. + Yet on the Prado’s walk came smiling by + The Bishop of Ossuna; as he passed + He clutched my cloak, and whispered in my ear, + ‘The match is off.’ + + [Enter PAGE.] + + I:1:15 1ST COURT. + Hush! hush! a passenger. + + I:1:16 PAGE. + Most noble Cavaliers, I pray, inform me + Where the great Count Alarcos holds his quarter. + + I:1:17 2ND COURT. + In the chief square. His banner tells the roof; + Your pleasure with the Count, my gentle youth? + + I:1:18 PAGE. + I were a sorry messenger to tell + My mission to the first who asks its aim. + + I:1:19 2ND COURT. + The Count Alarcos is my friend and chief. + + I:1:20 PAGE. + Then better reason I should trusty be, + For you can be a witness to my trust. + + I:1:21 1ST COURT. + A forward youth! + + I:1:22 2ND COURT. + A page is ever pert + + I:1:23 PAGE. + Ay! ever pert is youth that baffles age. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + I:1:24 1ST COURT. + The Count is married? + + I:1:25 2ND COURT. + To a beauteous lady; + And blessed with a fair race. A happy man + Indeed is Count Alarcos. + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + I:1:26 1ST COURT. + Prithee, see; + Passes he now? + + I:1:27 2ND COURT. + Long since. Yon banner tells + The Count Sidonia. Let us on, and view + The passage of his pomp. His Moorish steeds, + They say, are very choice. + + [Exeunt Two Courtiers.] + + + + + SCENE 2. + + + A Chamber in the Palace of Alarcos. The COUNTESS seated and + working at her tapestry; the COUNT pacing the Chamber. + + + I:2:1 COUN. + You are disturbed, Alarcos? + + I:2:2 ALAR. + ‘Tis the stir + And tumult of this morn. I am not used + To Courts. + + I:2:3 COUN. + I know not why, it is a name + That makes me tremble. + + I:2:4 ALAR. + Tremble, Florimonde, + Why should you tremble? + + I:2:5 COUN. + Sooth I cannot say. + Methinks the Court but little suits my kind; + I love our quiet home. + + I:2:6 ALAR. + This is our home, + + I:2:7 COUN. + When you are here. + + I:2:8 ALAR. + I will be always here. + + I:2:9 COUN. + Thou canst not, sweet Alarcos. Happy hours, + When we were parted but to hear thy horn + Sound in our native woods! + + I:2:10 ALAR. + Why, this is humour! + We’re courtiers now; and we must smile and smirk. + + I:2:11 COUN. + Methinks your tongue is gayer than your glance. + The King, I hope, was gracious? + + I:2:12 ALAR. + Were he not, + My frown’s as prompt as his. He was most gracious. + + I:2:13 COUN. + Something has chafed thee? + + I:2:14 ALAR. + What should chafe me, child, + And when should hearts be light, if mine be dull? + Is not mine exile over? Is it nought + To breathe in the same house where we were born, + And sleep where slept our fathers? Should that chafe? + + I:2:15 COUN. + Yet didst then leave my side this very morn, + And with a vow this day should ever count + Amid thy life most happy; when we meet + Thy brow is clouded. + + I:2:16 ALAR. + Joy is sometimes grave, + And deepest when ‘tis calm. And I am joyful + If it be joy, this long forbidden hall + Once more to pace, and feel each fearless step + Tread on a baffled foe. + + I:2:17 COUN. + Hast thou still foes + + I:2:18 ALAR. + I trust so; I should not be what I am, + Still less what I will be, if hate did not + Pursue me as my shadow. Ah! fair wife, + Thou knowest not Burgos. Thou hast yet to fathom + The depths of thy new world. + + I:2:19 COUN. + I do recoil + As from some unknown woo, from this same world. + I thought we came for peace. + + I:2:20 ALAR. + Peace dwells within + No lordly roof in Burgos. We have come + For triumph. + + I:2:21 COUN. + So I share thy lot, Alarcos, + All feelings are the same. + + I:2:22 ALAR. + My Florimonde, + I took thee from a fair and pleasant home + In a soft land, where, like the air they live in, + Men’s hearts are mild. This proud and fierce Castille + Resembles not thy gentle Aquitaine, + More than the eagle may a dove, and yet + It is my country. Danger in its bounds + Weighs more than foreign safety. But why speak + Of what exists not? + + I:2:23 COUN. + And I hope may never! + + I:2:24 ALAR. + And if it come, what then? This chance shall find me + Not unprepared. + + I:2:25 COUN. + But why should there be danger? + And why should’st thou, the foremost prince of Spain, + Fear or make foes? Thou standest in no light + Would fall on other shoulders; thou hast no height + To climb, and nought to gain. Thou art complete; + The King alone above thee, and thy friend. + + I:2:26 ALAR. + So I would deem. I did not speak of fear. + + I:2:27 COUN. + Of danger? + + I:2:28 ALAR. + That’s delight, when it may lead + To mighty ends. Ah, Florimonde! thou art too pure; + Unsoiled in the rough and miry paths + Of ibis same trampling world; unskilled in heats + Of fierce and emulous spirits. There’s a rapture + In the strife of factions, that a woman’s soul + Can never reach. Men smiled on me to-day + Would gladly dig my grave; and yet I smiled, + And gave them coin as ready as their own, + And not less base. + + I:2:29 COUN. + And can there be such men, + And canst thou live with them? + + I:2:30 ALAR. + Ay! and they saw + Me ride this morning in my state again; + The people cried ‘Alarcos and Castille!’ + The shout will dull their feasts. + + I:2:31 COUN. + There was a time + Thou didst look back as on a turbulent dream + On this same life. + + I:2:32 ALAR. + I was an exile then. + This stirring Burgos has revived my vein. + Yea, as I glanced from off the Citadel + This very morn, and at my feet outspread + Its amphitheatre of solemn towers + And groves of golden pinnacles, and marked + Turrets of friends and foes; or traced the range, + Spread since my exile, of our city’s walls + Washed by the swift Arlanzon: all around + The flash of lances, blaze of banners, rush + Of hurrying horsemen, and the haughty blast + Of the soul-stirring trumpet, I renounced + My old philosophy, and gazed as gazes + The falcon on his quarry! + + I:2:33 COUN. + Jesu grant + The lure will bear no harm! + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + I:2:34 ALAR. + Whose note is that? + I hear the tramp of horsemen in the court; + We have some guests. + + I:2:35 COUN. + Indeed! + + [Enter the COUNT OF SIDONIA and the COUNT OF LEON.] + + I:2:36 ALAR. + My noble friends, + My Countess greets ye! + + I:2:37 SIDO. + And indeed we pay + To her our homage. + + I:2:38 LEON. + Proud our city boasts + So fair a presence. + + I:2:39 COUN. + Count Alarcos’ friends + Are ever welcome here. + + I:2:40 ALAR. + No common wife. + Who welcomes with a smile her husband’s friends. + + I:2:41 SIDO. + Indeed a treasure! When I marry, Count, + I’ll claim your counsel. + + I:2:42 COUN. + ‘Tis not then your lot? + + I:2:43 SIDO. + Not yet, sweet dame; tho’ sooth to say, full often + I dream such things may be. + + I:2:44 COUN. + Your friend is free? + + I:2:45 LEON. + And values freedom: with a rosy chain + I still should feel a captive. + + I:2:46 SIDO. + Noble Leon + Is proof against the gentle passion, lady, + And will ere long, my rapier for a gage, + Marry a scold. + + I:2:47 LEON. + In Burgos now, methinks, + Marriage is scarce the mode. Our princess frowns, + It seems, upon her suitors. + + I:2:48 SIDO. + Is it true + The match is off? + + I:2:49 LEON. + ‘Tis said. + + I:2:50 COUN. + The match is off + You did not tell me this strange news, Alarcos. + + I:2:51 SIDO. + Did he not tell you how-- + + I:2:52 ALAR. + In truth, good sirs, + My wife and I are somewhat strangers here, + And things that are of moment to the minds + That long have dwelt on them, to us are nought. + + [To the Countess.] + + There was a sort of scene to-day at Court; + The Princess fainted: we were all dismissed, + Somewhat abruptly; but, in truth, I deem + These rumours have no source but in the tongues + Of curious idlers. + + I:2:53 SIDO. + Faith, I hold them true. + Indeed they’re very rife. + + I:2:54 LEON. + Poor man, methinks + His is a lot forlorn, at once to lose + A mistress and a crown! + + I:2:55 COUN. + Yet both may bring + Sorrow and cares. But little joy, I ween, + Dwells with a royal bride, too apt to claim + The homage she should yield. + + I:2:56 SIDO. + I would all wives + Hold with your Countess in this pleasing creed. + + I:2:57 ALAR. + She has her way: it is a cunning wench + That knows to wheedle. Burgos still maintains + Its fame for noble fabrics. Since my time + The city’s spread. + + I:2:58 SIDO. + Ah! you’re a traveller, Count. + And yet we have not lagged. + + I:2:59 COUN. + The Infanta, sirs, + Was it a kind of swoon? + + I:2:60 ALAR. + Old Lara lives + Still in his ancient quarter? + + I:2:61 LEON. + With the rats + That share his palace. You spoke, Madam? + + I:2:62 COUN. + She + Has dainty health, perhaps? + + I:2:63 LEON. + All ladies have. + And yet as little of the fainting mood + As one could fix on-- + + I:2:64 ALAR. + Mendola left treasure? + + I:2:65 SIDO. + Wedges of gold, a chamber of sequins + Sealed up for ages, flocks of Barbary sheep + Might ransom princes, tapestry so rare + The King straight purchased, covering for the price + Each piece with pistoles. + + I:2:66 COUN. + Is she very fair + + I:2:67 LEON. + As future queens must ever be, and yet + Her face might charm uncrowned. + + I:2:68 COUN. + It grieves me much + To hear the Prince departs. ‘Tis not the first + Among her suitors + + I:2:69 ALAR. + Your good uncle lives-- + Nunez de Leon? + + I:2:70 LEON. + To my cost, Alarcos; + He owes me much. + + I:2:71 SIDO. + Some promises his heir + Would wish fulfilled. + + I:2:72 COUN. + In Gascony, they said, + Navarre had sought her hand. + + I:2:73 LEON. + He loitered here + But could not pluck the fruit: it was too high. + Sidonia threw him in a tilt one day. + The Infanta has her fancies; unhorsed knights + Count not among them. + + [Enter a CHAMBERLAIN who whispers COUNT ALARCOS.] + + I:2:74 ALAR. + Urgent, and me alone + Will commune with! A Page! Kind guests, your pardon, + I’ll find you here anon. My Florimonde, + Our friends will not desert you, like your spouse. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] + + I:2:75 COUN. + My Lords, will see our gardens? + + I:2:76 SIDO. + We are favoured. + We wait upon your steps. + + I:2:77 LEON. + And feel that roses + Will spring beneath them. + + I:2:78 COUN. + You are an adept, sir, + In our gay science. + + I:2:79 LEON. + Faith, I stole it, lady, + From a loose Troubadour Sidonia keeps + To write his sonnets. + + [Exeunt omnes.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A Chamber. + + [Enter ALARCOS and PAGE.] + + + I:3:1 PAGE. + Will you wait here, my Lord? + + I:3:2 ALAR. + I will, sir Page. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + The Bishop of Ossuna: what would he? + He scents the prosperous ever. Ay! they’ll cluster + Round this new hive. But I’ll not house them yet. + Marry, I know them all; but me they know, + As mountains might the leaping stream that meets + The ocean as a river. Time and exile + Change our life’s course, but is its flow less deep + Because it is more calm? I’ve seen to-day + Might stir its pools. What if my phantom flung + A shade on their bright path? ‘Tis closed to me + Although the goal’s a crown. She loved me once; + Now swoons, and now the match is off. She’s true. + But I have clipped the heart that once could soar + High as her own! Dreams, dreams! And yet entranced, + Unto the fair phantasma that is fled, + My struggling fancy clings; for there are hours + When memory with her signet stamps the brain + With an undying mint; and these were such, + When high Ambition and enraptured Love, + Twin Genii of my daring destiny, + Bore on my sweeping life with their full wing, + Like an angelic host: + + [In the distance enter a lady veiled.] + + Is this their priest? + Burgos unchanged I see. + + [Advancing towards her.] + + A needless veil + To one prophetic of thy charms, fair lady. + And yet they fall on an ungracious eye. + + [Withdraws the veil.] + + Solisa! + + I:3:3 SOL. + Yes! Solisa; once again + O say Solisa! let that long lost voice + Breathe with a name too faithful! + + I:3:4 ALAR. + Oh! what tones, + What mazing sight is this! The spellbound forms + Of my first youth rise up from the abyss + Of opening time. I listen to a voice + That bursts the sepulchre of buried hope + Like an immortal trumpet. + + I:3:5 SOL. + Thou hast granted, + Mary, my prayers! + + I:3:6 ALAR. + Solisa, my Solisa! + + I:3:7 SOL. + Thine, thine, Alarcos. But thou: whose art thou? + + I:3:8 ALAR. + Within this chamber is my memory bound; + I have no thought, no consciousness beyond + Its precious walls. + + I:3:9 SOL. + Thus did he look, thus speak, + When to my heart he clung, and I to him + Breathed my first love--and last. + + I:3:10 ALAR. + Alas! alas! + Woe to thy Mother, maiden. + + I:3:11 SOL. + She has found + That which I oft have prayed for. + + I:3:12 ALAR. + But not found + A doom more dark than ours. + + I:3:13 SOL. + I sent for thee, + To tell thee why I sent for thee; yet why, + Alas! I know not. Was it but to look + Alone upon the face that once was mine? + This morn it was so grave. O! was it woe, + Or but indifference, that inspired that brow + That seemed so cold and stately? Was it hate? + O! tell me anything, but that to thee + I am a thing of nothingness. + + I:3:14 ALAR. + O spare! + Spare me such words of torture. + + I:3:15 SOL. + Could I feel + Thou didst not hate me, that my image brought + At least a gentle, if not tender thoughts, + I’d be content. I cannot live to think, + After the past, that we should meet again + And change cold looks. We are not strangers, say + At least we are not strangers? + + I:3:16 ALAR. + Gentle Princess-- + + I:3:17 SOL. + Call me Solisa; tho’ we meet no more + Call me Solisa now. + + I:3:18 ALAR. + Thy happiness-- + + I:3:19 SOL. + O! no, no, no, not happiness, at least + Not from those lips. + + I:3:20 ALAR. + Indeed it is a name + That ill becomes them. + + I:3:21 SOL. + Yet they say, thou’rt happy, + And bright with all prosperity, and I + Felt solace in that thought. + + I:3:22 ALAR. + Prosperity! + Men call them prosperous whom they deem enjoy + That which they envy; but there’s no success + Save in one master-wish fulfilled, and mine + Is lost for ever. + + I:3:23 SOL. + Why was it? O, why + Didst thou forget me? + + I:3:24 ALAR. + Never, lady, never-- + But ah! the past, the irrevocable past-- + We can but meet to mourn. + + I:3:25 SOL. + No, not to mourn + I came to bless thee, came to tell to thee + I hoped that thou wert happy. + + I:3:26 ALAR. + Come to mourn. + I’ll find delight in my unbridled grief: + Yes! let me fling away at last this mask, + And gaze upon my woe. + + I:3:27 SOL. + O, it was rash, + Indeed ‘twas rash, Alarcos; what, sweet sir, + What, after all our vows, to hold me false, + And place this bar between us! I’ll not think + Thou ever loved’st me as thou did’st profess, + And that’s the bitter drop. + + I:3:28 ALAR. + Indeed, indeed-- + + I:3:29 SOL. + I could bear much, I could bear all, but this + My faith in thy past love, it was so deep, + So pure, so sacred, ‘twas my only solace; + I fed upon it in my secret heart, + And now e’en that is gone. + + I:3:30 ALAR. + Doubt not the past, + ‘Tis sanctified. It is the green fresh spot + In my life’s desert. + + I:3:31 SOL. + There is none to thee + As I have been? Speak, speak, Alarcos, tell me + Is’t true? Or, in this shipwreck of my soul, + Do I cling wildly to some perishing hope + That sinks like me? + + I:3:32 ALAR. + The May-burst of the heart + Can bloom but once; and mine has fled, not faded. + That thought gave fancied solace, ah, ‘twas fancy, + For now I feel my doom. + + I:3:33 SOL. + Thou hast no doom + But what is splendid as thyself. Alas! + Weak woman, when she stakes her heart, must play + Ever a fatal chance. It is her all, + And when ‘tis lost, she’s bankrupt; but proud man + Shuffles the cards again, and wins to-morrow + What pays his present forfeit. + + I:3:34 ALAR. + But alas! + What have I won? + + I:3:35 SOL. + A country and a wife. + + I:3:36 ALAR. + A wife! + + I:3:37 SOL. + A wife, and very fair, they say. + She should be fair, who could induce thee break + Such vows as thine. O! I am very weak. + Why came I here? Was it indeed to see + If thou could’st look on me? + + I:3:38 ALAR. + My own Solisa. + + I:3:39 SOL. + Call me not thine; why, what am I to thee + That thou should’st call me thine? + + I:3:40 ALAR. + Indeed, sweet lady, + Thou lookest on a man as bruised in spirit, + As broken-hearted, and subdued in soul, + As any breathing wretch that deems the day + Can bring no darker morrow. Pity me! + And if kind words may not subdue those lips + So scornful in their beauty, be they touched + At least by Mercy’s accents! Was’t a crime, + I could not dare believe that royal heart + Retained an exile’s image? that forlorn, + Harassed, worn out, surrounded by strange aspects + And stranger manners, in those formal ties + Custom points out, I sought some refuge, found + At least companionship, and, grant ‘twas weak, + Shrunk from the sharp endurance of the doom + That waits on exile, utter loneliness! + + I:3:41 SOL. + His utter loneliness! + + I:3:42 ALAR. + And met thy name, + Most beauteous lady, prithee think of this, + Only to hear the princes of the world + Were thy hot suitors, and that one would soon + Be happier than Alarcos. + + I:3:43 SOL. + False, most false, + They told thee false. + + I:3:44 ALAR. + At least, then, pity me, + Solisa! + + I:3:45 SOL. + Ah! Solisa, that sweet voice, + Why should I pity thee? ‘Tis not my office. + Go, go to her that cheered thy loneliness, + Thy utter loneliness. And had I none? + Had I no pangs of solitude? Exile! + O! there were moments I’d have gladly given + My crown for banishment. A wounded heart + Beats freer in a desert; ‘tis the air + Of palaces that chokes it. + + I:3:46 ALAR. + Fate has crossed, + Not falsehood, our sweet loves. Our lofty passion + Is tainted with no vileness. Memory bears + Convulsion, not contempt; no palling sting + That waits on base affections. It is something + To have loved thee; and in that thought I find + My sense exalted; wretched though I be. + + I:3:47 SOL. + Is he so wretched? Yet he is less forlorn + Than when he sought, what I would never seek, + A partner in his woe! I’ll ne’er believe it; + Thou art not wretched. Why, thou hast a friend, + A sweet companion in thy grief to soothe + Thy loneliness, and feed on thy bright smiles, + Thrill with thine accents, with impassioned reverence + Enclasp thine hand, and with enchained eyes + Gaze on thy glorious presence. O, Alarcos! + Art thou not worshipped now? What, can it be, + That there is one, who walks in Paradise, + Nor feels the air immortal? + + I:3:48 ALAR. + Let my curse + Descend upon the hour I left thy walls, + My father’s town! + + I:3:49 SOL. + My blessing on thy curse! + Thou hast returned, thou hast returned, Alarcos? + + I:3:50 ALAR. + To despair. + + I:3:51 SOL. + Yet ‘tis not the hour he quitted + Our city’s wall, it is the tie that binds him + Within those walls my lips would more denounce, + But ah, that tie is dear! + + I:3:52 ALAR. + Accursed be + The wiles that parted us; accursed be + The ties that sever us + + I:3:53 SOL. + Thou’rt mine. + + I:3:54 ALAR. + For ever. + Thou unpolluted passion of my youth, + My first, my only, my enduring love! + + [They embrace.] + + [Enter FERDINAND, the PAGE.] + + I:3:55 PAGE. + Lady, a message from thy royal father; + He comes-- + + I:3:56 SOL. + + [Springing from the arms of Alarcos.] + + My father! word of fear! Why now + To cloud my light? I had forgotten fate; + But he recalls it. O my bright Alarcos! + My love must fly. Nay, not one word of care; + Love only from those lips. Yet, ere we part, + Seal our sweet faith renewed. + + I:3:57 ALAR. + And never broken. + + [Exit Alarcos.] + + I:3:58 SOL. + Why has he gone? Why did I bid him go? + And let this jewel I so daring plucked + Slip in the waves again? I’m sure there’s time + To call him back, and say farewell once more. + I’ll say farewell no more; it was a word + Ever harsh music when the morrow brought + Welcomes renewed of love, No more farewells. + O when will he be mine! I cannot wait, + I cannot tarry, now I know he loves me; + Each hour, each instant that I see him not, + Is usurpation of my right. O joy! + Am I the same Solisa, that this morn + Breathed forth her orison with humbler spirit + Than the surrounding acolytes? Thou’st smiled, + Sweet Virgin, on my prayers. Twice fifty tapers + Shall burn before thy shrine. Guard over me + O! mother of my soul, and let me prosper + In my great enterprise! O hope! O love! + O sharp remembrance of long baffled joy! + Inspire me now. + + + + + SCENE 4. + + + The KING; the INFANTA. + + + I:4:1 KING. + I see my daughter? + + I:4:2 SOL. + Sir, your duteous child. + + I:4:3 KING. + Art thou indeed my child? I had some doubt + I was a father. + + I:4:4 SOL. + These are bitter words. + + I:4:5 KING. + Even as thy conduct. + + I:4:6 SOL. + Then it would appear + My conduct and my life are but the same. + + I:4:7 KING. + I thought thou wert the Infanta of Castille, + Heir to our realm, the paragon of Spain + The Princess for whose smiles crowned Christendom + Sends forth its sceptred rivals. Is that bitter? + Or bitter is it with such privilege, + And standing on life’s vantage ground, to cross + A nation’s hope, that on thy nice career + Has gaged its heart? + + I:4:8 SOL. + Have I no heart to gage? + A sacrificial virgin, must I bind + My life to the altar, to redeem a state, + Or heal some doomed People? + + I:4:9 KING. + Is it so? + Is this an office alien to thy sex? + Or what thy youth repudiates? We but ask + What nature sanctions. + + I:4:10 SOL. + Nature sanctions Love; + Your charter is more liberal. Let that pass. + I am no stranger to my duty, sir, + And read it thus. The blood that shares my sceptre + Should be august as mine. A woman loses + In love what she may gain in rank, who tops + Her husband’s place; though throned, I would exchange + An equal glance. His name should be a spell + · To rally soldiers. Politic he should be; + And skilled in climes and tongues; that stranger knights + Should bruit on, high Castillian courtesies. + Such chief might please a state? + + I:4:11 KING. + Fortunate realm! + + I:4:12 SOL. + And shall I own less niceness than my realm? + No! I would have him handsome a god; + Hyperion in his splendor, or the mien + Of conquering Bacchus, one whose very step + Should guide a limner, and whose common words + Are caught by Troubadours to frame their songs! + And O, my father, what if this bright prince + Should I have a heart as tender as his soul + Was high and peerless? If with this same heart + He loved thy daughter? + + I:4:13 KING. + Close the airy page + Of thy romance; such princes are not found + Except in lays and legends! yet a man + Who would become a throne, I found thee, girl; + The princely Hungary. + + I:4:14 SOL. + A more princely fate, + Than an unwilling wife, he did deserve. + + I:4:15 KING. + Yet wherefore didst thou pledge thy troth to him? + + I:4:16 SOL. + And wherefore do I smile when I should sigh? + And wherefore do I feed when I would fast? + And wherefore do I dance when I should pray? + And wherefore do I live when I should die? + Canst answer that, good Sir? O there are women + The world deem mad, or worse, whose life but seems + One vile caprice, a freakish thing of whims + And restless nothingness; yet if we pierce + The soul, may be we’ll touch some cause profound + For what seems causeless. Early love despised, + Or baffled, which is worse; a faith betrayed, + For vanity or lucre; chill regards, + Where to gain constant glances we have paid + Some fearful forfeit: here are many springs, + Unmarked by shallow eyes, and some, or all + Of these, or none, may prompt my conduct now-- + But I’ll not have thy prince. + + I:4:17 KING. + My, gentle child-- + + I:4:18 SOL. + I am not gentle. I might have been once; + But gentle thoughts and I have parted long; + The cause of such partition thou shouldst know + If memories were just. + + I:4:19 KING. + Harp not, I pray, + On an old sorrow. + + I:4:20 SOL. + Old! he calls it old! + The wound is green, and staunch it, or I die. + + I:4:21 KING. + Have I the skill? + + I:4:22 SOL. + Why! art thou not a King? + Wherein consists the magic of a crown + But in the bold achievement of a deed + Would scare a clown to dream? + + I:4:23 KING. + I’d read thy thought. + + I:4:24 SOL. + Then have it; I would marry. + + I:4:25 KING. + It is well; + It is my wish. + + I:4:26 SOL. + And unto such a prince + As I’ve described withal. For though a prince + Of Fancy’s realm alone, as thou dost deem, + Yet doth he live indeed. + + I:4:27 KING. + To me unknown. + + I:4:28 SOL. + O! father mine, before thy reverend knees + Ere this we twain have knelt. + + I:4:29 KING. + Forbear, my child; + Or can it be my daughter doth not know + He is no longer free? + + I:4:30 SOL. + The power that bound him, + That bondage might dissolve? To holy church + Thou hast given great alms? + + I:4:31 KING. + There’s more to gain thy wish, + If more would gain it; but it cannot be, + Even were he content. + + I:4:32 SOL. + He is content. + + I:4:33 KING. + Hah! + + I:4:34 SOL. + For he loves me still. + + I:4:35 KING. + I would do much + To please thee. I’m prepared to bear the brunt + Of Hungary’s ire; but do not urge, Solisa, + Beyond capacity of sufferance + My temper’s proof. + + I:4:36 SOL. + Alarcos is my husband, + Or shall the sceptre from our line depart. + Listen, ye saints of Spain, I’ll have his hand, + Or by our faith, my fated womb shall be + As barren as thy love, proud King. + + I:4:37 KING. + Thou’rt mad! + Thou’rt mad! + + I:4:38 SOL. + Is he not mine? Thy very hand, + Did it not consecrate our vows? What claim + So sacred as my own? + + I:4:39 KING. + He did conspire-- + + I:4:40 SOL. + ‘Tis false, thou know’st ‘tis false: against themselves + Men do not plot: I would as soon believe + My hand could hatch a treason ‘gainst my sight, + As that Alarcos would conspire to seize + A diadem I would myself have placed + Upon his brow. + + I:4:41 KING. + + [taking her hand] + + Nay, calmness. Say ‘tis true + He was not guilty, say perchance he was not-- + + I:4:42 SOL. + Perchance, O! vile perchance. Thou know’st full well, + Because he did reject her loose desires + And wanton overtures-- + + I:4:43 KING. + Hush, hush, O hush! + + I:4:44 SOL. + The woman called my mother-- + + I:4:45 KING. + Spare me, spare-- + + I:4:46 SOL. + Who spared me? + Did not I kneel, and vouch his faith, and bathe + Thy hand with my quick tears, and clutch thy robe + With frantic grasp? Spare, spare indeed? In faith + Thou hast taught me to be merciful, thou hast,-- + Thou and my mother! + + I:4:47 KING. + Ah! no more, no more! + A crowned King cannot recall the past, + And yet may glad the future. She thou namest, + She was at least thy mother; but to me, + Whate’er her deeds, for truly, there were times + Some spirit did possess her, such as gleams + Now in her daughter’s eye, she was a passion, + A witching form that did inflame my life + By a breath or glance. Thou art our child; the link + That binds me to my race; thou host her place + Within my shrined heart, where thou’rt the priest + And others are unhallowed; for, indeed, + Passion and time have so dried up my soul, + And drained its generous juices, that I own + No sympathy with man, and all his hopes + To me are mockeries. + + I:4:48 SOL. + Ah! I see, my father, + That thou will’st aid me! + + I:4:49 KING. + Thou canst aid thyself. + Is there a law to let him from thy presence? + His voice may reach thine ear; thy gracious glance + May meet his graceful offices. Go to. + Shall Hungary frown, if his right royal spouse + Smile on the equal of her blood and state, + Her gentle cousin? + + I:4:50 SOL. + And is this thine aid! + + I:4:51 KING. + What word has roughed the brow, but now confiding + In a fond father’s love? + + I:4:52 SOL. + Alas! what word? + What have I said? what done? that thou should’st deem + I could do this, this, this, that is so foul, + My baffled tongue deserts me. Thou should’st know me, + Thou hast set spies on me. What! have they told thee + I am a wanton? I do love this man + As fits a virgin’s heart. Heaven sent such thoughts + To be our solace. But to act a toy + For his loose hours, or worse, to find him one + Procured for mine, grateful for opportunities + Contrived with decency, spared skillfully + From claims more urgent; not to dare to show + Before the world my homage; when he’s ill + To be away, and only share his gay + And lusty pillow; to be shut out from all + That multitude of cares and charms that waits + But on companionship; and then to feel + These joys another shares, another hand + These delicate rites performing, and thou’rt remembered, + In the serener heaven of his bliss, + But as the transient flash: this is not love; + This is pollution. + + I:4:53 KING. + Daughter, I were pleased + My cousin could a nearer claim prefer + To my regard. Ay, girl, ‘twould please me well + He were my son, thy husband; but what then? + My pleasure and his conduct jar; his fate + Baulks our desire. He’s married and has heirs. + + I:4:54 SOL. + Heirs, didst thou say heirs? + + I:4:55 KING. + What ails thee? + + I:4:56 SOL. + Heirs, heirs? + + I:4:57 KING. + Thou art very pale! + + I:4:58 SOL. + The faintness of the morn + Clings to me still; I pray thee, father, grant + Thy child one easy boon. + + I:4:59 KING. + She has to speak + But what she wills. + + I:4:60 SOL. + Why, then, she would renounce + Her heritage; yes, place our ancient crown + On brows it may become. A veil more suits + This feminine brain; in Huelgas’ cloistered shades + I’ll find oblivion. + + I:4:61 KING. + Woe is me! The doom + Falls on our house. I had this daughter left + To lavish all my wealth on and my might. + I’ve treasured for her; for her I have slain + My thousands, conquered provinces, betrayed, + Renewed, and broken faith. She was my joy; + She has her mother’s eyes, and when she speaks + Her voice is like Brunhalda’s. Cursed hour, + That a wild fancy touched her brain to cross + All my great hopes! + + I:4:62 SOL. + My father, my dear father, + Thou call’dst me fondly, but some moments past, + Thy gentle child. I call my saint to witness + I would be such. To say I love this man + Is shallow phrasing. Since man’s image first + Flung its wild shadow on my virgin soul, + It has borne no other reflex. I know well + Thou deemest he was forgotten; this day’s passion + Passed as unused confrontment, and so transient + As it was turbulent. No, no, full oft, + When thinking on him, I have been the same. + Fruitless or barren, this same form is his, + Or it is God’s. My father, my dear father, + Remember he was mine, and thou didst pour + Thy blessing on our heads! O God, O God! + When I recall the passages of love + That have ensued between me and this man, + And with thy sanction, and then just bethink + He is another’s, O it makes me mad. + Talk not to me of sceptres: can she rule + Whose mind is anarchy? King of Castille, + Give me the heart that thou didst rob me of! + The penal hour’s at hand. Thou didst destroy + My love, and I will end thy line--thy line + That is thy life. + + I:4:63 KING. + Solisa, I will do all + A father can,--a father and a King. + + I:4:64 SOL. + Give me Alarcos! + + I:4:65 KING. + Hush, disturb me not; + I’m in the throes of some imaginings + A human voice might scare. + + + END OF THE FIRST ACT. + + + + +ACT II + + + SCENE 1 + + + A Street in Burgos. + + [Enter the COUNT OF SIDONIA and the COUNT OF LEON.] + + + II:1:1 SIDO. + Is she not fair? + + II:1:2 LEON. + What then? She but fulfils + Her office as a woman. For to be + A woman and not fair, is, in my creed, + To be a thing unsexed. + + II:1:3 SIDO. + Happy Alarcos! + They say she was of Aquitaine, a daughter + Of the De Foix. I would I had been banished. + + II:1:4 LEON. + Go and plot then. They cannot take your head, + For that is gone. + + II:1:5 SIDO. + But banishment from Burgos + Were worse than fifty deaths. O, my good Leon, + Didst ever see, didst ever dream could be, + Such dazzling beauty? + + II:1:6 LEON. + Dream! I never dream; + Save when I’ve revelled over late, and then + My visions are most villanous; but you, + You dream when you’re awake. + + II:1:7 SIDO. + Wert ever, Leon, + In pleasant Aquitaine? + + II:1:8 LEON. + O talk of Burgos; + It is my only subject--matchless town, + Where all I ask are patriarchal years + To feel satiety like my sad friend. + + II:1:9 SIDO. + ‘Tis not satiety now makes me sad; + So check thy mocking tongue, or cure my cares. + + II:1:10 LEON. + Absence cures love. Be off to Aquitaine. + + II:1:11 SIDO. + I chose a jester for my friend, and feel + His value now. + + II:1:12 LEON. + You share the lover’s lot + When you desire and you despair. What then? + You know right well that woman is but one, + Though she take many forms, and can confound + The young with subtle aspects. Vanity + Is her sole being. Make the myriad vows + That passionate fancy prompts. At the next tourney + Maintain her colours ‘gainst the two Castilles + And Aragon to boot. You’ll have her! + + II:1:13 SIDO. + Why! + This was the way I woo’d the haughty Lara, + But I’ll not hold such passages approach + The gentle lady of this morn. + + II:1:14 LEON. + Well, then, + Try silence, only sighs and hasty glances + Withdrawn as soon as met. Could’st thou but blush: + But there’s no hope. In time our sighs become + A sort of plaintive hint what hopeless rogues + Our stars have made us. Would we had but met + Earlier, yet still we hope she’ll spare a tear + To one she met too late. Trust me she’ll spare it; + She’ll save this sinner who reveres a saint. + Pity or admiration gains them all. + You’ll have her! + + II:1:15 SIDO. + Well, whate’er the course pursued, + Be thou a prophet! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + II:1:16 ORAN. + Stand, Senors, in God’s name. + + II:1:17 LEON. + Or the devil’s. + Well, what do you want? + + II:1:18 ORAN. + Many things, but one + Most principal. + + II:1:19 SIDO. + And that’s-- + + II:1:20 ORAN. + A friend. + + II:1:21 LEON. + You’re right + To seek one in the street, he’ll prove as true + As any that you’re fostered with. + + II:1:22 ORAN. + In brief, + I’m as you see a Moor; and I have slain + One of our princes. Peace exists between + Our kingdom and Castille; they track my steps. + You’re young, you should be brave, generous you may be. + I shall be impaled. Save me! + + II:1:23 LEON. + Frankly spoken. + Will you turn Christian? + + II:1:24 ORAN. + Show me Christian acts, + And they may prompt to Christian thoughts. + + II:1:25 SIDO. + Although + The slain’s an infidel, thou art the same. + The cause of this rash deed? + + II:1:26 ORAN. + I am a soldier, + And my sword’s notched, sirs. This said Emir struck me. + Before the people too, in the great square + Of our chief place, Granada, and forsooth, + Because I would not yield the way at mosque. + His life has soothed my honour: if I die, + I die content; but with your gracious aid + I would live happy. + + II:1:27 LEON. + You love life? + + II:1:28 ORAN. + Most dearly. + + II:1:29 LEON. + Sensible Moor, although he be impaled + For mobbing in a mosque. I like this fellow; + His bearing suits my humour. He shall live + To do more murders. Come, bold infidel, + Follow to the Leon Palace; and, sir, prithee + Don’t stab us in the back. + + [Exeunt omnes.] + + + + + SCENE 2 + + + Chamber in the Palace of COUNT ALARCOS. + At the back of the Scene the Curtains of a large Jalousie withdrawn. + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + + II:2:1 ALAR. + ‘Tis circumstance makes conduct; life’s a ship, + The sport of every wind. And yet men tack + Against the adverse blast. How shall I steer, + Who am the pilot of Necessity? + But whether it be fair or foul, I know not; + Sunny or terrible. Why let her wed him? + What care I if the pageant’s weight may fall + On Hungary’s ermined shoulders, if the spring + Of all her life be mine? The tiar’d brow + Alone makes not a King. Would that my wife + Confessed a worldlier mood! Her recluse fancy + Haunts still our castled bowers. Then civic air + Inflame her thoughts! Teach her to vie and revel, + Find sport in peerless robes, the pomp of feasts + And ambling of a genet-- + + [A serenade is heard.] + + Hah! that voice + Should not be strange. A tribute to her charms. + ‘Tis music sweeter to a spouse’s ear + Than gallants dream of. Ay, she’ll find adorers. + Or Burgos is right changed. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] + + Listen, child. + + [Again the serenade is heard.] + + II:2:2 COUN. + ‘Tis very sweet. + + II:2:3 ALAR. + It is inspired by thee. + + II:2:4 COUN. + Alarcos! + + II:2:5 ALAR. + Why dost look so grave? Nay, now, + There’s not a dame in Burgos would not give + Her jewels for such songs. + + II:2:6 COUN. + Inspired by me! + + II:2:7 ALAR. + And who so fit to fire a lover’s breast? + He’s clearly captive. + + II:2:8 COUN. + O! thou knowest I love not + Such jests, Alarcos. + + II:2:9 ALAR. + Jest! I do not jest. + I am right proud the partner of my state + Should count the chief of our Castillian knights + Among her train. + + II:2:10 COUN. + I pray thee let me close + These blinds. + + II:2:11 ALAR. + Poh, poh! what, baulk a serenade? + ‘Twould be an outrage to the courtesies + Of this great city. Faith! his voice is sweet. + + II:2:12 COUN. + Would that he had not sung! It is a sport + In which I find no pastime. + + II:2:13 ALAR. + Marry, come, + It gives me great delight. ‘Tis well for thee, + On thy first entrance to our world, to find + So high a follower. + + II:2:14 COUN. + Wherefore should I need + His following? + + II:2:15 ALAR. + Nought’s more excellent for woman, + Than to be fixed on as the cynosure + Of one whom all do gaze on. ‘Tis a stamp + Whose currency, not wealth, rank, blood, can match; + These are raw ingots, till they are impressed + With fashion’s picture. + + II:2:16 COUN. + Would I were once more + Within our castle! + + II:2:17 ALAR. + Nursery days! The world + Is now our home, and we must worldly be, + Like its bold stirrers. I sup with the King. + There is no feast, and yet to do me honour, + Some chiefs will meet. I stand right well at Court, + And with thine aid will stand e’en better. + + II:2:18 COUN. + Mine! + I have no joy but in thy joy, no thought + But for thy honour, and yet, how to aid + Thee in these plans or hopes, indeed, Alarcos, + Indeed, I am perplexed. + + II:2:19 ALAR. + Art not my wife? + Is not this Burgos? And this pile, the palace + Of my great fathers? They did raise these halls + To be the symbols of their high estate, + The fit and haught metropolis of all + Their force and faction. Fill them, fill them, wife, + With those who’ll serve me well. Make this the centre + Of all that’s great in Burgos. Let it be + The eye of the town, whereby we may perceive + What passes in his heart: the clustering point + Of all convergence. Here be troops of friends + And ready instruments. Wear that sweet smile, + That wins a partisan quicker than power; + Speak in that tone gives each a special share + In thy regard, and what is general + Let all deem private. O! thou’lt play it rarely. + + II:2:20 COUN. + I would do all that may become thy wife. + + II:2:21 ALAR. + I know it, I know it. Thou art a treasure, Florimonde, + And this same singer--thou hast not asked his name. + Didst guess it? Ah! upon thy gentle cheek + I see a smile. + + II:2:22 COUN. + My lord--indeed-- + + II:2:23 ALAR. + Thou playest + Thy game less like a novice than I deemed. + Thou canst not say thou didst not catch the voice + Of the Sidonia? + + II:2:24 COUN. + My good lord, indeed + His voice to me is as unknown as mine + Must be to him. + + II:2:25 ALAR. + Whose should the voice but his, + Whose stricken sight left not thy face an instant, + But gazed as if some new-born star had risen + To light his way to paradise? I tell thee, + Among my strict confederates I would count + This same young noble. He is a paramount chief; + Perchance his vassals might outnumber mine, + Conjoined we’re adamant. No monarch’s breath + Makes me again an exile. Florimonde, + Smile on him; smiles cost nothing; should he judge + They mean more than they say, why smile again; + And what he deems affection, registered, + Is but chaste Mockery. I must to the citadel. + Sweet wife, good-night. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] + + II:2:26 COUN. + O! misery, misery, misery! + Must we do this? I fear there’s need we must, + For he is wise in all things, and well learned + In this same world that to my simple sense + Seems very fearful. Why should men rejoice, + They can escape from the pure breath of heaven + And the sweet franchise of their natural will, + To such a prison-house? To be confined + In body and in soul; to breathe the air + Of dark close streets, and never use one’s tongue + But for some measured phrase that hath its bent + Well gauged and chartered; to find ready smiles + When one is sorrowful, or looks demure + When one would laugh outright. Never to be + Exact but when dissembling. Is this life? + I dread this city. As I passed its gates + My litter stumbled, and the children shrieked + And clung unto my bosom. Pretty babes! + I’ll go to them. O! there is innocence + Even in Burgos. + + [Exit COUNTESS.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A Chamber in the Royal Palace. The INFANTA SOLISA alone. + + + II:3:1 SOL. + I can but think my father will be just + And see us righted. O ‘tis only honest, + The hand that did this wrong should now supply + The sovereign remedy, and balm the wound + Itself inflicted. He is with him now; + Would I were there, unseen, yet seeing all! + But ah! no cunning arras could conceal + This throbbing heart. I’ve sent my little Page, + To mingle with the minions of the Court, + And get me news. How he doth look, bow eat, + What says he and what does, and all the haps + Of this same night, that yet to me may bring + A cloudless morrow. See, even now he comes. + + [Enter the PAGE.] + + Prithee what news? Now tell me all, my child, + When thou’rt a knight, will I not work the scarf + For thy first tourney! Prithee tell me all. + + II:3:2 PAGE. + O lady mine, the royal Seneschal + He was so crabbed, I did scarcely deem + I could have entered. + + II:3:3 SOL. + Cross-grained Seneschal! + He shall repent of this, my pretty Page; + But thou didst enters? + + II:3:4 PAGE. + I did so contrive. + + II:3:5 SOL. + Rare imp! And then? + + II:3:6 PAGE. + Well, as you told me, then + I mingled with the Pages of the King. + They’re not so very tall; I might have passed + I think for one upon a holiday. + + II:3:7 SOL. + O thou shalt pass for better than a page + But tell me, child, didst see my gallant Count? + + II:3:8 PAGE. + On the right hand-- + + II:3:9 SOL. + Upon the King’s right hand? + + II:3:10 PAGE. + Upon the King’s right hand, and there were also-- + + II:3:11 SOL. + Mind not the rest; thou’rt sure on the right hand? + + II:3:12 PAGE. + Most sure; and on the left-- + + II:3:13 SOL. + Ne’er mind the left, + Speak only of the right. How did he seem? + Did there pass words between him and the King? + Often or scant? Did he seem gay or grave? + Or was his aspect of a middle tint, + As if he deemed that there were other joys + Not found within that chamber? + + II:3:14 PAGE. + Sooth to say, + He did seem what he is, a gallant knight. + Would I were such! For talking with the King, + He spoke, yet not so much but he could spare + Words to the other lords. He often smiled, + Yet not so often, that a limner might + Describe his mien as jovial. + + II:3:15 SOL. + ‘Tis himself! + What next? Will they sit long? + + II:3:16 PAGE. + I should not like + Myself to quit such company. In truth, + The Count of Leon is a merry lord. + There were some tilting jests, I warrant you, + Between him and your knight. + + II:3:17 SOL. + O tell it me! + + II:3:18 PAGE. + The Count Alarcos, as I chanced to hear, + For tiptoe even would not let me see, + And that same Pedro, who has lately come + To Court, the Senor of Montilla’s son, + He is so rough, and says a lady’s page + Should only be where there are petticoats. + + II:3:19 SOL. + Is he so rough? He shall be soundly whipped. + But tell me, child, the Count Alarcos-- + + II:3:20 PAGE. + Well, + The Count Alarcos--but indeed, sweet lady, + I do not wish that Pedro should be whipped. + + II:3:21 SOL. + He shall not then be whipped--speak of the Count. + + II:3:22 PAGE. + The Count was showing how your Saracen + Doth take your lion captive, thus and thus: + And fashioned with his scarf a dexterous noose + Made of a tiger’s skin: your unicorn, + They say, is just as good. + + II:3:23 SOL. + Well, then Sir Leon-- + + II:3:24 PAGE. + Why then your Count of Leon--but just then + Sancho, the Viscount of Toledo’s son, + The King’s chief Page, takes me his handkerchief + And binds it on my eyes, he whispering round + Unto his fellows, here you see I’ve caught + A most ferocious cub. Whereat they kicked, + And pinched, and cuffed me till I nearly roared + As fierce as any lion, you be sure. + + II:3:25 SOL. + Rude Sancho, he shall sure be sent from Court! + My little Ferdinand--thou hast incurred + Great perils for thy mistress. Go again + And show this signet to the Seneschal, + And tell him that no greater courtesy + Be shown to any guest than to my Page. + This from myself--or I perchance will send, + Shall school their pranks. Away, my faithful imp, + And tell me how the Count Alarcos seems. + + II:3:26 PAGE. + I go, sweet lady, but I humbly beg + Sancho may not be sent from Court this time. + + II:3:27 SOL. + Sancho shall stay. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + I hope, ere long, sweet child, + Thou too shalt be a page unto a King. + I’m glad Alarcos smiled not overmuch; + Your smilers please me not. I love a face + Pensive, not sad; for where the mood is thoughtful, + The passion is most deep and most refined. + Gay tempers bear light hearts--are soonest gained + And soonest lost; but he who meditates + On his own nature, will as deeply scan + The mind he meets, and when he loves, he casts + His anchor deep. + + [Re-enter PAGE.] + + Give me the news. + + II:3:28 PAGE. + The news! + I could not see the Seneschal, but gave + Your message to the Pages. Whereupon + Sancho, the Viscount of Toledo’s son, + Pedro, the Senor of Montilla’s son, + The young Count of Almeira, and-- + + II:3:29 SOL. + My child, + What ails thee? + + II:3:30 PAGE. + O the Viscount of Jodar, + I think he was the very worst of all; + But Sancho of Toledo was the first. + + II:3:31 SOL. + What did they? + + II:3:32 PAGE. + ‘Las, no sooner did I say + All that you told me, than he gives the word, + ‘A guest, a guest, a very potent guest,’ + Takes me a goblet brimful of strong wine + And hands it to me, mocking, on his knee. + This I decline, when on his back they lay + Your faithful Page, nor set me on my legs + Till they had drenched me with this fiery stuff, + That I could scarcely see, or reel my way + Back to your presence. + + II:3:33 SOL. + Marry, ‘tis too much + E’en for a page’s license. Ne’er you mind, + They shall to Prison by to-morrow’s dawn. + I’ll bind this kerchief round your brow, its scent + Will much revive you. Go, child, lie you down + On yonder couch. + + II:3:34 PAGE. + I’m sure I ne’er can sleep + If Sancho of Toledo shall be sent + To-morrow’s dawn to prison. + + II:3:35 SOL. + Well, he’s pardoned. + + II:3:36 PAGE. + Also the Senor of Montilla’s son, + + II:3:37 SOL. + He shall be pardoned too. Now prithee sleep. + + II:3:38 PAGE. + The young Count of Almeira-- + + II:3:39 SOL. + O no more. + They all are pardoned. + + II:3:40 PAGE. + I do humbly pray + The Viscount of Jodar be pardoned too. + + [Exit SOLISA.] + + + + + SCENE 4 + + + A Banquet; the KING seated; on his right ALARCOS. + SIDONIA, LEON, the ADMIRAL OF CASTILLE, and other LORDS. + Groups of PAGES, CHAMBERLAINS, and SERVING-MEN. + + + II:4:1 The KING. + Would’st match them, cousin, ‘gainst our barbs? + + II:4:2 ALAR. + Against + Our barbs, Sir! + + II:4:3 KING. + Eh, Lord Leon, you can scan + A courser’s points? + + II:4:4 LEON. + O, Sir, your travellers + Need fleeter steeds than we poor shambling folks + Who stay at home. To my unskilful sense, + Speed for the chase and vigour for the tilt, + Meseems enough. + + II:4:5 ALAR.’ + If riders be as prompt. + + II:4:6 LEON. + Our tourney is put off, or please your Grace, + I’d try conclusions with this marvellous beast, + This Pegasus, this courser of the sun, + That is to blind us all with his bright rays + And cloud our chivalry. + + II:4:7 KING. + My Lord Sidonia, + You’re a famed judge: try me this Cyprus wine; + An English prince did give it me, returning + From the holy sepulchre. + + II:4:8 SIDO. + Most rare, my liege, + And glitters like a gem! + + II:4:9 KING. + It doth content + Me much, your Cyprus wine. Lord Admiral, + Hast heard the news? The Saracens have fled + Before the Italian galleys. + + II:4:10 THE ADMIRAL OF CASTILLE. + No one guides + A galley like your Pisan. + + II:4:11 ALAR. + The great Doge + Of Venice, sooth, would barely veil his flag + To Pisa. + + II:4:12 ADM. + Your Venetian hath his craft. + This Saracenic rent will surely touch + Our turbaned neighbours? + + II:4:13 KING. + To the very core, + Granada’s all a-mourning. Good, my Lords, + One goblet more. We’ll give our cousin’s health. + Here’s to the Count Alarcos. + + II:4:14 OMNES. + To the Count Alarcos. + + [The Guests rise, pay their homage to the KING, and are retiring.] + + II:4:15 KING. + Good night, Lord Admiral; my Lord of Leon, + My Lord Sidonia, and my Lord of Lara, + Gentle adieus; to you, my Lord, and you, + To all and each. Cousin, good night--and yet + A moment rest awhile; since your return + I’ve looked on you in crowds, it may become us + To say farewell alone. + + [The KING waves his hand to the SENESCHAL--the Chamber is cleared.] + + II:4:16 ALAR. + Most gracious Sire, + You honour your poor servant. + + II:4:17 KING. + Prithee, sit. + This scattering of the Saracen, methinks, + Will hold the Moor to his truce? + + II:4:18 ALAR. + It would appear + To have that import. + + II:4:19 KING. + Should he pass the mountains, + We can receive him. + + II:4:20 ALAR. + Where’s the crown in Spain + More prompt and more prepared? + + II:4:21 KING. + Cousin, you’re right. + We flourish. By St. James, I feel a glow + Of the heart to see you here once more, my cousin; + I’m low in the vale of years, and yet I think + I could defend my crown with such a knight + On my right hand. + + II:4:22 ALAR. + Such liege and land would raise + Our lances high. + + II:4:23 KING. + We carry all before us. + Leon reduced. The crescent paled in Cordova, + Why, if she gain Valencia, Aragon + Must kick the beam. And shall she gain Valencia? + It cheers my blood to find thee by my side; + Old days, old days return, when thou to me + Wert as the apple of mine eye. + + II:4:24 ALAR. + My liege, + This is indeed most gracious. + + II:4:25 KING. + Gentle cousin, + Thou shalt have pause to say that I am gracious. + O! I did ever love thee; and for that + Some passages occurred between us once, + That touch my memory to the quick; I would + Even pray thee to forget them, and to hold + I was most vilely practised on, my mind + Poisoned, and from a fountain, that to deem + Tainted were frenzy. + + II:4:26 ALAR. + + [Falling on his knee, and taking the KING’s hand.] + + My most gracious liege, + This morn to thee I did my fealty pledge. + Believe me, Sire, I did so with clear breast, + And with no thought to thee and to thy line + But fit devotion. + + II:4:27 KING. + O, I know it well, + I know thou art right true. Mine eyes are moist + To see thee here again. + + II:4:28 ALAR. + It is my post, + Nor could I seek another. + + II:4:29 KING. + Thou dost know + That Hungary leaves us? + + II:4:30 ALAR. + I was grieved to hear + There were some crosses. + + II:4:31 KING. + Truth, I am not grieved. + Is it such joy this fair Castillian realm, + This glowing flower of Spain, be rudely plucked + By a strange hand? To see our chambers filled + With foreign losels; our rich fiefs and abbeys + The prey of each bold scatterling, that finds + No heirship in his country? Have I lived + And laboured for this end, to swell the sails + Of alien fortunes? O my gentle cousin, + There was a time we had far other hopes! + I suffer for my deeds. + + II:4:32 ALAR. + We must forget, + We must forget, my liege. + + II:4:33 KING. + Is’t then so easy? + Thou hast no daughter. Ah! thou canst not tell + What ‘tis to feel a father’s policy + Hath dimmed a child’s career. A child so peerless! + Our race, though ever comely, veiled to her. + A palm tree in its pride of sunny youth + Mates not her symmetry; her step was noticed + As strangely stately by her nurse. Dost know, + I ever deemed that winning smile of hers + Mournful, with all its mirth? But ah! no more + A father gossips; nay, my weakness ‘tis not. + ‘Tis not with all that I would prattle thus; + But you, my cousin, know Solisa well, + And once you loved her. + + II:4:34 ALAR. + + [Rising.] + + Once! O God! + Such passions are eternity. + + II:4:35 KING. + + [Advancing.] + + What then, + Shall this excelling creature, on a throne + As high as her deserts, shall she become + A spoil for strangers? Have I cause to grieve + That Hungary quit us? O that I could find + Some noble of our land might dare to mix + His equal blood with our Castillian seed! + Art thou more learned in our pedigrees? + Hast thou no friend, no kinsman? Must this realm + Fall to the spoiler, and a foreign graft + Be nourished by our sap? + + II:4:36 ALAR. + Alas! alas! + + II:4:37 KING. + Four crowns; our paramount Castille, and Leon, + Seviglia, Cordova, the future hope + Of Murcia, and the inevitable doom + That waits the Saracen; all, all, all; + And with my daughter! + + II:4:38 ALAR. + Ah! ye should have blasted + My homeward path, ye lightnings! + + II:4:39 KING. + Such a son + Should grudge his sire no days. I would not live + To whet ambition’s appetite. I’m old; + And fit for little else than hermit thoughts. + The day that gives my daughter, gives my crown: + A cell’s my home. + + II:4:40 ALAR. + O, life, I will not curse thee + Let hard and shaven crowns denounce thee vain; + To me thou wert no shade! I loved thy stir + And panting struggle. Power, and pomp, and beauty + Cities and courts, the palace and the fane, + The chace, the revel, and the battle-field, + Man’s fiery glance, and woman’s thrilling smile, + I loved ye all. I curse not thee, O life! + But on my start; confusion. May they fall + From out their spheres, and blast our earth no more + With their malignant rays, that mocking placed + All the delight of life within my reach, + And chained me film fruition. + + II:4:41 KING. + Gentle cousin, + Thou art disturbed; I fear these words of mine, + Chance words ere I did say to thee good night, + For O, ‘twas joy to see thee here again, + Who art my kinsman, and my only one, + Have touched on some old cares for both of us. + And yet the world has many charms for thee; + Thou’rt not like us, and thy unhappy child + The world esteems so favoured. + + II:4:42 ALAR. + Ah, the world + III estimates the truth of any lot. + Their speculation is too far and reaches + Only externals, they are ever fair. + There are vile cankers in your gaudiest flowers, + But you must pluck and peer within the leaves + To catch the pest. + + II:4:43 KING. + Alas! my gentle cousin, + To hear thou hast thy sorrows too, like us, + It pains me much, and yet I’ll not believe it, + For with so fair a wife-- + + II:4:44 ALAR. + Torture me not, + Although thou art a King. + + II:4:45 KING. + My gentle cousin, + f spoke to solace thee. We all do hear + Thou art most favoured in a right fair wife. + We do desire to see her; can she find + A friend becomes her better than our child? + + II:4:46 ALAR. + My wife? would she were not! + + II:4:47 KING. + I say so too, + Would she were not! + + II:4:48 ALAR. + Ah me! why did I marry? + + II:4:49 KING. + Truth, it was very rash. + + II:4:50 ALAR. + Who made me rash? + Who drove me from my hearth, and sent me forth + On the unkindred earth? With the dark spleen + Goading injustice, that ‘tis vain to quell, + Entails on restless spirits. Yes, I married, + As men do oft, from very wantonness; + To tamper with a destiny that’s cross, + To spite my fate, to put the seal upon + A balked career, in high and proud defiance + Of hopes that yet might mock me, to beat down + False expectation and its damned lures, + And fix a bar betwixt me and defeat. + + II:4:51 KING. + These bitter words would rob me of my hope, + That thou at least wert happy. + + II:4:52 ALAR. + Would I slept + With my grey fathers! + + II:4:53 KING. + And my daughter too! + O most unhappy pair! + + II:4:54 ALAR. + There is a way. + To cure such woes, one only. + + II:4:55 KING. + ‘Tis my thought. + + II:4:56 ALAR. + No cloister shall entomb this life; the grave + Shall be my refuge, + + II:4:57 KING. + Yet to die were witless, + When Death, who with his fatal finger taps + At princely doors, as freely as he gives + His summons to the serf, may at this instant + Have sealed the only life that throws a shade + Between us and the sun. + + II:4:58 ALAR. + She’s very young. + + II:4:59 KING. + And may live long, as I do hope she will; + Yet have I known as blooming as she die, + And that most suddenly. The air of cities + To unaccustomed lungs is very fatal; + Perchance the absence of her accustomed sports, + The presence of strange faces, and a longing + For those she has been bred among: I’ve known + This most pernicious: she might droop and pine, + And when they fail, they sink most rapidly. + God grant she may not; yet I do remind thee + Of this wild chance, when speaking of thy lot. + In truth ‘tis sharp, and yet I would not die + When Time, the great enchanter, may change all, + By bringing somewhat earlier to thy gate + A doom that must arrive. + + II:4:60 ALAR. + Would it were there! + + II:4:61 KING. + ‘Twould be the day thy hand should clasp my daughter’s, + That thou hast loved so Ion; ‘twould be the day + My crown, the crown of all my realms, Alarcos, + Should bind thy royal brow. Is this the morn + Breaks in our chamber? Why, I did but mean + To say good night unto my gentle cousin + So long unseen. O, we have gossiped, coz, + So cheering dreams! + + [Exeunt.] + + + END OF THE SECOND ACT. + + + + +ACT III + + + SCENE 1 + + + Interior of the Cathedral of Burgos. + The High Altar illuminated; + in the distance, various Chapels lighted, and in each of which Mass is + celebrating: + in all directions groups of kneeling Worshippers. + Before the High Altar the Prior of Burgos officiates, attended by his + Sacerdotal Retinue. + In the front of the Stage, opposite to the Audience, a Confessional. + The chanting of a solemn Mass here commences; as it ceases, + + [Enter ALARCOS.] + + + III:1:1 ALAR. + Would it were done! and yet I dare not say + It should be done. O, that some natural cause, + Or superhuman agent, would step in, + And save me from its practice! Will no pest + Descend upon her blood? Must thousands die + Daily, and her charmed life be spared? As young + Are hourly plucked from out their hearths. A life! + Why, what’s a life? A loan that must return + To a capricious creditor; recalled + Often as soon as lent. I’d wager mine + To-morrow like the dice, were my blood pricked. + Yet now, + When all that endows life with all its price, + Hangs on some flickering breath I could puff out, + I stand agape. I’ll dream ‘tis done: what then? + Mercy remains? For ever, not for ever + I charge my soul? Will no contrition ransom, + Or expiatory torments compensate + The awful penalty? Ye kneeling worshippers, + That gaze in silent ecstacy before + Yon flaming altar, you come here to bow + Before a God of mercy. Is’t not so? + + [ALARCOS walks towards the High Altar and kneels.] + + [A Procession advances front the back of the Scene, singing a solemn Mass, + and preceding the Prior of Burgos, who seats himself in the Confessional + his Train filing of on each side of the Scene: + the lights of the High Altar are extinguished, + but the Chapels remain illuminated.] + + III:1:2 THE PRIOR. + Within this chair I sit, and hold the keys + That open realms no conqueror can subdue, + And where the monarchs of the earth must fain + Solicit to be subjects: Heaven and Hades, + Lands of Immortal light and shores of gloom. + Eternal as the chorus of their wail, + And the dim isthmus of that middle space, + Where the compassioned soul may purge its sins + In pious expiation. Then advance + Ye children of all sorrows, and all sins, + Doubts that perplex, and hopes that tantalize, + All the wild forms the fiend Temptation takes + To tamper with the soul! Come with the care + That eats your daily life; come with the thought + That is conceived in the noon of night, + And makes us stare around us though alone; + Come with the engendering sin, and with the crime + That is full-born. To counsel and to soothe, + I sit within this chair. + + [ALARCOS advances and kneels by the Confessional.] + + III:1:3 ALAR. + O, holy father + My soul is burthened with a crime. + + III:1:4 PRIOR. + My son, + The church awaits thy sin. + + III:1:5 ALAR. + It is a sin + Most black and terrible. Prepare thine ear + For what must make it tremble. + + III:1:6 PRIOR. + Thou dost speak + To Power above all passion, not to man. + + III:1:7 ALAR. + There was a lady, father, whom I loved, + And with a holy love, and she loved me + As holily. Our vows were blessed, if favour + Hang on a father’s benediction. + + III:1:8 PRIOR. + Her + Mother? + + III:1:9 ALAR. + She had a mother, if to bear + Children be all that makes a mother: one + Who looked on me, about to be her child, + With eyes of lust. + + III:1:10 PRIOR. + And thou? + + III:1:11 ALAR. + O, if to trace + But with the memory’s too veracious aid + This tale be anguish, what must be its life + And terrible action? Father, I abjured + This lewd she-wolf. But ah! her fatal vengeance + Struck to my heart. A banished scatterling + I wandered on the earth. + + III:1:12 PRIOR. + Thou didst return? + + III:1:13 ALAR. + And found the being that I loved, and found + Her faithful still. + + III:1:14 PRIOR. + And thou, my son, wert happy? + + III:1:15 ALAR. + Alas! I was no longer free. Strange ties + Had bound a hopeless exile. But she I had loved, + And never ceased to love, for in the form, + Not in the spirit was her faith more pure, + She looked upon me with a glance that told + Her death but in my love. I struggled, nay, + ‘Twas not a struggle, ‘twas an agony. + Her aged sire, her dark impending doom, + And the overwhelming passion of my soul: + My wife died suddenly. + + III:1:16 PRIOR. + And by a life + That should have shielded hers? + + III:1:17 ALAR. + Is there hope of mercy? + Can prayers, can penances, can they avail? + What consecration of my wealth, for I’m rich, + Can aid me? Can it aid me? Can endowments? + Nay, set no bounds to thy unlimited schemes + Of saving charity. Can shrines, can chauntries, + Monastic piles, can they avail? What if + I raise a temple not less proud than this, + Enriched with all my wealth, with all, with all? + Will endless masses, will eternal prayers, + Redeem me from perdition? + + III:1:18 PRIOR. + What, would gold + Redeem the sin it prompted? + + III:1:19 ALAR. + No, by Heaven! + No, Fate had dowered me with wealth might feed + All but a royal hunger. + + III:1:20 PRIOR. + And alone + Thy fatal passion urged thee + + III:1:21 ALAR. + Hah! + + III:1:22 PRIOR. + Probe deep + Thy wounded soul. + + III:1:23 ALAR. + ‘Tis torture: fathomless + I feel the fell incision. + + III:1:24 PRIOR. + There is a lure + Thou dost not own, and yet its awful shade + Lowers in the back-ground of thy soul: thy tongue + Trifles the church’s ear. Beware, my son, + And tamper not with Paradise. + + III:1:25 ALAR. + A breath, + A shadow, essence subtler far than love: + And yet I loved her, and for love had dared + All that I ventured for this twin-born lure + Cradled with love, for which I soiled my soul. + O, father, it was Power. + + III:1:26 PRIOR. + And this dominion + Purchased by thy soul’s mortgage, still is’t thine? + + III:1:27 ALAR. + Yea, thousands bow to him, who bows to thee. + + III:1:28 PRIOR. + Thine is a fearful deed. + + III:1:29 ALAR. + O, is there mercy? + + III:1:30 PRIOR. + Say, is there penitence? + + III:1:31 ALAR. + How shall I gauge it? + What temper of contrition might the church + Require from such a sinner? + + III:1:32 PRIOR. + Is’t thy wish, + Nay, search the very caverns of thy thought, + Is it thy wish this deed were now undone? + + III:1:33 ALAR. + Undone, undone! It is; O, say it were, + And what am I? O, father, wer’t not done, + I should not be less tortured than I’m now; + My life less like a dream of haunting thoughts + Tempting to unknown enormities. The sun + Would rise as beamless on my darkened days, + Night proffer the same torments. Food would fly + My lips the same, and the same restless blood + Quicken my harassed limbs. Undone! undone! + I have no metaphysic faculty + To deem this deed undone. + + III:1:34 PRIOR. + Thou must repent + This terrible deed. Look through thy heart. Thy wife, + There was a time thou lov’dst her? + + III:1:35 ALAR. + I’ll not think + There was a time. + + III:1:36 PRIOR. + And was she fair? + + III:1:37 ALAR. + A form + Dazzling all eyes but mine. + + III:1:38 PRIOR. + And pure? + + III:1:39 ALAR. + No saint + More chaste than she. Her consecrated shape + She kept as ‘twere a shrine, and just as full + Of holy thoughts; her very breath was incense, + And all her gestures sacred as the forms + Of priestly offices! + + III:1:40 PRIOR. + I’ll save thy soul. + Thou must repent that one so fair and pure, + And loving thee so well-- + + III:1:41 ALAR. + Father, in vain. + There is a bar betwixt me and repentance. + And yet-- + + III:1:42 PRIOR. + Ay, yet-- + + III:1:43 ALAR. + The day may come, I’ll kneel + In such a mood, and might there then be hope? + + III:1:44 PRIOR. + We hold the keys that bind and loosen all: + But penitence alone is mercy’s portal. + The obdurate soul is doomed. Remorseful tears + Are sinners’ sole ablution. O, my son, + Bethink thee yet, to die in sin like thine; + Eternal masses profit not thy soul, + Thy consecrated wealth will but upraise + The monument of thy despair. Once more, + Ere yet the vesper lights shall fade away, + I do adjure thee, on the church’s bosom + Pour forth thy contrite heart. + + III:1:45 ALAR. + A contrite heart! + A stainless hand would count for more. I see + No drops on mine. My head is weak, my heart + A wilderness of passion. Prayers, thy prayers! + + [ALARCOS rises suddenly and exit.] + + + + + SCENE 2 + + + Chamber in the Royal Palace. + + The INFANTA seated in despondency; the KING standing by her side. + + + III:2:1 KING. + Indeed, ‘tis noticed. + + III:2:2 SOL. + Solitude is all + I ask; and is it then so great a boon? + + III:2:3 KING. + Nay, solitude’s no princely appanage. + Our state’s a pedestal, which men have raised + That they may gaze on greatness. + + III:2:4 SOL. + A false idol, + And weaker than its worshippers. I’ve lived + To feel my station’s vanity. O, Death, + Thou endest all! + + III:2:5 KING. + Thou art too young to die, + And yet may be too happy. Moody youth + Toys in its talk with the dark thought of death, + As if to die were but to change a robe. + It is their present refuge for all cares + And each disaster. When the sere has touched + Their flowing locks, they prattle less of death, + Perchance think more of it. + + III:2:6 SOL. + Why, what is greatness? + Will’t give me love, or faith, or tranquil thoughts? + No, no, not even justice. + + III:2:7 KING. + ‘Tis thyself + That does thyself injustice. Let the world + Have other speculation than the breach + Of our unfilled vows. They bear too near + And fine affinity to what we would, + Ay, what we will. I would not choose this moment, + Men brood too curiously upon the cause + Of the late rupture, for the cause detected + May bar the consequence. + + III:2:8 SOL. + A day, an hour + Sufficed to crush me. Weeks and weeks pass on + Since I was promised right. + + III:2:9 KING. + Take thou my sceptre + And do thyself this right. Is’t, then, so easy? + + III:2:10 SOL. + Let him who did the wrong, contrive the means + Of his atonement. + + III:2:11 KING. + All a father can, + I have performed. + + III:2:12 SOL. + Ah! then there is no hope. + The Bishop of Ossuna, you did say + He was the learnedest clerk of Christendom, + And you would speak to him? + + III:2:13 KING. + What says Alarcos? + + III:2:14 SOL. + I spoke not to him since I first received + His princely pledge. + + III:2:15 KING. + Call on him to fulfil it. + + III:2:16 SOL. + Can he do more than kings? + + III:2:17 KING. + Yes, he alone; + Alone it rests with him. This learn from me. + There is no other let. + + III:2:18 SOL. + I learn from thee + What other lips should tell me. + + III:2:19 KING. + Girl, art sure + Of this same lover? + + III:2:20 SOL. + O! I’ll never doubt him. + + III:2:21 KING. + And yet may be deceived. + + III:2:22 SOL. + He is as true + As talismanic steel. + + III:2:23 KING. + Why, then thou art, + At least thou should’st be, happy. Smile, Solisa; + For since the Count is true, there is no bar. + Why dost not smile? + + III:2:24 SOL. + I marvel that Alarcos + Hath been so mute on this. + + III:2:25 KING. + But thou art sure + He is most true. + + III:2:26 SOL. + Why should I deem him true? + Have I found truth in any? Woe is me, + I feel as one quite doomed. I know not why + I ever was ill-omened. + + III:2:27 KING. + Listen, girl; + Probe this same lover to the core; ‘tmay be, + I think he is, most true; he should be so + If there be faith in vows, and men ne’er break + The pledge its profits them to keep. And yet-- + + III:2:28 SOL. + And what? + + III:2:29 KING. + To be his Sovereign’s cherished friend, + And smiled on by the daughter of his King, + Why that might profit him, and please so much, + His wife’s ill humour might be borne withal. + + III:2:30 SOL. + You think him false? + + III:2:31 KING. + I think he might be true: + But when a man’s well placed, he loves not change. + + [Enter at the back of the Scene Count ALARCOS disguised. + He advances, dropping his Hat and Cloak.] + + Ah, gentle cousin, all our thoughts were thine. + + III:2:32 ALAR. + I marvel men should think. Lady, I’ll hope + Thy thoughts are like thyself, most fair. + + III:2:33 KING. + Her thoughts + Are like her fortunes, lofty, but around + The peaks cling vapours. + + III:2:34 ALAR. + Eagles live in clouds, + And they draw royal breath. + + III:2:35 KING. + I’d have her quit, + This strange seclusion, cousin. Give thine aid + To festive purposes. + + III:2:36 ALAR. + A root, an egg, + Why there’s a feast with a holy mind. + + III:2:37 KING. + If ever + I find my seat within a hermitage, + I’ll think the same. + + III:2:38 ALAR. + You have built shrines, sweet lady? + + III:2:39 SOL. + What then, my lord? + + III:2:40 ALAR. + Why then you might be worshipped, + If your image were in front; I’d bow down + To anything so fair. + + III:2:41 KING. + Dost know, my cousin, + Who waits me now? The deputies from Murcia. + The realm is ours, + + [whispers him] + + is thine. + + III:2:42 ALAR. + The church has realms + Wider than both Castilles. But which of them + Will be our lot; that’s it. + + III:2:43 KING. + Mine own Solisa, + They wait me in my cabinet; + + [aside to her] + + Bethink thee + With whom all rests. + + [Exit the KING.] + + III:2:44 SOL. + You had sport to-day, my lord? + The King was at the chace. + + III:2:45 ALAR. + I breathed my barb. + + III:2:46 SOL. + They say the chace hath charm to cheer the spirit, + + III:2:47 ALAR. + ‘Tis better than prayers. + + III:2:48 SOL. + Indeed, I think I’ll hunt. + You and my father seem so passing gay. + + III:2:49 ALAR. + Why this is no confessional, no shrine + Haunted with presaged gloom. I should be gay + To look at thee and listen to thy voice; + For if fair pictures and sweet sounds enchant + The soul of man, that are but artifice, + How then am I entranced, this living picture + Bright by my side, and listening to this music + That nature gave thee. What’s eternal life + To this inspired mortality! Let priests + And pontiffs thunder, still I feel that here + Is all my joy. + + III:2:50 SOL. + Ah! why not say thy woe? + Who stands between thee and thy rights but me? + Who stands between thee and thine ease but me? + Who bars thy progress, brings thee cares, but me? + Lures thee to impossible contracts, goads thy faith + To mad performance, welcomes thee with sighs, + And parts from them with tears? Is this joy? No! + I am thine evil genius. + + III:2:51 ALAR. + Say my star + Of inspiration. This reality + Baffles their mystic threats. Who talks of cares? + Why, what’s a Prince, if his imperial will + Be bitted by a priest! There’s nought impossible. + Thy sighs are sighs of love, and all thy tears + But affluent tenderness. + + III:2:52 SOL. + You sing as sweet + As did the syrens; is it from the heart, + Or from the lips, that voice? + + III:2:53 ALAR. + Solisa! + + III:2:54 SOL. + Ay! + My ear can catch a treacherous tone; ‘tis trained + To perfidy. My Lord Alarcos, look me + Straight in the face. He quails not. + + III:2:55 ALAR. + O my soul, + Is this the being for whose love I’ve pledged + Even thy forfeit! + + III:2:56 SOL. + Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + Look not so stern! I’m mad; yes, yes, my life + Upon thy truth; I know thou’rt true: he said + It rested but with thee; I said it not, + Nor thought it. + + III:2:57 ALAR. + Lady! + + III:2:58 SOL. + Not that voice! + + III:2:59 ALAR. + I’ll know + Thy thought; the King hath spoken? + + III:2:60 SOL. + Words of joy + And madness. With thyself alone he says + It rests. + + III:2:61 ALAR. + Nor said he more? + + III:2:62 SOL. + It had found me deaf, + For he touched hearings quick. + + III:2:63 ALAR. + Thy faith in me + Hath gone. + + III:2:64 SOL. + I’ll doubt our shrined miracles + Before I doubt Alarcos. + + III:2:65 ALAR. + He’ll believe thee, + For at this moment he has much to endure, + And that he could not. + + III:2:66 SOL. + And yet I must choose + This time to vex thee. O, I am the curse + And blight of the existence, which to bless + Is all my thought! Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + I pray thee pardon me. I am so wretched: + This fell suspense is like a frightful dream + Wherein we fall from heights, yet never reach + The bottomless abyss. It wastes my spirit, + Wears down my life, gnaws ever at my heart, + Makes my brain quick when others are asleep, + And dull when theirs is active. O, Alarcos, + I could lie down and die. + + III:2:67 ALAR. + + [Advancing in soliloquy.] + + Asleep, awake, + In dreams, and in the musing moods that wait + On unfulfilled purposes, I’ve done it; + And thought upon it afterwards, nor shrunk + From the fell retrospect. + + III:2:68 SOL. + He’s wrapped in thought; + Indeed his glance was wild when first he entered, + And his speech lacked completeness. + + III:2:69 ALAR. + How is it then, + The body that should be the viler part, + And made for servile uses, should rebel + ‘Gainst the mind’s mandate, and should hold its aid + Aloof from our adventure? Why the sin + Is in the thought, not in the deed; ‘tis not + The body pays the penalty, the soul + Must clear that awful scot. What palls my arm? + It is not pity; trumpet-tongued ambition + Stifles her plaintive voice; it is not love, + For that inspires the blow! Art thou Solisa? + + III:2:70 SOL. + I am that luckless maiden whom you love. + + III:2:71 ALAR. + You could lie down and die. Who speaks of death? + There is no absolution for self-murder. + Why ‘tis the greater sin of the two. There is + More peril in’t. What, sleep upon your post + Because you are wearied? No, we must spy on + And watch occasions. Even now they are ripe. + I feel a turbulent throbbing at my heart + Will end in action: for there spiritual tumults + Herald great deeds. + + III:2:72 SOL. + It is the church’s scheme + Ever to lengthen suits. + + III:2:73 ALAR. + The church? + + III:2:74 SOL. + Ossana + Leans much to Rome. + + III:2:75 ALAR. + And how concerns us that? + + III:2:76 SOL. + His Grace spoke to the Bishop, you must know? + + III:2:77 ALAR. + Ah, yes! his Grace, the church, it is our friend. + And truly should be so. It gave our griefs, + And it should bear their balm. + + III:2:78 SOL. + Hast pardoned me + That I was querulous? But lovers crossed + Wrangle with those that love them, as it were, + To spite affection. + + III:2:79 ALAR. + We are bound together + As the twin powers of the storm. Very love + Now makes me callous. The great bond is sealed; + Look bright; if gloomy, mortgage future bliss + For present comfort. Trust me ‘tis good ‘surance. + I’ll to the King. + + [Exeunt both.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A Street in Burgos. + + [Enter the COUNT OF LEON, followed by ORAN.] + + + III:3:1 LEON. + He has been sighing like a Sybarite + These six weeks past, and now he sends to me + To hire my bravo. Well, that smacks of manhood. + He’ll pierce at least one heart, if not the right one. + Murder and marriage! which the greater crime + A schoolman may decide. All arts exhausted, + His death alone remains. A clumsy course. + I care not. Truth, I hate this same Alarcos, + I think it is the colour of his eyes, + But I do hate him; and the royal ear + Lists coldly to me since this same return. + The King leans wholly on him. Sirrah Moor, + All is prepared? + + III:3:2 ORAN. + And prompt. + + III:3:3 LEON. + ‘Tis well; no boggling; + Let it be cleanly done. + + III:3:4 ORAN. + A stab or two, + And the Arlanzon’s wave shall know the rest. + + III:3:5 LEON. + I’ll have to kibe his heels at Court, if you fail. + + III:3:6 ORAN. + There is no fear. We have the choicest spirits + In Burgos. + + III:3:7 LEON. + Goodly gentlemen! you wait + Their presence? + + III:3:8 ORAN. + Here anon. + + III:3:9 LEON. + Good night, dusk infidel, + They’ll take me for an Alguazil. At home + Your news will reach me. + + III:3:10 ORAN. + And were all your throats cut, + I would not weep. O, Allah, let them spend + Their blood upon themselves! My life he shielded, + And now exacts one at my hands; we’re quits + When this is closed. That thought will grace a deed + Otherwise graceless. I would break the chain + That binds me to this man. His callous eye + Repels devotion, while his reckless vein + Demands prompt sacrifice. Now is’t wise this? + Methinks ‘twere wise to touch the humblest heart + Of those that serve us? In maturest plans + There lacks that finish, which alone can flow + From zealous instruments. But here are some + That have no hearts to touch. + + [Enter Four BRAVOs.] + + How now, good senors. + I cannot call them comrades; you’re exact, + As doubtless ye are brave. You know your duty? + + III:3:11 1ST BRAVO. + And will perform it, or my name is changed, + And I’m not Guzman Jaca. + + III:3:12 ORAN. + You well know + The arm you cross is potent? + + III:3:13 2ND BRAVO. + All the steel + Of Calatrava’s knights shall not protect it. + + III:3:14 3RD BRAVO. + And all the knights to boot. + + III:3:15 4TH BRAVO. + A river business. + + III:3:16 ORAN. + The safest sepulchre. + + III:3:17 4TH BRAVO. + A burial ground + Of which we are the priests, and take our fees; + I never cross a stream, but I do feel + A sense of property. + + III:3:18 ORAN. + You know the signal: + And when I boast I’ve friends, they may appear + To prove I am no braggart. + + III:3:19 1ST BRAVO. + To our posts + It shall be cleanly done, and brief. + + III:3:20 2ND BRAVO. + No oaths, + No swagger. + + III:3:21 3RD BRAVO. + Not a word; but all as pleasant + As we were nobles like himself. + + III:3:22 4TH BRAVO. + ‘Tis true, sir; + You deal with gentlemen. + + [Exeunt BRAVOs.] + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + III:3:23 ALAR. + The moon’s a sluggard, + I think, to-night. How now, the Moor that dodged + My steps at vespers. Hem! I like not this. + Friends beneath cloaks; they’re wanted. Save you, sir? + + III:3:24 ORAN. + And you, sir? + + III:3:25 ALAR. + Not the first time we have met, + Or I’ve no eye for lurkers. + + III:3:26 ORAN. + I have tasted + Our common heritage, the air, to-day; + And if the selfsame beam warmed both our bloods, + What then? + + III:3:27 ALAR. + Why nothing; but the sun has set, + And honest men should seek their hearths. + + III:3:28 ORAN. + I wait + My friends. + + [The BRAVOs rush in, and assault COUNT ALARCOS, who, + dropping his Cloak, shows his Sword already drawn, and keeps them at bay.] + + So, so! who plays with princes’ blood? + No sport for varlets. Thus and thus, I’ll teach ye + To know your station. + + III:3:29 1ST BRAVO. + Ah! + + III:3:30 2ND BRAVO. + Away! + + III:3:31 3RD BRAVO. + Fly, fly! + + III:3:32 4TH BRAVO. + No place for quiet men. + + [The BRAVOs run off.] + + III:3:33 ALAR. + A little breath + Is all they have cost me, tho’ their blood has stained + My damask blade. And still the Moor! What ho! + Why fliest not like thy mates? + + III:3:34 ORAN. + Because I wait + To fight. + + III:3:35 ALAR. + Rash caitiff! knowest thou who I am? + + III:3:36 ORAN. + One who I heard was brave, and now has proved it. + + III:3:37 ALAR. + Am I thy foe? + + III:3:38 ORAN. + No more than all thy race. + + III:3:39 ALAR. + Go, save thy life. + + III:3:40 ORAN. + Look to thine own, proud lord. + + III:3:41 ALAR. + Perdition catch thy base-born insolence. + + [They fight: after a long and severe encounter, + ALARCOS disarms ORAN, who falls wounded.] + + III:3:42 ORAN. + Be brief, dispatch me. + + III:3:43 ALAR. + Not a word for mercy? + + III:3:44 ORAN. + Why should’st thou give it? + + III:3:45 ALAR. + ‘Tis not merited, + Yet might be gained. Who set thee on to this? + My sword is at thy throat. Give me his name, + And thine shall live. + + III:3:46 ORAN. + I cannot. + + III:3:47 ALAR. + What, is life + So light a boon? It hangs upon this point. + Bold Moor, is’t then thy love to him who fees thee + Makes thee so faithful? + + III:3:48 ORAN. + No; I hate him. + + III:3:49 ALAR. + What + Restrains thee, then? + + III:3:50 ORAN. + The feeling that restrained + My arm from joining stabbers--Honour. + + III:3:51 ALAR. + Humph! + An overseer of stabbers for some ducats. + And is that honour? + + III:3:52 ORAN. + Once he screened my life, + And this was my return. + + III:3:53 ALAR. + What if I spare + Thy life even now? Wilt thou accord to me + The same devotion? + + III:3:54 ORAN. + Yea; the life thou givest + Thou shouldst command. + + III:3:55 ALAR. + If I, too, have a foe + Crossing my path and blighting all my life? + + III:3:56 ORAN. + This sword should strive to reach him. + + III:3:57 ALAR. + Him! thy bond + Shall know no sex or nation. Limitless + Shall be thy pledge. I’ll claim from thee a life + For that I spare. How now, wilt live? + + III:3:58 ORAN. + To pay + A life for that now spared. + + III:3:59 ALAR. + Swear to thy truth; + Swear by Mahound, and swear by all thy gods, + If thou hast any; swear it by the stars, + In which we all believe; and by thy hopes + Of thy false paradise; swear it by thy soul, + And by thy sword! + + III:3:60 ORAN. + I swear. + + III:3:61 ALAR. + Arise and live. + + + THE END OF THE THIRD ACT. + + + + +ACT IV + + + SCENE 1 + + + Interior of a Posada frequented by BRAVOs, in an obscure quarter of + Burgos. FLIX at the fire, frying eggs. Men seated at small tables + drinking; others lying on benches. At the side, but in the front of the + Scene, some Beggars squatted on the ground, thrumming a Mandolin; a + Gipsy Girl dancing. + + + IV:1:1 A BRAVO. + Come, mother, dost take us for Saracens? I say we are true + Christians, and so must drink wine. + + IV:1:2 ANOTHER BRAVO. + Mother Flix is sour to-night. Keep the evil eye from the olla! + + IV:1:3 3RD BRAVO. + + [advancing to her] + + Thou beauty of Burgos, what are dimples unless seen? Smile! wench. + + IV:1:4 FLIX. + A frying egg will not wait for the King of Cordova. + + IV:1:5 1ST BRAVO. + Will have her way. Graus knows a pretty wife’s worth. A handsome + hostess is bad for the guest’s purse. + + IV:1:6 1ST BRAVO. + + [rising] + + Good companions make good company. Graus, Graus! another flagon. + + IV:1:7 2ND BRAVO. + Of the right Catalan. + + IV:1:8 3RD BRAVO. + Nay, for my omelette. + + IV:1:9 FLIX. + Hungry men think the cook lazy. + + [Enter GRAUS with a Flagon of wine.] + + IV:1:10 1ST BRAVO. + ‘Tis mine. + + IV:1:11 2ND BRAVO. + No, mine. + + IV:1:12 1ST BRAVO. + We’ll share. + + IV:1:13 2ND BRAVO. + No, each man his own beaker; he who shares has the worst half. + + IV:1:14 3RD BRAVO. + + [to FLIX, who brings the omelette] + + An egg and to bed. + + IV:1:15 GRAUS. + Who drinks, first chinks. + + IV:1:16 1ST BRAVO. + The debtor is stoned every day. There will be water-work to-morrow, + and that will wash it out. You know me? + + IV:1:17 GRAUS. + In a long journey and a small inn, one knows one’s company. + + IV:1:18 2ND BRAVO. + Come, I’ll give, but I won’t share. Fill up. + + IV:1:19 GRAUS. + That’s liberal; my way; full measure but prompt pezos; + I loathe your niggards. + + IV:1:20 1ST BRAVO. + As the little tailor of Campillo said, who worked for nothing, + and found thread. + + [To the other BRAVO.] + + Nay, I’ll not refuse; we know each other. + + IV:1:21 2ND BRAVO. + We’ve seen the stars together. + + IV:1:22 AN OLD MAN. + Burgos is not what it was. + + IV:1:23 5TH BRAVO. + + [waking] + + Sleep ends and supper begins. The olla, the olla, Mother Flix; + + [shaking a purse] + + there’s the dinner bell. + + IV:1:24 2ND BRAVO. + That will bring courses. + + IV:1:25 1ST BRAVO. + An ass covered with gold has more respect than a horse with a + pack-saddle. + + IV:1:26 5TH BRAVO. + How for that ass? + + IV:1:27 2ND BRAVO. + Nay, the sheep should have his belly full who quarrels with his mate. + + IV:1:28 5TH BRAVO. + But how for that ass? + + IV:1:29 A FRIAR. + + [advancing] + + Peace be with ye, brethren! A meal in God’s name. + + IV:1:30 5TH BRAVO. + Who asks in God’s name, asks for two. But how for that ass? + + IV:1:31 FLIX. + + [bringing the olla] + + Nay, an ye must brawl, go fight the Moors. ‘Tis a peaceable house, + and we sleep quiet o’ nights. + + IV:1:32 5TH BRAVO. + Am I an ass? + + IV:1:33 FLIX. + He is an ass who talks when he might eat. + + IV:1:34 5TH BRAVO. + A Secadon sausage! Come, mother, I’m all peace; thou’rt a rare hand. + As in thy teeth, comrade, and no more on’t + + IV:1:35 1ST BRAVO. + When I will not, two cannot quarrel. + + IV:1:36 OLD MAN. + Everything is changed for the worse. + + IV:1:37 FRIAR. + For the love of St. Jago, senors; for the love of St. Jago! + + IV:1:38 5TH BRAVO. + When it pleases not God, the saint can do little. + + IV:1:39 2ND BRAVO. + Nay, supper for all, and drink’s the best meat. Some have sung + for it, some danced. There is no fishing for trout in dry breeches. + You shall preach. + + IV:1:40 FRIAR. + Benedicite, brethren-- + + IV:1:41 1ST BRAVO. + Nay, no Latin, for the devil’s not here. + + IV:1:42 2ND BRAVO. + And prithee let it be as full of meat as an egg; for we do many + deeds, love not many words. + + IV:1:43 FRIAR. + Thou shalt not steal. + + IV:1:44 1ST BRAVO. + He blasphemes. + + IV:1:45 FRIAR. + But what is theft? + + IV:1:46 2ND BRAVO. + Ay! there it is. + + IV:1:47 FRIAR. + The tailor he steals the cloth, and the miller he steals the meal; + is either a thief? ‘tis the way of trade. But what if our trade + be to steal? Why then our work is to cut purses; to cut purses is + to follow our business; and to follow our business is to obey the + King; and so thieving is no theft. And that’s probatum, and so, amen. + + IV:1:48 5TH BRAVO. + Shall put thy spoon in the olla for that. + + IV:1:49 2ND BRAVO. + And drink this health to our honest fraternity. + + IV:1:50 OLD MAN. + I have heard sermons by the hour; this is brief; every thing falls off. + + [Enter a PERSONAGE masked and cloaked.] + + IV:1:51 1ST BRAVO. + + [to his Companions] + + See’st yon mask? + + IV:1:52 2ND BRAVO. + ‘Tis strange. + + IV:1:53 GRAUS. + + [to FLIX] + + Who is this? + + IV:1:54 FLIX. + The fool wonders, the wise man asks. Must have no masks here. + + IV:1:55 GRAUS. + An obedient wife commands her husband. Business with a stranger, + title enough. + + [Advancing and addressing the Mask.] + + Most noble Senor Mask. + + IV:1:56 THE UNKNOWN. + Well, fellow! + + IV:1:57 GRAUS. + Hem; as it may be. D’ye see, most noble Senor Mask, that ‘tis an + orderly house this, frequented by certain honest gentlemen, that + take their siesta, and eat a fried egg after their day’s work, + and so are not ashamed to show their faces. Ahem! + + IV:1:58 THE UNKNOWN. + As in truth I am in such villanous company. + + IV:1:59 GRAUS. + Wheugh! but ‘tis not the first ill word that brings a blow. + Would’st sup indifferently well here at a moderate rate, we are + thy servants. My Flix hath reputation at the frying-pan, and my + wine hath made lips smack; but here, senor, faces must be uncovered. + + IV:1:60 THE UNKNOWN. + Poh! poh! + + IV:1:61 GRAUS. + Nay, then, I will send some to you shall gain softer words. + + IV:1:62 1ST BRAVO. + Why, what’s this? + + IV:1:63 2ND BRAVO. + Our host is an honest man, and has friends. + + IV:1:64 5TH BRAVO. + Let me finish my olla, and I will discourse with him. + + IV:1:65 THE UNKNOWN. + Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. I come here on business, + and with you all. + + IV:1:66 1ST BRAVO. + Carraho! and who’s this? + + IV:1:67 THE UNKNOWN. + One who knows you, though you know not him. One whom you have never + seen, yet all fear. And who walks at night, and where he likes. + + IV:1:68 2ND BRAVO. + The devil himself! + + IV:1:69 THE UNKNOWN. + It may be so. + + IV:1:70 2ND BRAVO. + Sit by me, Friar, and speak Latin. + + IV:1:71 THE UNKNOWN. + There is a man missing in Burgos, and I will know where he is. + + IV:1:72 OLD MAN. + There were many men missing in my time. + + IV:1:73 THE UNKNOWN. + Dead or alive, I care not; but land or water, river or turf, I will + know where the body is stowed. See + + [shaking a purse] + + here is eno’ to point all the poniards of the city. You shall + have it to drink his health. + + IV:1:74 A BRAVO. + How call you him? + + IV:1:75 THE UNKNOWN. + Oran, the Moor. + + IV:1:76 1ST BRAVO. + + [Jumping from his seat and approaching the Stranger.] + + My name is Guzman Jaca; my hand was in that business. + + IV:1:77 THE UNKNOWN. + With the Moor and three of your comrades? + + IV:1:78 1ST BRAVO. + The same. + + IV:1:79 THE UNKNOWN. + And how came your quarry to fly next day? + + IV:1:80 1ST BRAVO. + Very true; ‘twas a bad business for all of us. I fought like + a lion; see, my arm is still bound up; but he had advice of + our visit; and no sooner had we saluted him, than there + suddenly appeared a goodly company of twelve serving-men, + or say twelve to fifteen-- + + IV:1:81 THE UNKNOWN. + You lie; he walked alone. + + IV:1:82 1ST BRAVO. + Very true; and if I am forced to speak the whole truth, it was thus. + I fought like a lion; see, my arm is still bound up; but I was not + quite his match alone, for I had let blood the day before, and my + comrades were taken with a panic, and so left me in the lurch. + And now you have it all. + + IV:1:83 THE UNKNOWN. + And Oran? + + IV:1:84 1ST BRAVO. + He fled at once. + + IV:1:85 THE UNKNOWN. + Come, come, Oran did not fly. + + IV:1:86 1ST BRAVO. + Very true. We left him alone with the Count. + And now you have it all. + + IV:1:87 THE UNKNOWN. + Had he slain him, the body would have been found. + + IV:1:88 1ST BRAVO. + Very true. That’s the difference between us professional + performers, and you mere amateurs; we never leave the bodies. + + IV:1:89 THE UNKNOWN. + And you can tell me nothing of him? + + IV:1:90 1ST BRAVO. + No, but I engage to finish the Count, any night you like now, + for I have found out his lure. + + IV:1:91 THE UNKNOWN. + How’s that? + + IV:1:92 1ST BRAVO. + Every evening, about an hour after sunset, he enters by a private + way the citadel. + + IV:1:93 THE UNKNOWN. + Hah! what more? + + IV:1:94 1ST BRAVO. + He is stagged; there is a game playing, but what I know not. + + IV:1:95 THE UNKNOWN. + Your name is Guzman Jaca? + + IV:1:96 1ST BRAVO. + The same. + + IV:1:97 THE UNKNOWN. + Honest fellow! there’s gold for you. You know nothing of Oran? + + IV:1:98 1ST BRAVO. + Maybe he has crawled to some place wounded. + + IV:1:99 THE UNKNOWN. + To die like a bird. Look after him. If I wish more, I know + where to find you. What ho, Master Host! I cannot wait to + try your mistress’s art to-night; but here’s my scot for our + next supper. + + [Exit THE UNKNOWN.] + + + + + SCENE 2 + + + A Chamber in the Palace of Alarcos. + + The COUNTESS and SIDONIA. + + + IV:2:1 SIDO. + Lady, you’re moved: nay, ‘twas an idle word. + + IV:2:2 COUN. + But was it true? + + IV:2:3 SIDO. + And yet might little mean. + + IV:2:4 COUN. + That I should live to doubt! + + IV:2:5 SIDO. + But do not doubt; + Forget it, lady. You should know him well; + Nay, do not credit it. + + IV:2:6 COUN. + He’s very changed. + I would not own, no, not believe that change, + I’ve given it every gloss that might confirm + My sinking heart. Time and your tale agree; + Alas! ‘tis true. + + IV:2:7 SIDO. + I hope not; still believe + It is not true. Would that I had not spoken! + It was unguarded prate. + + IV:2:8 COUN. + You have done me service: + Condemned, the headsman is no enemy, + Bat closes suffering. + + IV:2:9 SIDO. + Yet a bitter doom + To torture those you’d bless. I have a thought. + What if this eve you visit this same spot, + That shrouds these meetings? If he’s wanting then, + The rest might prove as false. + + IV:2:10 COUN. + He will be there, + I feel he will be there. + + IV:2:11 SIDO. + We should not think so, + Until our eyes defeat our hopes. + + IV:2:12 COUN. + O Burgos, + My heart misgave me when I saw thy walls! + To doubt is madness, yet ‘tis not despair, + And that may be my lot. + + IV:2:13 SIDO. + The palace gardens + Are closed, except to master-keys. Here’s one, + My office gives it me, and it can count + Few brethren. You will be alone. + + IV:2:14 COUN. + Alas! + I dare not hope so. + + IV:2:15 SIDO. + Well, well, think of this; + Yet take the key. + + IV:2:16 COUN. + O that it would unlock + The heart now closed to me! To watch his ways + Was once my being. Shall I prove the spy + Of joys I may not share? I will not take + That fatal key. + + IV:2:17 SIDO. + ‘Tis well; I pray you, pardon + My ill-timed zeal. + + IV:2:18 COUN. + Indeed, I should be grateful + That one should wish to serve me. Can it be? + ‘Tis not two months, two little, little months, + You crossed this threshold first; Ah! gentle air, + And we were all so gay! What have I done? + What is all this? so sudden and so strange? + It is not true, I feel it is not true; + ‘Tis factious care that clouds his brow, and calls + For all this timed absence. His brain’s busy + With the State. Is’t not so? I prithee speak, + And say you think it. + + IV:2:19 SIDO. + You should know him well; + And if you deem it so, why I should deem + The inference just. + + IV:2:20 COUN. + Yet if he were not there, + How happy I should sleep! there is no peril; + The garden’s near; and is there shame? ‘Tis love + Makes me a lawful spy. He’ll not be there, + And then there is no prying. + + IV:2:21 SIDO. + Near at hand, + Crossing the way that bounds your palace court, + There is a private portal. + + IV:2:22 COUN. + If I go, + He will not miss me. Ah, I would he might! + So very near; no, no; I cannot go; + And yet I’ll take the key. + + [Takes the key.] + + Would thou could’st speak, + Thou little instrument, and tell me all + The secrets of thy office! My heart beats; + ‘Tis my first enterprise; I would it were + To do him service. No, I cannot go; + Farewell, kind sir; indeed I am so troubled, + I must retire. + + [Exit COUNTESS.] + + IV:2:23 SIDO. + Thy virtue makes me vile; + And what should move my heart inflames my soul. + O marvellous world, wherein I play the villain + From very love of excellence! But for him, + I’d be the rival of her stainless thoughts + And mate her purity. Hah! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + IV:2:24 ORAN. + My noble lord! + + IV:2:25 SIDO. + The Moor! + + IV:2:26 ORAN. + Your servant. + + IV:2:27 SIDO. + Here! ‘tis passing strange. + How’s this? + + IV:2:28 ORAN. + The accident of war, my lord. + I am a prisoner. + + IV:2:29 SIDO. + But at large, it seems. + You have betrayed me + + IV:2:30 ORAN. + Had I chosen that, + I had been free and you not here. I fought, + And fell in single fight. Why spared I know not, + But that the lion’s generous. + + IV:2:31 SIDO. + Will you prove + Your faith + + IV:2:32 ORAN. + Nay, doubt it not. + + IV:2:33 SIDO. + You still can aid me. + + IV:2:34 ORAN. + I am no traitor, and my friends shall find + I am not wanting. + + IV:2:35 SIDO. + Quit these liberal walls + Where you’re not watched. In brief, I’ve coined a tale + Has touched the Countess to the quick. She seeks, + Alone or scantly tended, even now, + The palace gardens; eager to discover + A faithless husband, where she’ll chance to find + One more devout. My steeds and servants wait + At the right post; my distant castle soon + Shall hold this peerless wife. Your resolute spirit + May aid me much. How say you, is it well + That we have met? + + IV:2:36 ORAN. + Right well. I will embark + Most heartily in this. + + IV:2:37 SIDO. + With me at once. + + IV:2:38 ORAN. + At once? + + IV:2:39 SIDO. + No faltering. You have learned and know + Too much to spare you from my sight, good Oran. + With me at once. + + IV:2:40 ORAN. + ‘Tis urgent; well at once, + And I will do good service, or I’ll die. + For what is life unless to aid the life + Has aided thine? + + IV:2:41 SIDO. + On then; with me no eye + Will look with jealousy upon thy step. + + [Exeunt both.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A retired spot in the Gardens of the Palace. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] + + + IV:3:1 COUN. + Is’t guilt, that I thus tremble? Why should I + Feel like a sinner? I’ll not dare to meet + His flashing eye. O, with what scorn, what hate + His lightning glance will wither me. Away, + I will away. I care not whom he meets. + What if he love me not, he shall not loathe + The form he once embraced. I’ll be content + To live upon the past, and dream again + It may return. Alas! were I the false one, + I could not feel more humbled. Ah, he comes! + I’ll lie, I’ll vow I’m vile, that I came here + To meet another, anything but that + I dared to doubt him. What, my Lord Sidonia! + + [Enter SIDONIA.] + + IV:3:2 SIDO. + Thy servant and thy friend. Ah! gentle lady, + I deemed this unused scene and ill-timed hour + might render solace welcome. He’ll not come; + Ho crossed the mountains, ere the set of sun, + Towards Briviesca. + + IV:3:3 COUN. + Holy Virgin, thanks! + Home, home! + + IV:3:4 SIDO. + And can a hearth neglected cause + Such raptures? + + IV:3:5 COUN. + I, and only I, neglect it; + My cheek is fire, that I should ever dare + To do this stealthy deed. + + IV:3:6 SIDO. + And yet I feel + I could do one as secret and more bold. + A moment, lady; do not turn away + With that cold look. + + IV:3:7 COUN. + My children wait me, sir; + Yet I would thank you, for you meant me kindness. + + IV:3:8 SIDO. + And mean it yet. Ah! beauteous Florimonde, + It is the twilight hour, when hearts are soft, + And mine is like the quivering light of eve; + I love thee! + + IV:3:9 COUN. + And for this I’m here, and he, + He is not false! O happiness! + + IV:3:10 SIDO. + Sweet lady-- + + IV:3:11 COUN. + My Lord Sidonia, I can pardon thee, + I am so joyful. + + IV:3:12 SIDO. + Nay, then. + + IV:3:13 COUN. + Unhand me, Sir! + + IV:3:14 SIDO. + But to embrace this delicate waist. Thou art mine: + I’ve sighed and thou hast spurned. What is not yielded + In war we capture. Ere a flying hour, + Thy hated Burgos vanishes. That voice; + What, must I stifle it, who fain would listen + For ever to its song? In vain thy cry, + For none are here but mine. + + [Enter ORAN.] + + IV:3:15 ORAN. + Turn, robber, turn-- + + IV:3:16 SIDO. + Ah! treason in the camp! Thus to thy heart. + + [They fight. ORAN beats off SIDONIA, they leave the scene fighting; + the COUNTESS swoons.] + + [Enter a procession with lighted torches, attending the Infanta SOLISA + from Mass.] + + IV:3:17 1ST USH. + A woman! + + IV:3:18 2ND USH. + Does she live + + IV:3:19 SOL. + What stops our course? + + [The Train ranging themselves on each side, the Infanta approaches + the COUNTESS.] + + IV:3:20 SOL. + Most strange and lovely vision! Does she breathe? + I’ll not believe ‘tis death. Her hand is cold, + And her brow damp; Griselda, Julia, maidens + Hither, and yet stand off; give her free air. + How shall we bear her home? Now, good Lorenzo, + You, and Sir Miguel, raise her; gently, gently. + Still gently, sirs. By heavens, the fairest face + I yet did gaze on! Some one here should know her. + ‘Tis one that must be known. That’s well; relieve + That kerchief from her neck; mind not our state; + I’ll by her side; a swoon, methinks; no more, + Let’s hope and pray! + + [They raise the body of the COUNTESS, and bear her away.] + + [Enter Count of LEON.] + + IV:3:21 LEON. + I’ll fathom this same mystery, + If there be wit in Burgos. I have heard, + Before I knew the Court, old Nunez Leon + Whisper strange things--and what if they prove true? + It is not exile twice would cure that scar. + I’ll reach him yet. ‘Tis likely he may pass + This way; ‘tis lonely, and well suits a step + Would not be noticed. Ha! a man approaches; + I’ll stand awhile aside. + + [Re-enter ORAN.] + + IV:3:22 ORAN. + Gone, is she gone! + Yet safe I feel. O Allah! thou art great! + The arm she bound, and tended with that glance + Of sweet solicitude, has saved her life, + And more than life. The dark and reckless villains! + O! I could curse them, but my heart is soft + With holy triumph. I’m no more an outcast. + And when she calls me, I’d not change my lot + To be an Emir. In their hall to-night + There will be joy, and Oran will have smiles. + This house has knit me to their fate by ties + Stronger than gyves of iron. + + IV:3:23 LEON. + Do I see + The man I seek? Oran! + + [ORAN turns, and recognising Leon, rushes and seizes him.] + + IV:3:24 ORAN. + Incarnate fiend, + Give her me, give her me! + + IV:3:25 LEON. + Off, ruffian, off! + + IV:3:26 ORAN. + I have thee and I’ll hold thee. If I spare + Thy damned life, and do not dash thee down, + And trample on thee, fiend, it is because + Thou art the gaoler of a pearl of price + I cannot gain without thee. Now, where is she? + Now by thy life! + + IV:3:27 LEON. + Why, thou outrageous Moor, + Hast broken thy false prophet’s rule, and so + Fell into unused drink, that thus thou darest + To flout me with thy cloudy menaces? + What mean’st thou, sir? And what have I withheld + From thy vile touch? By heavens, I pass my days + In seeking thy dusk corpse, I deemed well drilled + Ere this, but it awaits my vengeance. + + IV:3:28 ORAN. + Boy! + Licentious boy! Where is she? Now, by Allah! + This poniard to thy heart, unless thou tell’st me. + + IV:3:29 LEON. + Whom dost thou mean? + + IV:3:30 ORAN. + Thy comrade and thy crew + They all have fled. I left the Countess here. + She’s gone. Thou fill’st her place. + + IV:3:31 LEON. + What Countess? Speak. + + IV:3:32 ORAN. + The Count Alarcos’ wife. + + IV:3:33 LEON. + The Count Alarcos! + I’d be right glad to see him; but his wife + Concerns the Lord Sidonia. If he have played + Some Pranks here ‘tis a fool, and he has marred + More than he’ll ever make. My time’s worth gems; + My knightly word, dusk Moor, I tell thee truth. + I will forget these jest, but we must meet + This night at my palace. + + IV:3:34 ORAN. + I’ll see her first. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + IV:3:35 LEON. + Is it the Carnival? What mummery’s this? + What have I heard? One thing alone is clear. + We must be rid of Oran. + + + + + SCENE 4 + + + A Chamber in the Palace. + The Countess ALARCOS lying on a Couch, + the Infanta kneeling at her side; + MAIDENS grouped around. A PHYSICIAN and the PAGE. + + + IV:4:1 SOL. + Didst ever see so fair a skin? Her bodice + Should still be loosened. Bring the Moorish water, + Griselda, you. They are the longest lashes! + They hang upon her cheek. Doctor, there’s warmth; + The blood returns? + + IV:4:2 PHY. + But slowly. + + IV:4:3 SOL. + Beauteous creature! + She seems an angel fallen from some star. + ‘Twas well we passed. Untie that kerchief, Julia; + Teresa, wave the fan. There seems a glow + Upon her cheek, what but a moment since + Was like a sculptured saint’s. + IV:4:4 PHY. + She breathes. + + IV:4:5 SOL. + Hush, hush! + + IV:4:6 COUN. + And what is this? where am I? + + IV:4:7 SOL. + With thy friends. + + IV:4:8 COUN. + It is not home. + + IV:4:9 SOL. + If kindness make a home, + Believe it such. + + [The PHYSICIAN signifies silence.] + + Nay lady, not a word, + Those lips must now be closed. I’ve seen such eyes + In pictures, girls. + + IV:4:10 PHY. + Methinks she’ll sleep. + + IV:4:11 SOL. + ‘Tis well. + Maidens, away. I’ll be her nurse; and, doctor, + Remain within. + + [Exeunt PHYSICIAN and MAIDENS.] + + Know you this beauteous dame? + + IV:4:12 PAGE. + I have heard minstrels tell that fays are found + In lonely places. + + IV:4:13 SOL. + Well, she’s magical. + She draws me charm-like to her. Vanish, imp, + And see our chamber still. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + It is the hour + Alarcos should be here. Ah! happy hour, + That custom only makes more strangely sweet! + His brow has lost its cloud. The bar’s removed + To our felicity; time makes amends + To patient sufferers. + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + Hush, my own love, hush! + + [SOLISA takes his hand and leads him aside.] + + So strange an incident! the fairest lady! + Found in our gardens; it would seem a swoon; + Myself then passing; hither we have brought her; + She is so beautiful, you’ll almost deem + She bears some charmed life. You know that fays + Are found in lonely places. + + IV:4:14 ALAR. + In thy garden! + Indeed ‘tis strange! The Virgin guard thee, love. + I am right glad I’m here. Alone to tend her, + ‘Tis scarcely wise. + + IV:4:15 SOL. + I think when she recovers, + She’ll wave her wings and fly. + + IV:4:16 ALAR. + Nay, for one glance! + In truth you paint her bright. + + IV:4:17 SOL. + E’en now she sleeps. + Tread lightly, love; I’ll lead you. + + [SOLISA cautiously leads ALARCOS to the couch; + as they approach it, the COUNTESS opens her eyes and shrieks.] + + IV:4:18 COUN. + Ah! ‘tis true, + Alarcos + [relapses into a swoon.] + + IV:4:19 ALAR. + Florimonde! + + IV:4:20 SOL. + Who is this lady? + + IV:4:21 ALAR. + It is my wife. + + IV:4:22 SOL. + + [flings away his arms and rushes forward.] + + --Not mad! + Virgin and Saints be merciful; not mad! + O spare my brain one moment; ‘tis his wife. + I’m lost: she is too fair. The secret’s out + Of sick delays. He’s feigned; he has but feigned. + + [Rushing to Alarcos.] + + Is that thy wife? and I? and what am I? + A trifled toy, a humoured instrument? + To guide with glozing words, vilely cajole + With petty perjuries? Is that thy wife? + Thou said’st she was not fair, thou did’st not love her: + Thou lied’st. O, anguish, anguish! + + IV:4:23 ALAR. + By the cross, + My soul is pure to thee. I’m wildered quite. + How came she here + + IV:4:24 SOL. + As she shall ne’er return. + Now, Count Alarcos, by the cross thou swearest + Thy faith is true to me. + + IV:4:25 ALAR. + Ay, by the cross, + + IV:4:26 SOL. + Give me thy dagger. + + IV:4:27 ALAR. + Not that hand or mine. + + IV:4:28 SOL. + Is this thy passion! + + [Takes his dagger.] + + Thus I gain the heart + I should despise. + + [Rushes to the couch.] + + IV:4:29 COUN. + What’s this I see? + + IV:4:30 ALAR. + + [seizing the Infanta’s upraised arm] + + A dream + A horrid dream, yet but a dream. + + + THE END OF THE FOURTH ACT. + + + + +ACT V + + + SCENE 1 + + + Exterior of the Castle of Alarcos in the valley of Arlanzon. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] + + + V:1:1 COUN. + I would recall the days gone by, and live + A moment in the past; if but to fly + The dreary present pressing on my brain, + Woe’s omened harbinger. In exiled love + The scene he drew so fair! Ye castled crags, + The sunbeam plays on your embattled cliffs, + And softens your stern visage, as his love + Softened our early sorrows. But my sun + Has set for ever! Once we talked of cares + And deemed that we were sad. Men fancy sorrows + Until time brings the substance of despair, + And then their griefs are shadows. Give me exile! + It brought me love. Ah! days of gentle joy, + When pastime only parted us, and he + Returned with tales to make our children stare; + Or called my lute, while, round my waist entwined, + His hand kept chorus to my lay. No more! + O, we were happier than the happy birds; + And sweeter were our lives than the sweet flowers; + The stars were not more tranquil in their course, + Yet not more bright! The fountains in their play + Did most resemble us, that as they flow + Still sparkle! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + Oran, I am very sad. + + V:1:2 ORAN. + Cheer up, sweet lady, for the God of all + Will guard the innocent. + + V:1:3 COUN. + Think you he’ll come + To visit us? Methinks he’ll never come. + + V:1:4 ORAN. + He’s but four leagues away. This vicinage + Argues a frequent presence. + + V:1:5 COUN. + But three nights-- + Have only three nights past? It is an epoch + Distant and dim with passion. There are seasons + Feelings crowd on so, time not flies but staggers; + And memory poises on her burthened plumes + To gloat upon her prey. Spoke he of coming? + + V:1:6 ORAN. + His words were scant and wild, and yet he murmured + That I should see him. + + V:1:7 COUN. + I’ve not seen him since + That fatal night, yet even that glance of terror-- + I’d hail it now. O, Oran, Oran, think you + He ever more will love me? Can I do + Aught to regain his love? They say your people + Are learned in these questions. Once I thought + There was no spell like duty--that devotion + Would bulwark love for ever. Now, I’d distil + Philtres, converse with moonlit hags, defile + My soul with talismans, bow down to spirits, + And frequent accursed places, all, yea all-- + I’d forfeit all--but to regain his love. + + V:1:8 ORAN. + There is a cloud now rising in the west, + In shape a hand, and scarcely would its grasp + Exceed mine own, it is so small; a spot, + A speck; see now again its colour flits! + A lurid tint; they call it on our coast + ‘The hand of God;’ I for when its finger rises + From out the horizon, there are storms abroad + And awful judgments. + + V:1:9 COUN. + Ah! it beckons me. + + V:1:10 ORAN. + Lady! + + V:1:11 COUN. + Yes, yes, see now the finger moves + And points to me. I feel it on my spirit. + + V:1:12 ORAN. + Methinks it points to me-- + + V:1:13 COUN. + To both of us. + It may be so. And what would it portend? + My heart’s grown strangely calm. If there be chance + Of storms, my children should be safe. Let’s home. + + + + + SCENE 2 + + An illuminated Hall in the Royal Palace at Burgos; + in the background Dancers. + + Groups of GUESTS passing. + + + V:2:1 1ST GUEST. + Radiant! + + V:2:2 2ND GUEST. + Recalls old days. + + V:2:3 3RD GUEST. + The Queen herself + Ne’er revelled it so high! + + V:2:4 4TH GUEST. + The Infanta beams + Like some bright star! + + V:2:5 5TH GUEST. + And brighter for the cloud + A moment screened her. + + V:2:6 6TH GUEST. + Is it true ‘tis over + Between the Count Sidonia and the Lara? + + V:2:7 1ST GUEST. + A musty tale. The fair Alarcos wins him. + Where’s she to-night? + + V:2:8 2ND GUEST. + All on the watch to view + Her entrance to our world. + + V:2:9 3RD GUEST. + The Count is here. + + V:2:10 4TH GUEST. + Where? + + V:2:11 3RD GUEST. + With the King; at least a moment since. + + V:2:12 2ND GUEST. + They say she’s ravishing. + + V:2:13 4TH GUEST. + Beyond belief! + + V:2:14 3RD GUEST. + The King affects him much. + + V:2:15 5TH GUEST. + He’s all in all. + + V:2:16 6TH GUEST. + Yon Knight of Calatrava, who is he? + + V:2:17 1ST GUEST. + Young Mendola. + + V:2:18 2ND GUEST. + What he so rich? + + V:2:19 1ST GUEST. + The same. + + V:2:20 2ND GUEST. + The Lara smiles on him. + + V:2:21 1ST GUEST. + No worthier quarry + + V:2:22 3RD GUEST. + Who has the vacant Mastership? + + V:2:23 4TH GUEST. + I’ll back + The Count of Leon. + + V:2:24 3RD GUEST. + Likely; he stands well + With the Lord Admiral. + + [They move away.] + + [The Counts of SIDONIA and LEON come forward.] + + V:2:25 LEON. + Doubt as you like, + Credulity will come, and in good season. + + V:2:26 SIDO. + She is not here that would confirm your tale. + + V:2:27 LEON. + ‘Tis history, my Sidonia. Strange events + Have happened, stranger come. + + V:2:28 SIDO. + I’ll not believe it. + And favoured by the King! What can it mean? + + V:2:29 LEON. + What no one dares to say. + + V:2:30 SIDO. + A clear divorce. + O that accursed garden! But for that-- + + V:2:31 LEON. + ‘Twas not my counsel. Now I’d give a purse + To wash good Oran in Arlanzon’s wave; + The dusk dog needs a cleansing. + + V:2:32 SIDO. + Hush! here comes + Alarcos and the King. + + [They retire: the KING and COUNT ALARCOS advance.] + + V:2:33 KING. + Solisa looks + A Queen. + + V:2:34 ALAR. + The mirror of her earliest youth + Ne’er shadowed her so fair! + + V:2:35 KING. + I am young again, + Myself to-night. It quickens my old blood + To see my nobles round me. This goes well. + ‘Tis Courts like these that make a King feel proud. + Thy future subjects, cousin. + + V:2:36 ALAR. + Gracious Sire, + I would be one. + + V:2:37 KING. + Our past seclusion lends + A lustre to this revel. + + [The KING approaches the Count of LEON; SOLISA advances to ALARCOS.] + + V:2:38 SOL. + Why art thou grave? + I came to bid thee smile. In truth, to-night + I feel a lightness of the heart to me + Hath long been strange. + + V:2:39 ALAR. + ‘Tis passion makes me grave. + I muse upon thy beauty. Thus I’d read + My oppressed spirit, for in truth these sounds + Jar on my humour. + + V:2:40 SOL. + Now my brain is vivid + With wild and blissful images. Canst guess + What laughing thought unbidden, but resistless, + Plays o’er my mind to-night? Thou canst not guess: + Meseems it is our bridal night. + + V:2:41 ALAR. + Thy fancy + Outruns the truth but scantly. + + V:2:42 SOL. + Not a breath. + Our long-vexed destinies--even now their streams + Blend in one tide. It is the hour, Alarcos: + There is a spirit whispering in my ear, + The hour is come. I would I were a man + But for a rapid hour. Should I rest here, + Prattling with gladsome revellers, when time, + Steered by my hand, might bring me to a port + I long had sighed to enter? But, alas! + These are a woman’s thoughts. + + V:2:43 ALAR. + And yet I share them. + + V:2:44 SOL. + Why not to-night? Now, when our hearts are high, + Our fancies glowing, pulses fit for kings, + And the whole frame and spirit of the man + Prepared for daring deeds? + + V:2:45 ALAR. + And were it done-- + Why then ‘twere not to do. + + V:2:46 SOL. + The mind grows dull, + Dwelling on method of its deeds too long. + Our schemes should brood as gradual as the storm; + Their acting should be lightning. How far is’t? + + V:2:47 ALAR. + An hour. + + V:2:48 SOL. + Why it wants two to midnight yet. + O could I see thee but re-enter here, + Ere yet the midnight clock strikes on my heart + The languish of new hours--I’d not ask thee + Why I had missed the mien, that draws to it ever + My constant glance. There’d need no speech between us; + For I should meet--my husband. + + V:2:49 ALAR. + ‘Tis the burthen + Of this unfilled doom weighs on my spirit. + Why am I here? My heart and face but mar + This festive hall. To-night, why not to-night? + The night will soon have past: then ‘twill be done. + We’ll meet again to-night. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A Hall in the Castle of ALARCOS; + in the back of the Scene a door leading to another Apartment. + + + V:3:1 ORAN. + Reveal the future, lightnings! Then I’d hail + That arrowy flash. O darker than the storm + Cowed as the beasts now crouching in their caves, + Is my sad soul. Impending o’er this house, + I feel some bursting fate, my doomed arm + In vain would ward, + + [Enter a MAN AT ARMS.] + + How now, hast left thy post? + + V:3:2 MAN. + O worthy Castellan, the lightnings play + Upon our turrets, that no human step + Can keep the watch. Each forky flash seems missioned + To scathe our roof, and the whole platform flows + With a blue sea of flame. + + V:3:3 ORAN. + It is thy post. + No peril clears desertion. To thy post. + Mark me, my step will be as prompt as thine; + I will relieve thee. + + [Exit MAN AT ARMS.] + + Let the mischievous fire + Wither this head. O Allah! grant no fate + More dire awaits me. + + [Enter the COUNT ALARCOS.] + + Hah! the Count! My lord, + In such a night! + + V:3:4 ALAR. + A night that’s not so wild + As this tempestuous breast. How is she, Oran? + + V:3:5 ORAN. + Well. + + V:3:6 ALAR. + Ever well. + + V:3:7 ORAN. + The children-- + + V:3:8 ALAR. + Wine, I’m wearied, + The lightning scared my horse; he’s galled my arm. + Get me some wine. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + The storm was not to stop me. + The mind intent construes each natural act + To a personal bias, and so catches judgments + In every common course. In truth the flash, + Though it seemed opening hell, was not so dreadful + As that wild glaring hall. + + [Re-enter ORAN with a goblet and flagon.] + + Ah! this re-mans me! + I think the storm has lulled. Another cup. + Go see, good Oran, how the tempest speeds. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + An hour ago I did not dare to think + I’d drink wine more. + + [Re-enter ORAN.] + + V:3:9 ORAN. + The storm indeed has lulled + As by a miracle; the sky is clear, + There’s not a breath of air; and from the turret + I heard the bell of Huelgas. + + V:3:10 ALAR. + Then ‘twas nothing. + My spirit vaults! Oran, thou dost remember + The night that we first met? + + V:3:11 ORAN. + ‘Tis graven deep + Upon my heart. + + V:3:12 ALAR. + I think thou lov’st me, Oran? + + V:3:13 ORAN. + And all thy house. + + V:3:14 ALAR. + Nay, thou shalt love but me. + I’ll no divisions in the hearts that are mine. + + V:3:15 ORAN. + I have no love but that which knits me to thee + With deeper love. + + V:3:16 ALAR. + I found thee, Oran, what-- + I will not say. And now thou art, good Oran, + A Prince’s Castellan. + + V:3:17 ORAN. + I feel thy bounty. + + V:3:18 ALAR. + Thou shalt be more. But serve me as I would, + And thou shalt name thy meed. + + V:3:19 ORAN. + To serve my lord + Is my sufficient meed. + + V:3:20 ALAR. + Come hither, Oran, + Were there a life between me and my life, + And all that makes that life a thing to cling to, + Love, Honour, Power, ay, what I will not name + Nor thou canst image--yet enough to stir + Ambition in the dead--I think, good Oran, + Thou would’st not see me foiled? + + V:3:21 ORAN. + Thy glory’s dearer + Than life to me. + + V:3:22 ALAR. + I knew it, I knew it. + Thou shalt share all; thy alien blood shall be + No bar to thy preferment. Hast thou brothers? + I’ll send for them. An aged sire, perchance? + Here’s gold for him. Count it thyself. Contrive + All means of self-enjoyment. To the full + They shall lap up fruition. Thou hast, all have, + Some master wish which still eludes thy grasp, + And still’s the secret idol of thy soul; + ‘Tis gained. And only if thou dost, good Oran, + What love and duty prompt. + + V:3:23 ORAN. + Count on my faith, + I stand prepared to prove it. + + V:3:24 ALAR. + Good, good, Oran. + It is an hour to midnight? + + V:3:25 ORAN. + The moon is not + Within her midnight bower, yet near. + + V:3:26 ALAR. + So late! + The Countess sleeps? + + V:3:27 ORAN. + She has long retired. + + V:3:28 ALAR. + She sleeps, + O, she must wake no more! + + V:3:29 ORAN. + Thy wife! + + V:3:30 ALAR. + It must + Be done, ere yet the Castle chime shall tell + Night wanes. + + V:3:31 ORAN. + Thy wife! God of my fathers! none + Can do this deed! + + V:3:32 ALAR. + Upon thy hand it rests. + The deed must fall on thee. + + V:3:33 ORAN. + I will not do it. + + V:3:34 ALAR. + Thine oath, thine oath! Hast thou forgot thine oath? + Thou owest me a life, and now I claim it. + What, hast thou trifled with me? Hast thou fooled + With one whose point was at thy throat? Beware! + Thou art my slave, and I have branded thee + With this infernal ransom! + + V:3:35 ORAN. + I am thy slave, + And I will be thy slave, and all my days + Devoted to perdition. Not for gold + Or worldly worth; to cheer no aged parent, + Though I have one, a mother; not to bask + My seed within thy beams; to feed no passions + And gorge no craving vanity; but because + Thou gavest me life, and led to that which made + That life for once delicious. O, great sir, + The King’s thy foe? Surrounded by his guards + I would waylay him. Hast thou some fierce rival? + I’ll pluck his heart out. Yea! there is no peril + I’d not confront, no rack I’ll not endure, + No great offence commit, to do thee service-- + So thou wilt spare me this, and spare thy soul + This unmatched sin. + + V:3:36 ALAR. + I had exhausted suffering + Ere I could speak to thee. I claim thine oath. + + V:3:37 ORAN. + One moment, yet one moment. This is sudden + As it is terrible. + + V:3:38 ALAR. + The womb is ripe, + And thou art but the midwife of the birth + I have engendered. + + V:3:39 ORAN. + Think how fair she is, + How gracious, how devoted! + + V:3:40 ALAR. + Need I thee + To tell me what she is! + + V:3:41 ORAN. + Thy children’s mother. + + V:3:42 ALAR. + Would she were not! Another breast should bear + My children. + + V:3:43 ORAN. + Thou inhuman bloody man-- + It shall not be, it cannot, cannot be. + I tell thee, tyrant, there’s a power abroad + E’en now that crashes thee. The storm that raged + Blows from a mystic quarter. ‘Tis the hand + Of Allah guides the tempest of this night. + + V:3:44 ALAR. + Thine oath, thine oath! + + V:3:45 ORAN. + Accursed be the hour + Thou sparedst my life! + + V:3:46 ALAR. + Thine oath, I claim thine oath. + Nay, Moor, what is it? ‘Tis a life, and thou + Hast learnt to rate existence at its worth. + A life, a woman’s life! Why, sack a town, + And thousands die like her. My faithful Oran, + Come let me love thee, let me find a friend + When friends can prove themselves. It’s not an oath + Vowed in our sunshine ease, that shows a friend; + ‘Tis the tempestuous mood like this, that calls + For faithful service. + + V:3:47 ORAN. + Hah! the Emir’s blood + Cries for this judgment. It was sacred seed. + + V:3:48 ALAR. + It flowed to clear thine honour. Art thou he + That honour loved so dearly, that he scorned + Betrayal of a foe, although that foe + Had changed him to a bravo? + + V:3:49 ORAN. + Let me kiss + Thy garment’s hem, and grovel it thy feet-- + I pray, I supplicate--my lord, my lord-- + Absolve me from that oath! + + V:3:50 ALAR. + I had not thought + To claim it twice. It seems I lacked some judgment + In man, to deem that honour might be found + In hired stabbers. + + V:3:51 ORAN. + Hah! I vowed to thee + A life for that which thou didst spare--‘tis well. + The debt is paid. + + [Stabs himself and falls.] + + [Enter the COUNTESS from the inner Chamber.] + + V:3:52 COUN. + I cannot sleep--my dreams are full of woe! + Alarcos! my Alarcos! Hah! dread sight! + Oran! + + V:3:53 ORAN. + O, spare her; ‘tis no sacrifice + If she be spared. + + V:3:54 COUN. + Wild words! Thou dost not speak. + O, speak, Alarcos! speak! + + V:3:55 ORAN. + His voice is death. + + V:3:56 COUN. + Ye Saints uphold me now, for I am weak + And lost. What means this? Oran dying! Nay-- + Alarcos! I’m a woman. Aid me, aid me. + Why’s Oran thus? O, save him, my Alarcos! + Blood! And why shed? Why, let us staunch his wounds. + Why are there wounds? He will not speak. Alarcos, + A word, a single word! Unhappy Moor! + Where is thy hurt? + [Kneels by ORAN.] + + V:3:57 ORAN. + That hand! This is not death; + ‘Tis Paradise. + + [Dies.] + + V:3:58 ALAR. + + [advancing in soliloquy] + + He sets me great examples. + ‘Tis easier than I deemed; a single blow + And his bold soul has fled. His lavish life + Enlists me in quick service. Quit that dark corpse; + He died as did become a perjured traitor. + + V:3:59 COUN. + To whom, my lord? + + V:3:60 ALAR. + To all Castille perchance. + Come hither, wife. Before the morning breaks + A lengthened journey waits thee. Art prepared? + + V:3:61 COUN. + + [springing to ALARCOS] + + I will not go. Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + Thy look is terrible! What mean these words? + Why should’st thou spare me? Why should Oran die? + The veil that clouds thy mind--I’ll rend it. Tell me-- + Yea! I’ll know all. A power supports me now-- + Defies even thee. + + V:3:62 ALAR. + A traitor’s troubled tongue + Disturbs thy mind. I tell thee, thou must leave + This castle promptly. + + V:3:63 COUN. + Not to Burgos--say + But that. I will not go. That fatal woman-- + Her shadow’s on thy soul. + + V:3:64 ALAR. + No, not to Burgos. + ‘Tis not to Burgos that thy journey tends. + The children sleep? + + V:3:65 COUN. + Spite of the storm. + + V:3:66 ALAR. + Go--kiss them. + Thou canst not take them with thee. To thy chamber-- + Quick to thy chamber. + + [The COUNTESS as if about to speak, but ALARCOS stops her.] + + Nay, time presses, wife. + + [The COUNTESS slowly re-enters her Chamber.] + + V:3:67 ALAR. + I am alone--with Death. And will she look + Serene as this? The visage of a hero + Stamped with a martyred end! Thou noble Moor! + What if thy fate were mine! Thou art at rest: + No dark fulfilment waits o’er thee. The tomb + Hath many charms. + + [The COUNTESS calls.] + + V:3:68 COUN. + Alarcos! + + V:3:69 ALAR. + Ay, anon. + Why did she tell me that she lived? Methought + It was all past. I came to confront death; + And we have met. This sacrificial blood-- + What, bears it no atonement? ‘Twas an offering + Fit for the Gods. + + [The midnight bell.] + + She waits me now; her hand + Extends a diadem; my achieveless arm + Would wither at her scorn. ‘Tis thus, Solisa, + I gain thy heart and realm! + + [ALARCOS moves hastily to the Chamber, which he enters; + the stage for some seconds is empty; a shriek is then heard; + ALARCOS re-appears, very pale, and slowly advances to the front of the stage.] + + ‘Tis over and I live. I heard a sound; + Was’t Oran’s spirit? + I’ll not rest here, and yet I dare not back. + The bodies? Nay, ‘tis done--I’ll not shrink now. + I have seen death before. But is this death? + Methinks a deeper mystery. Well, ‘tis done. + There’ll be no hour so dark as this. I would + I had not caught her eye. + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + The Warder’s note! + Shall I meet life again? + + [Another trumpet sounds.] + + [Enter the SENESCHAL.] + + V:3:70 SEN. + Horsemen from Court. + + V:3:71 ALAR. + The Court! I’m sick at heart. Perchance she’s eager, + And cannot wait my coming. + + [Enter two COURTIERS.] + + Well, good sirs! + + V:3:72 1ST COURT. + Alas, my lord. + + V:3:73 ALAR. + I live upon thy words. + What now? + + V:3:74 1ST COURT. + We have rode post, my lord. + + V:3:75 ALAR. + Bad news + Flies ever. ‘Tis the King? + + V:3:76 1ST COURT. + Alas! + + V:3:77 ALAR. + She’s ill. + My horse, my horse there! + + V:3:78 1ST COURT. + Nay, my lord, not so. + + V:3:79 ALAR. + Why then I care for nought. + + V:3:80 1ST COURT. + Unheard-of horror! + The storm, the storm-- + + V:3:81 ALAR. + I rode in it. + + V:3:82 1ST COURT. + Methought + Each flash would fire the Citadel; the flame + Wreathed round its pinnacles, and poured in streams + Adown the pallid battlements. Our revellers + Forgot their festival, and stopped to gaze + On the portentous vision. When behold! + The curtained clouds re-opened, and a bolt + Came winged from the startling blue of heaven, + And struck--the Infanta! + + V:3:83 ALAR. + There’s a God of Vengeance. + + V:3:84 1ST COURT. + She fell a blighted corpse. Amid the shrieks + Of women, prayers of hurrying multitudes, + The panic and the stir we sought for thee; + The King’s overwhelmed. + + V:3:85 ALAR. + My wife’s at least a Queen, + She reigns in Heaven. The King’s o’erwhelmed--poor man + Go tell him, sirs, the Count Alarcos lived + To find a hell on earth; yet thus he sought + A deeper and a darker. + + [Falls.] + + + The End + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Count Alarcos, by Benjamin Disraeli + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNT ALARCOS *** + +***** This file should be named 7487-0.txt or 7487-0.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/7/4/8/7487/ + +Produced by K. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Count Alarcos + A Tragedy + +Author: Benjamin Disraeli + +Release Date: February, 2005 [EBook #7487] +Posting Date: July 31, 2009 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNT ALARCOS *** + + + + +Produced by K. Kay Shearin + + + + + +COUNT ALARCOS + +A TRAGEDY + + +By Benjamin Disraeli + + + +As there is no historical authority for the events of the celebrated +Ballad on which this Tragedy is founded, I have fixed upon the +thirteenth century for the period of their occurrence. At that time the +kingdom of Castille had recently obtained that supremacy in Spain which +led, in a subsequent age, to the political integrity of the country. +Burgos, its capital, was a magnificent city; and then also arose that +masterpiece of Christian architecture, its famous Cathedral. + +This state of comparative refinement and civilisation permitted the +introduction of more complicated motives than the rude manners of the +Ballad would have authorised; while the picturesque features of the +Castillian middle ages still flourished in full force; the factions of +a powerful nobility, renowned for their turbulence, strong passions, +enormous crimes, profound superstition. + + [Delta] + +London: May, 1839 + + + + +DRAMATIS PERSONAE + + + THE KING OF CASTILLE. + COUNT ALARCOS, a Prince of the Blood. + COUNT OF SIDONIA. + COUNT OF LEON. + PRIOR OF BURGOS. + ORAN, a Moor. + FERDINAND, a PAGE. + GUZMAN JACA, a BRAVO. + GRAUS, the Keeper of a Posada. + + SOLISA, Infanta of Castille, only child of the King. + FLORIMONDE, Countess Alarcos. + FLIX, a Hostess. + + Courtiers, Pages, Chamberlains, Bravos, and Priests. + + +Time--the 13th Century. +Scene--Burgos, the capital of Castille, and its vicinity. + + + + + +ACT I + + + SCENE 1 + + A Street in Burgos; the Cathedral in the distance. + + [Enter Two Courtiers.] + + + I:1:1 1ST COURT. + The Prince of Hungary dismissed? + + I:1:2 2ND COURT. + Indeed + So runs the rumour. + + I:1:3 1ST COURT. + Why the spousal note + Still floats upon the air! + + I:1:4 2ND COURT. + Myself this morn + Beheld the Infanta's entrance, as she threw, + Proud as some hitless barb, her haughty glance + On our assembled chiefs. + + I:1:5 1ST COURT. + The Prince was there? + + I:1:6 2ND COURT. + Most royally; nor seemed a man more fit + To claim a kingdom for a dower. He looked + Our Gadian Hercules, as the advancing peers + Their homage paid. I followed in the train + Of Count Alarcos, with whose ancient house + My fortunes long have mingled. + + I:1:7 1ST COURT. + 'Tis the same, + But just returned? + + I:1:8 2ND COURT. + Long banished from the Court; + And only favoured since the Queen's decease, + His ancient foe. + + I:1:9 1ST COURT. + A very potent Lord? + + I:1:10 2ND COURT. + Near to the throne; too near perchance for peace. + You're young at Burgos, or indeed 'twere vain + To sing Alarcos' praise, the brightest knight + That ever waved a lance in Old Castille. + + I:1:11 1ST COURT. + You followed in his train? + + I:1:12 2ND COURT. + And as we passed, + Alarcos bowing to the lowest earth, + The Infanta swooned; and pale as yon niched saint, + From off the throned step, her seat of place, + Fell in a wild and senseless agony. + + I:1:13 1ST COURT. + Sancta Maria! and the King-- + + I:1:14 2ND COURT. + Uprose + And bore her from her maidens, then broke up + The hurried Court; indeed I know no more, + For like a turning tide the crowd pressed on, + And scarcely could I gain the grateful air. + Yet on the Prado's walk came smiling by + The Bishop of Ossuna; as he passed + He clutched my cloak, and whispered in my ear, + 'The match is off.' + + [Enter PAGE.] + + I:1:15 1ST COURT. + Hush! hush! a passenger. + + I:1:16 PAGE. + Most noble Cavaliers, I pray, inform me + Where the great Count Alarcos holds his quarter. + + I:1:17 2ND COURT. + In the chief square. His banner tells the roof; + Your pleasure with the Count, my gentle youth? + + I:1:18 PAGE. + I were a sorry messenger to tell + My mission to the first who asks its aim. + + I:1:19 2ND COURT. + The Count Alarcos is my friend and chief. + + I:1:20 PAGE. + Then better reason I should trusty be, + For you can be a witness to my trust. + + I:1:21 1ST COURT. + A forward youth! + + I:1:22 2ND COURT. + A page is ever pert + + I:1:23 PAGE. + Ay! ever pert is youth that baffles age. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + I:1:24 1ST COURT. + The Count is married? + + I:1:25 2ND COURT. + To a beauteous lady; + And blessed with a fair race. A happy man + Indeed is Count Alarcos. + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + I:1:26 1ST COURT. + Prithee, see; + Passes he now? + + I:1:27 2ND COURT. + Long since. Yon banner tells + The Count Sidonia. Let us on, and view + The passage of his pomp. His Moorish steeds, + They say, are very choice. + + [Exeunt Two Courtiers.] + + + + + SCENE 2. + + + A Chamber in the Palace of Alarcos. The COUNTESS seated and + working at her tapestry; the COUNT pacing the Chamber. + + + I:2:1 COUN. + You are disturbed, Alarcos? + + I:2:2 ALAR. + 'Tis the stir + And tumult of this morn. I am not used + To Courts. + + I:2:3 COUN. + I know not why, it is a name + That makes me tremble. + + I:2:4 ALAR. + Tremble, Florimonde, + Why should you tremble? + + I:2:5 COUN. + Sooth I cannot say. + Methinks the Court but little suits my kind; + I love our quiet home. + + I:2:6 ALAR. + This is our home, + + I:2:7 COUN. + When you are here. + + I:2:8 ALAR. + I will be always here. + + I:2:9 COUN. + Thou canst not, sweet Alarcos. Happy hours, + When we were parted but to hear thy horn + Sound in our native woods! + + I:2:10 ALAR. + Why, this is humour! + We're courtiers now; and we must smile and smirk. + + I:2:11 COUN. + Methinks your tongue is gayer than your glance. + The King, I hope, was gracious? + + I:2:12 ALAR. + Were he not, + My frown's as prompt as his. He was most gracious. + + I:2:13 COUN. + Something has chafed thee? + + I:2:14 ALAR. + What should chafe me, child, + And when should hearts be light, if mine be dull? + Is not mine exile over? Is it nought + To breathe in the same house where we were born, + And sleep where slept our fathers? Should that chafe? + + I:2:15 COUN. + Yet didst then leave my side this very morn, + And with a vow this day should ever count + Amid thy life most happy; when we meet + Thy brow is clouded. + + I:2:16 ALAR. + Joy is sometimes grave, + And deepest when 'tis calm. And I am joyful + If it be joy, this long forbidden hall + Once more to pace, and feel each fearless step + Tread on a baffled foe. + + I:2:17 COUN. + Hast thou still foes + + I:2:18 ALAR. + I trust so; I should not be what I am, + Still less what I will be, if hate did not + Pursue me as my shadow. Ah! fair wife, + Thou knowest not Burgos. Thou hast yet to fathom + The depths of thy new world. + + I:2:19 COUN. + I do recoil + As from some unknown woo, from this same world. + I thought we came for peace. + + I:2:20 ALAR. + Peace dwells within + No lordly roof in Burgos. We have come + For triumph. + + I:2:21 COUN. + So I share thy lot, Alarcos, + All feelings are the same. + + I:2:22 ALAR. + My Florimonde, + I took thee from a fair and pleasant home + In a soft land, where, like the air they live in, + Men's hearts are mild. This proud and fierce Castille + Resembles not thy gentle Aquitaine, + More than the eagle may a dove, and yet + It is my country. Danger in its bounds + Weighs more than foreign safety. But why speak + Of what exists not? + + I:2:23 COUN. + And I hope may never! + + I:2:24 ALAR. + And if it come, what then? This chance shall find me + Not unprepared. + + I:2:25 COUN. + But why should there be danger? + And why should'st thou, the foremost prince of Spain, + Fear or make foes? Thou standest in no light + Would fall on other shoulders; thou hast no height + To climb, and nought to gain. Thou art complete; + The King alone above thee, and thy friend. + + I:2:26 ALAR. + So I would deem. I did not speak of fear. + + I:2:27 COUN. + Of danger? + + I:2:28 ALAR. + That's delight, when it may lead + To mighty ends. Ah, Florimonde! thou art too pure; + Unsoiled in the rough and miry paths + Of ibis same trampling world; unskilled in heats + Of fierce and emulous spirits. There's a rapture + In the strife of factions, that a woman's soul + Can never reach. Men smiled on me to-day + Would gladly dig my grave; and yet I smiled, + And gave them coin as ready as their own, + And not less base. + + I:2:29 COUN. + And can there be such men, + And canst thou live with them? + + I:2:30 ALAR. + Ay! and they saw + Me ride this morning in my state again; + The people cried 'Alarcos and Castille!' + The shout will dull their feasts. + + I:2:31 COUN. + There was a time + Thou didst look back as on a turbulent dream + On this same life. + + I:2:32 ALAR. + I was an exile then. + This stirring Burgos has revived my vein. + Yea, as I glanced from off the Citadel + This very morn, and at my feet outspread + Its amphitheatre of solemn towers + And groves of golden pinnacles, and marked + Turrets of friends and foes; or traced the range, + Spread since my exile, of our city's walls + Washed by the swift Arlanzon: all around + The flash of lances, blaze of banners, rush + Of hurrying horsemen, and the haughty blast + Of the soul-stirring trumpet, I renounced + My old philosophy, and gazed as gazes + The falcon on his quarry! + + I:2:33 COUN. + Jesu grant + The lure will bear no harm! + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + I:2:34 ALAR. + Whose note is that? + I hear the tramp of horsemen in the court; + We have some guests. + + I:2:35 COUN. + Indeed! + + [Enter the COUNT OF SIDONIA and the COUNT OF LEON.] + + I:2:36 ALAR. + My noble friends, + My Countess greets ye! + + I:2:37 SIDO. + And indeed we pay + To her our homage. + + I:2:38 LEON. + Proud our city boasts + So fair a presence. + + I:2:39 COUN. + Count Alarcos' friends + Are ever welcome here. + + I:2:40 ALAR. + No common wife. + Who welcomes with a smile her husband's friends. + + I:2:41 SIDO. + Indeed a treasure! When I marry, Count, + I'll claim your counsel. + + I:2:42 COUN. + 'Tis not then your lot? + + I:2:43 SIDO. + Not yet, sweet dame; tho' sooth to say, full often + I dream such things may be. + + I:2:44 COUN. + Your friend is free? + + I:2:45 LEON. + And values freedom: with a rosy chain + I still should feel a captive. + + I:2:46 SIDO. + Noble Leon + Is proof against the gentle passion, lady, + And will ere long, my rapier for a gage, + Marry a scold. + + I:2:47 LEON. + In Burgos now, methinks, + Marriage is scarce the mode. Our princess frowns, + It seems, upon her suitors. + + I:2:48 SIDO. + Is it true + The match is off? + + I:2:49 LEON. + 'Tis said. + + I:2:50 COUN. + The match is off + You did not tell me this strange news, Alarcos. + + I:2:51 SIDO. + Did he not tell you how-- + + I:2:52 ALAR. + In truth, good sirs, + My wife and I are somewhat strangers here, + And things that are of moment to the minds + That long have dwelt on them, to us are nought. + + [To the Countess.] + + There was a sort of scene to-day at Court; + The Princess fainted: we were all dismissed, + Somewhat abruptly; but, in truth, I deem + These rumours have no source but in the tongues + Of curious idlers. + + I:2:53 SIDO. + Faith, I hold them true. + Indeed they're very rife. + + I:2:54 LEON. + Poor man, methinks + His is a lot forlorn, at once to lose + A mistress and a crown! + + I:2:55 COUN. + Yet both may bring + Sorrow and cares. But little joy, I ween, + Dwells with a royal bride, too apt to claim + The homage she should yield. + + I:2:56 SIDO. + I would all wives + Hold with your Countess in this pleasing creed. + + I:2:57 ALAR. + She has her way: it is a cunning wench + That knows to wheedle. Burgos still maintains + Its fame for noble fabrics. Since my time + The city's spread. + + I:2:58 SIDO. + Ah! you're a traveller, Count. + And yet we have not lagged. + + I:2:59 COUN. + The Infanta, sirs, + Was it a kind of swoon? + + I:2:60 ALAR. + Old Lara lives + Still in his ancient quarter? + + I:2:61 LEON. + With the rats + That share his palace. You spoke, Madam? + + I:2:62 COUN. + She + Has dainty health, perhaps? + + I:2:63 LEON. + All ladies have. + And yet as little of the fainting mood + As one could fix on-- + + I:2:64 ALAR. + Mendola left treasure? + + I:2:65 SIDO. + Wedges of gold, a chamber of sequins + Sealed up for ages, flocks of Barbary sheep + Might ransom princes, tapestry so rare + The King straight purchased, covering for the price + Each piece with pistoles. + + I:2:66 COUN. + Is she very fair + + I:2:67 LEON. + As future queens must ever be, and yet + Her face might charm uncrowned. + + I:2:68 COUN. + It grieves me much + To hear the Prince departs. 'Tis not the first + Among her suitors + + I:2:69 ALAR. + Your good uncle lives-- + Nunez de Leon? + + I:2:70 LEON. + To my cost, Alarcos; + He owes me much. + + I:2:71 SIDO. + Some promises his heir + Would wish fulfilled. + + I:2:72 COUN. + In Gascony, they said, + Navarre had sought her hand. + + I:2:73 LEON. + He loitered here + But could not pluck the fruit: it was too high. + Sidonia threw him in a tilt one day. + The Infanta has her fancies; unhorsed knights + Count not among them. + + [Enter a CHAMBERLAIN who whispers COUNT ALARCOS.] + + I:2:74 ALAR. + Urgent, and me alone + Will commune with! A Page! Kind guests, your pardon, + I'll find you here anon. My Florimonde, + Our friends will not desert you, like your spouse. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] + + I:2:75 COUN. + My Lords, will see our gardens? + + I:2:76 SIDO. + We are favoured. + We wait upon your steps. + + I:2:77 LEON. + And feel that roses + Will spring beneath them. + + I:2:78 COUN. + You are an adept, sir, + In our gay science. + + I:2:79 LEON. + Faith, I stole it, lady, + From a loose Troubadour Sidonia keeps + To write his sonnets. + + [Exeunt omnes.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A Chamber. + + [Enter ALARCOS and PAGE.] + + + I:3:1 PAGE. + Will you wait here, my Lord? + + I:3:2 ALAR. + I will, sir Page. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + The Bishop of Ossuna: what would he? + He scents the prosperous ever. Ay! they'll cluster + Round this new hive. But I'll not house them yet. + Marry, I know them all; but me they know, + As mountains might the leaping stream that meets + The ocean as a river. Time and exile + Change our life's course, but is its flow less deep + Because it is more calm? I've seen to-day + Might stir its pools. What if my phantom flung + A shade on their bright path? 'Tis closed to me + Although the goal's a crown. She loved me once; + Now swoons, and now the match is off. She's true. + But I have clipped the heart that once could soar + High as her own! Dreams, dreams! And yet entranced, + Unto the fair phantasma that is fled, + My struggling fancy clings; for there are hours + When memory with her signet stamps the brain + With an undying mint; and these were such, + When high Ambition and enraptured Love, + Twin Genii of my daring destiny, + Bore on my sweeping life with their full wing, + Like an angelic host: + + [In the distance enter a lady veiled.] + + Is this their priest? + Burgos unchanged I see. + + [Advancing towards her.] + + A needless veil + To one prophetic of thy charms, fair lady. + And yet they fall on an ungracious eye. + + [Withdraws the veil.] + + Solisa! + + I:3:3 SOL. + Yes! Solisa; once again + O say Solisa! let that long lost voice + Breathe with a name too faithful! + + I:3:4 ALAR. + Oh! what tones, + What mazing sight is this! The spellbound forms + Of my first youth rise up from the abyss + Of opening time. I listen to a voice + That bursts the sepulchre of buried hope + Like an immortal trumpet. + + I:3:5 SOL. + Thou hast granted, + Mary, my prayers! + + I:3:6 ALAR. + Solisa, my Solisa! + + I:3:7 SOL. + Thine, thine, Alarcos. But thou: whose art thou? + + I:3:8 ALAR. + Within this chamber is my memory bound; + I have no thought, no consciousness beyond + Its precious walls. + + I:3:9 SOL. + Thus did he look, thus speak, + When to my heart he clung, and I to him + Breathed my first love--and last. + + I:3:10 ALAR. + Alas! alas! + Woe to thy Mother, maiden. + + I:3:11 SOL. + She has found + That which I oft have prayed for. + + I:3:12 ALAR. + But not found + A doom more dark than ours. + + I:3:13 SOL. + I sent for thee, + To tell thee why I sent for thee; yet why, + Alas! I know not. Was it but to look + Alone upon the face that once was mine? + This morn it was so grave. O! was it woe, + Or but indifference, that inspired that brow + That seemed so cold and stately? Was it hate? + O! tell me anything, but that to thee + I am a thing of nothingness. + + I:3:14 ALAR. + O spare! + Spare me such words of torture. + + I:3:15 SOL. + Could I feel + Thou didst not hate me, that my image brought + At least a gentle, if not tender thoughts, + I'd be content. I cannot live to think, + After the past, that we should meet again + And change cold looks. We are not strangers, say + At least we are not strangers? + + I:3:16 ALAR. + Gentle Princess-- + + I:3:17 SOL. + Call me Solisa; tho' we meet no more + Call me Solisa now. + + I:3:18 ALAR. + Thy happiness-- + + I:3:19 SOL. + O! no, no, no, not happiness, at least + Not from those lips. + + I:3:20 ALAR. + Indeed it is a name + That ill becomes them. + + I:3:21 SOL. + Yet they say, thou'rt happy, + And bright with all prosperity, and I + Felt solace in that thought. + + I:3:22 ALAR. + Prosperity! + Men call them prosperous whom they deem enjoy + That which they envy; but there's no success + Save in one master-wish fulfilled, and mine + Is lost for ever. + + I:3:23 SOL. + Why was it? O, why + Didst thou forget me? + + I:3:24 ALAR. + Never, lady, never-- + But ah! the past, the irrevocable past-- + We can but meet to mourn. + + I:3:25 SOL. + No, not to mourn + I came to bless thee, came to tell to thee + I hoped that thou wert happy. + + I:3:26 ALAR. + Come to mourn. + I'll find delight in my unbridled grief: + Yes! let me fling away at last this mask, + And gaze upon my woe. + + I:3:27 SOL. + O, it was rash, + Indeed 'twas rash, Alarcos; what, sweet sir, + What, after all our vows, to hold me false, + And place this bar between us! I'll not think + Thou ever loved'st me as thou did'st profess, + And that's the bitter drop. + + I:3:28 ALAR. + Indeed, indeed-- + + I:3:29 SOL. + I could bear much, I could bear all, but this + My faith in thy past love, it was so deep, + So pure, so sacred, 'twas my only solace; + I fed upon it in my secret heart, + And now e'en that is gone. + + I:3:30 ALAR. + Doubt not the past, + 'Tis sanctified. It is the green fresh spot + In my life's desert. + + I:3:31 SOL. + There is none to thee + As I have been? Speak, speak, Alarcos, tell me + Is't true? Or, in this shipwreck of my soul, + Do I cling wildly to some perishing hope + That sinks like me? + + I:3:32 ALAR. + The May-burst of the heart + Can bloom but once; and mine has fled, not faded. + That thought gave fancied solace, ah, 'twas fancy, + For now I feel my doom. + + I:3:33 SOL. + Thou hast no doom + But what is splendid as thyself. Alas! + Weak woman, when she stakes her heart, must play + Ever a fatal chance. It is her all, + And when 'tis lost, she's bankrupt; but proud man + Shuffles the cards again, and wins to-morrow + What pays his present forfeit. + + I:3:34 ALAR. + But alas! + What have I won? + + I:3:35 SOL. + A country and a wife. + + I:3:36 ALAR. + A wife! + + I:3:37 SOL. + A wife, and very fair, they say. + She should be fair, who could induce thee break + Such vows as thine. O! I am very weak. + Why came I here? Was it indeed to see + If thou could'st look on me? + + I:3:38 ALAR. + My own Solisa. + + I:3:39 SOL. + Call me not thine; why, what am I to thee + That thou should'st call me thine? + + I:3:40 ALAR. + Indeed, sweet lady, + Thou lookest on a man as bruised in spirit, + As broken-hearted, and subdued in soul, + As any breathing wretch that deems the day + Can bring no darker morrow. Pity me! + And if kind words may not subdue those lips + So scornful in their beauty, be they touched + At least by Mercy's accents! Was't a crime, + I could not dare believe that royal heart + Retained an exile's image? that forlorn, + Harassed, worn out, surrounded by strange aspects + And stranger manners, in those formal ties + Custom points out, I sought some refuge, found + At least companionship, and, grant 'twas weak, + Shrunk from the sharp endurance of the doom + That waits on exile, utter loneliness! + + I:3:41 SOL. + His utter loneliness! + + I:3:42 ALAR. + And met thy name, + Most beauteous lady, prithee think of this, + Only to hear the princes of the world + Were thy hot suitors, and that one would soon + Be happier than Alarcos. + + I:3:43 SOL. + False, most false, + They told thee false. + + I:3:44 ALAR. + At least, then, pity me, + Solisa! + + I:3:45 SOL. + Ah! Solisa, that sweet voice, + Why should I pity thee? 'Tis not my office. + Go, go to her that cheered thy loneliness, + Thy utter loneliness. And had I none? + Had I no pangs of solitude? Exile! + O! there were moments I'd have gladly given + My crown for banishment. A wounded heart + Beats freer in a desert; 'tis the air + Of palaces that chokes it. + + I:3:46 ALAR. + Fate has crossed, + Not falsehood, our sweet loves. Our lofty passion + Is tainted with no vileness. Memory bears + Convulsion, not contempt; no palling sting + That waits on base affections. It is something + To have loved thee; and in that thought I find + My sense exalted; wretched though I be. + + I:3:47 SOL. + Is he so wretched? Yet he is less forlorn + Than when he sought, what I would never seek, + A partner in his woe! I'll ne'er believe it; + Thou art not wretched. Why, thou hast a friend, + A sweet companion in thy grief to soothe + Thy loneliness, and feed on thy bright smiles, + Thrill with thine accents, with impassioned reverence + Enclasp thine hand, and with enchained eyes + Gaze on thy glorious presence. O, Alarcos! + Art thou not worshipped now? What, can it be, + That there is one, who walks in Paradise, + Nor feels the air immortal? + + I:3:48 ALAR. + Let my curse + Descend upon the hour I left thy walls, + My father's town! + + I:3:49 SOL. + My blessing on thy curse! + Thou hast returned, thou hast returned, Alarcos? + + I:3:50 ALAR. + To despair. + + I:3:51 SOL. + Yet 'tis not the hour he quitted + Our city's wall, it is the tie that binds him + Within those walls my lips would more denounce, + But ah, that tie is dear! + + I:3:52 ALAR. + Accursed be + The wiles that parted us; accursed be + The ties that sever us + + I:3:53 SOL. + Thou'rt mine. + + I:3:54 ALAR. + For ever. + Thou unpolluted passion of my youth, + My first, my only, my enduring love! + + [They embrace.] + + [Enter FERDINAND, the PAGE.] + + I:3:55 PAGE. + Lady, a message from thy royal father; + He comes-- + + I:3:56 SOL. + + [Springing from the arms of Alarcos.] + + My father! word of fear! Why now + To cloud my light? I had forgotten fate; + But he recalls it. O my bright Alarcos! + My love must fly. Nay, not one word of care; + Love only from those lips. Yet, ere we part, + Seal our sweet faith renewed. + + I:3:57 ALAR. + And never broken. + + [Exit Alarcos.] + + I:3:58 SOL. + Why has he gone? Why did I bid him go? + And let this jewel I so daring plucked + Slip in the waves again? I'm sure there's time + To call him back, and say farewell once more. + I'll say farewell no more; it was a word + Ever harsh music when the morrow brought + Welcomes renewed of love, No more farewells. + O when will he be mine! I cannot wait, + I cannot tarry, now I know he loves me; + Each hour, each instant that I see him not, + Is usurpation of my right. O joy! + Am I the same Solisa, that this morn + Breathed forth her orison with humbler spirit + Than the surrounding acolytes? Thou'st smiled, + Sweet Virgin, on my prayers. Twice fifty tapers + Shall burn before thy shrine. Guard over me + O! mother of my soul, and let me prosper + In my great enterprise! O hope! O love! + O sharp remembrance of long baffled joy! + Inspire me now. + + + + + SCENE 4. + + + The KING; the INFANTA. + + + I:4:1 KING. + I see my daughter? + + I:4:2 SOL. + Sir, your duteous child. + + I:4:3 KING. + Art thou indeed my child? I had some doubt + I was a father. + + I:4:4 SOL. + These are bitter words. + + I:4:5 KING. + Even as thy conduct. + + I:4:6 SOL. + Then it would appear + My conduct and my life are but the same. + + I:4:7 KING. + I thought thou wert the Infanta of Castille, + Heir to our realm, the paragon of Spain + The Princess for whose smiles crowned Christendom + Sends forth its sceptred rivals. Is that bitter? + Or bitter is it with such privilege, + And standing on life's vantage ground, to cross + A nation's hope, that on thy nice career + Has gaged its heart? + + I:4:8 SOL. + Have I no heart to gage? + A sacrificial virgin, must I bind + My life to the altar, to redeem a state, + Or heal some doomed People? + + I:4:9 KING. + Is it so? + Is this an office alien to thy sex? + Or what thy youth repudiates? We but ask + What nature sanctions. + + I:4:10 SOL. + Nature sanctions Love; + Your charter is more liberal. Let that pass. + I am no stranger to my duty, sir, + And read it thus. The blood that shares my sceptre + Should be august as mine. A woman loses + In love what she may gain in rank, who tops + Her husband's place; though throned, I would exchange + An equal glance. His name should be a spell + To rally soldiers. Politic he should be; + And skilled in climes and tongues; that stranger knights + Should bruit on, high Castillian courtesies. + Such chief might please a state? + + I:4:11 KING. + Fortunate realm! + + I:4:12 SOL. + And shall I own less niceness than my realm? + No! I would have him handsome a god; + Hyperion in his splendor, or the mien + Of conquering Bacchus, one whose very step + Should guide a limner, and whose common words + Are caught by Troubadours to frame their songs! + And O, my father, what if this bright prince + Should I have a heart as tender as his soul + Was high and peerless? If with this same heart + He loved thy daughter? + + I:4:13 KING. + Close the airy page + Of thy romance; such princes are not found + Except in lays and legends! yet a man + Who would become a throne, I found thee, girl; + The princely Hungary. + + I:4:14 SOL. + A more princely fate, + Than an unwilling wife, he did deserve. + + I:4:15 KING. + Yet wherefore didst thou pledge thy troth to him? + + I:4:16 SOL. + And wherefore do I smile when I should sigh? + And wherefore do I feed when I would fast? + And wherefore do I dance when I should pray? + And wherefore do I live when I should die? + Canst answer that, good Sir? O there are women + The world deem mad, or worse, whose life but seems + One vile caprice, a freakish thing of whims + And restless nothingness; yet if we pierce + The soul, may be we'll touch some cause profound + For what seems causeless. Early love despised, + Or baffled, which is worse; a faith betrayed, + For vanity or lucre; chill regards, + Where to gain constant glances we have paid + Some fearful forfeit: here are many springs, + Unmarked by shallow eyes, and some, or all + Of these, or none, may prompt my conduct now-- + But I'll not have thy prince. + + I:4:17 KING. + My, gentle child-- + + I:4:18 SOL. + I am not gentle. I might have been once; + But gentle thoughts and I have parted long; + The cause of such partition thou shouldst know + If memories were just. + + I:4:19 KING. + Harp not, I pray, + On an old sorrow. + + I:4:20 SOL. + Old! he calls it old! + The wound is green, and staunch it, or I die. + + I:4:21 KING. + Have I the skill? + + I:4:22 SOL. + Why! art thou not a King? + Wherein consists the magic of a crown + But in the bold achievement of a deed + Would scare a clown to dream? + + I:4:23 KING. + I'd read thy thought. + + I:4:24 SOL. + Then have it; I would marry. + + I:4:25 KING. + It is well; + It is my wish. + + I:4:26 SOL. + And unto such a prince + As I've described withal. For though a prince + Of Fancy's realm alone, as thou dost deem, + Yet doth he live indeed. + + I:4:27 KING. + To me unknown. + + I:4:28 SOL. + O! father mine, before thy reverend knees + Ere this we twain have knelt. + + I:4:29 KING. + Forbear, my child; + Or can it be my daughter doth not know + He is no longer free? + + I:4:30 SOL. + The power that bound him, + That bondage might dissolve? To holy church + Thou hast given great alms? + + I:4:31 KING. + There's more to gain thy wish, + If more would gain it; but it cannot be, + Even were he content. + + I:4:32 SOL. + He is content. + + I:4:33 KING. + Hah! + + I:4:34 SOL. + For he loves me still. + + I:4:35 KING. + I would do much + To please thee. I'm prepared to bear the brunt + Of Hungary's ire; but do not urge, Solisa, + Beyond capacity of sufferance + My temper's proof. + + I:4:36 SOL. + Alarcos is my husband, + Or shall the sceptre from our line depart. + Listen, ye saints of Spain, I'll have his hand, + Or by our faith, my fated womb shall be + As barren as thy love, proud King. + + I:4:37 KING. + Thou'rt mad! + Thou'rt mad! + + I:4:38 SOL. + Is he not mine? Thy very hand, + Did it not consecrate our vows? What claim + So sacred as my own? + + I:4:39 KING. + He did conspire-- + + I:4:40 SOL. + 'Tis false, thou know'st 'tis false: against themselves + Men do not plot: I would as soon believe + My hand could hatch a treason 'gainst my sight, + As that Alarcos would conspire to seize + A diadem I would myself have placed + Upon his brow. + + I:4:41 KING. + + [taking her hand] + + Nay, calmness. Say 'tis true + He was not guilty, say perchance he was not-- + + I:4:42 SOL. + Perchance, O! vile perchance. Thou know'st full well, + Because he did reject her loose desires + And wanton overtures-- + + I:4:43 KING. + Hush, hush, O hush! + + I:4:44 SOL. + The woman called my mother-- + + I:4:45 KING. + Spare me, spare-- + + I:4:46 SOL. + Who spared me? + Did not I kneel, and vouch his faith, and bathe + Thy hand with my quick tears, and clutch thy robe + With frantic grasp? Spare, spare indeed? In faith + Thou hast taught me to be merciful, thou hast,-- + Thou and my mother! + + I:4:47 KING. + Ah! no more, no more! + A crowned King cannot recall the past, + And yet may glad the future. She thou namest, + She was at least thy mother; but to me, + Whate'er her deeds, for truly, there were times + Some spirit did possess her, such as gleams + Now in her daughter's eye, she was a passion, + A witching form that did inflame my life + By a breath or glance. Thou art our child; the link + That binds me to my race; thou host her place + Within my shrined heart, where thou'rt the priest + And others are unhallowed; for, indeed, + Passion and time have so dried up my soul, + And drained its generous juices, that I own + No sympathy with man, and all his hopes + To me are mockeries. + + I:4:48 SOL. + Ah! I see, my father, + That thou will'st aid me! + + I:4:49 KING. + Thou canst aid thyself. + Is there a law to let him from thy presence? + His voice may reach thine ear; thy gracious glance + May meet his graceful offices. Go to. + Shall Hungary frown, if his right royal spouse + Smile on the equal of her blood and state, + Her gentle cousin? + + I:4:50 SOL. + And is this thine aid! + + I:4:51 KING. + What word has roughed the brow, but now confiding + In a fond father's love? + + I:4:52 SOL. + Alas! what word? + What have I said? what done? that thou should'st deem + I could do this, this, this, that is so foul, + My baffled tongue deserts me. Thou should'st know me, + Thou hast set spies on me. What! have they told thee + I am a wanton? I do love this man + As fits a virgin's heart. Heaven sent such thoughts + To be our solace. But to act a toy + For his loose hours, or worse, to find him one + Procured for mine, grateful for opportunities + Contrived with decency, spared skillfully + From claims more urgent; not to dare to show + Before the world my homage; when he's ill + To be away, and only share his gay + And lusty pillow; to be shut out from all + That multitude of cares and charms that waits + But on companionship; and then to feel + These joys another shares, another hand + These delicate rites performing, and thou'rt remembered, + In the serener heaven of his bliss, + But as the transient flash: this is not love; + This is pollution. + + I:4:53 KING. + Daughter, I were pleased + My cousin could a nearer claim prefer + To my regard. Ay, girl, 'twould please me well + He were my son, thy husband; but what then? + My pleasure and his conduct jar; his fate + Baulks our desire. He's married and has heirs. + + I:4:54 SOL. + Heirs, didst thou say heirs? + + I:4:55 KING. + What ails thee? + + I:4:56 SOL. + Heirs, heirs? + + I:4:57 KING. + Thou art very pale! + + I:4:58 SOL. + The faintness of the morn + Clings to me still; I pray thee, father, grant + Thy child one easy boon. + + I:4:59 KING. + She has to speak + But what she wills. + + I:4:60 SOL. + Why, then, she would renounce + Her heritage; yes, place our ancient crown + On brows it may become. A veil more suits + This feminine brain; in Huelgas' cloistered shades + I'll find oblivion. + + I:4:61 KING. + Woe is me! The doom + Falls on our house. I had this daughter left + To lavish all my wealth on and my might. + I've treasured for her; for her I have slain + My thousands, conquered provinces, betrayed, + Renewed, and broken faith. She was my joy; + She has her mother's eyes, and when she speaks + Her voice is like Brunhalda's. Cursed hour, + That a wild fancy touched her brain to cross + All my great hopes! + + I:4:62 SOL. + My father, my dear father, + Thou call'dst me fondly, but some moments past, + Thy gentle child. I call my saint to witness + I would be such. To say I love this man + Is shallow phrasing. Since man's image first + Flung its wild shadow on my virgin soul, + It has borne no other reflex. I know well + Thou deemest he was forgotten; this day's passion + Passed as unused confrontment, and so transient + As it was turbulent. No, no, full oft, + When thinking on him, I have been the same. + Fruitless or barren, this same form is his, + Or it is God's. My father, my dear father, + Remember he was mine, and thou didst pour + Thy blessing on our heads! O God, O God! + When I recall the passages of love + That have ensued between me and this man, + And with thy sanction, and then just bethink + He is another's, O it makes me mad. + Talk not to me of sceptres: can she rule + Whose mind is anarchy? King of Castille, + Give me the heart that thou didst rob me of! + The penal hour's at hand. Thou didst destroy + My love, and I will end thy line--thy line + That is thy life. + + I:4:63 KING. + Solisa, I will do all + A father can,--a father and a King. + + I:4:64 SOL. + Give me Alarcos! + + I:4:65 KING. + Hush, disturb me not; + I'm in the throes of some imaginings + A human voice might scare. + + + END OF THE FIRST ACT. + + + + +ACT II + + + SCENE 1 + + + A Street in Burgos. + + [Enter the COUNT OF SIDONIA and the COUNT OF LEON.] + + + II:1:1 SIDO. + Is she not fair? + + II:1:2 LEON. + What then? She but fulfils + Her office as a woman. For to be + A woman and not fair, is, in my creed, + To be a thing unsexed. + + II:1:3 SIDO. + Happy Alarcos! + They say she was of Aquitaine, a daughter + Of the De Foix. I would I had been banished. + + II:1:4 LEON. + Go and plot then. They cannot take your head, + For that is gone. + + II:1:5 SIDO. + But banishment from Burgos + Were worse than fifty deaths. O, my good Leon, + Didst ever see, didst ever dream could be, + Such dazzling beauty? + + II:1:6 LEON. + Dream! I never dream; + Save when I've revelled over late, and then + My visions are most villanous; but you, + You dream when you're awake. + + II:1:7 SIDO. + Wert ever, Leon, + In pleasant Aquitaine? + + II:1:8 LEON. + O talk of Burgos; + It is my only subject--matchless town, + Where all I ask are patriarchal years + To feel satiety like my sad friend. + + II:1:9 SIDO. + 'Tis not satiety now makes me sad; + So check thy mocking tongue, or cure my cares. + + II:1:10 LEON. + Absence cures love. Be off to Aquitaine. + + II:1:11 SIDO. + I chose a jester for my friend, and feel + His value now. + + II:1:12 LEON. + You share the lover's lot + When you desire and you despair. What then? + You know right well that woman is but one, + Though she take many forms, and can confound + The young with subtle aspects. Vanity + Is her sole being. Make the myriad vows + That passionate fancy prompts. At the next tourney + Maintain her colours 'gainst the two Castilles + And Aragon to boot. You'll have her! + + II:1:13 SIDO. + Why! + This was the way I woo'd the haughty Lara, + But I'll not hold such passages approach + The gentle lady of this morn. + + II:1:14 LEON. + Well, then, + Try silence, only sighs and hasty glances + Withdrawn as soon as met. Could'st thou but blush: + But there's no hope. In time our sighs become + A sort of plaintive hint what hopeless rogues + Our stars have made us. Would we had but met + Earlier, yet still we hope she'll spare a tear + To one she met too late. Trust me she'll spare it; + She'll save this sinner who reveres a saint. + Pity or admiration gains them all. + You'll have her! + + II:1:15 SIDO. + Well, whate'er the course pursued, + Be thou a prophet! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + II:1:16 ORAN. + Stand, Senors, in God's name. + + II:1:17 LEON. + Or the devil's. + Well, what do you want? + + II:1:18 ORAN. + Many things, but one + Most principal. + + II:1:19 SIDO. + And that's-- + + II:1:20 ORAN. + A friend. + + II:1:21 LEON. + You're right + To seek one in the street, he'll prove as true + As any that you're fostered with. + + II:1:22 ORAN. + In brief, + I'm as you see a Moor; and I have slain + One of our princes. Peace exists between + Our kingdom and Castille; they track my steps. + You're young, you should be brave, generous you may be. + I shall be impaled. Save me! + + II:1:23 LEON. + Frankly spoken. + Will you turn Christian? + + II:1:24 ORAN. + Show me Christian acts, + And they may prompt to Christian thoughts. + + II:1:25 SIDO. + Although + The slain's an infidel, thou art the same. + The cause of this rash deed? + + II:1:26 ORAN. + I am a soldier, + And my sword's notched, sirs. This said Emir struck me. + Before the people too, in the great square + Of our chief place, Granada, and forsooth, + Because I would not yield the way at mosque. + His life has soothed my honour: if I die, + I die content; but with your gracious aid + I would live happy. + + II:1:27 LEON. + You love life? + + II:1:28 ORAN. + Most dearly. + + II:1:29 LEON. + Sensible Moor, although he be impaled + For mobbing in a mosque. I like this fellow; + His bearing suits my humour. He shall live + To do more murders. Come, bold infidel, + Follow to the Leon Palace; and, sir, prithee + Don't stab us in the back. + + [Exeunt omnes.] + + + + + SCENE 2 + + + Chamber in the Palace of COUNT ALARCOS. + At the back of the Scene the Curtains of a large Jalousie withdrawn. + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + + II:2:1 ALAR. + 'Tis circumstance makes conduct; life's a ship, + The sport of every wind. And yet men tack + Against the adverse blast. How shall I steer, + Who am the pilot of Necessity? + But whether it be fair or foul, I know not; + Sunny or terrible. Why let her wed him? + What care I if the pageant's weight may fall + On Hungary's ermined shoulders, if the spring + Of all her life be mine? The tiar'd brow + Alone makes not a King. Would that my wife + Confessed a worldlier mood! Her recluse fancy + Haunts still our castled bowers. Then civic air + Inflame her thoughts! Teach her to vie and revel, + Find sport in peerless robes, the pomp of feasts + And ambling of a genet-- + + [A serenade is heard.] + + Hah! that voice + Should not be strange. A tribute to her charms. + 'Tis music sweeter to a spouse's ear + Than gallants dream of. Ay, she'll find adorers. + Or Burgos is right changed. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] + + Listen, child. + + [Again the serenade is heard.] + + II:2:2 COUN. + 'Tis very sweet. + + II:2:3 ALAR. + It is inspired by thee. + + II:2:4 COUN. + Alarcos! + + II:2:5 ALAR. + Why dost look so grave? Nay, now, + There's not a dame in Burgos would not give + Her jewels for such songs. + + II:2:6 COUN. + Inspired by me! + + II:2:7 ALAR. + And who so fit to fire a lover's breast? + He's clearly captive. + + II:2:8 COUN. + O! thou knowest I love not + Such jests, Alarcos. + + II:2:9 ALAR. + Jest! I do not jest. + I am right proud the partner of my state + Should count the chief of our Castillian knights + Among her train. + + II:2:10 COUN. + I pray thee let me close + These blinds. + + II:2:11 ALAR. + Poh, poh! what, baulk a serenade? + 'Twould be an outrage to the courtesies + Of this great city. Faith! his voice is sweet. + + II:2:12 COUN. + Would that he had not sung! It is a sport + In which I find no pastime. + + II:2:13 ALAR. + Marry, come, + It gives me great delight. 'Tis well for thee, + On thy first entrance to our world, to find + So high a follower. + + II:2:14 COUN. + Wherefore should I need + His following? + + II:2:15 ALAR. + Nought's more excellent for woman, + Than to be fixed on as the cynosure + Of one whom all do gaze on. 'Tis a stamp + Whose currency, not wealth, rank, blood, can match; + These are raw ingots, till they are impressed + With fashion's picture. + + II:2:16 COUN. + Would I were once more + Within our castle! + + II:2:17 ALAR. + Nursery days! The world + Is now our home, and we must worldly be, + Like its bold stirrers. I sup with the King. + There is no feast, and yet to do me honour, + Some chiefs will meet. I stand right well at Court, + And with thine aid will stand e'en better. + + II:2:18 COUN. + Mine! + I have no joy but in thy joy, no thought + But for thy honour, and yet, how to aid + Thee in these plans or hopes, indeed, Alarcos, + Indeed, I am perplexed. + + II:2:19 ALAR. + Art not my wife? + Is not this Burgos? And this pile, the palace + Of my great fathers? They did raise these halls + To be the symbols of their high estate, + The fit and haught metropolis of all + Their force and faction. Fill them, fill them, wife, + With those who'll serve me well. Make this the centre + Of all that's great in Burgos. Let it be + The eye of the town, whereby we may perceive + What passes in his heart: the clustering point + Of all convergence. Here be troops of friends + And ready instruments. Wear that sweet smile, + That wins a partisan quicker than power; + Speak in that tone gives each a special share + In thy regard, and what is general + Let all deem private. O! thou'lt play it rarely. + + II:2:20 COUN. + I would do all that may become thy wife. + + II:2:21 ALAR. + I know it, I know it. Thou art a treasure, Florimonde, + And this same singer--thou hast not asked his name. + Didst guess it? Ah! upon thy gentle cheek + I see a smile. + + II:2:22 COUN. + My lord--indeed-- + + II:2:23 ALAR. + Thou playest + Thy game less like a novice than I deemed. + Thou canst not say thou didst not catch the voice + Of the Sidonia? + + II:2:24 COUN. + My good lord, indeed + His voice to me is as unknown as mine + Must be to him. + + II:2:25 ALAR. + Whose should the voice but his, + Whose stricken sight left not thy face an instant, + But gazed as if some new-born star had risen + To light his way to paradise? I tell thee, + Among my strict confederates I would count + This same young noble. He is a paramount chief; + Perchance his vassals might outnumber mine, + Conjoined we're adamant. No monarch's breath + Makes me again an exile. Florimonde, + Smile on him; smiles cost nothing; should he judge + They mean more than they say, why smile again; + And what he deems affection, registered, + Is but chaste Mockery. I must to the citadel. + Sweet wife, good-night. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] + + II:2:26 COUN. + O! misery, misery, misery! + Must we do this? I fear there's need we must, + For he is wise in all things, and well learned + In this same world that to my simple sense + Seems very fearful. Why should men rejoice, + They can escape from the pure breath of heaven + And the sweet franchise of their natural will, + To such a prison-house? To be confined + In body and in soul; to breathe the air + Of dark close streets, and never use one's tongue + But for some measured phrase that hath its bent + Well gauged and chartered; to find ready smiles + When one is sorrowful, or looks demure + When one would laugh outright. Never to be + Exact but when dissembling. Is this life? + I dread this city. As I passed its gates + My litter stumbled, and the children shrieked + And clung unto my bosom. Pretty babes! + I'll go to them. O! there is innocence + Even in Burgos. + + [Exit COUNTESS.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A Chamber in the Royal Palace. The INFANTA SOLISA alone. + + + II:3:1 SOL. + I can but think my father will be just + And see us righted. O 'tis only honest, + The hand that did this wrong should now supply + The sovereign remedy, and balm the wound + Itself inflicted. He is with him now; + Would I were there, unseen, yet seeing all! + But ah! no cunning arras could conceal + This throbbing heart. I've sent my little Page, + To mingle with the minions of the Court, + And get me news. How he doth look, bow eat, + What says he and what does, and all the haps + Of this same night, that yet to me may bring + A cloudless morrow. See, even now he comes. + + [Enter the PAGE.] + + Prithee what news? Now tell me all, my child, + When thou'rt a knight, will I not work the scarf + For thy first tourney! Prithee tell me all. + + II:3:2 PAGE. + O lady mine, the royal Seneschal + He was so crabbed, I did scarcely deem + I could have entered. + + II:3:3 SOL. + Cross-grained Seneschal! + He shall repent of this, my pretty Page; + But thou didst enters? + + II:3:4 PAGE. + I did so contrive. + + II:3:5 SOL. + Rare imp! And then? + + II:3:6 PAGE. + Well, as you told me, then + I mingled with the Pages of the King. + They're not so very tall; I might have passed + I think for one upon a holiday. + + II:3:7 SOL. + O thou shalt pass for better than a page + But tell me, child, didst see my gallant Count? + + II:3:8 PAGE. + On the right hand-- + + II:3:9 SOL. + Upon the King's right hand? + + II:3:10 PAGE. + Upon the King's right hand, and there were also-- + + II:3:11 SOL. + Mind not the rest; thou'rt sure on the right hand? + + II:3:12 PAGE. + Most sure; and on the left-- + + II:3:13 SOL. + Ne'er mind the left, + Speak only of the right. How did he seem? + Did there pass words between him and the King? + Often or scant? Did he seem gay or grave? + Or was his aspect of a middle tint, + As if he deemed that there were other joys + Not found within that chamber? + + II:3:14 PAGE. + Sooth to say, + He did seem what he is, a gallant knight. + Would I were such! For talking with the King, + He spoke, yet not so much but he could spare + Words to the other lords. He often smiled, + Yet not so often, that a limner might + Describe his mien as jovial. + + II:3:15 SOL. + 'Tis himself! + What next? Will they sit long? + + II:3:16 PAGE. + I should not like + Myself to quit such company. In truth, + The Count of Leon is a merry lord. + There were some tilting jests, I warrant you, + Between him and your knight. + + II:3:17 SOL. + O tell it me! + + II:3:18 PAGE. + The Count Alarcos, as I chanced to hear, + For tiptoe even would not let me see, + And that same Pedro, who has lately come + To Court, the Senor of Montilla's son, + He is so rough, and says a lady's page + Should only be where there are petticoats. + + II:3:19 SOL. + Is he so rough? He shall be soundly whipped. + But tell me, child, the Count Alarcos-- + + II:3:20 PAGE. + Well, + The Count Alarcos--but indeed, sweet lady, + I do not wish that Pedro should be whipped. + + II:3:21 SOL. + He shall not then be whipped--speak of the Count. + + II:3:22 PAGE. + The Count was showing how your Saracen + Doth take your lion captive, thus and thus: + And fashioned with his scarf a dexterous noose + Made of a tiger's skin: your unicorn, + They say, is just as good. + + II:3:23 SOL. + Well, then Sir Leon-- + + II:3:24 PAGE. + Why then your Count of Leon--but just then + Sancho, the Viscount of Toledo's son, + The King's chief Page, takes me his handkerchief + And binds it on my eyes, he whispering round + Unto his fellows, here you see I've caught + A most ferocious cub. Whereat they kicked, + And pinched, and cuffed me till I nearly roared + As fierce as any lion, you be sure. + + II:3:25 SOL. + Rude Sancho, he shall sure be sent from Court! + My little Ferdinand--thou hast incurred + Great perils for thy mistress. Go again + And show this signet to the Seneschal, + And tell him that no greater courtesy + Be shown to any guest than to my Page. + This from myself--or I perchance will send, + Shall school their pranks. Away, my faithful imp, + And tell me how the Count Alarcos seems. + + II:3:26 PAGE. + I go, sweet lady, but I humbly beg + Sancho may not be sent from Court this time. + + II:3:27 SOL. + Sancho shall stay. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + I hope, ere long, sweet child, + Thou too shalt be a page unto a King. + I'm glad Alarcos smiled not overmuch; + Your smilers please me not. I love a face + Pensive, not sad; for where the mood is thoughtful, + The passion is most deep and most refined. + Gay tempers bear light hearts--are soonest gained + And soonest lost; but he who meditates + On his own nature, will as deeply scan + The mind he meets, and when he loves, he casts + His anchor deep. + + [Re-enter PAGE.] + + Give me the news. + + II:3:28 PAGE. + The news! + I could not see the Seneschal, but gave + Your message to the Pages. Whereupon + Sancho, the Viscount of Toledo's son, + Pedro, the Senor of Montilla's son, + The young Count of Almeira, and-- + + II:3:29 SOL. + My child, + What ails thee? + + II:3:30 PAGE. + O the Viscount of Jodar, + I think he was the very worst of all; + But Sancho of Toledo was the first. + + II:3:31 SOL. + What did they? + + II:3:32 PAGE. + 'Las, no sooner did I say + All that you told me, than he gives the word, + 'A guest, a guest, a very potent guest,' + Takes me a goblet brimful of strong wine + And hands it to me, mocking, on his knee. + This I decline, when on his back they lay + Your faithful Page, nor set me on my legs + Till they had drenched me with this fiery stuff, + That I could scarcely see, or reel my way + Back to your presence. + + II:3:33 SOL. + Marry, 'tis too much + E'en for a page's license. Ne'er you mind, + They shall to Prison by to-morrow's dawn. + I'll bind this kerchief round your brow, its scent + Will much revive you. Go, child, lie you down + On yonder couch. + + II:3:34 PAGE. + I'm sure I ne'er can sleep + If Sancho of Toledo shall be sent + To-morrow's dawn to prison. + + II:3:35 SOL. + Well, he's pardoned. + + II:3:36 PAGE. + Also the Senor of Montilla's son, + + II:3:37 SOL. + He shall be pardoned too. Now prithee sleep. + + II:3:38 PAGE. + The young Count of Almeira-- + + II:3:39 SOL. + O no more. + They all are pardoned. + + II:3:40 PAGE. + I do humbly pray + The Viscount of Jodar be pardoned too. + + [Exit SOLISA.] + + + + + SCENE 4 + + + A Banquet; the KING seated; on his right ALARCOS. + SIDONIA, LEON, the ADMIRAL OF CASTILLE, and other LORDS. + Groups of PAGES, CHAMBERLAINS, and SERVING-MEN. + + + II:4:1 The KING. + Would'st match them, cousin, 'gainst our barbs? + + II:4:2 ALAR. + Against + Our barbs, Sir! + + II:4:3 KING. + Eh, Lord Leon, you can scan + A courser's points? + + II:4:4 LEON. + O, Sir, your travellers + Need fleeter steeds than we poor shambling folks + Who stay at home. To my unskilful sense, + Speed for the chase and vigour for the tilt, + Meseems enough. + + II:4:5 ALAR.' + If riders be as prompt. + + II:4:6 LEON. + Our tourney is put off, or please your Grace, + I'd try conclusions with this marvellous beast, + This Pegasus, this courser of the sun, + That is to blind us all with his bright rays + And cloud our chivalry. + + II:4:7 KING. + My Lord Sidonia, + You're a famed judge: try me this Cyprus wine; + An English prince did give it me, returning + From the holy sepulchre. + + II:4:8 SIDO. + Most rare, my liege, + And glitters like a gem! + + II:4:9 KING. + It doth content + Me much, your Cyprus wine. Lord Admiral, + Hast heard the news? The Saracens have fled + Before the Italian galleys. + + II:4:10 THE ADMIRAL OF CASTILLE. + No one guides + A galley like your Pisan. + + II:4:11 ALAR. + The great Doge + Of Venice, sooth, would barely veil his flag + To Pisa. + + II:4:12 ADM. + Your Venetian hath his craft. + This Saracenic rent will surely touch + Our turbaned neighbours? + + II:4:13 KING. + To the very core, + Granada's all a-mourning. Good, my Lords, + One goblet more. We'll give our cousin's health. + Here's to the Count Alarcos. + + II:4:14 OMNES. + To the Count Alarcos. + + [The Guests rise, pay their homage to the KING, and are retiring.] + + II:4:15 KING. + Good night, Lord Admiral; my Lord of Leon, + My Lord Sidonia, and my Lord of Lara, + Gentle adieus; to you, my Lord, and you, + To all and each. Cousin, good night--and yet + A moment rest awhile; since your return + I've looked on you in crowds, it may become us + To say farewell alone. + + [The KING waves his hand to the SENESCHAL--the Chamber is cleared.] + + II:4:16 ALAR. + Most gracious Sire, + You honour your poor servant. + + II:4:17 KING. + Prithee, sit. + This scattering of the Saracen, methinks, + Will hold the Moor to his truce? + + II:4:18 ALAR. + It would appear + To have that import. + + II:4:19 KING. + Should he pass the mountains, + We can receive him. + + II:4:20 ALAR. + Where's the crown in Spain + More prompt and more prepared? + + II:4:21 KING. + Cousin, you're right. + We flourish. By St. James, I feel a glow + Of the heart to see you here once more, my cousin; + I'm low in the vale of years, and yet I think + I could defend my crown with such a knight + On my right hand. + + II:4:22 ALAR. + Such liege and land would raise + Our lances high. + + II:4:23 KING. + We carry all before us. + Leon reduced. The crescent paled in Cordova, + Why, if she gain Valencia, Aragon + Must kick the beam. And shall she gain Valencia? + It cheers my blood to find thee by my side; + Old days, old days return, when thou to me + Wert as the apple of mine eye. + + II:4:24 ALAR. + My liege, + This is indeed most gracious. + + II:4:25 KING. + Gentle cousin, + Thou shalt have pause to say that I am gracious. + O! I did ever love thee; and for that + Some passages occurred between us once, + That touch my memory to the quick; I would + Even pray thee to forget them, and to hold + I was most vilely practised on, my mind + Poisoned, and from a fountain, that to deem + Tainted were frenzy. + + II:4:26 ALAR. + + [Falling on his knee, and taking the KING's hand.] + + My most gracious liege, + This morn to thee I did my fealty pledge. + Believe me, Sire, I did so with clear breast, + And with no thought to thee and to thy line + But fit devotion. + + II:4:27 KING. + O, I know it well, + I know thou art right true. Mine eyes are moist + To see thee here again. + + II:4:28 ALAR. + It is my post, + Nor could I seek another. + + II:4:29 KING. + Thou dost know + That Hungary leaves us? + + II:4:30 ALAR. + I was grieved to hear + There were some crosses. + + II:4:31 KING. + Truth, I am not grieved. + Is it such joy this fair Castillian realm, + This glowing flower of Spain, be rudely plucked + By a strange hand? To see our chambers filled + With foreign losels; our rich fiefs and abbeys + The prey of each bold scatterling, that finds + No heirship in his country? Have I lived + And laboured for this end, to swell the sails + Of alien fortunes? O my gentle cousin, + There was a time we had far other hopes! + I suffer for my deeds. + + II:4:32 ALAR. + We must forget, + We must forget, my liege. + + II:4:33 KING. + Is't then so easy? + Thou hast no daughter. Ah! thou canst not tell + What 'tis to feel a father's policy + Hath dimmed a child's career. A child so peerless! + Our race, though ever comely, veiled to her. + A palm tree in its pride of sunny youth + Mates not her symmetry; her step was noticed + As strangely stately by her nurse. Dost know, + I ever deemed that winning smile of hers + Mournful, with all its mirth? But ah! no more + A father gossips; nay, my weakness 'tis not. + 'Tis not with all that I would prattle thus; + But you, my cousin, know Solisa well, + And once you loved her. + + II:4:34 ALAR. + + [Rising.] + + Once! O God! + Such passions are eternity. + + II:4:35 KING. + + [Advancing.] + + What then, + Shall this excelling creature, on a throne + As high as her deserts, shall she become + A spoil for strangers? Have I cause to grieve + That Hungary quit us? O that I could find + Some noble of our land might dare to mix + His equal blood with our Castillian seed! + Art thou more learned in our pedigrees? + Hast thou no friend, no kinsman? Must this realm + Fall to the spoiler, and a foreign graft + Be nourished by our sap? + + II:4:36 ALAR. + Alas! alas! + + II:4:37 KING. + Four crowns; our paramount Castille, and Leon, + Seviglia, Cordova, the future hope + Of Murcia, and the inevitable doom + That waits the Saracen; all, all, all; + And with my daughter! + + II:4:38 ALAR. + Ah! ye should have blasted + My homeward path, ye lightnings! + + II:4:39 KING. + Such a son + Should grudge his sire no days. I would not live + To whet ambition's appetite. I'm old; + And fit for little else than hermit thoughts. + The day that gives my daughter, gives my crown: + A cell's my home. + + II:4:40 ALAR. + O, life, I will not curse thee + Let hard and shaven crowns denounce thee vain; + To me thou wert no shade! I loved thy stir + And panting struggle. Power, and pomp, and beauty + Cities and courts, the palace and the fane, + The chace, the revel, and the battle-field, + Man's fiery glance, and woman's thrilling smile, + I loved ye all. I curse not thee, O life! + But on my start; confusion. May they fall + From out their spheres, and blast our earth no more + With their malignant rays, that mocking placed + All the delight of life within my reach, + And chained me film fruition. + + II:4:41 KING. + Gentle cousin, + Thou art disturbed; I fear these words of mine, + Chance words ere I did say to thee good night, + For O, 'twas joy to see thee here again, + Who art my kinsman, and my only one, + Have touched on some old cares for both of us. + And yet the world has many charms for thee; + Thou'rt not like us, and thy unhappy child + The world esteems so favoured. + + II:4:42 ALAR. + Ah, the world + III estimates the truth of any lot. + Their speculation is too far and reaches + Only externals, they are ever fair. + There are vile cankers in your gaudiest flowers, + But you must pluck and peer within the leaves + To catch the pest. + + II:4:43 KING. + Alas! my gentle cousin, + To hear thou hast thy sorrows too, like us, + It pains me much, and yet I'll not believe it, + For with so fair a wife-- + + II:4:44 ALAR. + Torture me not, + Although thou art a King. + + II:4:45 KING. + My gentle cousin, + f spoke to solace thee. We all do hear + Thou art most favoured in a right fair wife. + We do desire to see her; can she find + A friend becomes her better than our child? + + II:4:46 ALAR. + My wife? would she were not! + + II:4:47 KING. + I say so too, + Would she were not! + + II:4:48 ALAR. + Ah me! why did I marry? + + II:4:49 KING. + Truth, it was very rash. + + II:4:50 ALAR. + Who made me rash? + Who drove me from my hearth, and sent me forth + On the unkindred earth? With the dark spleen + Goading injustice, that 'tis vain to quell, + Entails on restless spirits. Yes, I married, + As men do oft, from very wantonness; + To tamper with a destiny that's cross, + To spite my fate, to put the seal upon + A balked career, in high and proud defiance + Of hopes that yet might mock me, to beat down + False expectation and its damned lures, + And fix a bar betwixt me and defeat. + + II:4:51 KING. + These bitter words would rob me of my hope, + That thou at least wert happy. + + II:4:52 ALAR. + Would I slept + With my grey fathers! + + II:4:53 KING. + And my daughter too! + O most unhappy pair! + + II:4:54 ALAR. + There is a way. + To cure such woes, one only. + + II:4:55 KING. + 'Tis my thought. + + II:4:56 ALAR. + No cloister shall entomb this life; the grave + Shall be my refuge, + + II:4:57 KING. + Yet to die were witless, + When Death, who with his fatal finger taps + At princely doors, as freely as he gives + His summons to the serf, may at this instant + Have sealed the only life that throws a shade + Between us and the sun. + + II:4:58 ALAR. + She's very young. + + II:4:59 KING. + And may live long, as I do hope she will; + Yet have I known as blooming as she die, + And that most suddenly. The air of cities + To unaccustomed lungs is very fatal; + Perchance the absence of her accustomed sports, + The presence of strange faces, and a longing + For those she has been bred among: I've known + This most pernicious: she might droop and pine, + And when they fail, they sink most rapidly. + God grant she may not; yet I do remind thee + Of this wild chance, when speaking of thy lot. + In truth 'tis sharp, and yet I would not die + When Time, the great enchanter, may change all, + By bringing somewhat earlier to thy gate + A doom that must arrive. + + II:4:60 ALAR. + Would it were there! + + II:4:61 KING. + 'Twould be the day thy hand should clasp my daughter's, + That thou hast loved so Ion; 'twould be the day + My crown, the crown of all my realms, Alarcos, + Should bind thy royal brow. Is this the morn + Breaks in our chamber? Why, I did but mean + To say good night unto my gentle cousin + So long unseen. O, we have gossiped, coz, + So cheering dreams! + + [Exeunt.] + + + END OF THE SECOND ACT. + + + + +ACT III + + + SCENE 1 + + + Interior of the Cathedral of Burgos. + The High Altar illuminated; + in the distance, various Chapels lighted, and in each of which Mass is + celebrating: + in all directions groups of kneeling Worshippers. + Before the High Altar the Prior of Burgos officiates, attended by his + Sacerdotal Retinue. + In the front of the Stage, opposite to the Audience, a Confessional. + The chanting of a solemn Mass here commences; as it ceases, + + [Enter ALARCOS.] + + + III:1:1 ALAR. + Would it were done! and yet I dare not say + It should be done. O, that some natural cause, + Or superhuman agent, would step in, + And save me from its practice! Will no pest + Descend upon her blood? Must thousands die + Daily, and her charmed life be spared? As young + Are hourly plucked from out their hearths. A life! + Why, what's a life? A loan that must return + To a capricious creditor; recalled + Often as soon as lent. I'd wager mine + To-morrow like the dice, were my blood pricked. + Yet now, + When all that endows life with all its price, + Hangs on some flickering breath I could puff out, + I stand agape. I'll dream 'tis done: what then? + Mercy remains? For ever, not for ever + I charge my soul? Will no contrition ransom, + Or expiatory torments compensate + The awful penalty? Ye kneeling worshippers, + That gaze in silent ecstacy before + Yon flaming altar, you come here to bow + Before a God of mercy. Is't not so? + + [ALARCOS walks towards the High Altar and kneels.] + + [A Procession advances front the back of the Scene, singing a solemn Mass, + and preceding the Prior of Burgos, who seats himself in the Confessional + his Train filing of on each side of the Scene: + the lights of the High Altar are extinguished, + but the Chapels remain illuminated.] + + III:1:2 THE PRIOR. + Within this chair I sit, and hold the keys + That open realms no conqueror can subdue, + And where the monarchs of the earth must fain + Solicit to be subjects: Heaven and Hades, + Lands of Immortal light and shores of gloom. + Eternal as the chorus of their wail, + And the dim isthmus of that middle space, + Where the compassioned soul may purge its sins + In pious expiation. Then advance + Ye children of all sorrows, and all sins, + Doubts that perplex, and hopes that tantalize, + All the wild forms the fiend Temptation takes + To tamper with the soul! Come with the care + That eats your daily life; come with the thought + That is conceived in the noon of night, + And makes us stare around us though alone; + Come with the engendering sin, and with the crime + That is full-born. To counsel and to soothe, + I sit within this chair. + + [ALARCOS advances and kneels by the Confessional.] + + III:1:3 ALAR. + O, holy father + My soul is burthened with a crime. + + III:1:4 PRIOR. + My son, + The church awaits thy sin. + + III:1:5 ALAR. + It is a sin + Most black and terrible. Prepare thine ear + For what must make it tremble. + + III:1:6 PRIOR. + Thou dost speak + To Power above all passion, not to man. + + III:1:7 ALAR. + There was a lady, father, whom I loved, + And with a holy love, and she loved me + As holily. Our vows were blessed, if favour + Hang on a father's benediction. + + III:1:8 PRIOR. + Her + Mother? + + III:1:9 ALAR. + She had a mother, if to bear + Children be all that makes a mother: one + Who looked on me, about to be her child, + With eyes of lust. + + III:1:10 PRIOR. + And thou? + + III:1:11 ALAR. + O, if to trace + But with the memory's too veracious aid + This tale be anguish, what must be its life + And terrible action? Father, I abjured + This lewd she-wolf. But ah! her fatal vengeance + Struck to my heart. A banished scatterling + I wandered on the earth. + + III:1:12 PRIOR. + Thou didst return? + + III:1:13 ALAR. + And found the being that I loved, and found + Her faithful still. + + III:1:14 PRIOR. + And thou, my son, wert happy? + + III:1:15 ALAR. + Alas! I was no longer free. Strange ties + Had bound a hopeless exile. But she I had loved, + And never ceased to love, for in the form, + Not in the spirit was her faith more pure, + She looked upon me with a glance that told + Her death but in my love. I struggled, nay, + 'Twas not a struggle, 'twas an agony. + Her aged sire, her dark impending doom, + And the overwhelming passion of my soul: + My wife died suddenly. + + III:1:16 PRIOR. + And by a life + That should have shielded hers? + + III:1:17 ALAR. + Is there hope of mercy? + Can prayers, can penances, can they avail? + What consecration of my wealth, for I'm rich, + Can aid me? Can it aid me? Can endowments? + Nay, set no bounds to thy unlimited schemes + Of saving charity. Can shrines, can chauntries, + Monastic piles, can they avail? What if + I raise a temple not less proud than this, + Enriched with all my wealth, with all, with all? + Will endless masses, will eternal prayers, + Redeem me from perdition? + + III:1:18 PRIOR. + What, would gold + Redeem the sin it prompted? + + III:1:19 ALAR. + No, by Heaven! + No, Fate had dowered me with wealth might feed + All but a royal hunger. + + III:1:20 PRIOR. + And alone + Thy fatal passion urged thee + + III:1:21 ALAR. + Hah! + + III:1:22 PRIOR. + Probe deep + Thy wounded soul. + + III:1:23 ALAR. + 'Tis torture: fathomless + I feel the fell incision. + + III:1:24 PRIOR. + There is a lure + Thou dost not own, and yet its awful shade + Lowers in the back-ground of thy soul: thy tongue + Trifles the church's ear. Beware, my son, + And tamper not with Paradise. + + III:1:25 ALAR. + A breath, + A shadow, essence subtler far than love: + And yet I loved her, and for love had dared + All that I ventured for this twin-born lure + Cradled with love, for which I soiled my soul. + O, father, it was Power. + + III:1:26 PRIOR. + And this dominion + Purchased by thy soul's mortgage, still is't thine? + + III:1:27 ALAR. + Yea, thousands bow to him, who bows to thee. + + III:1:28 PRIOR. + Thine is a fearful deed. + + III:1:29 ALAR. + O, is there mercy? + + III:1:30 PRIOR. + Say, is there penitence? + + III:1:31 ALAR. + How shall I gauge it? + What temper of contrition might the church + Require from such a sinner? + + III:1:32 PRIOR. + Is't thy wish, + Nay, search the very caverns of thy thought, + Is it thy wish this deed were now undone? + + III:1:33 ALAR. + Undone, undone! It is; O, say it were, + And what am I? O, father, wer't not done, + I should not be less tortured than I'm now; + My life less like a dream of haunting thoughts + Tempting to unknown enormities. The sun + Would rise as beamless on my darkened days, + Night proffer the same torments. Food would fly + My lips the same, and the same restless blood + Quicken my harassed limbs. Undone! undone! + I have no metaphysic faculty + To deem this deed undone. + + III:1:34 PRIOR. + Thou must repent + This terrible deed. Look through thy heart. Thy wife, + There was a time thou lov'dst her? + + III:1:35 ALAR. + I'll not think + There was a time. + + III:1:36 PRIOR. + And was she fair? + + III:1:37 ALAR. + A form + Dazzling all eyes but mine. + + III:1:38 PRIOR. + And pure? + + III:1:39 ALAR. + No saint + More chaste than she. Her consecrated shape + She kept as 'twere a shrine, and just as full + Of holy thoughts; her very breath was incense, + And all her gestures sacred as the forms + Of priestly offices! + + III:1:40 PRIOR. + I'll save thy soul. + Thou must repent that one so fair and pure, + And loving thee so well-- + + III:1:41 ALAR. + Father, in vain. + There is a bar betwixt me and repentance. + And yet-- + + III:1:42 PRIOR. + Ay, yet-- + + III:1:43 ALAR. + The day may come, I'll kneel + In such a mood, and might there then be hope? + + III:1:44 PRIOR. + We hold the keys that bind and loosen all: + But penitence alone is mercy's portal. + The obdurate soul is doomed. Remorseful tears + Are sinners' sole ablution. O, my son, + Bethink thee yet, to die in sin like thine; + Eternal masses profit not thy soul, + Thy consecrated wealth will but upraise + The monument of thy despair. Once more, + Ere yet the vesper lights shall fade away, + I do adjure thee, on the church's bosom + Pour forth thy contrite heart. + + III:1:45 ALAR. + A contrite heart! + A stainless hand would count for more. I see + No drops on mine. My head is weak, my heart + A wilderness of passion. Prayers, thy prayers! + + [ALARCOS rises suddenly and exit.] + + + + + SCENE 2 + + + Chamber in the Royal Palace. + + The INFANTA seated in despondency; the KING standing by her side. + + + III:2:1 KING. + Indeed, 'tis noticed. + + III:2:2 SOL. + Solitude is all + I ask; and is it then so great a boon? + + III:2:3 KING. + Nay, solitude's no princely appanage. + Our state's a pedestal, which men have raised + That they may gaze on greatness. + + III:2:4 SOL. + A false idol, + And weaker than its worshippers. I've lived + To feel my station's vanity. O, Death, + Thou endest all! + + III:2:5 KING. + Thou art too young to die, + And yet may be too happy. Moody youth + Toys in its talk with the dark thought of death, + As if to die were but to change a robe. + It is their present refuge for all cares + And each disaster. When the sere has touched + Their flowing locks, they prattle less of death, + Perchance think more of it. + + III:2:6 SOL. + Why, what is greatness? + Will't give me love, or faith, or tranquil thoughts? + No, no, not even justice. + + III:2:7 KING. + 'Tis thyself + That does thyself injustice. Let the world + Have other speculation than the breach + Of our unfilled vows. They bear too near + And fine affinity to what we would, + Ay, what we will. I would not choose this moment, + Men brood too curiously upon the cause + Of the late rupture, for the cause detected + May bar the consequence. + + III:2:8 SOL. + A day, an hour + Sufficed to crush me. Weeks and weeks pass on + Since I was promised right. + + III:2:9 KING. + Take thou my sceptre + And do thyself this right. Is't, then, so easy? + + III:2:10 SOL. + Let him who did the wrong, contrive the means + Of his atonement. + + III:2:11 KING. + All a father can, + I have performed. + + III:2:12 SOL. + Ah! then there is no hope. + The Bishop of Ossuna, you did say + He was the learnedest clerk of Christendom, + And you would speak to him? + + III:2:13 KING. + What says Alarcos? + + III:2:14 SOL. + I spoke not to him since I first received + His princely pledge. + + III:2:15 KING. + Call on him to fulfil it. + + III:2:16 SOL. + Can he do more than kings? + + III:2:17 KING. + Yes, he alone; + Alone it rests with him. This learn from me. + There is no other let. + + III:2:18 SOL. + I learn from thee + What other lips should tell me. + + III:2:19 KING. + Girl, art sure + Of this same lover? + + III:2:20 SOL. + O! I'll never doubt him. + + III:2:21 KING. + And yet may be deceived. + + III:2:22 SOL. + He is as true + As talismanic steel. + + III:2:23 KING. + Why, then thou art, + At least thou should'st be, happy. Smile, Solisa; + For since the Count is true, there is no bar. + Why dost not smile? + + III:2:24 SOL. + I marvel that Alarcos + Hath been so mute on this. + + III:2:25 KING. + But thou art sure + He is most true. + + III:2:26 SOL. + Why should I deem him true? + Have I found truth in any? Woe is me, + I feel as one quite doomed. I know not why + I ever was ill-omened. + + III:2:27 KING. + Listen, girl; + Probe this same lover to the core; 'tmay be, + I think he is, most true; he should be so + If there be faith in vows, and men ne'er break + The pledge its profits them to keep. And yet-- + + III:2:28 SOL. + And what? + + III:2:29 KING. + To be his Sovereign's cherished friend, + And smiled on by the daughter of his King, + Why that might profit him, and please so much, + His wife's ill humour might be borne withal. + + III:2:30 SOL. + You think him false? + + III:2:31 KING. + I think he might be true: + But when a man's well placed, he loves not change. + + [Enter at the back of the Scene Count ALARCOS disguised. + He advances, dropping his Hat and Cloak.] + + Ah, gentle cousin, all our thoughts were thine. + + III:2:32 ALAR. + I marvel men should think. Lady, I'll hope + Thy thoughts are like thyself, most fair. + + III:2:33 KING. + Her thoughts + Are like her fortunes, lofty, but around + The peaks cling vapours. + + III:2:34 ALAR. + Eagles live in clouds, + And they draw royal breath. + + III:2:35 KING. + I'd have her quit, + This strange seclusion, cousin. Give thine aid + To festive purposes. + + III:2:36 ALAR. + A root, an egg, + Why there's a feast with a holy mind. + + III:2:37 KING. + If ever + I find my seat within a hermitage, + I'll think the same. + + III:2:38 ALAR. + You have built shrines, sweet lady? + + III:2:39 SOL. + What then, my lord? + + III:2:40 ALAR. + Why then you might be worshipped, + If your image were in front; I'd bow down + To anything so fair. + + III:2:41 KING. + Dost know, my cousin, + Who waits me now? The deputies from Murcia. + The realm is ours, + + [whispers him] + + is thine. + + III:2:42 ALAR. + The church has realms + Wider than both Castilles. But which of them + Will be our lot; that's it. + + III:2:43 KING. + Mine own Solisa, + They wait me in my cabinet; + + [aside to her] + + Bethink thee + With whom all rests. + + [Exit the KING.] + + III:2:44 SOL. + You had sport to-day, my lord? + The King was at the chace. + + III:2:45 ALAR. + I breathed my barb. + + III:2:46 SOL. + They say the chace hath charm to cheer the spirit, + + III:2:47 ALAR. + 'Tis better than prayers. + + III:2:48 SOL. + Indeed, I think I'll hunt. + You and my father seem so passing gay. + + III:2:49 ALAR. + Why this is no confessional, no shrine + Haunted with presaged gloom. I should be gay + To look at thee and listen to thy voice; + For if fair pictures and sweet sounds enchant + The soul of man, that are but artifice, + How then am I entranced, this living picture + Bright by my side, and listening to this music + That nature gave thee. What's eternal life + To this inspired mortality! Let priests + And pontiffs thunder, still I feel that here + Is all my joy. + + III:2:50 SOL. + Ah! why not say thy woe? + Who stands between thee and thy rights but me? + Who stands between thee and thine ease but me? + Who bars thy progress, brings thee cares, but me? + Lures thee to impossible contracts, goads thy faith + To mad performance, welcomes thee with sighs, + And parts from them with tears? Is this joy? No! + I am thine evil genius. + + III:2:51 ALAR. + Say my star + Of inspiration. This reality + Baffles their mystic threats. Who talks of cares? + Why, what's a Prince, if his imperial will + Be bitted by a priest! There's nought impossible. + Thy sighs are sighs of love, and all thy tears + But affluent tenderness. + + III:2:52 SOL. + You sing as sweet + As did the syrens; is it from the heart, + Or from the lips, that voice? + + III:2:53 ALAR. + Solisa! + + III:2:54 SOL. + Ay! + My ear can catch a treacherous tone; 'tis trained + To perfidy. My Lord Alarcos, look me + Straight in the face. He quails not. + + III:2:55 ALAR. + O my soul, + Is this the being for whose love I've pledged + Even thy forfeit! + + III:2:56 SOL. + Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + Look not so stern! I'm mad; yes, yes, my life + Upon thy truth; I know thou'rt true: he said + It rested but with thee; I said it not, + Nor thought it. + + III:2:57 ALAR. + Lady! + + III:2:58 SOL. + Not that voice! + + III:2:59 ALAR. + I'll know + Thy thought; the King hath spoken? + + III:2:60 SOL. + Words of joy + And madness. With thyself alone he says + It rests. + + III:2:61 ALAR. + Nor said he more? + + III:2:62 SOL. + It had found me deaf, + For he touched hearings quick. + + III:2:63 ALAR. + Thy faith in me + Hath gone. + + III:2:64 SOL. + I'll doubt our shrined miracles + Before I doubt Alarcos. + + III:2:65 ALAR. + He'll believe thee, + For at this moment he has much to endure, + And that he could not. + + III:2:66 SOL. + And yet I must choose + This time to vex thee. O, I am the curse + And blight of the existence, which to bless + Is all my thought! Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + I pray thee pardon me. I am so wretched: + This fell suspense is like a frightful dream + Wherein we fall from heights, yet never reach + The bottomless abyss. It wastes my spirit, + Wears down my life, gnaws ever at my heart, + Makes my brain quick when others are asleep, + And dull when theirs is active. O, Alarcos, + I could lie down and die. + + III:2:67 ALAR. + + [Advancing in soliloquy.] + + Asleep, awake, + In dreams, and in the musing moods that wait + On unfulfilled purposes, I've done it; + And thought upon it afterwards, nor shrunk + From the fell retrospect. + + III:2:68 SOL. + He's wrapped in thought; + Indeed his glance was wild when first he entered, + And his speech lacked completeness. + + III:2:69 ALAR. + How is it then, + The body that should be the viler part, + And made for servile uses, should rebel + 'Gainst the mind's mandate, and should hold its aid + Aloof from our adventure? Why the sin + Is in the thought, not in the deed; 'tis not + The body pays the penalty, the soul + Must clear that awful scot. What palls my arm? + It is not pity; trumpet-tongued ambition + Stifles her plaintive voice; it is not love, + For that inspires the blow! Art thou Solisa? + + III:2:70 SOL. + I am that luckless maiden whom you love. + + III:2:71 ALAR. + You could lie down and die. Who speaks of death? + There is no absolution for self-murder. + Why 'tis the greater sin of the two. There is + More peril in't. What, sleep upon your post + Because you are wearied? No, we must spy on + And watch occasions. Even now they are ripe. + I feel a turbulent throbbing at my heart + Will end in action: for there spiritual tumults + Herald great deeds. + + III:2:72 SOL. + It is the church's scheme + Ever to lengthen suits. + + III:2:73 ALAR. + The church? + + III:2:74 SOL. + Ossana + Leans much to Rome. + + III:2:75 ALAR. + And how concerns us that? + + III:2:76 SOL. + His Grace spoke to the Bishop, you must know? + + III:2:77 ALAR. + Ah, yes! his Grace, the church, it is our friend. + And truly should be so. It gave our griefs, + And it should bear their balm. + + III:2:78 SOL. + Hast pardoned me + That I was querulous? But lovers crossed + Wrangle with those that love them, as it were, + To spite affection. + + III:2:79 ALAR. + We are bound together + As the twin powers of the storm. Very love + Now makes me callous. The great bond is sealed; + Look bright; if gloomy, mortgage future bliss + For present comfort. Trust me 'tis good 'surance. + I'll to the King. + + [Exeunt both.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A Street in Burgos. + + [Enter the COUNT OF LEON, followed by ORAN.] + + + III:3:1 LEON. + He has been sighing like a Sybarite + These six weeks past, and now he sends to me + To hire my bravo. Well, that smacks of manhood. + He'll pierce at least one heart, if not the right one. + Murder and marriage! which the greater crime + A schoolman may decide. All arts exhausted, + His death alone remains. A clumsy course. + I care not. Truth, I hate this same Alarcos, + I think it is the colour of his eyes, + But I do hate him; and the royal ear + Lists coldly to me since this same return. + The King leans wholly on him. Sirrah Moor, + All is prepared? + + III:3:2 ORAN. + And prompt. + + III:3:3 LEON. + 'Tis well; no boggling; + Let it be cleanly done. + + III:3:4 ORAN. + A stab or two, + And the Arlanzon's wave shall know the rest. + + III:3:5 LEON. + I'll have to kibe his heels at Court, if you fail. + + III:3:6 ORAN. + There is no fear. We have the choicest spirits + In Burgos. + + III:3:7 LEON. + Goodly gentlemen! you wait + Their presence? + + III:3:8 ORAN. + Here anon. + + III:3:9 LEON. + Good night, dusk infidel, + They'll take me for an Alguazil. At home + Your news will reach me. + + III:3:10 ORAN. + And were all your throats cut, + I would not weep. O, Allah, let them spend + Their blood upon themselves! My life he shielded, + And now exacts one at my hands; we're quits + When this is closed. That thought will grace a deed + Otherwise graceless. I would break the chain + That binds me to this man. His callous eye + Repels devotion, while his reckless vein + Demands prompt sacrifice. Now is't wise this? + Methinks 'twere wise to touch the humblest heart + Of those that serve us? In maturest plans + There lacks that finish, which alone can flow + From zealous instruments. But here are some + That have no hearts to touch. + + [Enter Four BRAVOs.] + + How now, good senors. + I cannot call them comrades; you're exact, + As doubtless ye are brave. You know your duty? + + III:3:11 1ST BRAVO. + And will perform it, or my name is changed, + And I'm not Guzman Jaca. + + III:3:12 ORAN. + You well know + The arm you cross is potent? + + III:3:13 2ND BRAVO. + All the steel + Of Calatrava's knights shall not protect it. + + III:3:14 3RD BRAVO. + And all the knights to boot. + + III:3:15 4TH BRAVO. + A river business. + + III:3:16 ORAN. + The safest sepulchre. + + III:3:17 4TH BRAVO. + A burial ground + Of which we are the priests, and take our fees; + I never cross a stream, but I do feel + A sense of property. + + III:3:18 ORAN. + You know the signal: + And when I boast I've friends, they may appear + To prove I am no braggart. + + III:3:19 1ST BRAVO. + To our posts + It shall be cleanly done, and brief. + + III:3:20 2ND BRAVO. + No oaths, + No swagger. + + III:3:21 3RD BRAVO. + Not a word; but all as pleasant + As we were nobles like himself. + + III:3:22 4TH BRAVO. + 'Tis true, sir; + You deal with gentlemen. + + [Exeunt BRAVOs.] + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + III:3:23 ALAR. + The moon's a sluggard, + I think, to-night. How now, the Moor that dodged + My steps at vespers. Hem! I like not this. + Friends beneath cloaks; they're wanted. Save you, sir? + + III:3:24 ORAN. + And you, sir? + + III:3:25 ALAR. + Not the first time we have met, + Or I've no eye for lurkers. + + III:3:26 ORAN. + I have tasted + Our common heritage, the air, to-day; + And if the selfsame beam warmed both our bloods, + What then? + + III:3:27 ALAR. + Why nothing; but the sun has set, + And honest men should seek their hearths. + + III:3:28 ORAN. + I wait + My friends. + + [The BRAVOs rush in, and assault COUNT ALARCOS, who, + dropping his Cloak, shows his Sword already drawn, and keeps them at bay.] + + So, so! who plays with princes' blood? + No sport for varlets. Thus and thus, I'll teach ye + To know your station. + + III:3:29 1ST BRAVO. + Ah! + + III:3:30 2ND BRAVO. + Away! + + III:3:31 3RD BRAVO. + Fly, fly! + + III:3:32 4TH BRAVO. + No place for quiet men. + + [The BRAVOs run off.] + + III:3:33 ALAR. + A little breath + Is all they have cost me, tho' their blood has stained + My damask blade. And still the Moor! What ho! + Why fliest not like thy mates? + + III:3:34 ORAN. + Because I wait + To fight. + + III:3:35 ALAR. + Rash caitiff! knowest thou who I am? + + III:3:36 ORAN. + One who I heard was brave, and now has proved it. + + III:3:37 ALAR. + Am I thy foe? + + III:3:38 ORAN. + No more than all thy race. + + III:3:39 ALAR. + Go, save thy life. + + III:3:40 ORAN. + Look to thine own, proud lord. + + III:3:41 ALAR. + Perdition catch thy base-born insolence. + + [They fight: after a long and severe encounter, + ALARCOS disarms ORAN, who falls wounded.] + + III:3:42 ORAN. + Be brief, dispatch me. + + III:3:43 ALAR. + Not a word for mercy? + + III:3:44 ORAN. + Why should'st thou give it? + + III:3:45 ALAR. + 'Tis not merited, + Yet might be gained. Who set thee on to this? + My sword is at thy throat. Give me his name, + And thine shall live. + + III:3:46 ORAN. + I cannot. + + III:3:47 ALAR. + What, is life + So light a boon? It hangs upon this point. + Bold Moor, is't then thy love to him who fees thee + Makes thee so faithful? + + III:3:48 ORAN. + No; I hate him. + + III:3:49 ALAR. + What + Restrains thee, then? + + III:3:50 ORAN. + The feeling that restrained + My arm from joining stabbers--Honour. + + III:3:51 ALAR. + Humph! + An overseer of stabbers for some ducats. + And is that honour? + + III:3:52 ORAN. + Once he screened my life, + And this was my return. + + III:3:53 ALAR. + What if I spare + Thy life even now? Wilt thou accord to me + The same devotion? + + III:3:54 ORAN. + Yea; the life thou givest + Thou shouldst command. + + III:3:55 ALAR. + If I, too, have a foe + Crossing my path and blighting all my life? + + III:3:56 ORAN. + This sword should strive to reach him. + + III:3:57 ALAR. + Him! thy bond + Shall know no sex or nation. Limitless + Shall be thy pledge. I'll claim from thee a life + For that I spare. How now, wilt live? + + III:3:58 ORAN. + To pay + A life for that now spared. + + III:3:59 ALAR. + Swear to thy truth; + Swear by Mahound, and swear by all thy gods, + If thou hast any; swear it by the stars, + In which we all believe; and by thy hopes + Of thy false paradise; swear it by thy soul, + And by thy sword! + + III:3:60 ORAN. + I swear. + + III:3:61 ALAR. + Arise and live. + + + THE END OF THE THIRD ACT. + + + + +ACT IV + + + SCENE 1 + + + Interior of a Posada frequented by BRAVOs, in an obscure quarter of + Burgos. FLIX at the fire, frying eggs. Men seated at small tables + drinking; others lying on benches. At the side, but in the front of the + Scene, some Beggars squatted on the ground, thrumming a Mandolin; a + Gipsy Girl dancing. + + + IV:1:1 A BRAVO. + Come, mother, dost take us for Saracens? I say we are true + Christians, and so must drink wine. + + IV:1:2 ANOTHER BRAVO. + Mother Flix is sour to-night. Keep the evil eye from the olla! + + IV:1:3 3RD BRAVO. + + [advancing to her] + + Thou beauty of Burgos, what are dimples unless seen? Smile! wench. + + IV:1:4 FLIX. + A frying egg will not wait for the King of Cordova. + + IV:1:5 1ST BRAVO. + Will have her way. Graus knows a pretty wife's worth. A handsome + hostess is bad for the guest's purse. + + IV:1:6 1ST BRAVO. + + [rising] + + Good companions make good company. Graus, Graus! another flagon. + + IV:1:7 2ND BRAVO. + Of the right Catalan. + + IV:1:8 3RD BRAVO. + Nay, for my omelette. + + IV:1:9 FLIX. + Hungry men think the cook lazy. + + [Enter GRAUS with a Flagon of wine.] + + IV:1:10 1ST BRAVO. + 'Tis mine. + + IV:1:11 2ND BRAVO. + No, mine. + + IV:1:12 1ST BRAVO. + We'll share. + + IV:1:13 2ND BRAVO. + No, each man his own beaker; he who shares has the worst half. + + IV:1:14 3RD BRAVO. + + [to FLIX, who brings the omelette] + + An egg and to bed. + + IV:1:15 GRAUS. + Who drinks, first chinks. + + IV:1:16 1ST BRAVO. + The debtor is stoned every day. There will be water-work to-morrow, + and that will wash it out. You know me? + + IV:1:17 GRAUS. + In a long journey and a small inn, one knows one's company. + + IV:1:18 2ND BRAVO. + Come, I'll give, but I won't share. Fill up. + + IV:1:19 GRAUS. + That's liberal; my way; full measure but prompt pezos; + I loathe your niggards. + + IV:1:20 1ST BRAVO. + As the little tailor of Campillo said, who worked for nothing, + and found thread. + + [To the other BRAVO.] + + Nay, I'll not refuse; we know each other. + + IV:1:21 2ND BRAVO. + We've seen the stars together. + + IV:1:22 AN OLD MAN. + Burgos is not what it was. + + IV:1:23 5TH BRAVO. + + [waking] + + Sleep ends and supper begins. The olla, the olla, Mother Flix; + + [shaking a purse] + + there's the dinner bell. + + IV:1:24 2ND BRAVO. + That will bring courses. + + IV:1:25 1ST BRAVO. + An ass covered with gold has more respect than a horse with a + pack-saddle. + + IV:1:26 5TH BRAVO. + How for that ass? + + IV:1:27 2ND BRAVO. + Nay, the sheep should have his belly full who quarrels with his mate. + + IV:1:28 5TH BRAVO. + But how for that ass? + + IV:1:29 A FRIAR. + + [advancing] + + Peace be with ye, brethren! A meal in God's name. + + IV:1:30 5TH BRAVO. + Who asks in God's name, asks for two. But how for that ass? + + IV:1:31 FLIX. + + [bringing the olla] + + Nay, an ye must brawl, go fight the Moors. 'Tis a peaceable house, + and we sleep quiet o' nights. + + IV:1:32 5TH BRAVO. + Am I an ass? + + IV:1:33 FLIX. + He is an ass who talks when he might eat. + + IV:1:34 5TH BRAVO. + A Secadon sausage! Come, mother, I'm all peace; thou'rt a rare hand. + As in thy teeth, comrade, and no more on't + + IV:1:35 1ST BRAVO. + When I will not, two cannot quarrel. + + IV:1:36 OLD MAN. + Everything is changed for the worse. + + IV:1:37 FRIAR. + For the love of St. Jago, senors; for the love of St. Jago! + + IV:1:38 5TH BRAVO. + When it pleases not God, the saint can do little. + + IV:1:39 2ND BRAVO. + Nay, supper for all, and drink's the best meat. Some have sung + for it, some danced. There is no fishing for trout in dry breeches. + You shall preach. + + IV:1:40 FRIAR. + Benedicite, brethren-- + + IV:1:41 1ST BRAVO. + Nay, no Latin, for the devil's not here. + + IV:1:42 2ND BRAVO. + And prithee let it be as full of meat as an egg; for we do many + deeds, love not many words. + + IV:1:43 FRIAR. + Thou shalt not steal. + + IV:1:44 1ST BRAVO. + He blasphemes. + + IV:1:45 FRIAR. + But what is theft? + + IV:1:46 2ND BRAVO. + Ay! there it is. + + IV:1:47 FRIAR. + The tailor he steals the cloth, and the miller he steals the meal; + is either a thief? 'tis the way of trade. But what if our trade + be to steal? Why then our work is to cut purses; to cut purses is + to follow our business; and to follow our business is to obey the + King; and so thieving is no theft. And that's probatum, and so, amen. + + IV:1:48 5TH BRAVO. + Shall put thy spoon in the olla for that. + + IV:1:49 2ND BRAVO. + And drink this health to our honest fraternity. + + IV:1:50 OLD MAN. + I have heard sermons by the hour; this is brief; every thing falls off. + + [Enter a PERSONAGE masked and cloaked.] + + IV:1:51 1ST BRAVO. + + [to his Companions] + + See'st yon mask? + + IV:1:52 2ND BRAVO. + 'Tis strange. + + IV:1:53 GRAUS. + + [to FLIX] + + Who is this? + + IV:1:54 FLIX. + The fool wonders, the wise man asks. Must have no masks here. + + IV:1:55 GRAUS. + An obedient wife commands her husband. Business with a stranger, + title enough. + + [Advancing and addressing the Mask.] + + Most noble Senor Mask. + + IV:1:56 THE UNKNOWN. + Well, fellow! + + IV:1:57 GRAUS. + Hem; as it may be. D'ye see, most noble Senor Mask, that 'tis an + orderly house this, frequented by certain honest gentlemen, that + take their siesta, and eat a fried egg after their day's work, + and so are not ashamed to show their faces. Ahem! + + IV:1:58 THE UNKNOWN. + As in truth I am in such villanous company. + + IV:1:59 GRAUS. + Wheugh! but 'tis not the first ill word that brings a blow. + Would'st sup indifferently well here at a moderate rate, we are + thy servants. My Flix hath reputation at the frying-pan, and my + wine hath made lips smack; but here, senor, faces must be uncovered. + + IV:1:60 THE UNKNOWN. + Poh! poh! + + IV:1:61 GRAUS. + Nay, then, I will send some to you shall gain softer words. + + IV:1:62 1ST BRAVO. + Why, what's this? + + IV:1:63 2ND BRAVO. + Our host is an honest man, and has friends. + + IV:1:64 5TH BRAVO. + Let me finish my olla, and I will discourse with him. + + IV:1:65 THE UNKNOWN. + Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. I come here on business, + and with you all. + + IV:1:66 1ST BRAVO. + Carraho! and who's this? + + IV:1:67 THE UNKNOWN. + One who knows you, though you know not him. One whom you have never + seen, yet all fear. And who walks at night, and where he likes. + + IV:1:68 2ND BRAVO. + The devil himself! + + IV:1:69 THE UNKNOWN. + It may be so. + + IV:1:70 2ND BRAVO. + Sit by me, Friar, and speak Latin. + + IV:1:71 THE UNKNOWN. + There is a man missing in Burgos, and I will know where he is. + + IV:1:72 OLD MAN. + There were many men missing in my time. + + IV:1:73 THE UNKNOWN. + Dead or alive, I care not; but land or water, river or turf, I will + know where the body is stowed. See + + [shaking a purse] + + here is eno' to point all the poniards of the city. You shall + have it to drink his health. + + IV:1:74 A BRAVO. + How call you him? + + IV:1:75 THE UNKNOWN. + Oran, the Moor. + + IV:1:76 1ST BRAVO. + + [Jumping from his seat and approaching the Stranger.] + + My name is Guzman Jaca; my hand was in that business. + + IV:1:77 THE UNKNOWN. + With the Moor and three of your comrades? + + IV:1:78 1ST BRAVO. + The same. + + IV:1:79 THE UNKNOWN. + And how came your quarry to fly next day? + + IV:1:80 1ST BRAVO. + Very true; 'twas a bad business for all of us. I fought like + a lion; see, my arm is still bound up; but he had advice of + our visit; and no sooner had we saluted him, than there + suddenly appeared a goodly company of twelve serving-men, + or say twelve to fifteen-- + + IV:1:81 THE UNKNOWN. + You lie; he walked alone. + + IV:1:82 1ST BRAVO. + Very true; and if I am forced to speak the whole truth, it was thus. + I fought like a lion; see, my arm is still bound up; but I was not + quite his match alone, for I had let blood the day before, and my + comrades were taken with a panic, and so left me in the lurch. + And now you have it all. + + IV:1:83 THE UNKNOWN. + And Oran? + + IV:1:84 1ST BRAVO. + He fled at once. + + IV:1:85 THE UNKNOWN. + Come, come, Oran did not fly. + + IV:1:86 1ST BRAVO. + Very true. We left him alone with the Count. + And now you have it all. + + IV:1:87 THE UNKNOWN. + Had he slain him, the body would have been found. + + IV:1:88 1ST BRAVO. + Very true. That's the difference between us professional + performers, and you mere amateurs; we never leave the bodies. + + IV:1:89 THE UNKNOWN. + And you can tell me nothing of him? + + IV:1:90 1ST BRAVO. + No, but I engage to finish the Count, any night you like now, + for I have found out his lure. + + IV:1:91 THE UNKNOWN. + How's that? + + IV:1:92 1ST BRAVO. + Every evening, about an hour after sunset, he enters by a private + way the citadel. + + IV:1:93 THE UNKNOWN. + Hah! what more? + + IV:1:94 1ST BRAVO. + He is stagged; there is a game playing, but what I know not. + + IV:1:95 THE UNKNOWN. + Your name is Guzman Jaca? + + IV:1:96 1ST BRAVO. + The same. + + IV:1:97 THE UNKNOWN. + Honest fellow! there's gold for you. You know nothing of Oran? + + IV:1:98 1ST BRAVO. + Maybe he has crawled to some place wounded. + + IV:1:99 THE UNKNOWN. + To die like a bird. Look after him. If I wish more, I know + where to find you. What ho, Master Host! I cannot wait to + try your mistress's art to-night; but here's my scot for our + next supper. + + [Exit THE UNKNOWN.] + + + + + SCENE 2 + + + A Chamber in the Palace of Alarcos. + + The COUNTESS and SIDONIA. + + + IV:2:1 SIDO. + Lady, you're moved: nay, 'twas an idle word. + + IV:2:2 COUN. + But was it true? + + IV:2:3 SIDO. + And yet might little mean. + + IV:2:4 COUN. + That I should live to doubt! + + IV:2:5 SIDO. + But do not doubt; + Forget it, lady. You should know him well; + Nay, do not credit it. + + IV:2:6 COUN. + He's very changed. + I would not own, no, not believe that change, + I've given it every gloss that might confirm + My sinking heart. Time and your tale agree; + Alas! 'tis true. + + IV:2:7 SIDO. + I hope not; still believe + It is not true. Would that I had not spoken! + It was unguarded prate. + + IV:2:8 COUN. + You have done me service: + Condemned, the headsman is no enemy, + Bat closes suffering. + + IV:2:9 SIDO. + Yet a bitter doom + To torture those you'd bless. I have a thought. + What if this eve you visit this same spot, + That shrouds these meetings? If he's wanting then, + The rest might prove as false. + + IV:2:10 COUN. + He will be there, + I feel he will be there. + + IV:2:11 SIDO. + We should not think so, + Until our eyes defeat our hopes. + + IV:2:12 COUN. + O Burgos, + My heart misgave me when I saw thy walls! + To doubt is madness, yet 'tis not despair, + And that may be my lot. + + IV:2:13 SIDO. + The palace gardens + Are closed, except to master-keys. Here's one, + My office gives it me, and it can count + Few brethren. You will be alone. + + IV:2:14 COUN. + Alas! + I dare not hope so. + + IV:2:15 SIDO. + Well, well, think of this; + Yet take the key. + + IV:2:16 COUN. + O that it would unlock + The heart now closed to me! To watch his ways + Was once my being. Shall I prove the spy + Of joys I may not share? I will not take + That fatal key. + + IV:2:17 SIDO. + 'Tis well; I pray you, pardon + My ill-timed zeal. + + IV:2:18 COUN. + Indeed, I should be grateful + That one should wish to serve me. Can it be? + 'Tis not two months, two little, little months, + You crossed this threshold first; Ah! gentle air, + And we were all so gay! What have I done? + What is all this? so sudden and so strange? + It is not true, I feel it is not true; + 'Tis factious care that clouds his brow, and calls + For all this timed absence. His brain's busy + With the State. Is't not so? I prithee speak, + And say you think it. + + IV:2:19 SIDO. + You should know him well; + And if you deem it so, why I should deem + The inference just. + + IV:2:20 COUN. + Yet if he were not there, + How happy I should sleep! there is no peril; + The garden's near; and is there shame? 'Tis love + Makes me a lawful spy. He'll not be there, + And then there is no prying. + + IV:2:21 SIDO. + Near at hand, + Crossing the way that bounds your palace court, + There is a private portal. + + IV:2:22 COUN. + If I go, + He will not miss me. Ah, I would he might! + So very near; no, no; I cannot go; + And yet I'll take the key. + + [Takes the key.] + + Would thou could'st speak, + Thou little instrument, and tell me all + The secrets of thy office! My heart beats; + 'Tis my first enterprise; I would it were + To do him service. No, I cannot go; + Farewell, kind sir; indeed I am so troubled, + I must retire. + + [Exit COUNTESS.] + + IV:2:23 SIDO. + Thy virtue makes me vile; + And what should move my heart inflames my soul. + O marvellous world, wherein I play the villain + From very love of excellence! But for him, + I'd be the rival of her stainless thoughts + And mate her purity. Hah! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + IV:2:24 ORAN. + My noble lord! + + IV:2:25 SIDO. + The Moor! + + IV:2:26 ORAN. + Your servant. + + IV:2:27 SIDO. + Here! 'tis passing strange. + How's this? + + IV:2:28 ORAN. + The accident of war, my lord. + I am a prisoner. + + IV:2:29 SIDO. + But at large, it seems. + You have betrayed me + + IV:2:30 ORAN. + Had I chosen that, + I had been free and you not here. I fought, + And fell in single fight. Why spared I know not, + But that the lion's generous. + + IV:2:31 SIDO. + Will you prove + Your faith + + IV:2:32 ORAN. + Nay, doubt it not. + + IV:2:33 SIDO. + You still can aid me. + + IV:2:34 ORAN. + I am no traitor, and my friends shall find + I am not wanting. + + IV:2:35 SIDO. + Quit these liberal walls + Where you're not watched. In brief, I've coined a tale + Has touched the Countess to the quick. She seeks, + Alone or scantly tended, even now, + The palace gardens; eager to discover + A faithless husband, where she'll chance to find + One more devout. My steeds and servants wait + At the right post; my distant castle soon + Shall hold this peerless wife. Your resolute spirit + May aid me much. How say you, is it well + That we have met? + + IV:2:36 ORAN. + Right well. I will embark + Most heartily in this. + + IV:2:37 SIDO. + With me at once. + + IV:2:38 ORAN. + At once? + + IV:2:39 SIDO. + No faltering. You have learned and know + Too much to spare you from my sight, good Oran. + With me at once. + + IV:2:40 ORAN. + 'Tis urgent; well at once, + And I will do good service, or I'll die. + For what is life unless to aid the life + Has aided thine? + + IV:2:41 SIDO. + On then; with me no eye + Will look with jealousy upon thy step. + + [Exeunt both.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A retired spot in the Gardens of the Palace. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] + + + IV:3:1 COUN. + Is't guilt, that I thus tremble? Why should I + Feel like a sinner? I'll not dare to meet + His flashing eye. O, with what scorn, what hate + His lightning glance will wither me. Away, + I will away. I care not whom he meets. + What if he love me not, he shall not loathe + The form he once embraced. I'll be content + To live upon the past, and dream again + It may return. Alas! were I the false one, + I could not feel more humbled. Ah, he comes! + I'll lie, I'll vow I'm vile, that I came here + To meet another, anything but that + I dared to doubt him. What, my Lord Sidonia! + + [Enter SIDONIA.] + + IV:3:2 SIDO. + Thy servant and thy friend. Ah! gentle lady, + I deemed this unused scene and ill-timed hour + might render solace welcome. He'll not come; + Ho crossed the mountains, ere the set of sun, + Towards Briviesca. + + IV:3:3 COUN. + Holy Virgin, thanks! + Home, home! + + IV:3:4 SIDO. + And can a hearth neglected cause + Such raptures? + + IV:3:5 COUN. + I, and only I, neglect it; + My cheek is fire, that I should ever dare + To do this stealthy deed. + + IV:3:6 SIDO. + And yet I feel + I could do one as secret and more bold. + A moment, lady; do not turn away + With that cold look. + + IV:3:7 COUN. + My children wait me, sir; + Yet I would thank you, for you meant me kindness. + + IV:3:8 SIDO. + And mean it yet. Ah! beauteous Florimonde, + It is the twilight hour, when hearts are soft, + And mine is like the quivering light of eve; + I love thee! + + IV:3:9 COUN. + And for this I'm here, and he, + He is not false! O happiness! + + IV:3:10 SIDO. + Sweet lady-- + + IV:3:11 COUN. + My Lord Sidonia, I can pardon thee, + I am so joyful. + + IV:3:12 SIDO. + Nay, then. + + IV:3:13 COUN. + Unhand me, Sir! + + IV:3:14 SIDO. + But to embrace this delicate waist. Thou art mine: + I've sighed and thou hast spurned. What is not yielded + In war we capture. Ere a flying hour, + Thy hated Burgos vanishes. That voice; + What, must I stifle it, who fain would listen + For ever to its song? In vain thy cry, + For none are here but mine. + + [Enter ORAN.] + + IV:3:15 ORAN. + Turn, robber, turn-- + + IV:3:16 SIDO. + Ah! treason in the camp! Thus to thy heart. + + [They fight. ORAN beats off SIDONIA, they leave the scene fighting; + the COUNTESS swoons.] + + [Enter a procession with lighted torches, attending the Infanta SOLISA + from Mass.] + + IV:3:17 1ST USH. + A woman! + + IV:3:18 2ND USH. + Does she live + + IV:3:19 SOL. + What stops our course? + + [The Train ranging themselves on each side, the Infanta approaches + the COUNTESS.] + + IV:3:20 SOL. + Most strange and lovely vision! Does she breathe? + I'll not believe 'tis death. Her hand is cold, + And her brow damp; Griselda, Julia, maidens + Hither, and yet stand off; give her free air. + How shall we bear her home? Now, good Lorenzo, + You, and Sir Miguel, raise her; gently, gently. + Still gently, sirs. By heavens, the fairest face + I yet did gaze on! Some one here should know her. + 'Tis one that must be known. That's well; relieve + That kerchief from her neck; mind not our state; + I'll by her side; a swoon, methinks; no more, + Let's hope and pray! + + [They raise the body of the COUNTESS, and bear her away.] + + [Enter Count of LEON.] + + IV:3:21 LEON. + I'll fathom this same mystery, + If there be wit in Burgos. I have heard, + Before I knew the Court, old Nunez Leon + Whisper strange things--and what if they prove true? + It is not exile twice would cure that scar. + I'll reach him yet. 'Tis likely he may pass + This way; 'tis lonely, and well suits a step + Would not be noticed. Ha! a man approaches; + I'll stand awhile aside. + + [Re-enter ORAN.] + + IV:3:22 ORAN. + Gone, is she gone! + Yet safe I feel. O Allah! thou art great! + The arm she bound, and tended with that glance + Of sweet solicitude, has saved her life, + And more than life. The dark and reckless villains! + O! I could curse them, but my heart is soft + With holy triumph. I'm no more an outcast. + And when she calls me, I'd not change my lot + To be an Emir. In their hall to-night + There will be joy, and Oran will have smiles. + This house has knit me to their fate by ties + Stronger than gyves of iron. + + IV:3:23 LEON. + Do I see + The man I seek? Oran! + + [ORAN turns, and recognising Leon, rushes and seizes him.] + + IV:3:24 ORAN. + Incarnate fiend, + Give her me, give her me! + + IV:3:25 LEON. + Off, ruffian, off! + + IV:3:26 ORAN. + I have thee and I'll hold thee. If I spare + Thy damned life, and do not dash thee down, + And trample on thee, fiend, it is because + Thou art the gaoler of a pearl of price + I cannot gain without thee. Now, where is she? + Now by thy life! + + IV:3:27 LEON. + Why, thou outrageous Moor, + Hast broken thy false prophet's rule, and so + Fell into unused drink, that thus thou darest + To flout me with thy cloudy menaces? + What mean'st thou, sir? And what have I withheld + From thy vile touch? By heavens, I pass my days + In seeking thy dusk corpse, I deemed well drilled + Ere this, but it awaits my vengeance. + + IV:3:28 ORAN. + Boy! + Licentious boy! Where is she? Now, by Allah! + This poniard to thy heart, unless thou tell'st me. + + IV:3:29 LEON. + Whom dost thou mean? + + IV:3:30 ORAN. + Thy comrade and thy crew + They all have fled. I left the Countess here. + She's gone. Thou fill'st her place. + + IV:3:31 LEON. + What Countess? Speak. + + IV:3:32 ORAN. + The Count Alarcos' wife. + + IV:3:33 LEON. + The Count Alarcos! + I'd be right glad to see him; but his wife + Concerns the Lord Sidonia. If he have played + Some Pranks here 'tis a fool, and he has marred + More than he'll ever make. My time's worth gems; + My knightly word, dusk Moor, I tell thee truth. + I will forget these jest, but we must meet + This night at my palace. + + IV:3:34 ORAN. + I'll see her first. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + IV:3:35 LEON. + Is it the Carnival? What mummery's this? + What have I heard? One thing alone is clear. + We must be rid of Oran. + + + + + SCENE 4 + + + A Chamber in the Palace. + The Countess ALARCOS lying on a Couch, + the Infanta kneeling at her side; + MAIDENS grouped around. A PHYSICIAN and the PAGE. + + + IV:4:1 SOL. + Didst ever see so fair a skin? Her bodice + Should still be loosened. Bring the Moorish water, + Griselda, you. They are the longest lashes! + They hang upon her cheek. Doctor, there's warmth; + The blood returns? + + IV:4:2 PHY. + But slowly. + + IV:4:3 SOL. + Beauteous creature! + She seems an angel fallen from some star. + 'Twas well we passed. Untie that kerchief, Julia; + Teresa, wave the fan. There seems a glow + Upon her cheek, what but a moment since + Was like a sculptured saint's. + IV:4:4 PHY. + She breathes. + + IV:4:5 SOL. + Hush, hush! + + IV:4:6 COUN. + And what is this? where am I? + + IV:4:7 SOL. + With thy friends. + + IV:4:8 COUN. + It is not home. + + IV:4:9 SOL. + If kindness make a home, + Believe it such. + + [The PHYSICIAN signifies silence.] + + Nay lady, not a word, + Those lips must now be closed. I've seen such eyes + In pictures, girls. + + IV:4:10 PHY. + Methinks she'll sleep. + + IV:4:11 SOL. + 'Tis well. + Maidens, away. I'll be her nurse; and, doctor, + Remain within. + + [Exeunt PHYSICIAN and MAIDENS.] + + Know you this beauteous dame? + + IV:4:12 PAGE. + I have heard minstrels tell that fays are found + In lonely places. + + IV:4:13 SOL. + Well, she's magical. + She draws me charm-like to her. Vanish, imp, + And see our chamber still. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + It is the hour + Alarcos should be here. Ah! happy hour, + That custom only makes more strangely sweet! + His brow has lost its cloud. The bar's removed + To our felicity; time makes amends + To patient sufferers. + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + Hush, my own love, hush! + + [SOLISA takes his hand and leads him aside.] + + So strange an incident! the fairest lady! + Found in our gardens; it would seem a swoon; + Myself then passing; hither we have brought her; + She is so beautiful, you'll almost deem + She bears some charmed life. You know that fays + Are found in lonely places. + + IV:4:14 ALAR. + In thy garden! + Indeed 'tis strange! The Virgin guard thee, love. + I am right glad I'm here. Alone to tend her, + 'Tis scarcely wise. + + IV:4:15 SOL. + I think when she recovers, + She'll wave her wings and fly. + + IV:4:16 ALAR. + Nay, for one glance! + In truth you paint her bright. + + IV:4:17 SOL. + E'en now she sleeps. + Tread lightly, love; I'll lead you. + + [SOLISA cautiously leads ALARCOS to the couch; + as they approach it, the COUNTESS opens her eyes and shrieks.] + + IV:4:18 COUN. + Ah! 'tis true, + Alarcos + [relapses into a swoon.] + + IV:4:19 ALAR. + Florimonde! + + IV:4:20 SOL. + Who is this lady? + + IV:4:21 ALAR. + It is my wife. + + IV:4:22 SOL. + + [flings away his arms and rushes forward.] + + --Not mad! + Virgin and Saints be merciful; not mad! + O spare my brain one moment; 'tis his wife. + I'm lost: she is too fair. The secret's out + Of sick delays. He's feigned; he has but feigned. + + [Rushing to Alarcos.] + + Is that thy wife? and I? and what am I? + A trifled toy, a humoured instrument? + To guide with glozing words, vilely cajole + With petty perjuries? Is that thy wife? + Thou said'st she was not fair, thou did'st not love her: + Thou lied'st. O, anguish, anguish! + + IV:4:23 ALAR. + By the cross, + My soul is pure to thee. I'm wildered quite. + How came she here + + IV:4:24 SOL. + As she shall ne'er return. + Now, Count Alarcos, by the cross thou swearest + Thy faith is true to me. + + IV:4:25 ALAR. + Ay, by the cross, + + IV:4:26 SOL. + Give me thy dagger. + + IV:4:27 ALAR. + Not that hand or mine. + + IV:4:28 SOL. + Is this thy passion! + + [Takes his dagger.] + + Thus I gain the heart + I should despise. + + [Rushes to the couch.] + + IV:4:29 COUN. + What's this I see? + + IV:4:30 ALAR. + + [seizing the Infanta's upraised arm] + + A dream + A horrid dream, yet but a dream. + + + THE END OF THE FOURTH ACT. + + + + +ACT V + + + SCENE 1 + + + Exterior of the Castle of Alarcos in the valley of Arlanzon. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] + + + V:1:1 COUN. + I would recall the days gone by, and live + A moment in the past; if but to fly + The dreary present pressing on my brain, + Woe's omened harbinger. In exiled love + The scene he drew so fair! Ye castled crags, + The sunbeam plays on your embattled cliffs, + And softens your stern visage, as his love + Softened our early sorrows. But my sun + Has set for ever! Once we talked of cares + And deemed that we were sad. Men fancy sorrows + Until time brings the substance of despair, + And then their griefs are shadows. Give me exile! + It brought me love. Ah! days of gentle joy, + When pastime only parted us, and he + Returned with tales to make our children stare; + Or called my lute, while, round my waist entwined, + His hand kept chorus to my lay. No more! + O, we were happier than the happy birds; + And sweeter were our lives than the sweet flowers; + The stars were not more tranquil in their course, + Yet not more bright! The fountains in their play + Did most resemble us, that as they flow + Still sparkle! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + Oran, I am very sad. + + V:1:2 ORAN. + Cheer up, sweet lady, for the God of all + Will guard the innocent. + + V:1:3 COUN. + Think you he'll come + To visit us? Methinks he'll never come. + + V:1:4 ORAN. + He's but four leagues away. This vicinage + Argues a frequent presence. + + V:1:5 COUN. + But three nights-- + Have only three nights past? It is an epoch + Distant and dim with passion. There are seasons + Feelings crowd on so, time not flies but staggers; + And memory poises on her burthened plumes + To gloat upon her prey. Spoke he of coming? + + V:1:6 ORAN. + His words were scant and wild, and yet he murmured + That I should see him. + + V:1:7 COUN. + I've not seen him since + That fatal night, yet even that glance of terror-- + I'd hail it now. O, Oran, Oran, think you + He ever more will love me? Can I do + Aught to regain his love? They say your people + Are learned in these questions. Once I thought + There was no spell like duty--that devotion + Would bulwark love for ever. Now, I'd distil + Philtres, converse with moonlit hags, defile + My soul with talismans, bow down to spirits, + And frequent accursed places, all, yea all-- + I'd forfeit all--but to regain his love. + + V:1:8 ORAN. + There is a cloud now rising in the west, + In shape a hand, and scarcely would its grasp + Exceed mine own, it is so small; a spot, + A speck; see now again its colour flits! + A lurid tint; they call it on our coast + 'The hand of God;' I for when its finger rises + From out the horizon, there are storms abroad + And awful judgments. + + V:1:9 COUN. + Ah! it beckons me. + + V:1:10 ORAN. + Lady! + + V:1:11 COUN. + Yes, yes, see now the finger moves + And points to me. I feel it on my spirit. + + V:1:12 ORAN. + Methinks it points to me-- + + V:1:13 COUN. + To both of us. + It may be so. And what would it portend? + My heart's grown strangely calm. If there be chance + Of storms, my children should be safe. Let's home. + + + + + SCENE 2 + + An illuminated Hall in the Royal Palace at Burgos; + in the background Dancers. + + Groups of GUESTS passing. + + + V:2:1 1ST GUEST. + Radiant! + + V:2:2 2ND GUEST. + Recalls old days. + + V:2:3 3RD GUEST. + The Queen herself + Ne'er revelled it so high! + + V:2:4 4TH GUEST. + The Infanta beams + Like some bright star! + + V:2:5 5TH GUEST. + And brighter for the cloud + A moment screened her. + + V:2:6 6TH GUEST. + Is it true 'tis over + Between the Count Sidonia and the Lara? + + V:2:7 1ST GUEST. + A musty tale. The fair Alarcos wins him. + Where's she to-night? + + V:2:8 2ND GUEST. + All on the watch to view + Her entrance to our world. + + V:2:9 3RD GUEST. + The Count is here. + + V:2:10 4TH GUEST. + Where? + + V:2:11 3RD GUEST. + With the King; at least a moment since. + + V:2:12 2ND GUEST. + They say she's ravishing. + + V:2:13 4TH GUEST. + Beyond belief! + + V:2:14 3RD GUEST. + The King affects him much. + + V:2:15 5TH GUEST. + He's all in all. + + V:2:16 6TH GUEST. + Yon Knight of Calatrava, who is he? + + V:2:17 1ST GUEST. + Young Mendola. + + V:2:18 2ND GUEST. + What he so rich? + + V:2:19 1ST GUEST. + The same. + + V:2:20 2ND GUEST. + The Lara smiles on him. + + V:2:21 1ST GUEST. + No worthier quarry + + V:2:22 3RD GUEST. + Who has the vacant Mastership? + + V:2:23 4TH GUEST. + I'll back + The Count of Leon. + + V:2:24 3RD GUEST. + Likely; he stands well + With the Lord Admiral. + + [They move away.] + + [The Counts of SIDONIA and LEON come forward.] + + V:2:25 LEON. + Doubt as you like, + Credulity will come, and in good season. + + V:2:26 SIDO. + She is not here that would confirm your tale. + + V:2:27 LEON. + 'Tis history, my Sidonia. Strange events + Have happened, stranger come. + + V:2:28 SIDO. + I'll not believe it. + And favoured by the King! What can it mean? + + V:2:29 LEON. + What no one dares to say. + + V:2:30 SIDO. + A clear divorce. + O that accursed garden! But for that-- + + V:2:31 LEON. + 'Twas not my counsel. Now I'd give a purse + To wash good Oran in Arlanzon's wave; + The dusk dog needs a cleansing. + + V:2:32 SIDO. + Hush! here comes + Alarcos and the King. + + [They retire: the KING and COUNT ALARCOS advance.] + + V:2:33 KING. + Solisa looks + A Queen. + + V:2:34 ALAR. + The mirror of her earliest youth + Ne'er shadowed her so fair! + + V:2:35 KING. + I am young again, + Myself to-night. It quickens my old blood + To see my nobles round me. This goes well. + 'Tis Courts like these that make a King feel proud. + Thy future subjects, cousin. + + V:2:36 ALAR. + Gracious Sire, + I would be one. + + V:2:37 KING. + Our past seclusion lends + A lustre to this revel. + + [The KING approaches the Count of LEON; SOLISA advances to ALARCOS.] + + V:2:38 SOL. + Why art thou grave? + I came to bid thee smile. In truth, to-night + I feel a lightness of the heart to me + Hath long been strange. + + V:2:39 ALAR. + 'Tis passion makes me grave. + I muse upon thy beauty. Thus I'd read + My oppressed spirit, for in truth these sounds + Jar on my humour. + + V:2:40 SOL. + Now my brain is vivid + With wild and blissful images. Canst guess + What laughing thought unbidden, but resistless, + Plays o'er my mind to-night? Thou canst not guess: + Meseems it is our bridal night. + + V:2:41 ALAR. + Thy fancy + Outruns the truth but scantly. + + V:2:42 SOL. + Not a breath. + Our long-vexed destinies--even now their streams + Blend in one tide. It is the hour, Alarcos: + There is a spirit whispering in my ear, + The hour is come. I would I were a man + But for a rapid hour. Should I rest here, + Prattling with gladsome revellers, when time, + Steered by my hand, might bring me to a port + I long had sighed to enter? But, alas! + These are a woman's thoughts. + + V:2:43 ALAR. + And yet I share them. + + V:2:44 SOL. + Why not to-night? Now, when our hearts are high, + Our fancies glowing, pulses fit for kings, + And the whole frame and spirit of the man + Prepared for daring deeds? + + V:2:45 ALAR. + And were it done-- + Why then 'twere not to do. + + V:2:46 SOL. + The mind grows dull, + Dwelling on method of its deeds too long. + Our schemes should brood as gradual as the storm; + Their acting should be lightning. How far is't? + + V:2:47 ALAR. + An hour. + + V:2:48 SOL. + Why it wants two to midnight yet. + O could I see thee but re-enter here, + Ere yet the midnight clock strikes on my heart + The languish of new hours--I'd not ask thee + Why I had missed the mien, that draws to it ever + My constant glance. There'd need no speech between us; + For I should meet--my husband. + + V:2:49 ALAR. + 'Tis the burthen + Of this unfilled doom weighs on my spirit. + Why am I here? My heart and face but mar + This festive hall. To-night, why not to-night? + The night will soon have past: then 'twill be done. + We'll meet again to-night. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A Hall in the Castle of ALARCOS; + in the back of the Scene a door leading to another Apartment. + + + V:3:1 ORAN. + Reveal the future, lightnings! Then I'd hail + That arrowy flash. O darker than the storm + Cowed as the beasts now crouching in their caves, + Is my sad soul. Impending o'er this house, + I feel some bursting fate, my doomed arm + In vain would ward, + + [Enter a MAN AT ARMS.] + + How now, hast left thy post? + + V:3:2 MAN. + O worthy Castellan, the lightnings play + Upon our turrets, that no human step + Can keep the watch. Each forky flash seems missioned + To scathe our roof, and the whole platform flows + With a blue sea of flame. + + V:3:3 ORAN. + It is thy post. + No peril clears desertion. To thy post. + Mark me, my step will be as prompt as thine; + I will relieve thee. + + [Exit MAN AT ARMS.] + + Let the mischievous fire + Wither this head. O Allah! grant no fate + More dire awaits me. + + [Enter the COUNT ALARCOS.] + + Hah! the Count! My lord, + In such a night! + + V:3:4 ALAR. + A night that's not so wild + As this tempestuous breast. How is she, Oran? + + V:3:5 ORAN. + Well. + + V:3:6 ALAR. + Ever well. + + V:3:7 ORAN. + The children-- + + V:3:8 ALAR. + Wine, I'm wearied, + The lightning scared my horse; he's galled my arm. + Get me some wine. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + The storm was not to stop me. + The mind intent construes each natural act + To a personal bias, and so catches judgments + In every common course. In truth the flash, + Though it seemed opening hell, was not so dreadful + As that wild glaring hall. + + [Re-enter ORAN with a goblet and flagon.] + + Ah! this re-mans me! + I think the storm has lulled. Another cup. + Go see, good Oran, how the tempest speeds. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + An hour ago I did not dare to think + I'd drink wine more. + + [Re-enter ORAN.] + + V:3:9 ORAN. + The storm indeed has lulled + As by a miracle; the sky is clear, + There's not a breath of air; and from the turret + I heard the bell of Huelgas. + + V:3:10 ALAR. + Then 'twas nothing. + My spirit vaults! Oran, thou dost remember + The night that we first met? + + V:3:11 ORAN. + 'Tis graven deep + Upon my heart. + + V:3:12 ALAR. + I think thou lov'st me, Oran? + + V:3:13 ORAN. + And all thy house. + + V:3:14 ALAR. + Nay, thou shalt love but me. + I'll no divisions in the hearts that are mine. + + V:3:15 ORAN. + I have no love but that which knits me to thee + With deeper love. + + V:3:16 ALAR. + I found thee, Oran, what-- + I will not say. And now thou art, good Oran, + A Prince's Castellan. + + V:3:17 ORAN. + I feel thy bounty. + + V:3:18 ALAR. + Thou shalt be more. But serve me as I would, + And thou shalt name thy meed. + + V:3:19 ORAN. + To serve my lord + Is my sufficient meed. + + V:3:20 ALAR. + Come hither, Oran, + Were there a life between me and my life, + And all that makes that life a thing to cling to, + Love, Honour, Power, ay, what I will not name + Nor thou canst image--yet enough to stir + Ambition in the dead--I think, good Oran, + Thou would'st not see me foiled? + + V:3:21 ORAN. + Thy glory's dearer + Than life to me. + + V:3:22 ALAR. + I knew it, I knew it. + Thou shalt share all; thy alien blood shall be + No bar to thy preferment. Hast thou brothers? + I'll send for them. An aged sire, perchance? + Here's gold for him. Count it thyself. Contrive + All means of self-enjoyment. To the full + They shall lap up fruition. Thou hast, all have, + Some master wish which still eludes thy grasp, + And still's the secret idol of thy soul; + 'Tis gained. And only if thou dost, good Oran, + What love and duty prompt. + + V:3:23 ORAN. + Count on my faith, + I stand prepared to prove it. + + V:3:24 ALAR. + Good, good, Oran. + It is an hour to midnight? + + V:3:25 ORAN. + The moon is not + Within her midnight bower, yet near. + + V:3:26 ALAR. + So late! + The Countess sleeps? + + V:3:27 ORAN. + She has long retired. + + V:3:28 ALAR. + She sleeps, + O, she must wake no more! + + V:3:29 ORAN. + Thy wife! + + V:3:30 ALAR. + It must + Be done, ere yet the Castle chime shall tell + Night wanes. + + V:3:31 ORAN. + Thy wife! God of my fathers! none + Can do this deed! + + V:3:32 ALAR. + Upon thy hand it rests. + The deed must fall on thee. + + V:3:33 ORAN. + I will not do it. + + V:3:34 ALAR. + Thine oath, thine oath! Hast thou forgot thine oath? + Thou owest me a life, and now I claim it. + What, hast thou trifled with me? Hast thou fooled + With one whose point was at thy throat? Beware! + Thou art my slave, and I have branded thee + With this infernal ransom! + + V:3:35 ORAN. + I am thy slave, + And I will be thy slave, and all my days + Devoted to perdition. Not for gold + Or worldly worth; to cheer no aged parent, + Though I have one, a mother; not to bask + My seed within thy beams; to feed no passions + And gorge no craving vanity; but because + Thou gavest me life, and led to that which made + That life for once delicious. O, great sir, + The King's thy foe? Surrounded by his guards + I would waylay him. Hast thou some fierce rival? + I'll pluck his heart out. Yea! there is no peril + I'd not confront, no rack I'll not endure, + No great offence commit, to do thee service-- + So thou wilt spare me this, and spare thy soul + This unmatched sin. + + V:3:36 ALAR. + I had exhausted suffering + Ere I could speak to thee. I claim thine oath. + + V:3:37 ORAN. + One moment, yet one moment. This is sudden + As it is terrible. + + V:3:38 ALAR. + The womb is ripe, + And thou art but the midwife of the birth + I have engendered. + + V:3:39 ORAN. + Think how fair she is, + How gracious, how devoted! + + V:3:40 ALAR. + Need I thee + To tell me what she is! + + V:3:41 ORAN. + Thy children's mother. + + V:3:42 ALAR. + Would she were not! Another breast should bear + My children. + + V:3:43 ORAN. + Thou inhuman bloody man-- + It shall not be, it cannot, cannot be. + I tell thee, tyrant, there's a power abroad + E'en now that crashes thee. The storm that raged + Blows from a mystic quarter. 'Tis the hand + Of Allah guides the tempest of this night. + + V:3:44 ALAR. + Thine oath, thine oath! + + V:3:45 ORAN. + Accursed be the hour + Thou sparedst my life! + + V:3:46 ALAR. + Thine oath, I claim thine oath. + Nay, Moor, what is it? 'Tis a life, and thou + Hast learnt to rate existence at its worth. + A life, a woman's life! Why, sack a town, + And thousands die like her. My faithful Oran, + Come let me love thee, let me find a friend + When friends can prove themselves. It's not an oath + Vowed in our sunshine ease, that shows a friend; + 'Tis the tempestuous mood like this, that calls + For faithful service. + + V:3:47 ORAN. + Hah! the Emir's blood + Cries for this judgment. It was sacred seed. + + V:3:48 ALAR. + It flowed to clear thine honour. Art thou he + That honour loved so dearly, that he scorned + Betrayal of a foe, although that foe + Had changed him to a bravo? + + V:3:49 ORAN. + Let me kiss + Thy garment's hem, and grovel it thy feet-- + I pray, I supplicate--my lord, my lord-- + Absolve me from that oath! + + V:3:50 ALAR. + I had not thought + To claim it twice. It seems I lacked some judgment + In man, to deem that honour might be found + In hired stabbers. + + V:3:51 ORAN. + Hah! I vowed to thee + A life for that which thou didst spare--'tis well. + The debt is paid. + + [Stabs himself and falls.] + + [Enter the COUNTESS from the inner Chamber.] + + V:3:52 COUN. + I cannot sleep--my dreams are full of woe! + Alarcos! my Alarcos! Hah! dread sight! + Oran! + + V:3:53 ORAN. + O, spare her; 'tis no sacrifice + If she be spared. + + V:3:54 COUN. + Wild words! Thou dost not speak. + O, speak, Alarcos! speak! + + V:3:55 ORAN. + His voice is death. + + V:3:56 COUN. + Ye Saints uphold me now, for I am weak + And lost. What means this? Oran dying! Nay-- + Alarcos! I'm a woman. Aid me, aid me. + Why's Oran thus? O, save him, my Alarcos! + Blood! And why shed? Why, let us staunch his wounds. + Why are there wounds? He will not speak. Alarcos, + A word, a single word! Unhappy Moor! + Where is thy hurt? + [Kneels by ORAN.] + + V:3:57 ORAN. + That hand! This is not death; + 'Tis Paradise. + + [Dies.] + + V:3:58 ALAR. + + [advancing in soliloquy] + + He sets me great examples. + 'Tis easier than I deemed; a single blow + And his bold soul has fled. His lavish life + Enlists me in quick service. Quit that dark corpse; + He died as did become a perjured traitor. + + V:3:59 COUN. + To whom, my lord? + + V:3:60 ALAR. + To all Castille perchance. + Come hither, wife. Before the morning breaks + A lengthened journey waits thee. Art prepared? + + V:3:61 COUN. + + [springing to ALARCOS] + + I will not go. Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + Thy look is terrible! What mean these words? + Why should'st thou spare me? Why should Oran die? + The veil that clouds thy mind--I'll rend it. Tell me-- + Yea! I'll know all. A power supports me now-- + Defies even thee. + + V:3:62 ALAR. + A traitor's troubled tongue + Disturbs thy mind. I tell thee, thou must leave + This castle promptly. + + V:3:63 COUN. + Not to Burgos--say + But that. I will not go. That fatal woman-- + Her shadow's on thy soul. + + V:3:64 ALAR. + No, not to Burgos. + 'Tis not to Burgos that thy journey tends. + The children sleep? + + V:3:65 COUN. + Spite of the storm. + + V:3:66 ALAR. + Go--kiss them. + Thou canst not take them with thee. To thy chamber-- + Quick to thy chamber. + + [The COUNTESS as if about to speak, but ALARCOS stops her.] + + Nay, time presses, wife. + + [The COUNTESS slowly re-enters her Chamber.] + + V:3:67 ALAR. + I am alone--with Death. And will she look + Serene as this? The visage of a hero + Stamped with a martyred end! Thou noble Moor! + What if thy fate were mine! Thou art at rest: + No dark fulfilment waits o'er thee. The tomb + Hath many charms. + + [The COUNTESS calls.] + + V:3:68 COUN. + Alarcos! + + V:3:69 ALAR. + Ay, anon. + Why did she tell me that she lived? Methought + It was all past. I came to confront death; + And we have met. This sacrificial blood-- + What, bears it no atonement? 'Twas an offering + Fit for the Gods. + + [The midnight bell.] + + She waits me now; her hand + Extends a diadem; my achieveless arm + Would wither at her scorn. 'Tis thus, Solisa, + I gain thy heart and realm! + + [ALARCOS moves hastily to the Chamber, which he enters; + the stage for some seconds is empty; a shriek is then heard; + ALARCOS re-appears, very pale, and slowly advances to the front of the stage.] + + 'Tis over and I live. I heard a sound; + Was't Oran's spirit? + I'll not rest here, and yet I dare not back. + The bodies? Nay, 'tis done--I'll not shrink now. + I have seen death before. But is this death? + Methinks a deeper mystery. Well, 'tis done. + There'll be no hour so dark as this. I would + I had not caught her eye. + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + The Warder's note! + Shall I meet life again? + + [Another trumpet sounds.] + + [Enter the SENESCHAL.] + + V:3:70 SEN. + Horsemen from Court. + + V:3:71 ALAR. + The Court! I'm sick at heart. Perchance she's eager, + And cannot wait my coming. + + [Enter two COURTIERS.] + + Well, good sirs! + + V:3:72 1ST COURT. + Alas, my lord. + + V:3:73 ALAR. + I live upon thy words. + What now? + + V:3:74 1ST COURT. + We have rode post, my lord. + + V:3:75 ALAR. + Bad news + Flies ever. 'Tis the King? + + V:3:76 1ST COURT. + Alas! + + V:3:77 ALAR. + She's ill. + My horse, my horse there! + + V:3:78 1ST COURT. + Nay, my lord, not so. + + V:3:79 ALAR. + Why then I care for nought. + + V:3:80 1ST COURT. + Unheard-of horror! + The storm, the storm-- + + V:3:81 ALAR. + I rode in it. + + V:3:82 1ST COURT. + Methought + Each flash would fire the Citadel; the flame + Wreathed round its pinnacles, and poured in streams + Adown the pallid battlements. Our revellers + Forgot their festival, and stopped to gaze + On the portentous vision. When behold! + The curtained clouds re-opened, and a bolt + Came winged from the startling blue of heaven, + And struck--the Infanta! + + V:3:83 ALAR. + There's a God of Vengeance. + + V:3:84 1ST COURT. + She fell a blighted corpse. Amid the shrieks + Of women, prayers of hurrying multitudes, + The panic and the stir we sought for thee; + The King's overwhelmed. + + V:3:85 ALAR. + My wife's at least a Queen, + She reigns in Heaven. The King's o'erwhelmed--poor man + Go tell him, sirs, the Count Alarcos lived + To find a hell on earth; yet thus he sought + A deeper and a darker. + + [Falls.] + + + The End + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Count Alarcos, by Benjamin Disraeli + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNT ALARCOS *** + +***** This file should be named 7487-8.txt or 7487-8.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/7/4/8/7487/ + +Produced by K. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Count Alarcos + A Tragedy + +Author: Benjamin Disraeli + +Release Date: July 31, 2009 [EBook #7487] +Last Updated: September 7, 2016 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNT ALARCOS *** + + + + +Produced by K. Kay Shearin, and David Widger + + + + + + +</pre> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <h1> + COUNT ALARCOS + </h1> + <h2> + A TRAGEDY + </h2> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <h2> + By Benjamin Disraeli + </h2> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <p> + As there is no historical authority for the events of the celebrated + Ballad on which this Tragedy is founded, I have fixed upon the thirteenth + century for the period of their occurrence. At that time the kingdom of + Castille had recently obtained that supremacy in Spain which led, in a + subsequent age, to the political integrity of the country. Burgos, its + capital, was a magnificent city; and then also arose that masterpiece of + Christian architecture, its famous Cathedral. + </p> + <p> + This state of comparative refinement and civilisation permitted the + introduction of more complicated motives than the rude manners of the + Ballad would have authorised; while the picturesque features of the + Castillian middle ages still flourished in full force; the factions of a + powerful nobility, renowned for their turbulence, strong passions, + enormous crimes, profound superstition. + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + [Delta] +</pre> + <p> + London: May, 1839 + </p> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> <a href="#link2H_4_0001"> DRAMATIS PERSONAE </a><br /> + </p> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0002"> ACT I </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0003"> ACT II </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0004"> ACT III </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0005"> ACT IV </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0006"> ACT V </a> + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> <a name="link2H_4_0001" id="link2H_4_0001"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <h2> + DRAMATIS PERSONAE + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + THE KING OF CASTILLE. + COUNT ALARCOS, a Prince of the Blood. + COUNT OF SIDONIA. + COUNT OF LEON. + PRIOR OF BURGOS. + ORAN, a Moor. + FERDINAND, a PAGE. + GUZMAN JACA, a BRAVO. + GRAUS, the Keeper of a Posada. + + SOLISA, Infanta of Castille, only child of the King. + FLORIMONDE, Countess Alarcos. + FLIX, a Hostess. + + Courtiers, Pages, Chamberlains, Bravos, and Priests. +</pre> + <p> + Time—the 13th Century. Scene—Burgos, the capital of Castille, + and its vicinity. + </p> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0002" id="link2H_4_0002"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + ACT I + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 1 + + A Street in Burgos; the Cathedral in the distance. + + [Enter Two Courtiers.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I:1:1 1ST COURT. + The Prince of Hungary dismissed? + + I:1:2 2ND COURT. + Indeed + So runs the rumour. + + I:1:3 1ST COURT. + Why the spousal note + Still floats upon the air! + + I:1:4 2ND COURT. + Myself this morn + Beheld the Infanta’s entrance, as she threw, + Proud as some hitless barb, her haughty glance + On our assembled chiefs. + + I:1:5 1ST COURT. + The Prince was there? + + I:1:6 2ND COURT. + Most royally; nor seemed a man more fit + To claim a kingdom for a dower. He looked + Our Gadian Hercules, as the advancing peers + Their homage paid. I followed in the train + Of Count Alarcos, with whose ancient house + My fortunes long have mingled. + + I:1:7 1ST COURT. + ‘Tis the same, + But just returned? + + I:1:8 2ND COURT. + Long banished from the Court; + And only favoured since the Queen’s decease, + His ancient foe. + + I:1:9 1ST COURT. + A very potent Lord? + + I:1:10 2ND COURT. + Near to the throne; too near perchance for peace. + You’re young at Burgos, or indeed ‘twere vain + To sing Alarcos’ praise, the brightest knight + That ever waved a lance in Old Castille. + + I:1:11 1ST COURT. + You followed in his train? + + I:1:12 2ND COURT. + And as we passed, + Alarcos bowing to the lowest earth, + The Infanta swooned; and pale as yon niched saint, + From off the throned step, her seat of place, + Fell in a wild and senseless agony. + + I:1:13 1ST COURT. + Sancta Maria! and the King— + + I:1:14 2ND COURT. + Uprose + And bore her from her maidens, then broke up + The hurried Court; indeed I know no more, + For like a turning tide the crowd pressed on, + And scarcely could I gain the grateful air. + Yet on the Prado’s walk came smiling by + The Bishop of Ossuna; as he passed + He clutched my cloak, and whispered in my ear, + ‘The match is off.’ + + [Enter PAGE.] + + I:1:15 1ST COURT. + Hush! hush! a passenger. + + I:1:16 PAGE. + Most noble Cavaliers, I pray, inform me + Where the great Count Alarcos holds his quarter. + + I:1:17 2ND COURT. + In the chief square. His banner tells the roof; + Your pleasure with the Count, my gentle youth? + + I:1:18 PAGE. + I were a sorry messenger to tell + My mission to the first who asks its aim. + + I:1:19 2ND COURT. + The Count Alarcos is my friend and chief. + + I:1:20 PAGE. + Then better reason I should trusty be, + For you can be a witness to my trust. + + I:1:21 1ST COURT. + A forward youth! + + I:1:22 2ND COURT. + A page is ever pert + + I:1:23 PAGE. + Ay! ever pert is youth that baffles age. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + I:1:24 1ST COURT. + The Count is married? + + I:1:25 2ND COURT. + To a beauteous lady; + And blessed with a fair race. A happy man + Indeed is Count Alarcos. + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + I:1:26 1ST COURT. + Prithee, see; + Passes he now? + + I:1:27 2ND COURT. + Long since. Yon banner tells + The Count Sidonia. Let us on, and view + The passage of his pomp. His Moorish steeds, + They say, are very choice. + + [Exeunt Two Courtiers.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 2. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Chamber in the Palace of Alarcos. The COUNTESS seated and + working at her tapestry; the COUNT pacing the Chamber. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I:2:1 COUN. + You are disturbed, Alarcos? + + I:2:2 ALAR. + ‘Tis the stir + And tumult of this morn. I am not used + To Courts. + + I:2:3 COUN. + I know not why, it is a name + That makes me tremble. + + I:2:4 ALAR. + Tremble, Florimonde, + Why should you tremble? + + I:2:5 COUN. + Sooth I cannot say. + Methinks the Court but little suits my kind; + I love our quiet home. + + I:2:6 ALAR. + This is our home, + + I:2:7 COUN. + When you are here. + + I:2:8 ALAR. + I will be always here. + + I:2:9 COUN. + Thou canst not, sweet Alarcos. Happy hours, + When we were parted but to hear thy horn + Sound in our native woods! + + I:2:10 ALAR. + Why, this is humour! + We’re courtiers now; and we must smile and smirk. + + I:2:11 COUN. + Methinks your tongue is gayer than your glance. + The King, I hope, was gracious? + + I:2:12 ALAR. + Were he not, + My frown’s as prompt as his. He was most gracious. + + I:2:13 COUN. + Something has chafed thee? + + I:2:14 ALAR. + What should chafe me, child, + And when should hearts be light, if mine be dull? + Is not mine exile over? Is it nought + To breathe in the same house where we were born, + And sleep where slept our fathers? Should that chafe? + + I:2:15 COUN. + Yet didst then leave my side this very morn, + And with a vow this day should ever count + Amid thy life most happy; when we meet + Thy brow is clouded. + + I:2:16 ALAR. + Joy is sometimes grave, + And deepest when ‘tis calm. And I am joyful + If it be joy, this long forbidden hall + Once more to pace, and feel each fearless step + Tread on a baffled foe. + + I:2:17 COUN. + Hast thou still foes + + I:2:18 ALAR. + I trust so; I should not be what I am, + Still less what I will be, if hate did not + Pursue me as my shadow. Ah! fair wife, + Thou knowest not Burgos. Thou hast yet to fathom + The depths of thy new world. + + I:2:19 COUN. + I do recoil + As from some unknown woo, from this same world. + I thought we came for peace. + + I:2:20 ALAR. + Peace dwells within + No lordly roof in Burgos. We have come + For triumph. + + I:2:21 COUN. + So I share thy lot, Alarcos, + All feelings are the same. + + I:2:22 ALAR. + My Florimonde, + I took thee from a fair and pleasant home + In a soft land, where, like the air they live in, + Men’s hearts are mild. This proud and fierce Castille + Resembles not thy gentle Aquitaine, + More than the eagle may a dove, and yet + It is my country. Danger in its bounds + Weighs more than foreign safety. But why speak + Of what exists not? + + I:2:23 COUN. + And I hope may never! + + I:2:24 ALAR. + And if it come, what then? This chance shall find me + Not unprepared. + + I:2:25 COUN. + But why should there be danger? + And why should’st thou, the foremost prince of Spain, + Fear or make foes? Thou standest in no light + Would fall on other shoulders; thou hast no height + To climb, and nought to gain. Thou art complete; + The King alone above thee, and thy friend. + + I:2:26 ALAR. + So I would deem. I did not speak of fear. + + I:2:27 COUN. + Of danger? + + I:2:28 ALAR. + That’s delight, when it may lead + To mighty ends. Ah, Florimonde! thou art too pure; + Unsoiled in the rough and miry paths + Of ibis same trampling world; unskilled in heats + Of fierce and emulous spirits. There’s a rapture + In the strife of factions, that a woman’s soul + Can never reach. Men smiled on me to-day + Would gladly dig my grave; and yet I smiled, + And gave them coin as ready as their own, + And not less base. + + I:2:29 COUN. + And can there be such men, + And canst thou live with them? + + I:2:30 ALAR. + Ay! and they saw + Me ride this morning in my state again; + The people cried ‘Alarcos and Castille!’ + The shout will dull their feasts. + + I:2:31 COUN. + There was a time + Thou didst look back as on a turbulent dream + On this same life. + + I:2:32 ALAR. + I was an exile then. + This stirring Burgos has revived my vein. + Yea, as I glanced from off the Citadel + This very morn, and at my feet outspread + Its amphitheatre of solemn towers + And groves of golden pinnacles, and marked + Turrets of friends and foes; or traced the range, + Spread since my exile, of our city’s walls + Washed by the swift Arlanzon: all around + The flash of lances, blaze of banners, rush + Of hurrying horsemen, and the haughty blast + Of the soul-stirring trumpet, I renounced + My old philosophy, and gazed as gazes + The falcon on his quarry! + + I:2:33 COUN. + Jesu grant + The lure will bear no harm! + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + I:2:34 ALAR. + Whose note is that? + I hear the tramp of horsemen in the court; + We have some guests. + + I:2:35 COUN. + Indeed! + + [Enter the COUNT OF SIDONIA and the COUNT OF LEON.] + + I:2:36 ALAR. + My noble friends, + My Countess greets ye! + + I:2:37 SIDO. + And indeed we pay + To her our homage. + + I:2:38 LEON. + Proud our city boasts + So fair a presence. + + I:2:39 COUN. + Count Alarcos’ friends + Are ever welcome here. + + I:2:40 ALAR. + No common wife. + Who welcomes with a smile her husband’s friends. + + I:2:41 SIDO. + Indeed a treasure! When I marry, Count, + I’ll claim your counsel. + + I:2:42 COUN. + ‘Tis not then your lot? + + I:2:43 SIDO. + Not yet, sweet dame; tho’ sooth to say, full often + I dream such things may be. + + I:2:44 COUN. + Your friend is free? + + I:2:45 LEON. + And values freedom: with a rosy chain + I still should feel a captive. + + I:2:46 SIDO. + Noble Leon + Is proof against the gentle passion, lady, + And will ere long, my rapier for a gage, + Marry a scold. + + I:2:47 LEON. + In Burgos now, methinks, + Marriage is scarce the mode. Our princess frowns, + It seems, upon her suitors. + + I:2:48 SIDO. + Is it true + The match is off? + + I:2:49 LEON. + ‘Tis said. + + I:2:50 COUN. + The match is off + You did not tell me this strange news, Alarcos. + + I:2:51 SIDO. + Did he not tell you how— + + I:2:52 ALAR. + In truth, good sirs, + My wife and I are somewhat strangers here, + And things that are of moment to the minds + That long have dwelt on them, to us are nought. + + [To the Countess.] + + There was a sort of scene to-day at Court; + The Princess fainted: we were all dismissed, + Somewhat abruptly; but, in truth, I deem + These rumours have no source but in the tongues + Of curious idlers. + + I:2:53 SIDO. + Faith, I hold them true. + Indeed they’re very rife. + + I:2:54 LEON. + Poor man, methinks + His is a lot forlorn, at once to lose + A mistress and a crown! + + I:2:55 COUN. + Yet both may bring + Sorrow and cares. But little joy, I ween, + Dwells with a royal bride, too apt to claim + The homage she should yield. + + I:2:56 SIDO. + I would all wives + Hold with your Countess in this pleasing creed. + + I:2:57 ALAR. + She has her way: it is a cunning wench + That knows to wheedle. Burgos still maintains + Its fame for noble fabrics. Since my time + The city’s spread. + + I:2:58 SIDO. + Ah! you’re a traveller, Count. + And yet we have not lagged. + + I:2:59 COUN. + The Infanta, sirs, + Was it a kind of swoon? + + I:2:60 ALAR. + Old Lara lives + Still in his ancient quarter? + + I:2:61 LEON. + With the rats + That share his palace. You spoke, Madam? + + I:2:62 COUN. + She + Has dainty health, perhaps? + + I:2:63 LEON. + All ladies have. + And yet as little of the fainting mood + As one could fix on— + + I:2:64 ALAR. + Mendola left treasure? + + I:2:65 SIDO. + Wedges of gold, a chamber of sequins + Sealed up for ages, flocks of Barbary sheep + Might ransom princes, tapestry so rare + The King straight purchased, covering for the price + Each piece with pistoles. + + I:2:66 COUN. + Is she very fair + + I:2:67 LEON. + As future queens must ever be, and yet + Her face might charm uncrowned. + + I:2:68 COUN. + It grieves me much + To hear the Prince departs. ‘Tis not the first + Among her suitors + + I:2:69 ALAR. + Your good uncle lives— + Nunez de Leon? + + I:2:70 LEON. + To my cost, Alarcos; + He owes me much. + + I:2:71 SIDO. + Some promises his heir + Would wish fulfilled. + + I:2:72 COUN. + In Gascony, they said, + Navarre had sought her hand. + + I:2:73 LEON. + He loitered here + But could not pluck the fruit: it was too high. + Sidonia threw him in a tilt one day. + The Infanta has her fancies; unhorsed knights + Count not among them. + + [Enter a CHAMBERLAIN who whispers COUNT ALARCOS.] + + I:2:74 ALAR. + Urgent, and me alone + Will commune with! A Page! Kind guests, your pardon, + I’ll find you here anon. My Florimonde, + Our friends will not desert you, like your spouse. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] + + I:2:75 COUN. + My Lords, will see our gardens? + + I:2:76 SIDO. + We are favoured. + We wait upon your steps. + + I:2:77 LEON. + And feel that roses + Will spring beneath them. + + I:2:78 COUN. + You are an adept, sir, + In our gay science. + + I:2:79 LEON. + Faith, I stole it, lady, + From a loose Troubadour Sidonia keeps + To write his sonnets. + + [Exeunt omnes.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 3 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Chamber. + + [Enter ALARCOS and PAGE.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I:3:1 PAGE. + Will you wait here, my Lord? + + I:3:2 ALAR. + I will, sir Page. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + The Bishop of Ossuna: what would he? + He scents the prosperous ever. Ay! they’ll cluster + Round this new hive. But I’ll not house them yet. + Marry, I know them all; but me they know, + As mountains might the leaping stream that meets + The ocean as a river. Time and exile + Change our life’s course, but is its flow less deep + Because it is more calm? I’ve seen to-day + Might stir its pools. What if my phantom flung + A shade on their bright path? ‘Tis closed to me + Although the goal’s a crown. She loved me once; + Now swoons, and now the match is off. She’s true. + But I have clipped the heart that once could soar + High as her own! Dreams, dreams! And yet entranced, + Unto the fair phantasma that is fled, + My struggling fancy clings; for there are hours + When memory with her signet stamps the brain + With an undying mint; and these were such, + When high Ambition and enraptured Love, + Twin Genii of my daring destiny, + Bore on my sweeping life with their full wing, + Like an angelic host: + + [In the distance enter a lady veiled.] + + Is this their priest? + Burgos unchanged I see. + + [Advancing towards her.] + + A needless veil + To one prophetic of thy charms, fair lady. + And yet they fall on an ungracious eye. + + [Withdraws the veil.] + + Solisa! + + I:3:3 SOL. + Yes! Solisa; once again + O say Solisa! let that long lost voice + Breathe with a name too faithful! + + I:3:4 ALAR. + Oh! what tones, + What mazing sight is this! The spellbound forms + Of my first youth rise up from the abyss + Of opening time. I listen to a voice + That bursts the sepulchre of buried hope + Like an immortal trumpet. + + I:3:5 SOL. + Thou hast granted, + Mary, my prayers! + + I:3:6 ALAR. + Solisa, my Solisa! + + I:3:7 SOL. + Thine, thine, Alarcos. But thou: whose art thou? + + I:3:8 ALAR. + Within this chamber is my memory bound; + I have no thought, no consciousness beyond + Its precious walls. + + I:3:9 SOL. + Thus did he look, thus speak, + When to my heart he clung, and I to him + Breathed my first love—and last. + + I:3:10 ALAR. + Alas! alas! + Woe to thy Mother, maiden. + + I:3:11 SOL. + She has found + That which I oft have prayed for. + + I:3:12 ALAR. + But not found + A doom more dark than ours. + + I:3:13 SOL. + I sent for thee, + To tell thee why I sent for thee; yet why, + Alas! I know not. Was it but to look + Alone upon the face that once was mine? + This morn it was so grave. O! was it woe, + Or but indifference, that inspired that brow + That seemed so cold and stately? Was it hate? + O! tell me anything, but that to thee + I am a thing of nothingness. + + I:3:14 ALAR. + O spare! + Spare me such words of torture. + + I:3:15 SOL. + Could I feel + Thou didst not hate me, that my image brought + At least a gentle, if not tender thoughts, + I’d be content. I cannot live to think, + After the past, that we should meet again + And change cold looks. We are not strangers, say + At least we are not strangers? + + I:3:16 ALAR. + Gentle Princess— + + I:3:17 SOL. + Call me Solisa; tho’ we meet no more + Call me Solisa now. + + I:3:18 ALAR. + Thy happiness— + + I:3:19 SOL. + O! no, no, no, not happiness, at least + Not from those lips. + + I:3:20 ALAR. + Indeed it is a name + That ill becomes them. + + I:3:21 SOL. + Yet they say, thou’rt happy, + And bright with all prosperity, and I + Felt solace in that thought. + + I:3:22 ALAR. + Prosperity! + Men call them prosperous whom they deem enjoy + That which they envy; but there’s no success + Save in one master-wish fulfilled, and mine + Is lost for ever. + + I:3:23 SOL. + Why was it? O, why + Didst thou forget me? + + I:3:24 ALAR. + Never, lady, never— + But ah! the past, the irrevocable past— + We can but meet to mourn. + + I:3:25 SOL. + No, not to mourn + I came to bless thee, came to tell to thee + I hoped that thou wert happy. + + I:3:26 ALAR. + Come to mourn. + I’ll find delight in my unbridled grief: + Yes! let me fling away at last this mask, + And gaze upon my woe. + + I:3:27 SOL. + O, it was rash, + Indeed ‘twas rash, Alarcos; what, sweet sir, + What, after all our vows, to hold me false, + And place this bar between us! I’ll not think + Thou ever loved’st me as thou did’st profess, + And that’s the bitter drop. + + I:3:28 ALAR. + Indeed, indeed— + + I:3:29 SOL. + I could bear much, I could bear all, but this + My faith in thy past love, it was so deep, + So pure, so sacred, ‘twas my only solace; + I fed upon it in my secret heart, + And now e’en that is gone. + + I:3:30 ALAR. + Doubt not the past, + ‘Tis sanctified. It is the green fresh spot + In my life’s desert. + + I:3:31 SOL. + There is none to thee + As I have been? Speak, speak, Alarcos, tell me + Is’t true? Or, in this shipwreck of my soul, + Do I cling wildly to some perishing hope + That sinks like me? + + I:3:32 ALAR. + The May-burst of the heart + Can bloom but once; and mine has fled, not faded. + That thought gave fancied solace, ah, ‘twas fancy, + For now I feel my doom. + + I:3:33 SOL. + Thou hast no doom + But what is splendid as thyself. Alas! + Weak woman, when she stakes her heart, must play + Ever a fatal chance. It is her all, + And when ‘tis lost, she’s bankrupt; but proud man + Shuffles the cards again, and wins to-morrow + What pays his present forfeit. + + I:3:34 ALAR. + But alas! + What have I won? + + I:3:35 SOL. + A country and a wife. + + I:3:36 ALAR. + A wife! + + I:3:37 SOL. + A wife, and very fair, they say. + She should be fair, who could induce thee break + Such vows as thine. O! I am very weak. + Why came I here? Was it indeed to see + If thou could’st look on me? + + I:3:38 ALAR. + My own Solisa. + + I:3:39 SOL. + Call me not thine; why, what am I to thee + That thou should’st call me thine? + + I:3:40 ALAR. + Indeed, sweet lady, + Thou lookest on a man as bruised in spirit, + As broken-hearted, and subdued in soul, + As any breathing wretch that deems the day + Can bring no darker morrow. Pity me! + And if kind words may not subdue those lips + So scornful in their beauty, be they touched + At least by Mercy’s accents! Was’t a crime, + I could not dare believe that royal heart + Retained an exile’s image? that forlorn, + Harassed, worn out, surrounded by strange aspects + And stranger manners, in those formal ties + Custom points out, I sought some refuge, found + At least companionship, and, grant ‘twas weak, + Shrunk from the sharp endurance of the doom + That waits on exile, utter loneliness! + + I:3:41 SOL. + His utter loneliness! + + I:3:42 ALAR. + And met thy name, + Most beauteous lady, prithee think of this, + Only to hear the princes of the world + Were thy hot suitors, and that one would soon + Be happier than Alarcos. + + I:3:43 SOL. + False, most false, + They told thee false. + + I:3:44 ALAR. + At least, then, pity me, + Solisa! + + I:3:45 SOL. + Ah! Solisa, that sweet voice, + Why should I pity thee? ‘Tis not my office. + Go, go to her that cheered thy loneliness, + Thy utter loneliness. And had I none? + Had I no pangs of solitude? Exile! + O! there were moments I’d have gladly given + My crown for banishment. A wounded heart + Beats freer in a desert; ‘tis the air + Of palaces that chokes it. + + I:3:46 ALAR. + Fate has crossed, + Not falsehood, our sweet loves. Our lofty passion + Is tainted with no vileness. Memory bears + Convulsion, not contempt; no palling sting + That waits on base affections. It is something + To have loved thee; and in that thought I find + My sense exalted; wretched though I be. + + I:3:47 SOL. + Is he so wretched? Yet he is less forlorn + Than when he sought, what I would never seek, + A partner in his woe! I’ll ne’er believe it; + Thou art not wretched. Why, thou hast a friend, + A sweet companion in thy grief to soothe + Thy loneliness, and feed on thy bright smiles, + Thrill with thine accents, with impassioned reverence + Enclasp thine hand, and with enchained eyes + Gaze on thy glorious presence. O, Alarcos! + Art thou not worshipped now? What, can it be, + That there is one, who walks in Paradise, + Nor feels the air immortal? + + I:3:48 ALAR. + Let my curse + Descend upon the hour I left thy walls, + My father’s town! + + I:3:49 SOL. + My blessing on thy curse! + Thou hast returned, thou hast returned, Alarcos? + + I:3:50 ALAR. + To despair. + + I:3:51 SOL. + Yet ‘tis not the hour he quitted + Our city’s wall, it is the tie that binds him + Within those walls my lips would more denounce, + But ah, that tie is dear! + + I:3:52 ALAR. + Accursed be + The wiles that parted us; accursed be + The ties that sever us + + I:3:53 SOL. + Thou’rt mine. + + I:3:54 ALAR. + For ever. + Thou unpolluted passion of my youth, + My first, my only, my enduring love! + + [They embrace.] + + [Enter FERDINAND, the PAGE.] + + I:3:55 PAGE. + Lady, a message from thy royal father; + He comes— + + I:3:56 SOL. + + [Springing from the arms of Alarcos.] + + My father! word of fear! Why now + To cloud my light? I had forgotten fate; + But he recalls it. O my bright Alarcos! + My love must fly. Nay, not one word of care; + Love only from those lips. Yet, ere we part, + Seal our sweet faith renewed. + + I:3:57 ALAR. + And never broken. + + [Exit Alarcos.] + + I:3:58 SOL. + Why has he gone? Why did I bid him go? + And let this jewel I so daring plucked + Slip in the waves again? I’m sure there’s time + To call him back, and say farewell once more. + I’ll say farewell no more; it was a word + Ever harsh music when the morrow brought + Welcomes renewed of love, No more farewells. + O when will he be mine! I cannot wait, + I cannot tarry, now I know he loves me; + Each hour, each instant that I see him not, + Is usurpation of my right. O joy! + Am I the same Solisa, that this morn + Breathed forth her orison with humbler spirit + Than the surrounding acolytes? Thou’st smiled, + Sweet Virgin, on my prayers. Twice fifty tapers + Shall burn before thy shrine. Guard over me + O! mother of my soul, and let me prosper + In my great enterprise! O hope! O love! + O sharp remembrance of long baffled joy! + Inspire me now. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 4. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + The KING; the INFANTA. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I:4:1 KING. + I see my daughter? + + I:4:2 SOL. + Sir, your duteous child. + + I:4:3 KING. + Art thou indeed my child? I had some doubt + I was a father. + + I:4:4 SOL. + These are bitter words. + + I:4:5 KING. + Even as thy conduct. + + I:4:6 SOL. + Then it would appear + My conduct and my life are but the same. + + I:4:7 KING. + I thought thou wert the Infanta of Castille, + Heir to our realm, the paragon of Spain + The Princess for whose smiles crowned Christendom + Sends forth its sceptred rivals. Is that bitter? + Or bitter is it with such privilege, + And standing on life’s vantage ground, to cross + A nation’s hope, that on thy nice career + Has gaged its heart? + + I:4:8 SOL. + Have I no heart to gage? + A sacrificial virgin, must I bind + My life to the altar, to redeem a state, + Or heal some doomed People? + + I:4:9 KING. + Is it so? + Is this an office alien to thy sex? + Or what thy youth repudiates? We but ask + What nature sanctions. + + I:4:10 SOL. + Nature sanctions Love; + Your charter is more liberal. Let that pass. + I am no stranger to my duty, sir, + And read it thus. The blood that shares my sceptre + Should be august as mine. A woman loses + In love what she may gain in rank, who tops + Her husband’s place; though throned, I would exchange + An equal glance. His name should be a spell + · To rally soldiers. Politic he should be; + And skilled in climes and tongues; that stranger knights + Should bruit on, high Castillian courtesies. + Such chief might please a state? + + I:4:11 KING. + Fortunate realm! + + I:4:12 SOL. + And shall I own less niceness than my realm? + No! I would have him handsome a god; + Hyperion in his splendor, or the mien + Of conquering Bacchus, one whose very step + Should guide a limner, and whose common words + Are caught by Troubadours to frame their songs! + And O, my father, what if this bright prince + Should I have a heart as tender as his soul + Was high and peerless? If with this same heart + He loved thy daughter? + + I:4:13 KING. + Close the airy page + Of thy romance; such princes are not found + Except in lays and legends! yet a man + Who would become a throne, I found thee, girl; + The princely Hungary. + + I:4:14 SOL. + A more princely fate, + Than an unwilling wife, he did deserve. + + I:4:15 KING. + Yet wherefore didst thou pledge thy troth to him? + + I:4:16 SOL. + And wherefore do I smile when I should sigh? + And wherefore do I feed when I would fast? + And wherefore do I dance when I should pray? + And wherefore do I live when I should die? + Canst answer that, good Sir? O there are women + The world deem mad, or worse, whose life but seems + One vile caprice, a freakish thing of whims + And restless nothingness; yet if we pierce + The soul, may be we’ll touch some cause profound + For what seems causeless. Early love despised, + Or baffled, which is worse; a faith betrayed, + For vanity or lucre; chill regards, + Where to gain constant glances we have paid + Some fearful forfeit: here are many springs, + Unmarked by shallow eyes, and some, or all + Of these, or none, may prompt my conduct now— + But I’ll not have thy prince. + + I:4:17 KING. + My, gentle child— + + I:4:18 SOL. + I am not gentle. I might have been once; + But gentle thoughts and I have parted long; + The cause of such partition thou shouldst know + If memories were just. + + I:4:19 KING. + Harp not, I pray, + On an old sorrow. + + I:4:20 SOL. + Old! he calls it old! + The wound is green, and staunch it, or I die. + + I:4:21 KING. + Have I the skill? + + I:4:22 SOL. + Why! art thou not a King? + Wherein consists the magic of a crown + But in the bold achievement of a deed + Would scare a clown to dream? + + I:4:23 KING. + I’d read thy thought. + + I:4:24 SOL. + Then have it; I would marry. + + I:4:25 KING. + It is well; + It is my wish. + + I:4:26 SOL. + And unto such a prince + As I’ve described withal. For though a prince + Of Fancy’s realm alone, as thou dost deem, + Yet doth he live indeed. + + I:4:27 KING. + To me unknown. + + I:4:28 SOL. + O! father mine, before thy reverend knees + Ere this we twain have knelt. + + I:4:29 KING. + Forbear, my child; + Or can it be my daughter doth not know + He is no longer free? + + I:4:30 SOL. + The power that bound him, + That bondage might dissolve? To holy church + Thou hast given great alms? + + I:4:31 KING. + There’s more to gain thy wish, + If more would gain it; but it cannot be, + Even were he content. + + I:4:32 SOL. + He is content. + + I:4:33 KING. + Hah! + + I:4:34 SOL. + For he loves me still. + + I:4:35 KING. + I would do much + To please thee. I’m prepared to bear the brunt + Of Hungary’s ire; but do not urge, Solisa, + Beyond capacity of sufferance + My temper’s proof. + + I:4:36 SOL. + Alarcos is my husband, + Or shall the sceptre from our line depart. + Listen, ye saints of Spain, I’ll have his hand, + Or by our faith, my fated womb shall be + As barren as thy love, proud King. + + I:4:37 KING. + Thou’rt mad! + Thou’rt mad! + + I:4:38 SOL. + Is he not mine? Thy very hand, + Did it not consecrate our vows? What claim + So sacred as my own? + + I:4:39 KING. + He did conspire— + + I:4:40 SOL. + ‘Tis false, thou know’st ‘tis false: against themselves + Men do not plot: I would as soon believe + My hand could hatch a treason ‘gainst my sight, + As that Alarcos would conspire to seize + A diadem I would myself have placed + Upon his brow. + + I:4:41 KING. + + [taking her hand] + + Nay, calmness. Say ‘tis true + He was not guilty, say perchance he was not— + + I:4:42 SOL. + Perchance, O! vile perchance. Thou know’st full well, + Because he did reject her loose desires + And wanton overtures— + + I:4:43 KING. + Hush, hush, O hush! + + I:4:44 SOL. + The woman called my mother— + + I:4:45 KING. + Spare me, spare— + + I:4:46 SOL. + Who spared me? + Did not I kneel, and vouch his faith, and bathe + Thy hand with my quick tears, and clutch thy robe + With frantic grasp? Spare, spare indeed? In faith + Thou hast taught me to be merciful, thou hast,— + Thou and my mother! + + I:4:47 KING. + Ah! no more, no more! + A crowned King cannot recall the past, + And yet may glad the future. She thou namest, + She was at least thy mother; but to me, + Whate’er her deeds, for truly, there were times + Some spirit did possess her, such as gleams + Now in her daughter’s eye, she was a passion, + A witching form that did inflame my life + By a breath or glance. Thou art our child; the link + That binds me to my race; thou host her place + Within my shrined heart, where thou’rt the priest + And others are unhallowed; for, indeed, + Passion and time have so dried up my soul, + And drained its generous juices, that I own + No sympathy with man, and all his hopes + To me are mockeries. + + I:4:48 SOL. + Ah! I see, my father, + That thou will’st aid me! + + I:4:49 KING. + Thou canst aid thyself. + Is there a law to let him from thy presence? + His voice may reach thine ear; thy gracious glance + May meet his graceful offices. Go to. + Shall Hungary frown, if his right royal spouse + Smile on the equal of her blood and state, + Her gentle cousin? + + I:4:50 SOL. + And is this thine aid! + + I:4:51 KING. + What word has roughed the brow, but now confiding + In a fond father’s love? + + I:4:52 SOL. + Alas! what word? + What have I said? what done? that thou should’st deem + I could do this, this, this, that is so foul, + My baffled tongue deserts me. Thou should’st know me, + Thou hast set spies on me. What! have they told thee + I am a wanton? I do love this man + As fits a virgin’s heart. Heaven sent such thoughts + To be our solace. But to act a toy + For his loose hours, or worse, to find him one + Procured for mine, grateful for opportunities + Contrived with decency, spared skillfully + From claims more urgent; not to dare to show + Before the world my homage; when he’s ill + To be away, and only share his gay + And lusty pillow; to be shut out from all + That multitude of cares and charms that waits + But on companionship; and then to feel + These joys another shares, another hand + These delicate rites performing, and thou’rt remembered, + In the serener heaven of his bliss, + But as the transient flash: this is not love; + This is pollution. + + I:4:53 KING. + Daughter, I were pleased + My cousin could a nearer claim prefer + To my regard. Ay, girl, ‘twould please me well + He were my son, thy husband; but what then? + My pleasure and his conduct jar; his fate + Baulks our desire. He’s married and has heirs. + + I:4:54 SOL. + Heirs, didst thou say heirs? + + I:4:55 KING. + What ails thee? + + I:4:56 SOL. + Heirs, heirs? + + I:4:57 KING. + Thou art very pale! + + I:4:58 SOL. + The faintness of the morn + Clings to me still; I pray thee, father, grant + Thy child one easy boon. + + I:4:59 KING. + She has to speak + But what she wills. + + I:4:60 SOL. + Why, then, she would renounce + Her heritage; yes, place our ancient crown + On brows it may become. A veil more suits + This feminine brain; in Huelgas’ cloistered shades + I’ll find oblivion. + + I:4:61 KING. + Woe is me! The doom + Falls on our house. I had this daughter left + To lavish all my wealth on and my might. + I’ve treasured for her; for her I have slain + My thousands, conquered provinces, betrayed, + Renewed, and broken faith. She was my joy; + She has her mother’s eyes, and when she speaks + Her voice is like Brunhalda’s. Cursed hour, + That a wild fancy touched her brain to cross + All my great hopes! + + I:4:62 SOL. + My father, my dear father, + Thou call’dst me fondly, but some moments past, + Thy gentle child. I call my saint to witness + I would be such. To say I love this man + Is shallow phrasing. Since man’s image first + Flung its wild shadow on my virgin soul, + It has borne no other reflex. I know well + Thou deemest he was forgotten; this day’s passion + Passed as unused confrontment, and so transient + As it was turbulent. No, no, full oft, + When thinking on him, I have been the same. + Fruitless or barren, this same form is his, + Or it is God’s. My father, my dear father, + Remember he was mine, and thou didst pour + Thy blessing on our heads! O God, O God! + When I recall the passages of love + That have ensued between me and this man, + And with thy sanction, and then just bethink + He is another’s, O it makes me mad. + Talk not to me of sceptres: can she rule + Whose mind is anarchy? King of Castille, + Give me the heart that thou didst rob me of! + The penal hour’s at hand. Thou didst destroy + My love, and I will end thy line—thy line + That is thy life. + + I:4:63 KING. + Solisa, I will do all + A father can,—a father and a King. + + I:4:64 SOL. + Give me Alarcos! + + I:4:65 KING. + Hush, disturb me not; + I’m in the throes of some imaginings + A human voice might scare. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + END OF THE FIRST ACT. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0003" id="link2H_4_0003"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + ACT II + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 1 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Street in Burgos. + + [Enter the COUNT OF SIDONIA and the COUNT OF LEON.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + II:1:1 SIDO. + Is she not fair? + + II:1:2 LEON. + What then? She but fulfils + Her office as a woman. For to be + A woman and not fair, is, in my creed, + To be a thing unsexed. + + II:1:3 SIDO. + Happy Alarcos! + They say she was of Aquitaine, a daughter + Of the De Foix. I would I had been banished. + + II:1:4 LEON. + Go and plot then. They cannot take your head, + For that is gone. + + II:1:5 SIDO. + But banishment from Burgos + Were worse than fifty deaths. O, my good Leon, + Didst ever see, didst ever dream could be, + Such dazzling beauty? + + II:1:6 LEON. + Dream! I never dream; + Save when I’ve revelled over late, and then + My visions are most villanous; but you, + You dream when you’re awake. + + II:1:7 SIDO. + Wert ever, Leon, + In pleasant Aquitaine? + + II:1:8 LEON. + O talk of Burgos; + It is my only subject—matchless town, + Where all I ask are patriarchal years + To feel satiety like my sad friend. + + II:1:9 SIDO. + ‘Tis not satiety now makes me sad; + So check thy mocking tongue, or cure my cares. + + II:1:10 LEON. + Absence cures love. Be off to Aquitaine. + + II:1:11 SIDO. + I chose a jester for my friend, and feel + His value now. + + II:1:12 LEON. + You share the lover’s lot + When you desire and you despair. What then? + You know right well that woman is but one, + Though she take many forms, and can confound + The young with subtle aspects. Vanity + Is her sole being. Make the myriad vows + That passionate fancy prompts. At the next tourney + Maintain her colours ‘gainst the two Castilles + And Aragon to boot. You’ll have her! + + II:1:13 SIDO. + Why! + This was the way I woo’d the haughty Lara, + But I’ll not hold such passages approach + The gentle lady of this morn. + + II:1:14 LEON. + Well, then, + Try silence, only sighs and hasty glances + Withdrawn as soon as met. Could’st thou but blush: + But there’s no hope. In time our sighs become + A sort of plaintive hint what hopeless rogues + Our stars have made us. Would we had but met + Earlier, yet still we hope she’ll spare a tear + To one she met too late. Trust me she’ll spare it; + She’ll save this sinner who reveres a saint. + Pity or admiration gains them all. + You’ll have her! + + II:1:15 SIDO. + Well, whate’er the course pursued, + Be thou a prophet! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + II:1:16 ORAN. + Stand, Senors, in God’s name. + + II:1:17 LEON. + Or the devil’s. + Well, what do you want? + + II:1:18 ORAN. + Many things, but one + Most principal. + + II:1:19 SIDO. + And that’s— + + II:1:20 ORAN. + A friend. + + II:1:21 LEON. + You’re right + To seek one in the street, he’ll prove as true + As any that you’re fostered with. + + II:1:22 ORAN. + In brief, + I’m as you see a Moor; and I have slain + One of our princes. Peace exists between + Our kingdom and Castille; they track my steps. + You’re young, you should be brave, generous you may be. + I shall be impaled. Save me! + + II:1:23 LEON. + Frankly spoken. + Will you turn Christian? + + II:1:24 ORAN. + Show me Christian acts, + And they may prompt to Christian thoughts. + + II:1:25 SIDO. + Although + The slain’s an infidel, thou art the same. + The cause of this rash deed? + + II:1:26 ORAN. + I am a soldier, + And my sword’s notched, sirs. This said Emir struck me. + Before the people too, in the great square + Of our chief place, Granada, and forsooth, + Because I would not yield the way at mosque. + His life has soothed my honour: if I die, + I die content; but with your gracious aid + I would live happy. + + II:1:27 LEON. + You love life? + + II:1:28 ORAN. + Most dearly. + + II:1:29 LEON. + Sensible Moor, although he be impaled + For mobbing in a mosque. I like this fellow; + His bearing suits my humour. He shall live + To do more murders. Come, bold infidel, + Follow to the Leon Palace; and, sir, prithee + Don’t stab us in the back. + + [Exeunt omnes.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 2 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Chamber in the Palace of COUNT ALARCOS. + At the back of the Scene the Curtains of a large Jalousie withdrawn. + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + II:2:1 ALAR. + ‘Tis circumstance makes conduct; life’s a ship, + The sport of every wind. And yet men tack + Against the adverse blast. How shall I steer, + Who am the pilot of Necessity? + But whether it be fair or foul, I know not; + Sunny or terrible. Why let her wed him? + What care I if the pageant’s weight may fall + On Hungary’s ermined shoulders, if the spring + Of all her life be mine? The tiar’d brow + Alone makes not a King. Would that my wife + Confessed a worldlier mood! Her recluse fancy + Haunts still our castled bowers. Then civic air + Inflame her thoughts! Teach her to vie and revel, + Find sport in peerless robes, the pomp of feasts + And ambling of a genet— + + [A serenade is heard.] + + Hah! that voice + Should not be strange. A tribute to her charms. + ‘Tis music sweeter to a spouse’s ear + Than gallants dream of. Ay, she’ll find adorers. + Or Burgos is right changed. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] + + Listen, child. + + [Again the serenade is heard.] + + II:2:2 COUN. + ‘Tis very sweet. + + II:2:3 ALAR. + It is inspired by thee. + + II:2:4 COUN. + Alarcos! + + II:2:5 ALAR. + Why dost look so grave? Nay, now, + There’s not a dame in Burgos would not give + Her jewels for such songs. + + II:2:6 COUN. + Inspired by me! + + II:2:7 ALAR. + And who so fit to fire a lover’s breast? + He’s clearly captive. + + II:2:8 COUN. + O! thou knowest I love not + Such jests, Alarcos. + + II:2:9 ALAR. + Jest! I do not jest. + I am right proud the partner of my state + Should count the chief of our Castillian knights + Among her train. + + II:2:10 COUN. + I pray thee let me close + These blinds. + + II:2:11 ALAR. + Poh, poh! what, baulk a serenade? + ‘Twould be an outrage to the courtesies + Of this great city. Faith! his voice is sweet. + + II:2:12 COUN. + Would that he had not sung! It is a sport + In which I find no pastime. + + II:2:13 ALAR. + Marry, come, + It gives me great delight. ‘Tis well for thee, + On thy first entrance to our world, to find + So high a follower. + + II:2:14 COUN. + Wherefore should I need + His following? + + II:2:15 ALAR. + Nought’s more excellent for woman, + Than to be fixed on as the cynosure + Of one whom all do gaze on. ‘Tis a stamp + Whose currency, not wealth, rank, blood, can match; + These are raw ingots, till they are impressed + With fashion’s picture. + + II:2:16 COUN. + Would I were once more + Within our castle! + + II:2:17 ALAR. + Nursery days! The world + Is now our home, and we must worldly be, + Like its bold stirrers. I sup with the King. + There is no feast, and yet to do me honour, + Some chiefs will meet. I stand right well at Court, + And with thine aid will stand e’en better. + + II:2:18 COUN. + Mine! + I have no joy but in thy joy, no thought + But for thy honour, and yet, how to aid + Thee in these plans or hopes, indeed, Alarcos, + Indeed, I am perplexed. + + II:2:19 ALAR. + Art not my wife? + Is not this Burgos? And this pile, the palace + Of my great fathers? They did raise these halls + To be the symbols of their high estate, + The fit and haught metropolis of all + Their force and faction. Fill them, fill them, wife, + With those who’ll serve me well. Make this the centre + Of all that’s great in Burgos. Let it be + The eye of the town, whereby we may perceive + What passes in his heart: the clustering point + Of all convergence. Here be troops of friends + And ready instruments. Wear that sweet smile, + That wins a partisan quicker than power; + Speak in that tone gives each a special share + In thy regard, and what is general + Let all deem private. O! thou’lt play it rarely. + + II:2:20 COUN. + I would do all that may become thy wife. + + II:2:21 ALAR. + I know it, I know it. Thou art a treasure, Florimonde, + And this same singer—thou hast not asked his name. + Didst guess it? Ah! upon thy gentle cheek + I see a smile. + + II:2:22 COUN. + My lord—indeed— + + II:2:23 ALAR. + Thou playest + Thy game less like a novice than I deemed. + Thou canst not say thou didst not catch the voice + Of the Sidonia? + + II:2:24 COUN. + My good lord, indeed + His voice to me is as unknown as mine + Must be to him. + + II:2:25 ALAR. + Whose should the voice but his, + Whose stricken sight left not thy face an instant, + But gazed as if some new-born star had risen + To light his way to paradise? I tell thee, + Among my strict confederates I would count + This same young noble. He is a paramount chief; + Perchance his vassals might outnumber mine, + Conjoined we’re adamant. No monarch’s breath + Makes me again an exile. Florimonde, + Smile on him; smiles cost nothing; should he judge + They mean more than they say, why smile again; + And what he deems affection, registered, + Is but chaste Mockery. I must to the citadel. + Sweet wife, good-night. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] + + II:2:26 COUN. + O! misery, misery, misery! + Must we do this? I fear there’s need we must, + For he is wise in all things, and well learned + In this same world that to my simple sense + Seems very fearful. Why should men rejoice, + They can escape from the pure breath of heaven + And the sweet franchise of their natural will, + To such a prison-house? To be confined + In body and in soul; to breathe the air + Of dark close streets, and never use one’s tongue + But for some measured phrase that hath its bent + Well gauged and chartered; to find ready smiles + When one is sorrowful, or looks demure + When one would laugh outright. Never to be + Exact but when dissembling. Is this life? + I dread this city. As I passed its gates + My litter stumbled, and the children shrieked + And clung unto my bosom. Pretty babes! + I’ll go to them. O! there is innocence + Even in Burgos. + + [Exit COUNTESS.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 3 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Chamber in the Royal Palace. The INFANTA SOLISA alone. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + II:3:1 SOL. + I can but think my father will be just + And see us righted. O ‘tis only honest, + The hand that did this wrong should now supply + The sovereign remedy, and balm the wound + Itself inflicted. He is with him now; + Would I were there, unseen, yet seeing all! + But ah! no cunning arras could conceal + This throbbing heart. I’ve sent my little Page, + To mingle with the minions of the Court, + And get me news. How he doth look, bow eat, + What says he and what does, and all the haps + Of this same night, that yet to me may bring + A cloudless morrow. See, even now he comes. + + [Enter the PAGE.] + + Prithee what news? Now tell me all, my child, + When thou’rt a knight, will I not work the scarf + For thy first tourney! Prithee tell me all. + + II:3:2 PAGE. + O lady mine, the royal Seneschal + He was so crabbed, I did scarcely deem + I could have entered. + + II:3:3 SOL. + Cross-grained Seneschal! + He shall repent of this, my pretty Page; + But thou didst enters? + + II:3:4 PAGE. + I did so contrive. + + II:3:5 SOL. + Rare imp! And then? + + II:3:6 PAGE. + Well, as you told me, then + I mingled with the Pages of the King. + They’re not so very tall; I might have passed + I think for one upon a holiday. + + II:3:7 SOL. + O thou shalt pass for better than a page + But tell me, child, didst see my gallant Count? + + II:3:8 PAGE. + On the right hand— + + II:3:9 SOL. + Upon the King’s right hand? + + II:3:10 PAGE. + Upon the King’s right hand, and there were also— + + II:3:11 SOL. + Mind not the rest; thou’rt sure on the right hand? + + II:3:12 PAGE. + Most sure; and on the left— + + II:3:13 SOL. + Ne’er mind the left, + Speak only of the right. How did he seem? + Did there pass words between him and the King? + Often or scant? Did he seem gay or grave? + Or was his aspect of a middle tint, + As if he deemed that there were other joys + Not found within that chamber? + + II:3:14 PAGE. + Sooth to say, + He did seem what he is, a gallant knight. + Would I were such! For talking with the King, + He spoke, yet not so much but he could spare + Words to the other lords. He often smiled, + Yet not so often, that a limner might + Describe his mien as jovial. + + II:3:15 SOL. + ‘Tis himself! + What next? Will they sit long? + + II:3:16 PAGE. + I should not like + Myself to quit such company. In truth, + The Count of Leon is a merry lord. + There were some tilting jests, I warrant you, + Between him and your knight. + + II:3:17 SOL. + O tell it me! + + II:3:18 PAGE. + The Count Alarcos, as I chanced to hear, + For tiptoe even would not let me see, + And that same Pedro, who has lately come + To Court, the Senor of Montilla’s son, + He is so rough, and says a lady’s page + Should only be where there are petticoats. + + II:3:19 SOL. + Is he so rough? He shall be soundly whipped. + But tell me, child, the Count Alarcos— + + II:3:20 PAGE. + Well, + The Count Alarcos—but indeed, sweet lady, + I do not wish that Pedro should be whipped. + + II:3:21 SOL. + He shall not then be whipped—speak of the Count. + + II:3:22 PAGE. + The Count was showing how your Saracen + Doth take your lion captive, thus and thus: + And fashioned with his scarf a dexterous noose + Made of a tiger’s skin: your unicorn, + They say, is just as good. + + II:3:23 SOL. + Well, then Sir Leon— + + II:3:24 PAGE. + Why then your Count of Leon—but just then + Sancho, the Viscount of Toledo’s son, + The King’s chief Page, takes me his handkerchief + And binds it on my eyes, he whispering round + Unto his fellows, here you see I’ve caught + A most ferocious cub. Whereat they kicked, + And pinched, and cuffed me till I nearly roared + As fierce as any lion, you be sure. + + II:3:25 SOL. + Rude Sancho, he shall sure be sent from Court! + My little Ferdinand—thou hast incurred + Great perils for thy mistress. Go again + And show this signet to the Seneschal, + And tell him that no greater courtesy + Be shown to any guest than to my Page. + This from myself—or I perchance will send, + Shall school their pranks. Away, my faithful imp, + And tell me how the Count Alarcos seems. + + II:3:26 PAGE. + I go, sweet lady, but I humbly beg + Sancho may not be sent from Court this time. + + II:3:27 SOL. + Sancho shall stay. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + I hope, ere long, sweet child, + Thou too shalt be a page unto a King. + I’m glad Alarcos smiled not overmuch; + Your smilers please me not. I love a face + Pensive, not sad; for where the mood is thoughtful, + The passion is most deep and most refined. + Gay tempers bear light hearts—are soonest gained + And soonest lost; but he who meditates + On his own nature, will as deeply scan + The mind he meets, and when he loves, he casts + His anchor deep. + + [Re-enter PAGE.] + + Give me the news. + + II:3:28 PAGE. + The news! + I could not see the Seneschal, but gave + Your message to the Pages. Whereupon + Sancho, the Viscount of Toledo’s son, + Pedro, the Senor of Montilla’s son, + The young Count of Almeira, and— + + II:3:29 SOL. + My child, + What ails thee? + + II:3:30 PAGE. + O the Viscount of Jodar, + I think he was the very worst of all; + But Sancho of Toledo was the first. + + II:3:31 SOL. + What did they? + + II:3:32 PAGE. + ‘Las, no sooner did I say + All that you told me, than he gives the word, + ‘A guest, a guest, a very potent guest,’ + Takes me a goblet brimful of strong wine + And hands it to me, mocking, on his knee. + This I decline, when on his back they lay + Your faithful Page, nor set me on my legs + Till they had drenched me with this fiery stuff, + That I could scarcely see, or reel my way + Back to your presence. + + II:3:33 SOL. + Marry, ‘tis too much + E’en for a page’s license. Ne’er you mind, + They shall to Prison by to-morrow’s dawn. + I’ll bind this kerchief round your brow, its scent + Will much revive you. Go, child, lie you down + On yonder couch. + + II:3:34 PAGE. + I’m sure I ne’er can sleep + If Sancho of Toledo shall be sent + To-morrow’s dawn to prison. + + II:3:35 SOL. + Well, he’s pardoned. + + II:3:36 PAGE. + Also the Senor of Montilla’s son, + + II:3:37 SOL. + He shall be pardoned too. Now prithee sleep. + + II:3:38 PAGE. + The young Count of Almeira— + + II:3:39 SOL. + O no more. + They all are pardoned. + + II:3:40 PAGE. + I do humbly pray + The Viscount of Jodar be pardoned too. + + [Exit SOLISA.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 4 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Banquet; the KING seated; on his right ALARCOS. + SIDONIA, LEON, the ADMIRAL OF CASTILLE, and other LORDS. + Groups of PAGES, CHAMBERLAINS, and SERVING-MEN. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + II:4:1 The KING. + Would’st match them, cousin, ‘gainst our barbs? + + II:4:2 ALAR. + Against + Our barbs, Sir! + + II:4:3 KING. + Eh, Lord Leon, you can scan + A courser’s points? + + II:4:4 LEON. + O, Sir, your travellers + Need fleeter steeds than we poor shambling folks + Who stay at home. To my unskilful sense, + Speed for the chase and vigour for the tilt, + Meseems enough. + + II:4:5 ALAR.’ + If riders be as prompt. + + II:4:6 LEON. + Our tourney is put off, or please your Grace, + I’d try conclusions with this marvellous beast, + This Pegasus, this courser of the sun, + That is to blind us all with his bright rays + And cloud our chivalry. + + II:4:7 KING. + My Lord Sidonia, + You’re a famed judge: try me this Cyprus wine; + An English prince did give it me, returning + From the holy sepulchre. + + II:4:8 SIDO. + Most rare, my liege, + And glitters like a gem! + + II:4:9 KING. + It doth content + Me much, your Cyprus wine. Lord Admiral, + Hast heard the news? The Saracens have fled + Before the Italian galleys. + + II:4:10 THE ADMIRAL OF CASTILLE. + No one guides + A galley like your Pisan. + + II:4:11 ALAR. + The great Doge + Of Venice, sooth, would barely veil his flag + To Pisa. + + II:4:12 ADM. + Your Venetian hath his craft. + This Saracenic rent will surely touch + Our turbaned neighbours? + + II:4:13 KING. + To the very core, + Granada’s all a-mourning. Good, my Lords, + One goblet more. We’ll give our cousin’s health. + Here’s to the Count Alarcos. + + II:4:14 OMNES. + To the Count Alarcos. + + [The Guests rise, pay their homage to the KING, and are retiring.] + + II:4:15 KING. + Good night, Lord Admiral; my Lord of Leon, + My Lord Sidonia, and my Lord of Lara, + Gentle adieus; to you, my Lord, and you, + To all and each. Cousin, good night—and yet + A moment rest awhile; since your return + I’ve looked on you in crowds, it may become us + To say farewell alone. + + [The KING waves his hand to the SENESCHAL—the Chamber is cleared.] + + II:4:16 ALAR. + Most gracious Sire, + You honour your poor servant. + + II:4:17 KING. + Prithee, sit. + This scattering of the Saracen, methinks, + Will hold the Moor to his truce? + + II:4:18 ALAR. + It would appear + To have that import. + + II:4:19 KING. + Should he pass the mountains, + We can receive him. + + II:4:20 ALAR. + Where’s the crown in Spain + More prompt and more prepared? + + II:4:21 KING. + Cousin, you’re right. + We flourish. By St. James, I feel a glow + Of the heart to see you here once more, my cousin; + I’m low in the vale of years, and yet I think + I could defend my crown with such a knight + On my right hand. + + II:4:22 ALAR. + Such liege and land would raise + Our lances high. + + II:4:23 KING. + We carry all before us. + Leon reduced. The crescent paled in Cordova, + Why, if she gain Valencia, Aragon + Must kick the beam. And shall she gain Valencia? + It cheers my blood to find thee by my side; + Old days, old days return, when thou to me + Wert as the apple of mine eye. + + II:4:24 ALAR. + My liege, + This is indeed most gracious. + + II:4:25 KING. + Gentle cousin, + Thou shalt have pause to say that I am gracious. + O! I did ever love thee; and for that + Some passages occurred between us once, + That touch my memory to the quick; I would + Even pray thee to forget them, and to hold + I was most vilely practised on, my mind + Poisoned, and from a fountain, that to deem + Tainted were frenzy. + + II:4:26 ALAR. + + [Falling on his knee, and taking the KING’s hand.] + + My most gracious liege, + This morn to thee I did my fealty pledge. + Believe me, Sire, I did so with clear breast, + And with no thought to thee and to thy line + But fit devotion. + + II:4:27 KING. + O, I know it well, + I know thou art right true. Mine eyes are moist + To see thee here again. + + II:4:28 ALAR. + It is my post, + Nor could I seek another. + + II:4:29 KING. + Thou dost know + That Hungary leaves us? + + II:4:30 ALAR. + I was grieved to hear + There were some crosses. + + II:4:31 KING. + Truth, I am not grieved. + Is it such joy this fair Castillian realm, + This glowing flower of Spain, be rudely plucked + By a strange hand? To see our chambers filled + With foreign losels; our rich fiefs and abbeys + The prey of each bold scatterling, that finds + No heirship in his country? Have I lived + And laboured for this end, to swell the sails + Of alien fortunes? O my gentle cousin, + There was a time we had far other hopes! + I suffer for my deeds. + + II:4:32 ALAR. + We must forget, + We must forget, my liege. + + II:4:33 KING. + Is’t then so easy? + Thou hast no daughter. Ah! thou canst not tell + What ‘tis to feel a father’s policy + Hath dimmed a child’s career. A child so peerless! + Our race, though ever comely, veiled to her. + A palm tree in its pride of sunny youth + Mates not her symmetry; her step was noticed + As strangely stately by her nurse. Dost know, + I ever deemed that winning smile of hers + Mournful, with all its mirth? But ah! no more + A father gossips; nay, my weakness ‘tis not. + ‘Tis not with all that I would prattle thus; + But you, my cousin, know Solisa well, + And once you loved her. + + II:4:34 ALAR. + + [Rising.] + + Once! O God! + Such passions are eternity. + + II:4:35 KING. + + [Advancing.] + + What then, + Shall this excelling creature, on a throne + As high as her deserts, shall she become + A spoil for strangers? Have I cause to grieve + That Hungary quit us? O that I could find + Some noble of our land might dare to mix + His equal blood with our Castillian seed! + Art thou more learned in our pedigrees? + Hast thou no friend, no kinsman? Must this realm + Fall to the spoiler, and a foreign graft + Be nourished by our sap? + + II:4:36 ALAR. + Alas! alas! + + II:4:37 KING. + Four crowns; our paramount Castille, and Leon, + Seviglia, Cordova, the future hope + Of Murcia, and the inevitable doom + That waits the Saracen; all, all, all; + And with my daughter! + + II:4:38 ALAR. + Ah! ye should have blasted + My homeward path, ye lightnings! + + II:4:39 KING. + Such a son + Should grudge his sire no days. I would not live + To whet ambition’s appetite. I’m old; + And fit for little else than hermit thoughts. + The day that gives my daughter, gives my crown: + A cell’s my home. + + II:4:40 ALAR. + O, life, I will not curse thee + Let hard and shaven crowns denounce thee vain; + To me thou wert no shade! I loved thy stir + And panting struggle. Power, and pomp, and beauty + Cities and courts, the palace and the fane, + The chace, the revel, and the battle-field, + Man’s fiery glance, and woman’s thrilling smile, + I loved ye all. I curse not thee, O life! + But on my start; confusion. May they fall + From out their spheres, and blast our earth no more + With their malignant rays, that mocking placed + All the delight of life within my reach, + And chained me film fruition. + + II:4:41 KING. + Gentle cousin, + Thou art disturbed; I fear these words of mine, + Chance words ere I did say to thee good night, + For O, ‘twas joy to see thee here again, + Who art my kinsman, and my only one, + Have touched on some old cares for both of us. + And yet the world has many charms for thee; + Thou’rt not like us, and thy unhappy child + The world esteems so favoured. + + II:4:42 ALAR. + Ah, the world + III estimates the truth of any lot. + Their speculation is too far and reaches + Only externals, they are ever fair. + There are vile cankers in your gaudiest flowers, + But you must pluck and peer within the leaves + To catch the pest. + + II:4:43 KING. + Alas! my gentle cousin, + To hear thou hast thy sorrows too, like us, + It pains me much, and yet I’ll not believe it, + For with so fair a wife— + + II:4:44 ALAR. + Torture me not, + Although thou art a King. + + II:4:45 KING. + My gentle cousin, + f spoke to solace thee. We all do hear + Thou art most favoured in a right fair wife. + We do desire to see her; can she find + A friend becomes her better than our child? + + II:4:46 ALAR. + My wife? would she were not! + + II:4:47 KING. + I say so too, + Would she were not! + + II:4:48 ALAR. + Ah me! why did I marry? + + II:4:49 KING. + Truth, it was very rash. + + II:4:50 ALAR. + Who made me rash? + Who drove me from my hearth, and sent me forth + On the unkindred earth? With the dark spleen + Goading injustice, that ‘tis vain to quell, + Entails on restless spirits. Yes, I married, + As men do oft, from very wantonness; + To tamper with a destiny that’s cross, + To spite my fate, to put the seal upon + A balked career, in high and proud defiance + Of hopes that yet might mock me, to beat down + False expectation and its damned lures, + And fix a bar betwixt me and defeat. + + II:4:51 KING. + These bitter words would rob me of my hope, + That thou at least wert happy. + + II:4:52 ALAR. + Would I slept + With my grey fathers! + + II:4:53 KING. + And my daughter too! + O most unhappy pair! + + II:4:54 ALAR. + There is a way. + To cure such woes, one only. + + II:4:55 KING. + ‘Tis my thought. + + II:4:56 ALAR. + No cloister shall entomb this life; the grave + Shall be my refuge, + + II:4:57 KING. + Yet to die were witless, + When Death, who with his fatal finger taps + At princely doors, as freely as he gives + His summons to the serf, may at this instant + Have sealed the only life that throws a shade + Between us and the sun. + + II:4:58 ALAR. + She’s very young. + + II:4:59 KING. + And may live long, as I do hope she will; + Yet have I known as blooming as she die, + And that most suddenly. The air of cities + To unaccustomed lungs is very fatal; + Perchance the absence of her accustomed sports, + The presence of strange faces, and a longing + For those she has been bred among: I’ve known + This most pernicious: she might droop and pine, + And when they fail, they sink most rapidly. + God grant she may not; yet I do remind thee + Of this wild chance, when speaking of thy lot. + In truth ‘tis sharp, and yet I would not die + When Time, the great enchanter, may change all, + By bringing somewhat earlier to thy gate + A doom that must arrive. + + II:4:60 ALAR. + Would it were there! + + II:4:61 KING. + ‘Twould be the day thy hand should clasp my daughter’s, + That thou hast loved so Ion; ‘twould be the day + My crown, the crown of all my realms, Alarcos, + Should bind thy royal brow. Is this the morn + Breaks in our chamber? Why, I did but mean + To say good night unto my gentle cousin + So long unseen. O, we have gossiped, coz, + So cheering dreams! + + [Exeunt.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + END OF THE SECOND ACT. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0004" id="link2H_4_0004"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + ACT III + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 1 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Interior of the Cathedral of Burgos. + The High Altar illuminated; + in the distance, various Chapels lighted, and in each of which Mass is + celebrating: + in all directions groups of kneeling Worshippers. + Before the High Altar the Prior of Burgos officiates, attended by his + Sacerdotal Retinue. + In the front of the Stage, opposite to the Audience, a Confessional. + The chanting of a solemn Mass here commences; as it ceases, + + [Enter ALARCOS.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + III:1:1 ALAR. + Would it were done! and yet I dare not say + It should be done. O, that some natural cause, + Or superhuman agent, would step in, + And save me from its practice! Will no pest + Descend upon her blood? Must thousands die + Daily, and her charmed life be spared? As young + Are hourly plucked from out their hearths. A life! + Why, what’s a life? A loan that must return + To a capricious creditor; recalled + Often as soon as lent. I’d wager mine + To-morrow like the dice, were my blood pricked. + Yet now, + When all that endows life with all its price, + Hangs on some flickering breath I could puff out, + I stand agape. I’ll dream ‘tis done: what then? + Mercy remains? For ever, not for ever + I charge my soul? Will no contrition ransom, + Or expiatory torments compensate + The awful penalty? Ye kneeling worshippers, + That gaze in silent ecstacy before + Yon flaming altar, you come here to bow + Before a God of mercy. Is’t not so? + + [ALARCOS walks towards the High Altar and kneels.] + + [A Procession advances front the back of the Scene, singing a solemn Mass, + and preceding the Prior of Burgos, who seats himself in the Confessional + his Train filing of on each side of the Scene: + the lights of the High Altar are extinguished, + but the Chapels remain illuminated.] + + III:1:2 THE PRIOR. + Within this chair I sit, and hold the keys + That open realms no conqueror can subdue, + And where the monarchs of the earth must fain + Solicit to be subjects: Heaven and Hades, + Lands of Immortal light and shores of gloom. + Eternal as the chorus of their wail, + And the dim isthmus of that middle space, + Where the compassioned soul may purge its sins + In pious expiation. Then advance + Ye children of all sorrows, and all sins, + Doubts that perplex, and hopes that tantalize, + All the wild forms the fiend Temptation takes + To tamper with the soul! Come with the care + That eats your daily life; come with the thought + That is conceived in the noon of night, + And makes us stare around us though alone; + Come with the engendering sin, and with the crime + That is full-born. To counsel and to soothe, + I sit within this chair. + + [ALARCOS advances and kneels by the Confessional.] + + III:1:3 ALAR. + O, holy father + My soul is burthened with a crime. + + III:1:4 PRIOR. + My son, + The church awaits thy sin. + + III:1:5 ALAR. + It is a sin + Most black and terrible. Prepare thine ear + For what must make it tremble. + + III:1:6 PRIOR. + Thou dost speak + To Power above all passion, not to man. + + III:1:7 ALAR. + There was a lady, father, whom I loved, + And with a holy love, and she loved me + As holily. Our vows were blessed, if favour + Hang on a father’s benediction. + + III:1:8 PRIOR. + Her + Mother? + + III:1:9 ALAR. + She had a mother, if to bear + Children be all that makes a mother: one + Who looked on me, about to be her child, + With eyes of lust. + + III:1:10 PRIOR. + And thou? + + III:1:11 ALAR. + O, if to trace + But with the memory’s too veracious aid + This tale be anguish, what must be its life + And terrible action? Father, I abjured + This lewd she-wolf. But ah! her fatal vengeance + Struck to my heart. A banished scatterling + I wandered on the earth. + + III:1:12 PRIOR. + Thou didst return? + + III:1:13 ALAR. + And found the being that I loved, and found + Her faithful still. + + III:1:14 PRIOR. + And thou, my son, wert happy? + + III:1:15 ALAR. + Alas! I was no longer free. Strange ties + Had bound a hopeless exile. But she I had loved, + And never ceased to love, for in the form, + Not in the spirit was her faith more pure, + She looked upon me with a glance that told + Her death but in my love. I struggled, nay, + ‘Twas not a struggle, ‘twas an agony. + Her aged sire, her dark impending doom, + And the overwhelming passion of my soul: + My wife died suddenly. + + III:1:16 PRIOR. + And by a life + That should have shielded hers? + + III:1:17 ALAR. + Is there hope of mercy? + Can prayers, can penances, can they avail? + What consecration of my wealth, for I’m rich, + Can aid me? Can it aid me? Can endowments? + Nay, set no bounds to thy unlimited schemes + Of saving charity. Can shrines, can chauntries, + Monastic piles, can they avail? What if + I raise a temple not less proud than this, + Enriched with all my wealth, with all, with all? + Will endless masses, will eternal prayers, + Redeem me from perdition? + + III:1:18 PRIOR. + What, would gold + Redeem the sin it prompted? + + III:1:19 ALAR. + No, by Heaven! + No, Fate had dowered me with wealth might feed + All but a royal hunger. + + III:1:20 PRIOR. + And alone + Thy fatal passion urged thee + + III:1:21 ALAR. + Hah! + + III:1:22 PRIOR. + Probe deep + Thy wounded soul. + + III:1:23 ALAR. + ‘Tis torture: fathomless + I feel the fell incision. + + III:1:24 PRIOR. + There is a lure + Thou dost not own, and yet its awful shade + Lowers in the back-ground of thy soul: thy tongue + Trifles the church’s ear. Beware, my son, + And tamper not with Paradise. + + III:1:25 ALAR. + A breath, + A shadow, essence subtler far than love: + And yet I loved her, and for love had dared + All that I ventured for this twin-born lure + Cradled with love, for which I soiled my soul. + O, father, it was Power. + + III:1:26 PRIOR. + And this dominion + Purchased by thy soul’s mortgage, still is’t thine? + + III:1:27 ALAR. + Yea, thousands bow to him, who bows to thee. + + III:1:28 PRIOR. + Thine is a fearful deed. + + III:1:29 ALAR. + O, is there mercy? + + III:1:30 PRIOR. + Say, is there penitence? + + III:1:31 ALAR. + How shall I gauge it? + What temper of contrition might the church + Require from such a sinner? + + III:1:32 PRIOR. + Is’t thy wish, + Nay, search the very caverns of thy thought, + Is it thy wish this deed were now undone? + + III:1:33 ALAR. + Undone, undone! It is; O, say it were, + And what am I? O, father, wer’t not done, + I should not be less tortured than I’m now; + My life less like a dream of haunting thoughts + Tempting to unknown enormities. The sun + Would rise as beamless on my darkened days, + Night proffer the same torments. Food would fly + My lips the same, and the same restless blood + Quicken my harassed limbs. Undone! undone! + I have no metaphysic faculty + To deem this deed undone. + + III:1:34 PRIOR. + Thou must repent + This terrible deed. Look through thy heart. Thy wife, + There was a time thou lov’dst her? + + III:1:35 ALAR. + I’ll not think + There was a time. + + III:1:36 PRIOR. + And was she fair? + + III:1:37 ALAR. + A form + Dazzling all eyes but mine. + + III:1:38 PRIOR. + And pure? + + III:1:39 ALAR. + No saint + More chaste than she. Her consecrated shape + She kept as ‘twere a shrine, and just as full + Of holy thoughts; her very breath was incense, + And all her gestures sacred as the forms + Of priestly offices! + + III:1:40 PRIOR. + I’ll save thy soul. + Thou must repent that one so fair and pure, + And loving thee so well— + + III:1:41 ALAR. + Father, in vain. + There is a bar betwixt me and repentance. + And yet— + + III:1:42 PRIOR. + Ay, yet— + + III:1:43 ALAR. + The day may come, I’ll kneel + In such a mood, and might there then be hope? + + III:1:44 PRIOR. + We hold the keys that bind and loosen all: + But penitence alone is mercy’s portal. + The obdurate soul is doomed. Remorseful tears + Are sinners’ sole ablution. O, my son, + Bethink thee yet, to die in sin like thine; + Eternal masses profit not thy soul, + Thy consecrated wealth will but upraise + The monument of thy despair. Once more, + Ere yet the vesper lights shall fade away, + I do adjure thee, on the church’s bosom + Pour forth thy contrite heart. + + III:1:45 ALAR. + A contrite heart! + A stainless hand would count for more. I see + No drops on mine. My head is weak, my heart + A wilderness of passion. Prayers, thy prayers! + + [ALARCOS rises suddenly and exit.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 2 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Chamber in the Royal Palace. + + The INFANTA seated in despondency; the KING standing by her side. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + III:2:1 KING. + Indeed, ‘tis noticed. + + III:2:2 SOL. + Solitude is all + I ask; and is it then so great a boon? + + III:2:3 KING. + Nay, solitude’s no princely appanage. + Our state’s a pedestal, which men have raised + That they may gaze on greatness. + + III:2:4 SOL. + A false idol, + And weaker than its worshippers. I’ve lived + To feel my station’s vanity. O, Death, + Thou endest all! + + III:2:5 KING. + Thou art too young to die, + And yet may be too happy. Moody youth + Toys in its talk with the dark thought of death, + As if to die were but to change a robe. + It is their present refuge for all cares + And each disaster. When the sere has touched + Their flowing locks, they prattle less of death, + Perchance think more of it. + + III:2:6 SOL. + Why, what is greatness? + Will’t give me love, or faith, or tranquil thoughts? + No, no, not even justice. + + III:2:7 KING. + ‘Tis thyself + That does thyself injustice. Let the world + Have other speculation than the breach + Of our unfilled vows. They bear too near + And fine affinity to what we would, + Ay, what we will. I would not choose this moment, + Men brood too curiously upon the cause + Of the late rupture, for the cause detected + May bar the consequence. + + III:2:8 SOL. + A day, an hour + Sufficed to crush me. Weeks and weeks pass on + Since I was promised right. + + III:2:9 KING. + Take thou my sceptre + And do thyself this right. Is’t, then, so easy? + + III:2:10 SOL. + Let him who did the wrong, contrive the means + Of his atonement. + + III:2:11 KING. + All a father can, + I have performed. + + III:2:12 SOL. + Ah! then there is no hope. + The Bishop of Ossuna, you did say + He was the learnedest clerk of Christendom, + And you would speak to him? + + III:2:13 KING. + What says Alarcos? + + III:2:14 SOL. + I spoke not to him since I first received + His princely pledge. + + III:2:15 KING. + Call on him to fulfil it. + + III:2:16 SOL. + Can he do more than kings? + + III:2:17 KING. + Yes, he alone; + Alone it rests with him. This learn from me. + There is no other let. + + III:2:18 SOL. + I learn from thee + What other lips should tell me. + + III:2:19 KING. + Girl, art sure + Of this same lover? + + III:2:20 SOL. + O! I’ll never doubt him. + + III:2:21 KING. + And yet may be deceived. + + III:2:22 SOL. + He is as true + As talismanic steel. + + III:2:23 KING. + Why, then thou art, + At least thou should’st be, happy. Smile, Solisa; + For since the Count is true, there is no bar. + Why dost not smile? + + III:2:24 SOL. + I marvel that Alarcos + Hath been so mute on this. + + III:2:25 KING. + But thou art sure + He is most true. + + III:2:26 SOL. + Why should I deem him true? + Have I found truth in any? Woe is me, + I feel as one quite doomed. I know not why + I ever was ill-omened. + + III:2:27 KING. + Listen, girl; + Probe this same lover to the core; ‘tmay be, + I think he is, most true; he should be so + If there be faith in vows, and men ne’er break + The pledge its profits them to keep. And yet— + + III:2:28 SOL. + And what? + + III:2:29 KING. + To be his Sovereign’s cherished friend, + And smiled on by the daughter of his King, + Why that might profit him, and please so much, + His wife’s ill humour might be borne withal. + + III:2:30 SOL. + You think him false? + + III:2:31 KING. + I think he might be true: + But when a man’s well placed, he loves not change. + + [Enter at the back of the Scene Count ALARCOS disguised. + He advances, dropping his Hat and Cloak.] + + Ah, gentle cousin, all our thoughts were thine. + + III:2:32 ALAR. + I marvel men should think. Lady, I’ll hope + Thy thoughts are like thyself, most fair. + + III:2:33 KING. + Her thoughts + Are like her fortunes, lofty, but around + The peaks cling vapours. + + III:2:34 ALAR. + Eagles live in clouds, + And they draw royal breath. + + III:2:35 KING. + I’d have her quit, + This strange seclusion, cousin. Give thine aid + To festive purposes. + + III:2:36 ALAR. + A root, an egg, + Why there’s a feast with a holy mind. + + III:2:37 KING. + If ever + I find my seat within a hermitage, + I’ll think the same. + + III:2:38 ALAR. + You have built shrines, sweet lady? + + III:2:39 SOL. + What then, my lord? + + III:2:40 ALAR. + Why then you might be worshipped, + If your image were in front; I’d bow down + To anything so fair. + + III:2:41 KING. + Dost know, my cousin, + Who waits me now? The deputies from Murcia. + The realm is ours, + + [whispers him] + + is thine. + + III:2:42 ALAR. + The church has realms + Wider than both Castilles. But which of them + Will be our lot; that’s it. + + III:2:43 KING. + Mine own Solisa, + They wait me in my cabinet; + + [aside to her] + + Bethink thee + With whom all rests. + + [Exit the KING.] + + III:2:44 SOL. + You had sport to-day, my lord? + The King was at the chace. + + III:2:45 ALAR. + I breathed my barb. + + III:2:46 SOL. + They say the chace hath charm to cheer the spirit, + + III:2:47 ALAR. + ‘Tis better than prayers. + + III:2:48 SOL. + Indeed, I think I’ll hunt. + You and my father seem so passing gay. + + III:2:49 ALAR. + Why this is no confessional, no shrine + Haunted with presaged gloom. I should be gay + To look at thee and listen to thy voice; + For if fair pictures and sweet sounds enchant + The soul of man, that are but artifice, + How then am I entranced, this living picture + Bright by my side, and listening to this music + That nature gave thee. What’s eternal life + To this inspired mortality! Let priests + And pontiffs thunder, still I feel that here + Is all my joy. + + III:2:50 SOL. + Ah! why not say thy woe? + Who stands between thee and thy rights but me? + Who stands between thee and thine ease but me? + Who bars thy progress, brings thee cares, but me? + Lures thee to impossible contracts, goads thy faith + To mad performance, welcomes thee with sighs, + And parts from them with tears? Is this joy? No! + I am thine evil genius. + + III:2:51 ALAR. + Say my star + Of inspiration. This reality + Baffles their mystic threats. Who talks of cares? + Why, what’s a Prince, if his imperial will + Be bitted by a priest! There’s nought impossible. + Thy sighs are sighs of love, and all thy tears + But affluent tenderness. + + III:2:52 SOL. + You sing as sweet + As did the syrens; is it from the heart, + Or from the lips, that voice? + + III:2:53 ALAR. + Solisa! + + III:2:54 SOL. + Ay! + My ear can catch a treacherous tone; ‘tis trained + To perfidy. My Lord Alarcos, look me + Straight in the face. He quails not. + + III:2:55 ALAR. + O my soul, + Is this the being for whose love I’ve pledged + Even thy forfeit! + + III:2:56 SOL. + Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + Look not so stern! I’m mad; yes, yes, my life + Upon thy truth; I know thou’rt true: he said + It rested but with thee; I said it not, + Nor thought it. + + III:2:57 ALAR. + Lady! + + III:2:58 SOL. + Not that voice! + + III:2:59 ALAR. + I’ll know + Thy thought; the King hath spoken? + + III:2:60 SOL. + Words of joy + And madness. With thyself alone he says + It rests. + + III:2:61 ALAR. + Nor said he more? + + III:2:62 SOL. + It had found me deaf, + For he touched hearings quick. + + III:2:63 ALAR. + Thy faith in me + Hath gone. + + III:2:64 SOL. + I’ll doubt our shrined miracles + Before I doubt Alarcos. + + III:2:65 ALAR. + He’ll believe thee, + For at this moment he has much to endure, + And that he could not. + + III:2:66 SOL. + And yet I must choose + This time to vex thee. O, I am the curse + And blight of the existence, which to bless + Is all my thought! Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + I pray thee pardon me. I am so wretched: + This fell suspense is like a frightful dream + Wherein we fall from heights, yet never reach + The bottomless abyss. It wastes my spirit, + Wears down my life, gnaws ever at my heart, + Makes my brain quick when others are asleep, + And dull when theirs is active. O, Alarcos, + I could lie down and die. + + III:2:67 ALAR. + + [Advancing in soliloquy.] + + Asleep, awake, + In dreams, and in the musing moods that wait + On unfulfilled purposes, I’ve done it; + And thought upon it afterwards, nor shrunk + From the fell retrospect. + + III:2:68 SOL. + He’s wrapped in thought; + Indeed his glance was wild when first he entered, + And his speech lacked completeness. + + III:2:69 ALAR. + How is it then, + The body that should be the viler part, + And made for servile uses, should rebel + ‘Gainst the mind’s mandate, and should hold its aid + Aloof from our adventure? Why the sin + Is in the thought, not in the deed; ‘tis not + The body pays the penalty, the soul + Must clear that awful scot. What palls my arm? + It is not pity; trumpet-tongued ambition + Stifles her plaintive voice; it is not love, + For that inspires the blow! Art thou Solisa? + + III:2:70 SOL. + I am that luckless maiden whom you love. + + III:2:71 ALAR. + You could lie down and die. Who speaks of death? + There is no absolution for self-murder. + Why ‘tis the greater sin of the two. There is + More peril in’t. What, sleep upon your post + Because you are wearied? No, we must spy on + And watch occasions. Even now they are ripe. + I feel a turbulent throbbing at my heart + Will end in action: for there spiritual tumults + Herald great deeds. + + III:2:72 SOL. + It is the church’s scheme + Ever to lengthen suits. + + III:2:73 ALAR. + The church? + + III:2:74 SOL. + Ossana + Leans much to Rome. + + III:2:75 ALAR. + And how concerns us that? + + III:2:76 SOL. + His Grace spoke to the Bishop, you must know? + + III:2:77 ALAR. + Ah, yes! his Grace, the church, it is our friend. + And truly should be so. It gave our griefs, + And it should bear their balm. + + III:2:78 SOL. + Hast pardoned me + That I was querulous? But lovers crossed + Wrangle with those that love them, as it were, + To spite affection. + + III:2:79 ALAR. + We are bound together + As the twin powers of the storm. Very love + Now makes me callous. The great bond is sealed; + Look bright; if gloomy, mortgage future bliss + For present comfort. Trust me ‘tis good ‘surance. + I’ll to the King. + + [Exeunt both.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 3 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Street in Burgos. + + [Enter the COUNT OF LEON, followed by ORAN.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + III:3:1 LEON. + He has been sighing like a Sybarite + These six weeks past, and now he sends to me + To hire my bravo. Well, that smacks of manhood. + He’ll pierce at least one heart, if not the right one. + Murder and marriage! which the greater crime + A schoolman may decide. All arts exhausted, + His death alone remains. A clumsy course. + I care not. Truth, I hate this same Alarcos, + I think it is the colour of his eyes, + But I do hate him; and the royal ear + Lists coldly to me since this same return. + The King leans wholly on him. Sirrah Moor, + All is prepared? + + III:3:2 ORAN. + And prompt. + + III:3:3 LEON. + ‘Tis well; no boggling; + Let it be cleanly done. + + III:3:4 ORAN. + A stab or two, + And the Arlanzon’s wave shall know the rest. + + III:3:5 LEON. + I’ll have to kibe his heels at Court, if you fail. + + III:3:6 ORAN. + There is no fear. We have the choicest spirits + In Burgos. + + III:3:7 LEON. + Goodly gentlemen! you wait + Their presence? + + III:3:8 ORAN. + Here anon. + + III:3:9 LEON. + Good night, dusk infidel, + They’ll take me for an Alguazil. At home + Your news will reach me. + + III:3:10 ORAN. + And were all your throats cut, + I would not weep. O, Allah, let them spend + Their blood upon themselves! My life he shielded, + And now exacts one at my hands; we’re quits + When this is closed. That thought will grace a deed + Otherwise graceless. I would break the chain + That binds me to this man. His callous eye + Repels devotion, while his reckless vein + Demands prompt sacrifice. Now is’t wise this? + Methinks ‘twere wise to touch the humblest heart + Of those that serve us? In maturest plans + There lacks that finish, which alone can flow + From zealous instruments. But here are some + That have no hearts to touch. + + [Enter Four BRAVOs.] + + How now, good senors. + I cannot call them comrades; you’re exact, + As doubtless ye are brave. You know your duty? + + III:3:11 1ST BRAVO. + And will perform it, or my name is changed, + And I’m not Guzman Jaca. + + III:3:12 ORAN. + You well know + The arm you cross is potent? + + III:3:13 2ND BRAVO. + All the steel + Of Calatrava’s knights shall not protect it. + + III:3:14 3RD BRAVO. + And all the knights to boot. + + III:3:15 4TH BRAVO. + A river business. + + III:3:16 ORAN. + The safest sepulchre. + + III:3:17 4TH BRAVO. + A burial ground + Of which we are the priests, and take our fees; + I never cross a stream, but I do feel + A sense of property. + + III:3:18 ORAN. + You know the signal: + And when I boast I’ve friends, they may appear + To prove I am no braggart. + + III:3:19 1ST BRAVO. + To our posts + It shall be cleanly done, and brief. + + III:3:20 2ND BRAVO. + No oaths, + No swagger. + + III:3:21 3RD BRAVO. + Not a word; but all as pleasant + As we were nobles like himself. + + III:3:22 4TH BRAVO. + ‘Tis true, sir; + You deal with gentlemen. + + [Exeunt BRAVOs.] + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + III:3:23 ALAR. + The moon’s a sluggard, + I think, to-night. How now, the Moor that dodged + My steps at vespers. Hem! I like not this. + Friends beneath cloaks; they’re wanted. Save you, sir? + + III:3:24 ORAN. + And you, sir? + + III:3:25 ALAR. + Not the first time we have met, + Or I’ve no eye for lurkers. + + III:3:26 ORAN. + I have tasted + Our common heritage, the air, to-day; + And if the selfsame beam warmed both our bloods, + What then? + + III:3:27 ALAR. + Why nothing; but the sun has set, + And honest men should seek their hearths. + + III:3:28 ORAN. + I wait + My friends. + + [The BRAVOs rush in, and assault COUNT ALARCOS, who, + dropping his Cloak, shows his Sword already drawn, and keeps them at bay.] + + So, so! who plays with princes’ blood? + No sport for varlets. Thus and thus, I’ll teach ye + To know your station. + + III:3:29 1ST BRAVO. + Ah! + + III:3:30 2ND BRAVO. + Away! + + III:3:31 3RD BRAVO. + Fly, fly! + + III:3:32 4TH BRAVO. + No place for quiet men. + + [The BRAVOs run off.] + + III:3:33 ALAR. + A little breath + Is all they have cost me, tho’ their blood has stained + My damask blade. And still the Moor! What ho! + Why fliest not like thy mates? + + III:3:34 ORAN. + Because I wait + To fight. + + III:3:35 ALAR. + Rash caitiff! knowest thou who I am? + + III:3:36 ORAN. + One who I heard was brave, and now has proved it. + + III:3:37 ALAR. + Am I thy foe? + + III:3:38 ORAN. + No more than all thy race. + + III:3:39 ALAR. + Go, save thy life. + + III:3:40 ORAN. + Look to thine own, proud lord. + + III:3:41 ALAR. + Perdition catch thy base-born insolence. + + [They fight: after a long and severe encounter, + ALARCOS disarms ORAN, who falls wounded.] + + III:3:42 ORAN. + Be brief, dispatch me. + + III:3:43 ALAR. + Not a word for mercy? + + III:3:44 ORAN. + Why should’st thou give it? + + III:3:45 ALAR. + ‘Tis not merited, + Yet might be gained. Who set thee on to this? + My sword is at thy throat. Give me his name, + And thine shall live. + + III:3:46 ORAN. + I cannot. + + III:3:47 ALAR. + What, is life + So light a boon? It hangs upon this point. + Bold Moor, is’t then thy love to him who fees thee + Makes thee so faithful? + + III:3:48 ORAN. + No; I hate him. + + III:3:49 ALAR. + What + Restrains thee, then? + + III:3:50 ORAN. + The feeling that restrained + My arm from joining stabbers—Honour. + + III:3:51 ALAR. + Humph! + An overseer of stabbers for some ducats. + And is that honour? + + III:3:52 ORAN. + Once he screened my life, + And this was my return. + + III:3:53 ALAR. + What if I spare + Thy life even now? Wilt thou accord to me + The same devotion? + + III:3:54 ORAN. + Yea; the life thou givest + Thou shouldst command. + + III:3:55 ALAR. + If I, too, have a foe + Crossing my path and blighting all my life? + + III:3:56 ORAN. + This sword should strive to reach him. + + III:3:57 ALAR. + Him! thy bond + Shall know no sex or nation. Limitless + Shall be thy pledge. I’ll claim from thee a life + For that I spare. How now, wilt live? + + III:3:58 ORAN. + To pay + A life for that now spared. + + III:3:59 ALAR. + Swear to thy truth; + Swear by Mahound, and swear by all thy gods, + If thou hast any; swear it by the stars, + In which we all believe; and by thy hopes + Of thy false paradise; swear it by thy soul, + And by thy sword! + + III:3:60 ORAN. + I swear. + + III:3:61 ALAR. + Arise and live. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + THE END OF THE THIRD ACT. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0005" id="link2H_4_0005"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + ACT IV + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 1 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Interior of a Posada frequented by BRAVOs, in an obscure quarter of + Burgos. FLIX at the fire, frying eggs. Men seated at small tables + drinking; others lying on benches. At the side, but in the front of the + Scene, some Beggars squatted on the ground, thrumming a Mandolin; a + Gipsy Girl dancing. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + IV:1:1 A BRAVO. + Come, mother, dost take us for Saracens? I say we are true + Christians, and so must drink wine. + + IV:1:2 ANOTHER BRAVO. + Mother Flix is sour to-night. Keep the evil eye from the olla! + + IV:1:3 3RD BRAVO. + + [advancing to her] + + Thou beauty of Burgos, what are dimples unless seen? Smile! wench. + + IV:1:4 FLIX. + A frying egg will not wait for the King of Cordova. + + IV:1:5 1ST BRAVO. + Will have her way. Graus knows a pretty wife’s worth. A handsome + hostess is bad for the guest’s purse. + + IV:1:6 1ST BRAVO. + + [rising] + + Good companions make good company. Graus, Graus! another flagon. + + IV:1:7 2ND BRAVO. + Of the right Catalan. + + IV:1:8 3RD BRAVO. + Nay, for my omelette. + + IV:1:9 FLIX. + Hungry men think the cook lazy. + + [Enter GRAUS with a Flagon of wine.] + + IV:1:10 1ST BRAVO. + ‘Tis mine. + + IV:1:11 2ND BRAVO. + No, mine. + + IV:1:12 1ST BRAVO. + We’ll share. + + IV:1:13 2ND BRAVO. + No, each man his own beaker; he who shares has the worst half. + + IV:1:14 3RD BRAVO. + + [to FLIX, who brings the omelette] + + An egg and to bed. + + IV:1:15 GRAUS. + Who drinks, first chinks. + + IV:1:16 1ST BRAVO. + The debtor is stoned every day. There will be water-work to-morrow, + and that will wash it out. You know me? + + IV:1:17 GRAUS. + In a long journey and a small inn, one knows one’s company. + + IV:1:18 2ND BRAVO. + Come, I’ll give, but I won’t share. Fill up. + + IV:1:19 GRAUS. + That’s liberal; my way; full measure but prompt pezos; + I loathe your niggards. + + IV:1:20 1ST BRAVO. + As the little tailor of Campillo said, who worked for nothing, + and found thread. + + [To the other BRAVO.] + + Nay, I’ll not refuse; we know each other. + + IV:1:21 2ND BRAVO. + We’ve seen the stars together. + + IV:1:22 AN OLD MAN. + Burgos is not what it was. + + IV:1:23 5TH BRAVO. + + [waking] + + Sleep ends and supper begins. The olla, the olla, Mother Flix; + + [shaking a purse] + + there’s the dinner bell. + + IV:1:24 2ND BRAVO. + That will bring courses. + + IV:1:25 1ST BRAVO. + An ass covered with gold has more respect than a horse with a + pack-saddle. + + IV:1:26 5TH BRAVO. + How for that ass? + + IV:1:27 2ND BRAVO. + Nay, the sheep should have his belly full who quarrels with his mate. + + IV:1:28 5TH BRAVO. + But how for that ass? + + IV:1:29 A FRIAR. + + [advancing] + + Peace be with ye, brethren! A meal in God’s name. + + IV:1:30 5TH BRAVO. + Who asks in God’s name, asks for two. But how for that ass? + + IV:1:31 FLIX. + + [bringing the olla] + + Nay, an ye must brawl, go fight the Moors. ‘Tis a peaceable house, + and we sleep quiet o’ nights. + + IV:1:32 5TH BRAVO. + Am I an ass? + + IV:1:33 FLIX. + He is an ass who talks when he might eat. + + IV:1:34 5TH BRAVO. + A Secadon sausage! Come, mother, I’m all peace; thou’rt a rare hand. + As in thy teeth, comrade, and no more on’t + + IV:1:35 1ST BRAVO. + When I will not, two cannot quarrel. + + IV:1:36 OLD MAN. + Everything is changed for the worse. + + IV:1:37 FRIAR. + For the love of St. Jago, senors; for the love of St. Jago! + + IV:1:38 5TH BRAVO. + When it pleases not God, the saint can do little. + + IV:1:39 2ND BRAVO. + Nay, supper for all, and drink’s the best meat. Some have sung + for it, some danced. There is no fishing for trout in dry breeches. + You shall preach. + + IV:1:40 FRIAR. + Benedicite, brethren— + + IV:1:41 1ST BRAVO. + Nay, no Latin, for the devil’s not here. + + IV:1:42 2ND BRAVO. + And prithee let it be as full of meat as an egg; for we do many + deeds, love not many words. + + IV:1:43 FRIAR. + Thou shalt not steal. + + IV:1:44 1ST BRAVO. + He blasphemes. + + IV:1:45 FRIAR. + But what is theft? + + IV:1:46 2ND BRAVO. + Ay! there it is. + + IV:1:47 FRIAR. + The tailor he steals the cloth, and the miller he steals the meal; + is either a thief? ‘tis the way of trade. But what if our trade + be to steal? Why then our work is to cut purses; to cut purses is + to follow our business; and to follow our business is to obey the + King; and so thieving is no theft. And that’s probatum, and so, amen. + + IV:1:48 5TH BRAVO. + Shall put thy spoon in the olla for that. + + IV:1:49 2ND BRAVO. + And drink this health to our honest fraternity. + + IV:1:50 OLD MAN. + I have heard sermons by the hour; this is brief; every thing falls off. + + [Enter a PERSONAGE masked and cloaked.] + + IV:1:51 1ST BRAVO. + + [to his Companions] + + See’st yon mask? + + IV:1:52 2ND BRAVO. + ‘Tis strange. + + IV:1:53 GRAUS. + + [to FLIX] + + Who is this? + + IV:1:54 FLIX. + The fool wonders, the wise man asks. Must have no masks here. + + IV:1:55 GRAUS. + An obedient wife commands her husband. Business with a stranger, + title enough. + + [Advancing and addressing the Mask.] + + Most noble Senor Mask. + + IV:1:56 THE UNKNOWN. + Well, fellow! + + IV:1:57 GRAUS. + Hem; as it may be. D’ye see, most noble Senor Mask, that ‘tis an + orderly house this, frequented by certain honest gentlemen, that + take their siesta, and eat a fried egg after their day’s work, + and so are not ashamed to show their faces. Ahem! + + IV:1:58 THE UNKNOWN. + As in truth I am in such villanous company. + + IV:1:59 GRAUS. + Wheugh! but ‘tis not the first ill word that brings a blow. + Would’st sup indifferently well here at a moderate rate, we are + thy servants. My Flix hath reputation at the frying-pan, and my + wine hath made lips smack; but here, senor, faces must be uncovered. + + IV:1:60 THE UNKNOWN. + Poh! poh! + + IV:1:61 GRAUS. + Nay, then, I will send some to you shall gain softer words. + + IV:1:62 1ST BRAVO. + Why, what’s this? + + IV:1:63 2ND BRAVO. + Our host is an honest man, and has friends. + + IV:1:64 5TH BRAVO. + Let me finish my olla, and I will discourse with him. + + IV:1:65 THE UNKNOWN. + Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. I come here on business, + and with you all. + + IV:1:66 1ST BRAVO. + Carraho! and who’s this? + + IV:1:67 THE UNKNOWN. + One who knows you, though you know not him. One whom you have never + seen, yet all fear. And who walks at night, and where he likes. + + IV:1:68 2ND BRAVO. + The devil himself! + + IV:1:69 THE UNKNOWN. + It may be so. + + IV:1:70 2ND BRAVO. + Sit by me, Friar, and speak Latin. + + IV:1:71 THE UNKNOWN. + There is a man missing in Burgos, and I will know where he is. + + IV:1:72 OLD MAN. + There were many men missing in my time. + + IV:1:73 THE UNKNOWN. + Dead or alive, I care not; but land or water, river or turf, I will + know where the body is stowed. See + + [shaking a purse] + + here is eno’ to point all the poniards of the city. You shall + have it to drink his health. + + IV:1:74 A BRAVO. + How call you him? + + IV:1:75 THE UNKNOWN. + Oran, the Moor. + + IV:1:76 1ST BRAVO. + + [Jumping from his seat and approaching the Stranger.] + + My name is Guzman Jaca; my hand was in that business. + + IV:1:77 THE UNKNOWN. + With the Moor and three of your comrades? + + IV:1:78 1ST BRAVO. + The same. + + IV:1:79 THE UNKNOWN. + And how came your quarry to fly next day? + + IV:1:80 1ST BRAVO. + Very true; ‘twas a bad business for all of us. I fought like + a lion; see, my arm is still bound up; but he had advice of + our visit; and no sooner had we saluted him, than there + suddenly appeared a goodly company of twelve serving-men, + or say twelve to fifteen— + + IV:1:81 THE UNKNOWN. + You lie; he walked alone. + + IV:1:82 1ST BRAVO. + Very true; and if I am forced to speak the whole truth, it was thus. + I fought like a lion; see, my arm is still bound up; but I was not + quite his match alone, for I had let blood the day before, and my + comrades were taken with a panic, and so left me in the lurch. + And now you have it all. + + IV:1:83 THE UNKNOWN. + And Oran? + + IV:1:84 1ST BRAVO. + He fled at once. + + IV:1:85 THE UNKNOWN. + Come, come, Oran did not fly. + + IV:1:86 1ST BRAVO. + Very true. We left him alone with the Count. + And now you have it all. + + IV:1:87 THE UNKNOWN. + Had he slain him, the body would have been found. + + IV:1:88 1ST BRAVO. + Very true. That’s the difference between us professional + performers, and you mere amateurs; we never leave the bodies. + + IV:1:89 THE UNKNOWN. + And you can tell me nothing of him? + + IV:1:90 1ST BRAVO. + No, but I engage to finish the Count, any night you like now, + for I have found out his lure. + + IV:1:91 THE UNKNOWN. + How’s that? + + IV:1:92 1ST BRAVO. + Every evening, about an hour after sunset, he enters by a private + way the citadel. + + IV:1:93 THE UNKNOWN. + Hah! what more? + + IV:1:94 1ST BRAVO. + He is stagged; there is a game playing, but what I know not. + + IV:1:95 THE UNKNOWN. + Your name is Guzman Jaca? + + IV:1:96 1ST BRAVO. + The same. + + IV:1:97 THE UNKNOWN. + Honest fellow! there’s gold for you. You know nothing of Oran? + + IV:1:98 1ST BRAVO. + Maybe he has crawled to some place wounded. + + IV:1:99 THE UNKNOWN. + To die like a bird. Look after him. If I wish more, I know + where to find you. What ho, Master Host! I cannot wait to + try your mistress’s art to-night; but here’s my scot for our + next supper. + + [Exit THE UNKNOWN.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 2 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Chamber in the Palace of Alarcos. + + The COUNTESS and SIDONIA. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + IV:2:1 SIDO. + Lady, you’re moved: nay, ‘twas an idle word. + + IV:2:2 COUN. + But was it true? + + IV:2:3 SIDO. + And yet might little mean. + + IV:2:4 COUN. + That I should live to doubt! + + IV:2:5 SIDO. + But do not doubt; + Forget it, lady. You should know him well; + Nay, do not credit it. + + IV:2:6 COUN. + He’s very changed. + I would not own, no, not believe that change, + I’ve given it every gloss that might confirm + My sinking heart. Time and your tale agree; + Alas! ‘tis true. + + IV:2:7 SIDO. + I hope not; still believe + It is not true. Would that I had not spoken! + It was unguarded prate. + + IV:2:8 COUN. + You have done me service: + Condemned, the headsman is no enemy, + Bat closes suffering. + + IV:2:9 SIDO. + Yet a bitter doom + To torture those you’d bless. I have a thought. + What if this eve you visit this same spot, + That shrouds these meetings? If he’s wanting then, + The rest might prove as false. + + IV:2:10 COUN. + He will be there, + I feel he will be there. + + IV:2:11 SIDO. + We should not think so, + Until our eyes defeat our hopes. + + IV:2:12 COUN. + O Burgos, + My heart misgave me when I saw thy walls! + To doubt is madness, yet ‘tis not despair, + And that may be my lot. + + IV:2:13 SIDO. + The palace gardens + Are closed, except to master-keys. Here’s one, + My office gives it me, and it can count + Few brethren. You will be alone. + + IV:2:14 COUN. + Alas! + I dare not hope so. + + IV:2:15 SIDO. + Well, well, think of this; + Yet take the key. + + IV:2:16 COUN. + O that it would unlock + The heart now closed to me! To watch his ways + Was once my being. Shall I prove the spy + Of joys I may not share? I will not take + That fatal key. + + IV:2:17 SIDO. + ‘Tis well; I pray you, pardon + My ill-timed zeal. + + IV:2:18 COUN. + Indeed, I should be grateful + That one should wish to serve me. Can it be? + ‘Tis not two months, two little, little months, + You crossed this threshold first; Ah! gentle air, + And we were all so gay! What have I done? + What is all this? so sudden and so strange? + It is not true, I feel it is not true; + ‘Tis factious care that clouds his brow, and calls + For all this timed absence. His brain’s busy + With the State. Is’t not so? I prithee speak, + And say you think it. + + IV:2:19 SIDO. + You should know him well; + And if you deem it so, why I should deem + The inference just. + + IV:2:20 COUN. + Yet if he were not there, + How happy I should sleep! there is no peril; + The garden’s near; and is there shame? ‘Tis love + Makes me a lawful spy. He’ll not be there, + And then there is no prying. + + IV:2:21 SIDO. + Near at hand, + Crossing the way that bounds your palace court, + There is a private portal. + + IV:2:22 COUN. + If I go, + He will not miss me. Ah, I would he might! + So very near; no, no; I cannot go; + And yet I’ll take the key. + + [Takes the key.] + + Would thou could’st speak, + Thou little instrument, and tell me all + The secrets of thy office! My heart beats; + ‘Tis my first enterprise; I would it were + To do him service. No, I cannot go; + Farewell, kind sir; indeed I am so troubled, + I must retire. + + [Exit COUNTESS.] + + IV:2:23 SIDO. + Thy virtue makes me vile; + And what should move my heart inflames my soul. + O marvellous world, wherein I play the villain + From very love of excellence! But for him, + I’d be the rival of her stainless thoughts + And mate her purity. Hah! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + IV:2:24 ORAN. + My noble lord! + + IV:2:25 SIDO. + The Moor! + + IV:2:26 ORAN. + Your servant. + + IV:2:27 SIDO. + Here! ‘tis passing strange. + How’s this? + + IV:2:28 ORAN. + The accident of war, my lord. + I am a prisoner. + + IV:2:29 SIDO. + But at large, it seems. + You have betrayed me + + IV:2:30 ORAN. + Had I chosen that, + I had been free and you not here. I fought, + And fell in single fight. Why spared I know not, + But that the lion’s generous. + + IV:2:31 SIDO. + Will you prove + Your faith + + IV:2:32 ORAN. + Nay, doubt it not. + + IV:2:33 SIDO. + You still can aid me. + + IV:2:34 ORAN. + I am no traitor, and my friends shall find + I am not wanting. + + IV:2:35 SIDO. + Quit these liberal walls + Where you’re not watched. In brief, I’ve coined a tale + Has touched the Countess to the quick. She seeks, + Alone or scantly tended, even now, + The palace gardens; eager to discover + A faithless husband, where she’ll chance to find + One more devout. My steeds and servants wait + At the right post; my distant castle soon + Shall hold this peerless wife. Your resolute spirit + May aid me much. How say you, is it well + That we have met? + + IV:2:36 ORAN. + Right well. I will embark + Most heartily in this. + + IV:2:37 SIDO. + With me at once. + + IV:2:38 ORAN. + At once? + + IV:2:39 SIDO. + No faltering. You have learned and know + Too much to spare you from my sight, good Oran. + With me at once. + + IV:2:40 ORAN. + ‘Tis urgent; well at once, + And I will do good service, or I’ll die. + For what is life unless to aid the life + Has aided thine? + + IV:2:41 SIDO. + On then; with me no eye + Will look with jealousy upon thy step. + + [Exeunt both.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 3 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A retired spot in the Gardens of the Palace. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + IV:3:1 COUN. + Is’t guilt, that I thus tremble? Why should I + Feel like a sinner? I’ll not dare to meet + His flashing eye. O, with what scorn, what hate + His lightning glance will wither me. Away, + I will away. I care not whom he meets. + What if he love me not, he shall not loathe + The form he once embraced. I’ll be content + To live upon the past, and dream again + It may return. Alas! were I the false one, + I could not feel more humbled. Ah, he comes! + I’ll lie, I’ll vow I’m vile, that I came here + To meet another, anything but that + I dared to doubt him. What, my Lord Sidonia! + + [Enter SIDONIA.] + + IV:3:2 SIDO. + Thy servant and thy friend. Ah! gentle lady, + I deemed this unused scene and ill-timed hour + might render solace welcome. He’ll not come; + Ho crossed the mountains, ere the set of sun, + Towards Briviesca. + + IV:3:3 COUN. + Holy Virgin, thanks! + Home, home! + + IV:3:4 SIDO. + And can a hearth neglected cause + Such raptures? + + IV:3:5 COUN. + I, and only I, neglect it; + My cheek is fire, that I should ever dare + To do this stealthy deed. + + IV:3:6 SIDO. + And yet I feel + I could do one as secret and more bold. + A moment, lady; do not turn away + With that cold look. + + IV:3:7 COUN. + My children wait me, sir; + Yet I would thank you, for you meant me kindness. + + IV:3:8 SIDO. + And mean it yet. Ah! beauteous Florimonde, + It is the twilight hour, when hearts are soft, + And mine is like the quivering light of eve; + I love thee! + + IV:3:9 COUN. + And for this I’m here, and he, + He is not false! O happiness! + + IV:3:10 SIDO. + Sweet lady— + + IV:3:11 COUN. + My Lord Sidonia, I can pardon thee, + I am so joyful. + + IV:3:12 SIDO. + Nay, then. + + IV:3:13 COUN. + Unhand me, Sir! + + IV:3:14 SIDO. + But to embrace this delicate waist. Thou art mine: + I’ve sighed and thou hast spurned. What is not yielded + In war we capture. Ere a flying hour, + Thy hated Burgos vanishes. That voice; + What, must I stifle it, who fain would listen + For ever to its song? In vain thy cry, + For none are here but mine. + + [Enter ORAN.] + + IV:3:15 ORAN. + Turn, robber, turn— + + IV:3:16 SIDO. + Ah! treason in the camp! Thus to thy heart. + + [They fight. ORAN beats off SIDONIA, they leave the scene fighting; + the COUNTESS swoons.] + + [Enter a procession with lighted torches, attending the Infanta SOLISA + from Mass.] + + IV:3:17 1ST USH. + A woman! + + IV:3:18 2ND USH. + Does she live + + IV:3:19 SOL. + What stops our course? + + [The Train ranging themselves on each side, the Infanta approaches + the COUNTESS.] + + IV:3:20 SOL. + Most strange and lovely vision! Does she breathe? + I’ll not believe ‘tis death. Her hand is cold, + And her brow damp; Griselda, Julia, maidens + Hither, and yet stand off; give her free air. + How shall we bear her home? Now, good Lorenzo, + You, and Sir Miguel, raise her; gently, gently. + Still gently, sirs. By heavens, the fairest face + I yet did gaze on! Some one here should know her. + ‘Tis one that must be known. That’s well; relieve + That kerchief from her neck; mind not our state; + I’ll by her side; a swoon, methinks; no more, + Let’s hope and pray! + + [They raise the body of the COUNTESS, and bear her away.] + + [Enter Count of LEON.] + + IV:3:21 LEON. + I’ll fathom this same mystery, + If there be wit in Burgos. I have heard, + Before I knew the Court, old Nunez Leon + Whisper strange things—and what if they prove true? + It is not exile twice would cure that scar. + I’ll reach him yet. ‘Tis likely he may pass + This way; ‘tis lonely, and well suits a step + Would not be noticed. Ha! a man approaches; + I’ll stand awhile aside. + + [Re-enter ORAN.] + + IV:3:22 ORAN. + Gone, is she gone! + Yet safe I feel. O Allah! thou art great! + The arm she bound, and tended with that glance + Of sweet solicitude, has saved her life, + And more than life. The dark and reckless villains! + O! I could curse them, but my heart is soft + With holy triumph. I’m no more an outcast. + And when she calls me, I’d not change my lot + To be an Emir. In their hall to-night + There will be joy, and Oran will have smiles. + This house has knit me to their fate by ties + Stronger than gyves of iron. + + IV:3:23 LEON. + Do I see + The man I seek? Oran! + + [ORAN turns, and recognising Leon, rushes and seizes him.] + + IV:3:24 ORAN. + Incarnate fiend, + Give her me, give her me! + + IV:3:25 LEON. + Off, ruffian, off! + + IV:3:26 ORAN. + I have thee and I’ll hold thee. If I spare + Thy damned life, and do not dash thee down, + And trample on thee, fiend, it is because + Thou art the gaoler of a pearl of price + I cannot gain without thee. Now, where is she? + Now by thy life! + + IV:3:27 LEON. + Why, thou outrageous Moor, + Hast broken thy false prophet’s rule, and so + Fell into unused drink, that thus thou darest + To flout me with thy cloudy menaces? + What mean’st thou, sir? And what have I withheld + From thy vile touch? By heavens, I pass my days + In seeking thy dusk corpse, I deemed well drilled + Ere this, but it awaits my vengeance. + + IV:3:28 ORAN. + Boy! + Licentious boy! Where is she? Now, by Allah! + This poniard to thy heart, unless thou tell’st me. + + IV:3:29 LEON. + Whom dost thou mean? + + IV:3:30 ORAN. + Thy comrade and thy crew + They all have fled. I left the Countess here. + She’s gone. Thou fill’st her place. + + IV:3:31 LEON. + What Countess? Speak. + + IV:3:32 ORAN. + The Count Alarcos’ wife. + + IV:3:33 LEON. + The Count Alarcos! + I’d be right glad to see him; but his wife + Concerns the Lord Sidonia. If he have played + Some Pranks here ‘tis a fool, and he has marred + More than he’ll ever make. My time’s worth gems; + My knightly word, dusk Moor, I tell thee truth. + I will forget these jest, but we must meet + This night at my palace. + + IV:3:34 ORAN. + I’ll see her first. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + IV:3:35 LEON. + Is it the Carnival? What mummery’s this? + What have I heard? One thing alone is clear. + We must be rid of Oran. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 4 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Chamber in the Palace. + The Countess ALARCOS lying on a Couch, + the Infanta kneeling at her side; + MAIDENS grouped around. A PHYSICIAN and the PAGE. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + IV:4:1 SOL. + Didst ever see so fair a skin? Her bodice + Should still be loosened. Bring the Moorish water, + Griselda, you. They are the longest lashes! + They hang upon her cheek. Doctor, there’s warmth; + The blood returns? + + IV:4:2 PHY. + But slowly. + + IV:4:3 SOL. + Beauteous creature! + She seems an angel fallen from some star. + ‘Twas well we passed. Untie that kerchief, Julia; + Teresa, wave the fan. There seems a glow + Upon her cheek, what but a moment since + Was like a sculptured saint’s. + IV:4:4 PHY. + She breathes. + + IV:4:5 SOL. + Hush, hush! + + IV:4:6 COUN. + And what is this? where am I? + + IV:4:7 SOL. + With thy friends. + + IV:4:8 COUN. + It is not home. + + IV:4:9 SOL. + If kindness make a home, + Believe it such. + + [The PHYSICIAN signifies silence.] + + Nay lady, not a word, + Those lips must now be closed. I’ve seen such eyes + In pictures, girls. + + IV:4:10 PHY. + Methinks she’ll sleep. + + IV:4:11 SOL. + ‘Tis well. + Maidens, away. I’ll be her nurse; and, doctor, + Remain within. + + [Exeunt PHYSICIAN and MAIDENS.] + + Know you this beauteous dame? + + IV:4:12 PAGE. + I have heard minstrels tell that fays are found + In lonely places. + + IV:4:13 SOL. + Well, she’s magical. + She draws me charm-like to her. Vanish, imp, + And see our chamber still. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + It is the hour + Alarcos should be here. Ah! happy hour, + That custom only makes more strangely sweet! + His brow has lost its cloud. The bar’s removed + To our felicity; time makes amends + To patient sufferers. + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + Hush, my own love, hush! + + [SOLISA takes his hand and leads him aside.] + + So strange an incident! the fairest lady! + Found in our gardens; it would seem a swoon; + Myself then passing; hither we have brought her; + She is so beautiful, you’ll almost deem + She bears some charmed life. You know that fays + Are found in lonely places. + + IV:4:14 ALAR. + In thy garden! + Indeed ‘tis strange! The Virgin guard thee, love. + I am right glad I’m here. Alone to tend her, + ‘Tis scarcely wise. + + IV:4:15 SOL. + I think when she recovers, + She’ll wave her wings and fly. + + IV:4:16 ALAR. + Nay, for one glance! + In truth you paint her bright. + + IV:4:17 SOL. + E’en now she sleeps. + Tread lightly, love; I’ll lead you. + + [SOLISA cautiously leads ALARCOS to the couch; + as they approach it, the COUNTESS opens her eyes and shrieks.] + + IV:4:18 COUN. + Ah! ‘tis true, + Alarcos + [relapses into a swoon.] + + IV:4:19 ALAR. + Florimonde! + + IV:4:20 SOL. + Who is this lady? + + IV:4:21 ALAR. + It is my wife. + + IV:4:22 SOL. + + [flings away his arms and rushes forward.] + + —Not mad! + Virgin and Saints be merciful; not mad! + O spare my brain one moment; ‘tis his wife. + I’m lost: she is too fair. The secret’s out + Of sick delays. He’s feigned; he has but feigned. + + [Rushing to Alarcos.] + + Is that thy wife? and I? and what am I? + A trifled toy, a humoured instrument? + To guide with glozing words, vilely cajole + With petty perjuries? Is that thy wife? + Thou said’st she was not fair, thou did’st not love her: + Thou lied’st. O, anguish, anguish! + + IV:4:23 ALAR. + By the cross, + My soul is pure to thee. I’m wildered quite. + How came she here + + IV:4:24 SOL. + As she shall ne’er return. + Now, Count Alarcos, by the cross thou swearest + Thy faith is true to me. + + IV:4:25 ALAR. + Ay, by the cross, + + IV:4:26 SOL. + Give me thy dagger. + + IV:4:27 ALAR. + Not that hand or mine. + + IV:4:28 SOL. + Is this thy passion! + + [Takes his dagger.] + + Thus I gain the heart + I should despise. + + [Rushes to the couch.] + + IV:4:29 COUN. + What’s this I see? + + IV:4:30 ALAR. + + [seizing the Infanta’s upraised arm] + + A dream + A horrid dream, yet but a dream. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + THE END OF THE FOURTH ACT. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0006" id="link2H_4_0006"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + ACT V + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 1 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Exterior of the Castle of Alarcos in the valley of Arlanzon. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + V:1:1 COUN. + I would recall the days gone by, and live + A moment in the past; if but to fly + The dreary present pressing on my brain, + Woe’s omened harbinger. In exiled love + The scene he drew so fair! Ye castled crags, + The sunbeam plays on your embattled cliffs, + And softens your stern visage, as his love + Softened our early sorrows. But my sun + Has set for ever! Once we talked of cares + And deemed that we were sad. Men fancy sorrows + Until time brings the substance of despair, + And then their griefs are shadows. Give me exile! + It brought me love. Ah! days of gentle joy, + When pastime only parted us, and he + Returned with tales to make our children stare; + Or called my lute, while, round my waist entwined, + His hand kept chorus to my lay. No more! + O, we were happier than the happy birds; + And sweeter were our lives than the sweet flowers; + The stars were not more tranquil in their course, + Yet not more bright! The fountains in their play + Did most resemble us, that as they flow + Still sparkle! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + Oran, I am very sad. + + V:1:2 ORAN. + Cheer up, sweet lady, for the God of all + Will guard the innocent. + + V:1:3 COUN. + Think you he’ll come + To visit us? Methinks he’ll never come. + + V:1:4 ORAN. + He’s but four leagues away. This vicinage + Argues a frequent presence. + + V:1:5 COUN. + But three nights— + Have only three nights past? It is an epoch + Distant and dim with passion. There are seasons + Feelings crowd on so, time not flies but staggers; + And memory poises on her burthened plumes + To gloat upon her prey. Spoke he of coming? + + V:1:6 ORAN. + His words were scant and wild, and yet he murmured + That I should see him. + + V:1:7 COUN. + I’ve not seen him since + That fatal night, yet even that glance of terror— + I’d hail it now. O, Oran, Oran, think you + He ever more will love me? Can I do + Aught to regain his love? They say your people + Are learned in these questions. Once I thought + There was no spell like duty—that devotion + Would bulwark love for ever. Now, I’d distil + Philtres, converse with moonlit hags, defile + My soul with talismans, bow down to spirits, + And frequent accursed places, all, yea all— + I’d forfeit all—but to regain his love. + + V:1:8 ORAN. + There is a cloud now rising in the west, + In shape a hand, and scarcely would its grasp + Exceed mine own, it is so small; a spot, + A speck; see now again its colour flits! + A lurid tint; they call it on our coast + ‘The hand of God;’ I for when its finger rises + From out the horizon, there are storms abroad + And awful judgments. + + V:1:9 COUN. + Ah! it beckons me. + + V:1:10 ORAN. + Lady! + + V:1:11 COUN. + Yes, yes, see now the finger moves + And points to me. I feel it on my spirit. + + V:1:12 ORAN. + Methinks it points to me— + + V:1:13 COUN. + To both of us. + It may be so. And what would it portend? + My heart’s grown strangely calm. If there be chance + Of storms, my children should be safe. Let’s home. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 2 + + An illuminated Hall in the Royal Palace at Burgos; + in the background Dancers. + + Groups of GUESTS passing. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + V:2:1 1ST GUEST. + Radiant! + + V:2:2 2ND GUEST. + Recalls old days. + + V:2:3 3RD GUEST. + The Queen herself + Ne’er revelled it so high! + + V:2:4 4TH GUEST. + The Infanta beams + Like some bright star! + + V:2:5 5TH GUEST. + And brighter for the cloud + A moment screened her. + + V:2:6 6TH GUEST. + Is it true ‘tis over + Between the Count Sidonia and the Lara? + + V:2:7 1ST GUEST. + A musty tale. The fair Alarcos wins him. + Where’s she to-night? + + V:2:8 2ND GUEST. + All on the watch to view + Her entrance to our world. + + V:2:9 3RD GUEST. + The Count is here. + + V:2:10 4TH GUEST. + Where? + + V:2:11 3RD GUEST. + With the King; at least a moment since. + + V:2:12 2ND GUEST. + They say she’s ravishing. + + V:2:13 4TH GUEST. + Beyond belief! + + V:2:14 3RD GUEST. + The King affects him much. + + V:2:15 5TH GUEST. + He’s all in all. + + V:2:16 6TH GUEST. + Yon Knight of Calatrava, who is he? + + V:2:17 1ST GUEST. + Young Mendola. + + V:2:18 2ND GUEST. + What he so rich? + + V:2:19 1ST GUEST. + The same. + + V:2:20 2ND GUEST. + The Lara smiles on him. + + V:2:21 1ST GUEST. + No worthier quarry + + V:2:22 3RD GUEST. + Who has the vacant Mastership? + + V:2:23 4TH GUEST. + I’ll back + The Count of Leon. + + V:2:24 3RD GUEST. + Likely; he stands well + With the Lord Admiral. + + [They move away.] + + [The Counts of SIDONIA and LEON come forward.] + + V:2:25 LEON. + Doubt as you like, + Credulity will come, and in good season. + + V:2:26 SIDO. + She is not here that would confirm your tale. + + V:2:27 LEON. + ‘Tis history, my Sidonia. Strange events + Have happened, stranger come. + + V:2:28 SIDO. + I’ll not believe it. + And favoured by the King! What can it mean? + + V:2:29 LEON. + What no one dares to say. + + V:2:30 SIDO. + A clear divorce. + O that accursed garden! But for that— + + V:2:31 LEON. + ‘Twas not my counsel. Now I’d give a purse + To wash good Oran in Arlanzon’s wave; + The dusk dog needs a cleansing. + + V:2:32 SIDO. + Hush! here comes + Alarcos and the King. + + [They retire: the KING and COUNT ALARCOS advance.] + + V:2:33 KING. + Solisa looks + A Queen. + + V:2:34 ALAR. + The mirror of her earliest youth + Ne’er shadowed her so fair! + + V:2:35 KING. + I am young again, + Myself to-night. It quickens my old blood + To see my nobles round me. This goes well. + ‘Tis Courts like these that make a King feel proud. + Thy future subjects, cousin. + + V:2:36 ALAR. + Gracious Sire, + I would be one. + + V:2:37 KING. + Our past seclusion lends + A lustre to this revel. + + [The KING approaches the Count of LEON; SOLISA advances to ALARCOS.] + + V:2:38 SOL. + Why art thou grave? + I came to bid thee smile. In truth, to-night + I feel a lightness of the heart to me + Hath long been strange. + + V:2:39 ALAR. + ‘Tis passion makes me grave. + I muse upon thy beauty. Thus I’d read + My oppressed spirit, for in truth these sounds + Jar on my humour. + + V:2:40 SOL. + Now my brain is vivid + With wild and blissful images. Canst guess + What laughing thought unbidden, but resistless, + Plays o’er my mind to-night? Thou canst not guess: + Meseems it is our bridal night. + + V:2:41 ALAR. + Thy fancy + Outruns the truth but scantly. + + V:2:42 SOL. + Not a breath. + Our long-vexed destinies—even now their streams + Blend in one tide. It is the hour, Alarcos: + There is a spirit whispering in my ear, + The hour is come. I would I were a man + But for a rapid hour. Should I rest here, + Prattling with gladsome revellers, when time, + Steered by my hand, might bring me to a port + I long had sighed to enter? But, alas! + These are a woman’s thoughts. + + V:2:43 ALAR. + And yet I share them. + + V:2:44 SOL. + Why not to-night? Now, when our hearts are high, + Our fancies glowing, pulses fit for kings, + And the whole frame and spirit of the man + Prepared for daring deeds? + + V:2:45 ALAR. + And were it done— + Why then ‘twere not to do. + + V:2:46 SOL. + The mind grows dull, + Dwelling on method of its deeds too long. + Our schemes should brood as gradual as the storm; + Their acting should be lightning. How far is’t? + + V:2:47 ALAR. + An hour. + + V:2:48 SOL. + Why it wants two to midnight yet. + O could I see thee but re-enter here, + Ere yet the midnight clock strikes on my heart + The languish of new hours—I’d not ask thee + Why I had missed the mien, that draws to it ever + My constant glance. There’d need no speech between us; + For I should meet—my husband. + + V:2:49 ALAR. + ‘Tis the burthen + Of this unfilled doom weighs on my spirit. + Why am I here? My heart and face but mar + This festive hall. To-night, why not to-night? + The night will soon have past: then ‘twill be done. + We’ll meet again to-night. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 3 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Hall in the Castle of ALARCOS; + in the back of the Scene a door leading to another Apartment. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + V:3:1 ORAN. + Reveal the future, lightnings! Then I’d hail + That arrowy flash. O darker than the storm + Cowed as the beasts now crouching in their caves, + Is my sad soul. Impending o’er this house, + I feel some bursting fate, my doomed arm + In vain would ward, + + [Enter a MAN AT ARMS.] + + How now, hast left thy post? + + V:3:2 MAN. + O worthy Castellan, the lightnings play + Upon our turrets, that no human step + Can keep the watch. Each forky flash seems missioned + To scathe our roof, and the whole platform flows + With a blue sea of flame. + + V:3:3 ORAN. + It is thy post. + No peril clears desertion. To thy post. + Mark me, my step will be as prompt as thine; + I will relieve thee. + + [Exit MAN AT ARMS.] + + Let the mischievous fire + Wither this head. O Allah! grant no fate + More dire awaits me. + + [Enter the COUNT ALARCOS.] + + Hah! the Count! My lord, + In such a night! + + V:3:4 ALAR. + A night that’s not so wild + As this tempestuous breast. How is she, Oran? + + V:3:5 ORAN. + Well. + + V:3:6 ALAR. + Ever well. + + V:3:7 ORAN. + The children— + + V:3:8 ALAR. + Wine, I’m wearied, + The lightning scared my horse; he’s galled my arm. + Get me some wine. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + The storm was not to stop me. + The mind intent construes each natural act + To a personal bias, and so catches judgments + In every common course. In truth the flash, + Though it seemed opening hell, was not so dreadful + As that wild glaring hall. + + [Re-enter ORAN with a goblet and flagon.] + + Ah! this re-mans me! + I think the storm has lulled. Another cup. + Go see, good Oran, how the tempest speeds. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + An hour ago I did not dare to think + I’d drink wine more. + + [Re-enter ORAN.] + + V:3:9 ORAN. + The storm indeed has lulled + As by a miracle; the sky is clear, + There’s not a breath of air; and from the turret + I heard the bell of Huelgas. + + V:3:10 ALAR. + Then ‘twas nothing. + My spirit vaults! Oran, thou dost remember + The night that we first met? + + V:3:11 ORAN. + ‘Tis graven deep + Upon my heart. + + V:3:12 ALAR. + I think thou lov’st me, Oran? + + V:3:13 ORAN. + And all thy house. + + V:3:14 ALAR. + Nay, thou shalt love but me. + I’ll no divisions in the hearts that are mine. + + V:3:15 ORAN. + I have no love but that which knits me to thee + With deeper love. + + V:3:16 ALAR. + I found thee, Oran, what— + I will not say. And now thou art, good Oran, + A Prince’s Castellan. + + V:3:17 ORAN. + I feel thy bounty. + + V:3:18 ALAR. + Thou shalt be more. But serve me as I would, + And thou shalt name thy meed. + + V:3:19 ORAN. + To serve my lord + Is my sufficient meed. + + V:3:20 ALAR. + Come hither, Oran, + Were there a life between me and my life, + And all that makes that life a thing to cling to, + Love, Honour, Power, ay, what I will not name + Nor thou canst image—yet enough to stir + Ambition in the dead—I think, good Oran, + Thou would’st not see me foiled? + + V:3:21 ORAN. + Thy glory’s dearer + Than life to me. + + V:3:22 ALAR. + I knew it, I knew it. + Thou shalt share all; thy alien blood shall be + No bar to thy preferment. Hast thou brothers? + I’ll send for them. An aged sire, perchance? + Here’s gold for him. Count it thyself. Contrive + All means of self-enjoyment. To the full + They shall lap up fruition. Thou hast, all have, + Some master wish which still eludes thy grasp, + And still’s the secret idol of thy soul; + ‘Tis gained. And only if thou dost, good Oran, + What love and duty prompt. + + V:3:23 ORAN. + Count on my faith, + I stand prepared to prove it. + + V:3:24 ALAR. + Good, good, Oran. + It is an hour to midnight? + + V:3:25 ORAN. + The moon is not + Within her midnight bower, yet near. + + V:3:26 ALAR. + So late! + The Countess sleeps? + + V:3:27 ORAN. + She has long retired. + + V:3:28 ALAR. + She sleeps, + O, she must wake no more! + + V:3:29 ORAN. + Thy wife! + + V:3:30 ALAR. + It must + Be done, ere yet the Castle chime shall tell + Night wanes. + + V:3:31 ORAN. + Thy wife! God of my fathers! none + Can do this deed! + + V:3:32 ALAR. + Upon thy hand it rests. + The deed must fall on thee. + + V:3:33 ORAN. + I will not do it. + + V:3:34 ALAR. + Thine oath, thine oath! Hast thou forgot thine oath? + Thou owest me a life, and now I claim it. + What, hast thou trifled with me? Hast thou fooled + With one whose point was at thy throat? Beware! + Thou art my slave, and I have branded thee + With this infernal ransom! + + V:3:35 ORAN. + I am thy slave, + And I will be thy slave, and all my days + Devoted to perdition. Not for gold + Or worldly worth; to cheer no aged parent, + Though I have one, a mother; not to bask + My seed within thy beams; to feed no passions + And gorge no craving vanity; but because + Thou gavest me life, and led to that which made + That life for once delicious. O, great sir, + The King’s thy foe? Surrounded by his guards + I would waylay him. Hast thou some fierce rival? + I’ll pluck his heart out. Yea! there is no peril + I’d not confront, no rack I’ll not endure, + No great offence commit, to do thee service— + So thou wilt spare me this, and spare thy soul + This unmatched sin. + + V:3:36 ALAR. + I had exhausted suffering + Ere I could speak to thee. I claim thine oath. + + V:3:37 ORAN. + One moment, yet one moment. This is sudden + As it is terrible. + + V:3:38 ALAR. + The womb is ripe, + And thou art but the midwife of the birth + I have engendered. + + V:3:39 ORAN. + Think how fair she is, + How gracious, how devoted! + + V:3:40 ALAR. + Need I thee + To tell me what she is! + + V:3:41 ORAN. + Thy children’s mother. + + V:3:42 ALAR. + Would she were not! Another breast should bear + My children. + + V:3:43 ORAN. + Thou inhuman bloody man— + It shall not be, it cannot, cannot be. + I tell thee, tyrant, there’s a power abroad + E’en now that crashes thee. The storm that raged + Blows from a mystic quarter. ‘Tis the hand + Of Allah guides the tempest of this night. + + V:3:44 ALAR. + Thine oath, thine oath! + + V:3:45 ORAN. + Accursed be the hour + Thou sparedst my life! + + V:3:46 ALAR. + Thine oath, I claim thine oath. + Nay, Moor, what is it? ‘Tis a life, and thou + Hast learnt to rate existence at its worth. + A life, a woman’s life! Why, sack a town, + And thousands die like her. My faithful Oran, + Come let me love thee, let me find a friend + When friends can prove themselves. It’s not an oath + Vowed in our sunshine ease, that shows a friend; + ‘Tis the tempestuous mood like this, that calls + For faithful service. + + V:3:47 ORAN. + Hah! the Emir’s blood + Cries for this judgment. It was sacred seed. + + V:3:48 ALAR. + It flowed to clear thine honour. Art thou he + That honour loved so dearly, that he scorned + Betrayal of a foe, although that foe + Had changed him to a bravo? + + V:3:49 ORAN. + Let me kiss + Thy garment’s hem, and grovel it thy feet— + I pray, I supplicate—my lord, my lord— + Absolve me from that oath! + + V:3:50 ALAR. + I had not thought + To claim it twice. It seems I lacked some judgment + In man, to deem that honour might be found + In hired stabbers. + + V:3:51 ORAN. + Hah! I vowed to thee + A life for that which thou didst spare—‘tis well. + The debt is paid. + + [Stabs himself and falls.] + + [Enter the COUNTESS from the inner Chamber.] + + V:3:52 COUN. + I cannot sleep—my dreams are full of woe! + Alarcos! my Alarcos! Hah! dread sight! + Oran! + + V:3:53 ORAN. + O, spare her; ‘tis no sacrifice + If she be spared. + + V:3:54 COUN. + Wild words! Thou dost not speak. + O, speak, Alarcos! speak! + + V:3:55 ORAN. + His voice is death. + + V:3:56 COUN. + Ye Saints uphold me now, for I am weak + And lost. What means this? Oran dying! Nay— + Alarcos! I’m a woman. Aid me, aid me. + Why’s Oran thus? O, save him, my Alarcos! + Blood! And why shed? Why, let us staunch his wounds. + Why are there wounds? He will not speak. Alarcos, + A word, a single word! Unhappy Moor! + Where is thy hurt? + [Kneels by ORAN.] + + V:3:57 ORAN. + That hand! This is not death; + ‘Tis Paradise. + + [Dies.] + + V:3:58 ALAR. + + [advancing in soliloquy] + + He sets me great examples. + ‘Tis easier than I deemed; a single blow + And his bold soul has fled. His lavish life + Enlists me in quick service. Quit that dark corpse; + He died as did become a perjured traitor. + + V:3:59 COUN. + To whom, my lord? + + V:3:60 ALAR. + To all Castille perchance. + Come hither, wife. Before the morning breaks + A lengthened journey waits thee. Art prepared? + + V:3:61 COUN. + + [springing to ALARCOS] + + I will not go. Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + Thy look is terrible! What mean these words? + Why should’st thou spare me? Why should Oran die? + The veil that clouds thy mind—I’ll rend it. Tell me— + Yea! I’ll know all. A power supports me now— + Defies even thee. + + V:3:62 ALAR. + A traitor’s troubled tongue + Disturbs thy mind. I tell thee, thou must leave + This castle promptly. + + V:3:63 COUN. + Not to Burgos—say + But that. I will not go. That fatal woman— + Her shadow’s on thy soul. + + V:3:64 ALAR. + No, not to Burgos. + ‘Tis not to Burgos that thy journey tends. + The children sleep? + + V:3:65 COUN. + Spite of the storm. + + V:3:66 ALAR. + Go—kiss them. + Thou canst not take them with thee. To thy chamber— + Quick to thy chamber. + + [The COUNTESS as if about to speak, but ALARCOS stops her.] + + Nay, time presses, wife. + + [The COUNTESS slowly re-enters her Chamber.] + + V:3:67 ALAR. + I am alone—with Death. And will she look + Serene as this? The visage of a hero + Stamped with a martyred end! Thou noble Moor! + What if thy fate were mine! Thou art at rest: + No dark fulfilment waits o’er thee. The tomb + Hath many charms. + + [The COUNTESS calls.] + + V:3:68 COUN. + Alarcos! + + V:3:69 ALAR. + Ay, anon. + Why did she tell me that she lived? Methought + It was all past. I came to confront death; + And we have met. This sacrificial blood— + What, bears it no atonement? ‘Twas an offering + Fit for the Gods. + + [The midnight bell.] + + She waits me now; her hand + Extends a diadem; my achieveless arm + Would wither at her scorn. ‘Tis thus, Solisa, + I gain thy heart and realm! + + [ALARCOS moves hastily to the Chamber, which he enters; + the stage for some seconds is empty; a shriek is then heard; + ALARCOS re-appears, very pale, and slowly advances to the front of the stage.] + + ‘Tis over and I live. I heard a sound; + Was’t Oran’s spirit? + I’ll not rest here, and yet I dare not back. + The bodies? Nay, ‘tis done—I’ll not shrink now. + I have seen death before. But is this death? + Methinks a deeper mystery. Well, ‘tis done. + There’ll be no hour so dark as this. I would + I had not caught her eye. + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + The Warder’s note! + Shall I meet life again? + + [Another trumpet sounds.] + + [Enter the SENESCHAL.] + + V:3:70 SEN. + Horsemen from Court. + + V:3:71 ALAR. + The Court! I’m sick at heart. Perchance she’s eager, + And cannot wait my coming. + + [Enter two COURTIERS.] + + Well, good sirs! + + V:3:72 1ST COURT. + Alas, my lord. + + V:3:73 ALAR. + I live upon thy words. + What now? + + V:3:74 1ST COURT. + We have rode post, my lord. + + V:3:75 ALAR. + Bad news + Flies ever. ‘Tis the King? + + V:3:76 1ST COURT. + Alas! + + V:3:77 ALAR. + She’s ill. + My horse, my horse there! + + V:3:78 1ST COURT. + Nay, my lord, not so. + + V:3:79 ALAR. + Why then I care for nought. + + V:3:80 1ST COURT. + Unheard-of horror! + The storm, the storm— + + V:3:81 ALAR. + I rode in it. + + V:3:82 1ST COURT. + Methought + Each flash would fire the Citadel; the flame + Wreathed round its pinnacles, and poured in streams + Adown the pallid battlements. Our revellers + Forgot their festival, and stopped to gaze + On the portentous vision. When behold! + The curtained clouds re-opened, and a bolt + Came winged from the startling blue of heaven, + And struck—the Infanta! + + V:3:83 ALAR. + There’s a God of Vengeance. + + V:3:84 1ST COURT. + She fell a blighted corpse. Amid the shrieks + Of women, prayers of hurrying multitudes, + The panic and the stir we sought for thee; + The King’s overwhelmed. + + V:3:85 ALAR. + My wife’s at least a Queen, + She reigns in Heaven. The King’s o’erwhelmed—poor man + Go tell him, sirs, the Count Alarcos lived + To find a hell on earth; yet thus he sought + A deeper and a darker. + + [Falls.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + The End +</pre> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Count Alarcos, by Benjamin Disraeli + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNT ALARCOS *** + +***** This file should be named 7487-h.htm or 7487-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/7/4/8/7487/ + +Produced by K. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Count Alarcos + A Tragedy + +Author: Benjamin Disraeli + +Release Date: February, 2005 [EBook #7487] +Posting Date: July 31, 2009 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNT ALARCOS *** + + + + +Produced by K. Kay Shearin + + + + + +COUNT ALARCOS + +A TRAGEDY + + +By Benjamin Disraeli + + + +As there is no historical authority for the events of the celebrated +Ballad on which this Tragedy is founded, I have fixed upon the +thirteenth century for the period of their occurrence. At that time the +kingdom of Castille had recently obtained that supremacy in Spain which +led, in a subsequent age, to the political integrity of the country. +Burgos, its capital, was a magnificent city; and then also arose that +masterpiece of Christian architecture, its famous Cathedral. + +This state of comparative refinement and civilisation permitted the +introduction of more complicated motives than the rude manners of the +Ballad would have authorised; while the picturesque features of the +Castillian middle ages still flourished in full force; the factions of +a powerful nobility, renowned for their turbulence, strong passions, +enormous crimes, profound superstition. + + [Delta] + +London: May, 1839 + + + + +DRAMATIS PERSONAE + + + THE KING OF CASTILLE. + COUNT ALARCOS, a Prince of the Blood. + COUNT OF SIDONIA. + COUNT OF LEON. + PRIOR OF BURGOS. + ORAN, a Moor. + FERDINAND, a PAGE. + GUZMAN JACA, a BRAVO. + GRAUS, the Keeper of a Posada. + + SOLISA, Infanta of Castille, only child of the King. + FLORIMONDE, Countess Alarcos. + FLIX, a Hostess. + + Courtiers, Pages, Chamberlains, Bravos, and Priests. + + +Time--the 13th Century. +Scene--Burgos, the capital of Castille, and its vicinity. + + + + + +ACT I + + + SCENE 1 + + A Street in Burgos; the Cathedral in the distance. + + [Enter Two Courtiers.] + + + I:1:1 1ST COURT. + The Prince of Hungary dismissed? + + I:1:2 2ND COURT. + Indeed + So runs the rumour. + + I:1:3 1ST COURT. + Why the spousal note + Still floats upon the air! + + I:1:4 2ND COURT. + Myself this morn + Beheld the Infanta's entrance, as she threw, + Proud as some hitless barb, her haughty glance + On our assembled chiefs. + + I:1:5 1ST COURT. + The Prince was there? + + I:1:6 2ND COURT. + Most royally; nor seemed a man more fit + To claim a kingdom for a dower. He looked + Our Gadian Hercules, as the advancing peers + Their homage paid. I followed in the train + Of Count Alarcos, with whose ancient house + My fortunes long have mingled. + + I:1:7 1ST COURT. + 'Tis the same, + But just returned? + + I:1:8 2ND COURT. + Long banished from the Court; + And only favoured since the Queen's decease, + His ancient foe. + + I:1:9 1ST COURT. + A very potent Lord? + + I:1:10 2ND COURT. + Near to the throne; too near perchance for peace. + You're young at Burgos, or indeed 'twere vain + To sing Alarcos' praise, the brightest knight + That ever waved a lance in Old Castille. + + I:1:11 1ST COURT. + You followed in his train? + + I:1:12 2ND COURT. + And as we passed, + Alarcos bowing to the lowest earth, + The Infanta swooned; and pale as yon niched saint, + From off the throned step, her seat of place, + Fell in a wild and senseless agony. + + I:1:13 1ST COURT. + Sancta Maria! and the King-- + + I:1:14 2ND COURT. + Uprose + And bore her from her maidens, then broke up + The hurried Court; indeed I know no more, + For like a turning tide the crowd pressed on, + And scarcely could I gain the grateful air. + Yet on the Prado's walk came smiling by + The Bishop of Ossuna; as he passed + He clutched my cloak, and whispered in my ear, + 'The match is off.' + + [Enter PAGE.] + + I:1:15 1ST COURT. + Hush! hush! a passenger. + + I:1:16 PAGE. + Most noble Cavaliers, I pray, inform me + Where the great Count Alarcos holds his quarter. + + I:1:17 2ND COURT. + In the chief square. His banner tells the roof; + Your pleasure with the Count, my gentle youth? + + I:1:18 PAGE. + I were a sorry messenger to tell + My mission to the first who asks its aim. + + I:1:19 2ND COURT. + The Count Alarcos is my friend and chief. + + I:1:20 PAGE. + Then better reason I should trusty be, + For you can be a witness to my trust. + + I:1:21 1ST COURT. + A forward youth! + + I:1:22 2ND COURT. + A page is ever pert + + I:1:23 PAGE. + Ay! ever pert is youth that baffles age. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + I:1:24 1ST COURT. + The Count is married? + + I:1:25 2ND COURT. + To a beauteous lady; + And blessed with a fair race. A happy man + Indeed is Count Alarcos. + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + I:1:26 1ST COURT. + Prithee, see; + Passes he now? + + I:1:27 2ND COURT. + Long since. Yon banner tells + The Count Sidonia. Let us on, and view + The passage of his pomp. His Moorish steeds, + They say, are very choice. + + [Exeunt Two Courtiers.] + + + + + SCENE 2. + + + A Chamber in the Palace of Alarcos. The COUNTESS seated and + working at her tapestry; the COUNT pacing the Chamber. + + + I:2:1 COUN. + You are disturbed, Alarcos? + + I:2:2 ALAR. + 'Tis the stir + And tumult of this morn. I am not used + To Courts. + + I:2:3 COUN. + I know not why, it is a name + That makes me tremble. + + I:2:4 ALAR. + Tremble, Florimonde, + Why should you tremble? + + I:2:5 COUN. + Sooth I cannot say. + Methinks the Court but little suits my kind; + I love our quiet home. + + I:2:6 ALAR. + This is our home, + + I:2:7 COUN. + When you are here. + + I:2:8 ALAR. + I will be always here. + + I:2:9 COUN. + Thou canst not, sweet Alarcos. Happy hours, + When we were parted but to hear thy horn + Sound in our native woods! + + I:2:10 ALAR. + Why, this is humour! + We're courtiers now; and we must smile and smirk. + + I:2:11 COUN. + Methinks your tongue is gayer than your glance. + The King, I hope, was gracious? + + I:2:12 ALAR. + Were he not, + My frown's as prompt as his. He was most gracious. + + I:2:13 COUN. + Something has chafed thee? + + I:2:14 ALAR. + What should chafe me, child, + And when should hearts be light, if mine be dull? + Is not mine exile over? Is it nought + To breathe in the same house where we were born, + And sleep where slept our fathers? Should that chafe? + + I:2:15 COUN. + Yet didst then leave my side this very morn, + And with a vow this day should ever count + Amid thy life most happy; when we meet + Thy brow is clouded. + + I:2:16 ALAR. + Joy is sometimes grave, + And deepest when 'tis calm. And I am joyful + If it be joy, this long forbidden hall + Once more to pace, and feel each fearless step + Tread on a baffled foe. + + I:2:17 COUN. + Hast thou still foes + + I:2:18 ALAR. + I trust so; I should not be what I am, + Still less what I will be, if hate did not + Pursue me as my shadow. Ah! fair wife, + Thou knowest not Burgos. Thou hast yet to fathom + The depths of thy new world. + + I:2:19 COUN. + I do recoil + As from some unknown woo, from this same world. + I thought we came for peace. + + I:2:20 ALAR. + Peace dwells within + No lordly roof in Burgos. We have come + For triumph. + + I:2:21 COUN. + So I share thy lot, Alarcos, + All feelings are the same. + + I:2:22 ALAR. + My Florimonde, + I took thee from a fair and pleasant home + In a soft land, where, like the air they live in, + Men's hearts are mild. This proud and fierce Castille + Resembles not thy gentle Aquitaine, + More than the eagle may a dove, and yet + It is my country. Danger in its bounds + Weighs more than foreign safety. But why speak + Of what exists not? + + I:2:23 COUN. + And I hope may never! + + I:2:24 ALAR. + And if it come, what then? This chance shall find me + Not unprepared. + + I:2:25 COUN. + But why should there be danger? + And why should'st thou, the foremost prince of Spain, + Fear or make foes? Thou standest in no light + Would fall on other shoulders; thou hast no height + To climb, and nought to gain. Thou art complete; + The King alone above thee, and thy friend. + + I:2:26 ALAR. + So I would deem. I did not speak of fear. + + I:2:27 COUN. + Of danger? + + I:2:28 ALAR. + That's delight, when it may lead + To mighty ends. Ah, Florimonde! thou art too pure; + Unsoiled in the rough and miry paths + Of ibis same trampling world; unskilled in heats + Of fierce and emulous spirits. There's a rapture + In the strife of factions, that a woman's soul + Can never reach. Men smiled on me to-day + Would gladly dig my grave; and yet I smiled, + And gave them coin as ready as their own, + And not less base. + + I:2:29 COUN. + And can there be such men, + And canst thou live with them? + + I:2:30 ALAR. + Ay! and they saw + Me ride this morning in my state again; + The people cried 'Alarcos and Castille!' + The shout will dull their feasts. + + I:2:31 COUN. + There was a time + Thou didst look back as on a turbulent dream + On this same life. + + I:2:32 ALAR. + I was an exile then. + This stirring Burgos has revived my vein. + Yea, as I glanced from off the Citadel + This very morn, and at my feet outspread + Its amphitheatre of solemn towers + And groves of golden pinnacles, and marked + Turrets of friends and foes; or traced the range, + Spread since my exile, of our city's walls + Washed by the swift Arlanzon: all around + The flash of lances, blaze of banners, rush + Of hurrying horsemen, and the haughty blast + Of the soul-stirring trumpet, I renounced + My old philosophy, and gazed as gazes + The falcon on his quarry! + + I:2:33 COUN. + Jesu grant + The lure will bear no harm! + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + I:2:34 ALAR. + Whose note is that? + I hear the tramp of horsemen in the court; + We have some guests. + + I:2:35 COUN. + Indeed! + + [Enter the COUNT OF SIDONIA and the COUNT OF LEON.] + + I:2:36 ALAR. + My noble friends, + My Countess greets ye! + + I:2:37 SIDO. + And indeed we pay + To her our homage. + + I:2:38 LEON. + Proud our city boasts + So fair a presence. + + I:2:39 COUN. + Count Alarcos' friends + Are ever welcome here. + + I:2:40 ALAR. + No common wife. + Who welcomes with a smile her husband's friends. + + I:2:41 SIDO. + Indeed a treasure! When I marry, Count, + I'll claim your counsel. + + I:2:42 COUN. + 'Tis not then your lot? + + I:2:43 SIDO. + Not yet, sweet dame; tho' sooth to say, full often + I dream such things may be. + + I:2:44 COUN. + Your friend is free? + + I:2:45 LEON. + And values freedom: with a rosy chain + I still should feel a captive. + + I:2:46 SIDO. + Noble Leon + Is proof against the gentle passion, lady, + And will ere long, my rapier for a gage, + Marry a scold. + + I:2:47 LEON. + In Burgos now, methinks, + Marriage is scarce the mode. Our princess frowns, + It seems, upon her suitors. + + I:2:48 SIDO. + Is it true + The match is off? + + I:2:49 LEON. + 'Tis said. + + I:2:50 COUN. + The match is off + You did not tell me this strange news, Alarcos. + + I:2:51 SIDO. + Did he not tell you how-- + + I:2:52 ALAR. + In truth, good sirs, + My wife and I are somewhat strangers here, + And things that are of moment to the minds + That long have dwelt on them, to us are nought. + + [To the Countess.] + + There was a sort of scene to-day at Court; + The Princess fainted: we were all dismissed, + Somewhat abruptly; but, in truth, I deem + These rumours have no source but in the tongues + Of curious idlers. + + I:2:53 SIDO. + Faith, I hold them true. + Indeed they're very rife. + + I:2:54 LEON. + Poor man, methinks + His is a lot forlorn, at once to lose + A mistress and a crown! + + I:2:55 COUN. + Yet both may bring + Sorrow and cares. But little joy, I ween, + Dwells with a royal bride, too apt to claim + The homage she should yield. + + I:2:56 SIDO. + I would all wives + Hold with your Countess in this pleasing creed. + + I:2:57 ALAR. + She has her way: it is a cunning wench + That knows to wheedle. Burgos still maintains + Its fame for noble fabrics. Since my time + The city's spread. + + I:2:58 SIDO. + Ah! you're a traveller, Count. + And yet we have not lagged. + + I:2:59 COUN. + The Infanta, sirs, + Was it a kind of swoon? + + I:2:60 ALAR. + Old Lara lives + Still in his ancient quarter? + + I:2:61 LEON. + With the rats + That share his palace. You spoke, Madam? + + I:2:62 COUN. + She + Has dainty health, perhaps? + + I:2:63 LEON. + All ladies have. + And yet as little of the fainting mood + As one could fix on-- + + I:2:64 ALAR. + Mendola left treasure? + + I:2:65 SIDO. + Wedges of gold, a chamber of sequins + Sealed up for ages, flocks of Barbary sheep + Might ransom princes, tapestry so rare + The King straight purchased, covering for the price + Each piece with pistoles. + + I:2:66 COUN. + Is she very fair + + I:2:67 LEON. + As future queens must ever be, and yet + Her face might charm uncrowned. + + I:2:68 COUN. + It grieves me much + To hear the Prince departs. 'Tis not the first + Among her suitors + + I:2:69 ALAR. + Your good uncle lives-- + Nunez de Leon? + + I:2:70 LEON. + To my cost, Alarcos; + He owes me much. + + I:2:71 SIDO. + Some promises his heir + Would wish fulfilled. + + I:2:72 COUN. + In Gascony, they said, + Navarre had sought her hand. + + I:2:73 LEON. + He loitered here + But could not pluck the fruit: it was too high. + Sidonia threw him in a tilt one day. + The Infanta has her fancies; unhorsed knights + Count not among them. + + [Enter a CHAMBERLAIN who whispers COUNT ALARCOS.] + + I:2:74 ALAR. + Urgent, and me alone + Will commune with! A Page! Kind guests, your pardon, + I'll find you here anon. My Florimonde, + Our friends will not desert you, like your spouse. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] + + I:2:75 COUN. + My Lords, will see our gardens? + + I:2:76 SIDO. + We are favoured. + We wait upon your steps. + + I:2:77 LEON. + And feel that roses + Will spring beneath them. + + I:2:78 COUN. + You are an adept, sir, + In our gay science. + + I:2:79 LEON. + Faith, I stole it, lady, + From a loose Troubadour Sidonia keeps + To write his sonnets. + + [Exeunt omnes.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A Chamber. + + [Enter ALARCOS and PAGE.] + + + I:3:1 PAGE. + Will you wait here, my Lord? + + I:3:2 ALAR. + I will, sir Page. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + The Bishop of Ossuna: what would he? + He scents the prosperous ever. Ay! they'll cluster + Round this new hive. But I'll not house them yet. + Marry, I know them all; but me they know, + As mountains might the leaping stream that meets + The ocean as a river. Time and exile + Change our life's course, but is its flow less deep + Because it is more calm? I've seen to-day + Might stir its pools. What if my phantom flung + A shade on their bright path? 'Tis closed to me + Although the goal's a crown. She loved me once; + Now swoons, and now the match is off. She's true. + But I have clipped the heart that once could soar + High as her own! Dreams, dreams! And yet entranced, + Unto the fair phantasma that is fled, + My struggling fancy clings; for there are hours + When memory with her signet stamps the brain + With an undying mint; and these were such, + When high Ambition and enraptured Love, + Twin Genii of my daring destiny, + Bore on my sweeping life with their full wing, + Like an angelic host: + + [In the distance enter a lady veiled.] + + Is this their priest? + Burgos unchanged I see. + + [Advancing towards her.] + + A needless veil + To one prophetic of thy charms, fair lady. + And yet they fall on an ungracious eye. + + [Withdraws the veil.] + + Solisa! + + I:3:3 SOL. + Yes! Solisa; once again + O say Solisa! let that long lost voice + Breathe with a name too faithful! + + I:3:4 ALAR. + Oh! what tones, + What mazing sight is this! The spellbound forms + Of my first youth rise up from the abyss + Of opening time. I listen to a voice + That bursts the sepulchre of buried hope + Like an immortal trumpet. + + I:3:5 SOL. + Thou hast granted, + Mary, my prayers! + + I:3:6 ALAR. + Solisa, my Solisa! + + I:3:7 SOL. + Thine, thine, Alarcos. But thou: whose art thou? + + I:3:8 ALAR. + Within this chamber is my memory bound; + I have no thought, no consciousness beyond + Its precious walls. + + I:3:9 SOL. + Thus did he look, thus speak, + When to my heart he clung, and I to him + Breathed my first love--and last. + + I:3:10 ALAR. + Alas! alas! + Woe to thy Mother, maiden. + + I:3:11 SOL. + She has found + That which I oft have prayed for. + + I:3:12 ALAR. + But not found + A doom more dark than ours. + + I:3:13 SOL. + I sent for thee, + To tell thee why I sent for thee; yet why, + Alas! I know not. Was it but to look + Alone upon the face that once was mine? + This morn it was so grave. O! was it woe, + Or but indifference, that inspired that brow + That seemed so cold and stately? Was it hate? + O! tell me anything, but that to thee + I am a thing of nothingness. + + I:3:14 ALAR. + O spare! + Spare me such words of torture. + + I:3:15 SOL. + Could I feel + Thou didst not hate me, that my image brought + At least a gentle, if not tender thoughts, + I'd be content. I cannot live to think, + After the past, that we should meet again + And change cold looks. We are not strangers, say + At least we are not strangers? + + I:3:16 ALAR. + Gentle Princess-- + + I:3:17 SOL. + Call me Solisa; tho' we meet no more + Call me Solisa now. + + I:3:18 ALAR. + Thy happiness-- + + I:3:19 SOL. + O! no, no, no, not happiness, at least + Not from those lips. + + I:3:20 ALAR. + Indeed it is a name + That ill becomes them. + + I:3:21 SOL. + Yet they say, thou'rt happy, + And bright with all prosperity, and I + Felt solace in that thought. + + I:3:22 ALAR. + Prosperity! + Men call them prosperous whom they deem enjoy + That which they envy; but there's no success + Save in one master-wish fulfilled, and mine + Is lost for ever. + + I:3:23 SOL. + Why was it? O, why + Didst thou forget me? + + I:3:24 ALAR. + Never, lady, never-- + But ah! the past, the irrevocable past-- + We can but meet to mourn. + + I:3:25 SOL. + No, not to mourn + I came to bless thee, came to tell to thee + I hoped that thou wert happy. + + I:3:26 ALAR. + Come to mourn. + I'll find delight in my unbridled grief: + Yes! let me fling away at last this mask, + And gaze upon my woe. + + I:3:27 SOL. + O, it was rash, + Indeed 'twas rash, Alarcos; what, sweet sir, + What, after all our vows, to hold me false, + And place this bar between us! I'll not think + Thou ever loved'st me as thou did'st profess, + And that's the bitter drop. + + I:3:28 ALAR. + Indeed, indeed-- + + I:3:29 SOL. + I could bear much, I could bear all, but this + My faith in thy past love, it was so deep, + So pure, so sacred, 'twas my only solace; + I fed upon it in my secret heart, + And now e'en that is gone. + + I:3:30 ALAR. + Doubt not the past, + 'Tis sanctified. It is the green fresh spot + In my life's desert. + + I:3:31 SOL. + There is none to thee + As I have been? Speak, speak, Alarcos, tell me + Is't true? Or, in this shipwreck of my soul, + Do I cling wildly to some perishing hope + That sinks like me? + + I:3:32 ALAR. + The May-burst of the heart + Can bloom but once; and mine has fled, not faded. + That thought gave fancied solace, ah, 'twas fancy, + For now I feel my doom. + + I:3:33 SOL. + Thou hast no doom + But what is splendid as thyself. Alas! + Weak woman, when she stakes her heart, must play + Ever a fatal chance. It is her all, + And when 'tis lost, she's bankrupt; but proud man + Shuffles the cards again, and wins to-morrow + What pays his present forfeit. + + I:3:34 ALAR. + But alas! + What have I won? + + I:3:35 SOL. + A country and a wife. + + I:3:36 ALAR. + A wife! + + I:3:37 SOL. + A wife, and very fair, they say. + She should be fair, who could induce thee break + Such vows as thine. O! I am very weak. + Why came I here? Was it indeed to see + If thou could'st look on me? + + I:3:38 ALAR. + My own Solisa. + + I:3:39 SOL. + Call me not thine; why, what am I to thee + That thou should'st call me thine? + + I:3:40 ALAR. + Indeed, sweet lady, + Thou lookest on a man as bruised in spirit, + As broken-hearted, and subdued in soul, + As any breathing wretch that deems the day + Can bring no darker morrow. Pity me! + And if kind words may not subdue those lips + So scornful in their beauty, be they touched + At least by Mercy's accents! Was't a crime, + I could not dare believe that royal heart + Retained an exile's image? that forlorn, + Harassed, worn out, surrounded by strange aspects + And stranger manners, in those formal ties + Custom points out, I sought some refuge, found + At least companionship, and, grant 'twas weak, + Shrunk from the sharp endurance of the doom + That waits on exile, utter loneliness! + + I:3:41 SOL. + His utter loneliness! + + I:3:42 ALAR. + And met thy name, + Most beauteous lady, prithee think of this, + Only to hear the princes of the world + Were thy hot suitors, and that one would soon + Be happier than Alarcos. + + I:3:43 SOL. + False, most false, + They told thee false. + + I:3:44 ALAR. + At least, then, pity me, + Solisa! + + I:3:45 SOL. + Ah! Solisa, that sweet voice, + Why should I pity thee? 'Tis not my office. + Go, go to her that cheered thy loneliness, + Thy utter loneliness. And had I none? + Had I no pangs of solitude? Exile! + O! there were moments I'd have gladly given + My crown for banishment. A wounded heart + Beats freer in a desert; 'tis the air + Of palaces that chokes it. + + I:3:46 ALAR. + Fate has crossed, + Not falsehood, our sweet loves. Our lofty passion + Is tainted with no vileness. Memory bears + Convulsion, not contempt; no palling sting + That waits on base affections. It is something + To have loved thee; and in that thought I find + My sense exalted; wretched though I be. + + I:3:47 SOL. + Is he so wretched? Yet he is less forlorn + Than when he sought, what I would never seek, + A partner in his woe! I'll ne'er believe it; + Thou art not wretched. Why, thou hast a friend, + A sweet companion in thy grief to soothe + Thy loneliness, and feed on thy bright smiles, + Thrill with thine accents, with impassioned reverence + Enclasp thine hand, and with enchained eyes + Gaze on thy glorious presence. O, Alarcos! + Art thou not worshipped now? What, can it be, + That there is one, who walks in Paradise, + Nor feels the air immortal? + + I:3:48 ALAR. + Let my curse + Descend upon the hour I left thy walls, + My father's town! + + I:3:49 SOL. + My blessing on thy curse! + Thou hast returned, thou hast returned, Alarcos? + + I:3:50 ALAR. + To despair. + + I:3:51 SOL. + Yet 'tis not the hour he quitted + Our city's wall, it is the tie that binds him + Within those walls my lips would more denounce, + But ah, that tie is dear! + + I:3:52 ALAR. + Accursed be + The wiles that parted us; accursed be + The ties that sever us + + I:3:53 SOL. + Thou'rt mine. + + I:3:54 ALAR. + For ever. + Thou unpolluted passion of my youth, + My first, my only, my enduring love! + + [They embrace.] + + [Enter FERDINAND, the PAGE.] + + I:3:55 PAGE. + Lady, a message from thy royal father; + He comes-- + + I:3:56 SOL. + + [Springing from the arms of Alarcos.] + + My father! word of fear! Why now + To cloud my light? I had forgotten fate; + But he recalls it. O my bright Alarcos! + My love must fly. Nay, not one word of care; + Love only from those lips. Yet, ere we part, + Seal our sweet faith renewed. + + I:3:57 ALAR. + And never broken. + + [Exit Alarcos.] + + I:3:58 SOL. + Why has he gone? Why did I bid him go? + And let this jewel I so daring plucked + Slip in the waves again? I'm sure there's time + To call him back, and say farewell once more. + I'll say farewell no more; it was a word + Ever harsh music when the morrow brought + Welcomes renewed of love, No more farewells. + O when will he be mine! I cannot wait, + I cannot tarry, now I know he loves me; + Each hour, each instant that I see him not, + Is usurpation of my right. O joy! + Am I the same Solisa, that this morn + Breathed forth her orison with humbler spirit + Than the surrounding acolytes? Thou'st smiled, + Sweet Virgin, on my prayers. Twice fifty tapers + Shall burn before thy shrine. Guard over me + O! mother of my soul, and let me prosper + In my great enterprise! O hope! O love! + O sharp remembrance of long baffled joy! + Inspire me now. + + + + + SCENE 4. + + + The KING; the INFANTA. + + + I:4:1 KING. + I see my daughter? + + I:4:2 SOL. + Sir, your duteous child. + + I:4:3 KING. + Art thou indeed my child? I had some doubt + I was a father. + + I:4:4 SOL. + These are bitter words. + + I:4:5 KING. + Even as thy conduct. + + I:4:6 SOL. + Then it would appear + My conduct and my life are but the same. + + I:4:7 KING. + I thought thou wert the Infanta of Castille, + Heir to our realm, the paragon of Spain + The Princess for whose smiles crowned Christendom + Sends forth its sceptred rivals. Is that bitter? + Or bitter is it with such privilege, + And standing on life's vantage ground, to cross + A nation's hope, that on thy nice career + Has gaged its heart? + + I:4:8 SOL. + Have I no heart to gage? + A sacrificial virgin, must I bind + My life to the altar, to redeem a state, + Or heal some doomed People? + + I:4:9 KING. + Is it so? + Is this an office alien to thy sex? + Or what thy youth repudiates? We but ask + What nature sanctions. + + I:4:10 SOL. + Nature sanctions Love; + Your charter is more liberal. Let that pass. + I am no stranger to my duty, sir, + And read it thus. The blood that shares my sceptre + Should be august as mine. A woman loses + In love what she may gain in rank, who tops + Her husband's place; though throned, I would exchange + An equal glance. His name should be a spell + . To rally soldiers. Politic he should be; + And skilled in climes and tongues; that stranger knights + Should bruit on, high Castillian courtesies. + Such chief might please a state? + + I:4:11 KING. + Fortunate realm! + + I:4:12 SOL. + And shall I own less niceness than my realm? + No! I would have him handsome a god; + Hyperion in his splendor, or the mien + Of conquering Bacchus, one whose very step + Should guide a limner, and whose common words + Are caught by Troubadours to frame their songs! + And O, my father, what if this bright prince + Should I have a heart as tender as his soul + Was high and peerless? If with this same heart + He loved thy daughter? + + I:4:13 KING. + Close the airy page + Of thy romance; such princes are not found + Except in lays and legends! yet a man + Who would become a throne, I found thee, girl; + The princely Hungary. + + I:4:14 SOL. + A more princely fate, + Than an unwilling wife, he did deserve. + + I:4:15 KING. + Yet wherefore didst thou pledge thy troth to him? + + I:4:16 SOL. + And wherefore do I smile when I should sigh? + And wherefore do I feed when I would fast? + And wherefore do I dance when I should pray? + And wherefore do I live when I should die? + Canst answer that, good Sir? O there are women + The world deem mad, or worse, whose life but seems + One vile caprice, a freakish thing of whims + And restless nothingness; yet if we pierce + The soul, may be we'll touch some cause profound + For what seems causeless. Early love despised, + Or baffled, which is worse; a faith betrayed, + For vanity or lucre; chill regards, + Where to gain constant glances we have paid + Some fearful forfeit: here are many springs, + Unmarked by shallow eyes, and some, or all + Of these, or none, may prompt my conduct now-- + But I'll not have thy prince. + + I:4:17 KING. + My, gentle child-- + + I:4:18 SOL. + I am not gentle. I might have been once; + But gentle thoughts and I have parted long; + The cause of such partition thou shouldst know + If memories were just. + + I:4:19 KING. + Harp not, I pray, + On an old sorrow. + + I:4:20 SOL. + Old! he calls it old! + The wound is green, and staunch it, or I die. + + I:4:21 KING. + Have I the skill? + + I:4:22 SOL. + Why! art thou not a King? + Wherein consists the magic of a crown + But in the bold achievement of a deed + Would scare a clown to dream? + + I:4:23 KING. + I'd read thy thought. + + I:4:24 SOL. + Then have it; I would marry. + + I:4:25 KING. + It is well; + It is my wish. + + I:4:26 SOL. + And unto such a prince + As I've described withal. For though a prince + Of Fancy's realm alone, as thou dost deem, + Yet doth he live indeed. + + I:4:27 KING. + To me unknown. + + I:4:28 SOL. + O! father mine, before thy reverend knees + Ere this we twain have knelt. + + I:4:29 KING. + Forbear, my child; + Or can it be my daughter doth not know + He is no longer free? + + I:4:30 SOL. + The power that bound him, + That bondage might dissolve? To holy church + Thou hast given great alms? + + I:4:31 KING. + There's more to gain thy wish, + If more would gain it; but it cannot be, + Even were he content. + + I:4:32 SOL. + He is content. + + I:4:33 KING. + Hah! + + I:4:34 SOL. + For he loves me still. + + I:4:35 KING. + I would do much + To please thee. I'm prepared to bear the brunt + Of Hungary's ire; but do not urge, Solisa, + Beyond capacity of sufferance + My temper's proof. + + I:4:36 SOL. + Alarcos is my husband, + Or shall the sceptre from our line depart. + Listen, ye saints of Spain, I'll have his hand, + Or by our faith, my fated womb shall be + As barren as thy love, proud King. + + I:4:37 KING. + Thou'rt mad! + Thou'rt mad! + + I:4:38 SOL. + Is he not mine? Thy very hand, + Did it not consecrate our vows? What claim + So sacred as my own? + + I:4:39 KING. + He did conspire-- + + I:4:40 SOL. + 'Tis false, thou know'st 'tis false: against themselves + Men do not plot: I would as soon believe + My hand could hatch a treason 'gainst my sight, + As that Alarcos would conspire to seize + A diadem I would myself have placed + Upon his brow. + + I:4:41 KING. + + [taking her hand] + + Nay, calmness. Say 'tis true + He was not guilty, say perchance he was not-- + + I:4:42 SOL. + Perchance, O! vile perchance. Thou know'st full well, + Because he did reject her loose desires + And wanton overtures-- + + I:4:43 KING. + Hush, hush, O hush! + + I:4:44 SOL. + The woman called my mother-- + + I:4:45 KING. + Spare me, spare-- + + I:4:46 SOL. + Who spared me? + Did not I kneel, and vouch his faith, and bathe + Thy hand with my quick tears, and clutch thy robe + With frantic grasp? Spare, spare indeed? In faith + Thou hast taught me to be merciful, thou hast,-- + Thou and my mother! + + I:4:47 KING. + Ah! no more, no more! + A crowned King cannot recall the past, + And yet may glad the future. She thou namest, + She was at least thy mother; but to me, + Whate'er her deeds, for truly, there were times + Some spirit did possess her, such as gleams + Now in her daughter's eye, she was a passion, + A witching form that did inflame my life + By a breath or glance. Thou art our child; the link + That binds me to my race; thou host her place + Within my shrined heart, where thou'rt the priest + And others are unhallowed; for, indeed, + Passion and time have so dried up my soul, + And drained its generous juices, that I own + No sympathy with man, and all his hopes + To me are mockeries. + + I:4:48 SOL. + Ah! I see, my father, + That thou will'st aid me! + + I:4:49 KING. + Thou canst aid thyself. + Is there a law to let him from thy presence? + His voice may reach thine ear; thy gracious glance + May meet his graceful offices. Go to. + Shall Hungary frown, if his right royal spouse + Smile on the equal of her blood and state, + Her gentle cousin? + + I:4:50 SOL. + And is this thine aid! + + I:4:51 KING. + What word has roughed the brow, but now confiding + In a fond father's love? + + I:4:52 SOL. + Alas! what word? + What have I said? what done? that thou should'st deem + I could do this, this, this, that is so foul, + My baffled tongue deserts me. Thou should'st know me, + Thou hast set spies on me. What! have they told thee + I am a wanton? I do love this man + As fits a virgin's heart. Heaven sent such thoughts + To be our solace. But to act a toy + For his loose hours, or worse, to find him one + Procured for mine, grateful for opportunities + Contrived with decency, spared skillfully + From claims more urgent; not to dare to show + Before the world my homage; when he's ill + To be away, and only share his gay + And lusty pillow; to be shut out from all + That multitude of cares and charms that waits + But on companionship; and then to feel + These joys another shares, another hand + These delicate rites performing, and thou'rt remembered, + In the serener heaven of his bliss, + But as the transient flash: this is not love; + This is pollution. + + I:4:53 KING. + Daughter, I were pleased + My cousin could a nearer claim prefer + To my regard. Ay, girl, 'twould please me well + He were my son, thy husband; but what then? + My pleasure and his conduct jar; his fate + Baulks our desire. He's married and has heirs. + + I:4:54 SOL. + Heirs, didst thou say heirs? + + I:4:55 KING. + What ails thee? + + I:4:56 SOL. + Heirs, heirs? + + I:4:57 KING. + Thou art very pale! + + I:4:58 SOL. + The faintness of the morn + Clings to me still; I pray thee, father, grant + Thy child one easy boon. + + I:4:59 KING. + She has to speak + But what she wills. + + I:4:60 SOL. + Why, then, she would renounce + Her heritage; yes, place our ancient crown + On brows it may become. A veil more suits + This feminine brain; in Huelgas' cloistered shades + I'll find oblivion. + + I:4:61 KING. + Woe is me! The doom + Falls on our house. I had this daughter left + To lavish all my wealth on and my might. + I've treasured for her; for her I have slain + My thousands, conquered provinces, betrayed, + Renewed, and broken faith. She was my joy; + She has her mother's eyes, and when she speaks + Her voice is like Brunhalda's. Cursed hour, + That a wild fancy touched her brain to cross + All my great hopes! + + I:4:62 SOL. + My father, my dear father, + Thou call'dst me fondly, but some moments past, + Thy gentle child. I call my saint to witness + I would be such. To say I love this man + Is shallow phrasing. Since man's image first + Flung its wild shadow on my virgin soul, + It has borne no other reflex. I know well + Thou deemest he was forgotten; this day's passion + Passed as unused confrontment, and so transient + As it was turbulent. No, no, full oft, + When thinking on him, I have been the same. + Fruitless or barren, this same form is his, + Or it is God's. My father, my dear father, + Remember he was mine, and thou didst pour + Thy blessing on our heads! O God, O God! + When I recall the passages of love + That have ensued between me and this man, + And with thy sanction, and then just bethink + He is another's, O it makes me mad. + Talk not to me of sceptres: can she rule + Whose mind is anarchy? King of Castille, + Give me the heart that thou didst rob me of! + The penal hour's at hand. Thou didst destroy + My love, and I will end thy line--thy line + That is thy life. + + I:4:63 KING. + Solisa, I will do all + A father can,--a father and a King. + + I:4:64 SOL. + Give me Alarcos! + + I:4:65 KING. + Hush, disturb me not; + I'm in the throes of some imaginings + A human voice might scare. + + + END OF THE FIRST ACT. + + + + +ACT II + + + SCENE 1 + + + A Street in Burgos. + + [Enter the COUNT OF SIDONIA and the COUNT OF LEON.] + + + II:1:1 SIDO. + Is she not fair? + + II:1:2 LEON. + What then? She but fulfils + Her office as a woman. For to be + A woman and not fair, is, in my creed, + To be a thing unsexed. + + II:1:3 SIDO. + Happy Alarcos! + They say she was of Aquitaine, a daughter + Of the De Foix. I would I had been banished. + + II:1:4 LEON. + Go and plot then. They cannot take your head, + For that is gone. + + II:1:5 SIDO. + But banishment from Burgos + Were worse than fifty deaths. O, my good Leon, + Didst ever see, didst ever dream could be, + Such dazzling beauty? + + II:1:6 LEON. + Dream! I never dream; + Save when I've revelled over late, and then + My visions are most villanous; but you, + You dream when you're awake. + + II:1:7 SIDO. + Wert ever, Leon, + In pleasant Aquitaine? + + II:1:8 LEON. + O talk of Burgos; + It is my only subject--matchless town, + Where all I ask are patriarchal years + To feel satiety like my sad friend. + + II:1:9 SIDO. + 'Tis not satiety now makes me sad; + So check thy mocking tongue, or cure my cares. + + II:1:10 LEON. + Absence cures love. Be off to Aquitaine. + + II:1:11 SIDO. + I chose a jester for my friend, and feel + His value now. + + II:1:12 LEON. + You share the lover's lot + When you desire and you despair. What then? + You know right well that woman is but one, + Though she take many forms, and can confound + The young with subtle aspects. Vanity + Is her sole being. Make the myriad vows + That passionate fancy prompts. At the next tourney + Maintain her colours 'gainst the two Castilles + And Aragon to boot. You'll have her! + + II:1:13 SIDO. + Why! + This was the way I woo'd the haughty Lara, + But I'll not hold such passages approach + The gentle lady of this morn. + + II:1:14 LEON. + Well, then, + Try silence, only sighs and hasty glances + Withdrawn as soon as met. Could'st thou but blush: + But there's no hope. In time our sighs become + A sort of plaintive hint what hopeless rogues + Our stars have made us. Would we had but met + Earlier, yet still we hope she'll spare a tear + To one she met too late. Trust me she'll spare it; + She'll save this sinner who reveres a saint. + Pity or admiration gains them all. + You'll have her! + + II:1:15 SIDO. + Well, whate'er the course pursued, + Be thou a prophet! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + II:1:16 ORAN. + Stand, Senors, in God's name. + + II:1:17 LEON. + Or the devil's. + Well, what do you want? + + II:1:18 ORAN. + Many things, but one + Most principal. + + II:1:19 SIDO. + And that's-- + + II:1:20 ORAN. + A friend. + + II:1:21 LEON. + You're right + To seek one in the street, he'll prove as true + As any that you're fostered with. + + II:1:22 ORAN. + In brief, + I'm as you see a Moor; and I have slain + One of our princes. Peace exists between + Our kingdom and Castille; they track my steps. + You're young, you should be brave, generous you may be. + I shall be impaled. Save me! + + II:1:23 LEON. + Frankly spoken. + Will you turn Christian? + + II:1:24 ORAN. + Show me Christian acts, + And they may prompt to Christian thoughts. + + II:1:25 SIDO. + Although + The slain's an infidel, thou art the same. + The cause of this rash deed? + + II:1:26 ORAN. + I am a soldier, + And my sword's notched, sirs. This said Emir struck me. + Before the people too, in the great square + Of our chief place, Granada, and forsooth, + Because I would not yield the way at mosque. + His life has soothed my honour: if I die, + I die content; but with your gracious aid + I would live happy. + + II:1:27 LEON. + You love life? + + II:1:28 ORAN. + Most dearly. + + II:1:29 LEON. + Sensible Moor, although he be impaled + For mobbing in a mosque. I like this fellow; + His bearing suits my humour. He shall live + To do more murders. Come, bold infidel, + Follow to the Leon Palace; and, sir, prithee + Don't stab us in the back. + + [Exeunt omnes.] + + + + + SCENE 2 + + + Chamber in the Palace of COUNT ALARCOS. + At the back of the Scene the Curtains of a large Jalousie withdrawn. + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + + II:2:1 ALAR. + 'Tis circumstance makes conduct; life's a ship, + The sport of every wind. And yet men tack + Against the adverse blast. How shall I steer, + Who am the pilot of Necessity? + But whether it be fair or foul, I know not; + Sunny or terrible. Why let her wed him? + What care I if the pageant's weight may fall + On Hungary's ermined shoulders, if the spring + Of all her life be mine? The tiar'd brow + Alone makes not a King. Would that my wife + Confessed a worldlier mood! Her recluse fancy + Haunts still our castled bowers. Then civic air + Inflame her thoughts! Teach her to vie and revel, + Find sport in peerless robes, the pomp of feasts + And ambling of a genet-- + + [A serenade is heard.] + + Hah! that voice + Should not be strange. A tribute to her charms. + 'Tis music sweeter to a spouse's ear + Than gallants dream of. Ay, she'll find adorers. + Or Burgos is right changed. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] + + Listen, child. + + [Again the serenade is heard.] + + II:2:2 COUN. + 'Tis very sweet. + + II:2:3 ALAR. + It is inspired by thee. + + II:2:4 COUN. + Alarcos! + + II:2:5 ALAR. + Why dost look so grave? Nay, now, + There's not a dame in Burgos would not give + Her jewels for such songs. + + II:2:6 COUN. + Inspired by me! + + II:2:7 ALAR. + And who so fit to fire a lover's breast? + He's clearly captive. + + II:2:8 COUN. + O! thou knowest I love not + Such jests, Alarcos. + + II:2:9 ALAR. + Jest! I do not jest. + I am right proud the partner of my state + Should count the chief of our Castillian knights + Among her train. + + II:2:10 COUN. + I pray thee let me close + These blinds. + + II:2:11 ALAR. + Poh, poh! what, baulk a serenade? + 'Twould be an outrage to the courtesies + Of this great city. Faith! his voice is sweet. + + II:2:12 COUN. + Would that he had not sung! It is a sport + In which I find no pastime. + + II:2:13 ALAR. + Marry, come, + It gives me great delight. 'Tis well for thee, + On thy first entrance to our world, to find + So high a follower. + + II:2:14 COUN. + Wherefore should I need + His following? + + II:2:15 ALAR. + Nought's more excellent for woman, + Than to be fixed on as the cynosure + Of one whom all do gaze on. 'Tis a stamp + Whose currency, not wealth, rank, blood, can match; + These are raw ingots, till they are impressed + With fashion's picture. + + II:2:16 COUN. + Would I were once more + Within our castle! + + II:2:17 ALAR. + Nursery days! The world + Is now our home, and we must worldly be, + Like its bold stirrers. I sup with the King. + There is no feast, and yet to do me honour, + Some chiefs will meet. I stand right well at Court, + And with thine aid will stand e'en better. + + II:2:18 COUN. + Mine! + I have no joy but in thy joy, no thought + But for thy honour, and yet, how to aid + Thee in these plans or hopes, indeed, Alarcos, + Indeed, I am perplexed. + + II:2:19 ALAR. + Art not my wife? + Is not this Burgos? And this pile, the palace + Of my great fathers? They did raise these halls + To be the symbols of their high estate, + The fit and haught metropolis of all + Their force and faction. Fill them, fill them, wife, + With those who'll serve me well. Make this the centre + Of all that's great in Burgos. Let it be + The eye of the town, whereby we may perceive + What passes in his heart: the clustering point + Of all convergence. Here be troops of friends + And ready instruments. Wear that sweet smile, + That wins a partisan quicker than power; + Speak in that tone gives each a special share + In thy regard, and what is general + Let all deem private. O! thou'lt play it rarely. + + II:2:20 COUN. + I would do all that may become thy wife. + + II:2:21 ALAR. + I know it, I know it. Thou art a treasure, Florimonde, + And this same singer--thou hast not asked his name. + Didst guess it? Ah! upon thy gentle cheek + I see a smile. + + II:2:22 COUN. + My lord--indeed-- + + II:2:23 ALAR. + Thou playest + Thy game less like a novice than I deemed. + Thou canst not say thou didst not catch the voice + Of the Sidonia? + + II:2:24 COUN. + My good lord, indeed + His voice to me is as unknown as mine + Must be to him. + + II:2:25 ALAR. + Whose should the voice but his, + Whose stricken sight left not thy face an instant, + But gazed as if some new-born star had risen + To light his way to paradise? I tell thee, + Among my strict confederates I would count + This same young noble. He is a paramount chief; + Perchance his vassals might outnumber mine, + Conjoined we're adamant. No monarch's breath + Makes me again an exile. Florimonde, + Smile on him; smiles cost nothing; should he judge + They mean more than they say, why smile again; + And what he deems affection, registered, + Is but chaste Mockery. I must to the citadel. + Sweet wife, good-night. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] + + II:2:26 COUN. + O! misery, misery, misery! + Must we do this? I fear there's need we must, + For he is wise in all things, and well learned + In this same world that to my simple sense + Seems very fearful. Why should men rejoice, + They can escape from the pure breath of heaven + And the sweet franchise of their natural will, + To such a prison-house? To be confined + In body and in soul; to breathe the air + Of dark close streets, and never use one's tongue + But for some measured phrase that hath its bent + Well gauged and chartered; to find ready smiles + When one is sorrowful, or looks demure + When one would laugh outright. Never to be + Exact but when dissembling. Is this life? + I dread this city. As I passed its gates + My litter stumbled, and the children shrieked + And clung unto my bosom. Pretty babes! + I'll go to them. O! there is innocence + Even in Burgos. + + [Exit COUNTESS.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A Chamber in the Royal Palace. The INFANTA SOLISA alone. + + + II:3:1 SOL. + I can but think my father will be just + And see us righted. O 'tis only honest, + The hand that did this wrong should now supply + The sovereign remedy, and balm the wound + Itself inflicted. He is with him now; + Would I were there, unseen, yet seeing all! + But ah! no cunning arras could conceal + This throbbing heart. I've sent my little Page, + To mingle with the minions of the Court, + And get me news. How he doth look, bow eat, + What says he and what does, and all the haps + Of this same night, that yet to me may bring + A cloudless morrow. See, even now he comes. + + [Enter the PAGE.] + + Prithee what news? Now tell me all, my child, + When thou'rt a knight, will I not work the scarf + For thy first tourney! Prithee tell me all. + + II:3:2 PAGE. + O lady mine, the royal Seneschal + He was so crabbed, I did scarcely deem + I could have entered. + + II:3:3 SOL. + Cross-grained Seneschal! + He shall repent of this, my pretty Page; + But thou didst enters? + + II:3:4 PAGE. + I did so contrive. + + II:3:5 SOL. + Rare imp! And then? + + II:3:6 PAGE. + Well, as you told me, then + I mingled with the Pages of the King. + They're not so very tall; I might have passed + I think for one upon a holiday. + + II:3:7 SOL. + O thou shalt pass for better than a page + But tell me, child, didst see my gallant Count? + + II:3:8 PAGE. + On the right hand-- + + II:3:9 SOL. + Upon the King's right hand? + + II:3:10 PAGE. + Upon the King's right hand, and there were also-- + + II:3:11 SOL. + Mind not the rest; thou'rt sure on the right hand? + + II:3:12 PAGE. + Most sure; and on the left-- + + II:3:13 SOL. + Ne'er mind the left, + Speak only of the right. How did he seem? + Did there pass words between him and the King? + Often or scant? Did he seem gay or grave? + Or was his aspect of a middle tint, + As if he deemed that there were other joys + Not found within that chamber? + + II:3:14 PAGE. + Sooth to say, + He did seem what he is, a gallant knight. + Would I were such! For talking with the King, + He spoke, yet not so much but he could spare + Words to the other lords. He often smiled, + Yet not so often, that a limner might + Describe his mien as jovial. + + II:3:15 SOL. + 'Tis himself! + What next? Will they sit long? + + II:3:16 PAGE. + I should not like + Myself to quit such company. In truth, + The Count of Leon is a merry lord. + There were some tilting jests, I warrant you, + Between him and your knight. + + II:3:17 SOL. + O tell it me! + + II:3:18 PAGE. + The Count Alarcos, as I chanced to hear, + For tiptoe even would not let me see, + And that same Pedro, who has lately come + To Court, the Senor of Montilla's son, + He is so rough, and says a lady's page + Should only be where there are petticoats. + + II:3:19 SOL. + Is he so rough? He shall be soundly whipped. + But tell me, child, the Count Alarcos-- + + II:3:20 PAGE. + Well, + The Count Alarcos--but indeed, sweet lady, + I do not wish that Pedro should be whipped. + + II:3:21 SOL. + He shall not then be whipped--speak of the Count. + + II:3:22 PAGE. + The Count was showing how your Saracen + Doth take your lion captive, thus and thus: + And fashioned with his scarf a dexterous noose + Made of a tiger's skin: your unicorn, + They say, is just as good. + + II:3:23 SOL. + Well, then Sir Leon-- + + II:3:24 PAGE. + Why then your Count of Leon--but just then + Sancho, the Viscount of Toledo's son, + The King's chief Page, takes me his handkerchief + And binds it on my eyes, he whispering round + Unto his fellows, here you see I've caught + A most ferocious cub. Whereat they kicked, + And pinched, and cuffed me till I nearly roared + As fierce as any lion, you be sure. + + II:3:25 SOL. + Rude Sancho, he shall sure be sent from Court! + My little Ferdinand--thou hast incurred + Great perils for thy mistress. Go again + And show this signet to the Seneschal, + And tell him that no greater courtesy + Be shown to any guest than to my Page. + This from myself--or I perchance will send, + Shall school their pranks. Away, my faithful imp, + And tell me how the Count Alarcos seems. + + II:3:26 PAGE. + I go, sweet lady, but I humbly beg + Sancho may not be sent from Court this time. + + II:3:27 SOL. + Sancho shall stay. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + I hope, ere long, sweet child, + Thou too shalt be a page unto a King. + I'm glad Alarcos smiled not overmuch; + Your smilers please me not. I love a face + Pensive, not sad; for where the mood is thoughtful, + The passion is most deep and most refined. + Gay tempers bear light hearts--are soonest gained + And soonest lost; but he who meditates + On his own nature, will as deeply scan + The mind he meets, and when he loves, he casts + His anchor deep. + + [Re-enter PAGE.] + + Give me the news. + + II:3:28 PAGE. + The news! + I could not see the Seneschal, but gave + Your message to the Pages. Whereupon + Sancho, the Viscount of Toledo's son, + Pedro, the Senor of Montilla's son, + The young Count of Almeira, and-- + + II:3:29 SOL. + My child, + What ails thee? + + II:3:30 PAGE. + O the Viscount of Jodar, + I think he was the very worst of all; + But Sancho of Toledo was the first. + + II:3:31 SOL. + What did they? + + II:3:32 PAGE. + 'Las, no sooner did I say + All that you told me, than he gives the word, + 'A guest, a guest, a very potent guest,' + Takes me a goblet brimful of strong wine + And hands it to me, mocking, on his knee. + This I decline, when on his back they lay + Your faithful Page, nor set me on my legs + Till they had drenched me with this fiery stuff, + That I could scarcely see, or reel my way + Back to your presence. + + II:3:33 SOL. + Marry, 'tis too much + E'en for a page's license. Ne'er you mind, + They shall to Prison by to-morrow's dawn. + I'll bind this kerchief round your brow, its scent + Will much revive you. Go, child, lie you down + On yonder couch. + + II:3:34 PAGE. + I'm sure I ne'er can sleep + If Sancho of Toledo shall be sent + To-morrow's dawn to prison. + + II:3:35 SOL. + Well, he's pardoned. + + II:3:36 PAGE. + Also the Senor of Montilla's son, + + II:3:37 SOL. + He shall be pardoned too. Now prithee sleep. + + II:3:38 PAGE. + The young Count of Almeira-- + + II:3:39 SOL. + O no more. + They all are pardoned. + + II:3:40 PAGE. + I do humbly pray + The Viscount of Jodar be pardoned too. + + [Exit SOLISA.] + + + + + SCENE 4 + + + A Banquet; the KING seated; on his right ALARCOS. + SIDONIA, LEON, the ADMIRAL OF CASTILLE, and other LORDS. + Groups of PAGES, CHAMBERLAINS, and SERVING-MEN. + + + II:4:1 The KING. + Would'st match them, cousin, 'gainst our barbs? + + II:4:2 ALAR. + Against + Our barbs, Sir! + + II:4:3 KING. + Eh, Lord Leon, you can scan + A courser's points? + + II:4:4 LEON. + O, Sir, your travellers + Need fleeter steeds than we poor shambling folks + Who stay at home. To my unskilful sense, + Speed for the chase and vigour for the tilt, + Meseems enough. + + II:4:5 ALAR.' + If riders be as prompt. + + II:4:6 LEON. + Our tourney is put off, or please your Grace, + I'd try conclusions with this marvellous beast, + This Pegasus, this courser of the sun, + That is to blind us all with his bright rays + And cloud our chivalry. + + II:4:7 KING. + My Lord Sidonia, + You're a famed judge: try me this Cyprus wine; + An English prince did give it me, returning + From the holy sepulchre. + + II:4:8 SIDO. + Most rare, my liege, + And glitters like a gem! + + II:4:9 KING. + It doth content + Me much, your Cyprus wine. Lord Admiral, + Hast heard the news? The Saracens have fled + Before the Italian galleys. + + II:4:10 THE ADMIRAL OF CASTILLE. + No one guides + A galley like your Pisan. + + II:4:11 ALAR. + The great Doge + Of Venice, sooth, would barely veil his flag + To Pisa. + + II:4:12 ADM. + Your Venetian hath his craft. + This Saracenic rent will surely touch + Our turbaned neighbours? + + II:4:13 KING. + To the very core, + Granada's all a-mourning. Good, my Lords, + One goblet more. We'll give our cousin's health. + Here's to the Count Alarcos. + + II:4:14 OMNES. + To the Count Alarcos. + + [The Guests rise, pay their homage to the KING, and are retiring.] + + II:4:15 KING. + Good night, Lord Admiral; my Lord of Leon, + My Lord Sidonia, and my Lord of Lara, + Gentle adieus; to you, my Lord, and you, + To all and each. Cousin, good night--and yet + A moment rest awhile; since your return + I've looked on you in crowds, it may become us + To say farewell alone. + + [The KING waves his hand to the SENESCHAL--the Chamber is cleared.] + + II:4:16 ALAR. + Most gracious Sire, + You honour your poor servant. + + II:4:17 KING. + Prithee, sit. + This scattering of the Saracen, methinks, + Will hold the Moor to his truce? + + II:4:18 ALAR. + It would appear + To have that import. + + II:4:19 KING. + Should he pass the mountains, + We can receive him. + + II:4:20 ALAR. + Where's the crown in Spain + More prompt and more prepared? + + II:4:21 KING. + Cousin, you're right. + We flourish. By St. James, I feel a glow + Of the heart to see you here once more, my cousin; + I'm low in the vale of years, and yet I think + I could defend my crown with such a knight + On my right hand. + + II:4:22 ALAR. + Such liege and land would raise + Our lances high. + + II:4:23 KING. + We carry all before us. + Leon reduced. The crescent paled in Cordova, + Why, if she gain Valencia, Aragon + Must kick the beam. And shall she gain Valencia? + It cheers my blood to find thee by my side; + Old days, old days return, when thou to me + Wert as the apple of mine eye. + + II:4:24 ALAR. + My liege, + This is indeed most gracious. + + II:4:25 KING. + Gentle cousin, + Thou shalt have pause to say that I am gracious. + O! I did ever love thee; and for that + Some passages occurred between us once, + That touch my memory to the quick; I would + Even pray thee to forget them, and to hold + I was most vilely practised on, my mind + Poisoned, and from a fountain, that to deem + Tainted were frenzy. + + II:4:26 ALAR. + + [Falling on his knee, and taking the KING's hand.] + + My most gracious liege, + This morn to thee I did my fealty pledge. + Believe me, Sire, I did so with clear breast, + And with no thought to thee and to thy line + But fit devotion. + + II:4:27 KING. + O, I know it well, + I know thou art right true. Mine eyes are moist + To see thee here again. + + II:4:28 ALAR. + It is my post, + Nor could I seek another. + + II:4:29 KING. + Thou dost know + That Hungary leaves us? + + II:4:30 ALAR. + I was grieved to hear + There were some crosses. + + II:4:31 KING. + Truth, I am not grieved. + Is it such joy this fair Castillian realm, + This glowing flower of Spain, be rudely plucked + By a strange hand? To see our chambers filled + With foreign losels; our rich fiefs and abbeys + The prey of each bold scatterling, that finds + No heirship in his country? Have I lived + And laboured for this end, to swell the sails + Of alien fortunes? O my gentle cousin, + There was a time we had far other hopes! + I suffer for my deeds. + + II:4:32 ALAR. + We must forget, + We must forget, my liege. + + II:4:33 KING. + Is't then so easy? + Thou hast no daughter. Ah! thou canst not tell + What 'tis to feel a father's policy + Hath dimmed a child's career. A child so peerless! + Our race, though ever comely, veiled to her. + A palm tree in its pride of sunny youth + Mates not her symmetry; her step was noticed + As strangely stately by her nurse. Dost know, + I ever deemed that winning smile of hers + Mournful, with all its mirth? But ah! no more + A father gossips; nay, my weakness 'tis not. + 'Tis not with all that I would prattle thus; + But you, my cousin, know Solisa well, + And once you loved her. + + II:4:34 ALAR. + + [Rising.] + + Once! O God! + Such passions are eternity. + + II:4:35 KING. + + [Advancing.] + + What then, + Shall this excelling creature, on a throne + As high as her deserts, shall she become + A spoil for strangers? Have I cause to grieve + That Hungary quit us? O that I could find + Some noble of our land might dare to mix + His equal blood with our Castillian seed! + Art thou more learned in our pedigrees? + Hast thou no friend, no kinsman? Must this realm + Fall to the spoiler, and a foreign graft + Be nourished by our sap? + + II:4:36 ALAR. + Alas! alas! + + II:4:37 KING. + Four crowns; our paramount Castille, and Leon, + Seviglia, Cordova, the future hope + Of Murcia, and the inevitable doom + That waits the Saracen; all, all, all; + And with my daughter! + + II:4:38 ALAR. + Ah! ye should have blasted + My homeward path, ye lightnings! + + II:4:39 KING. + Such a son + Should grudge his sire no days. I would not live + To whet ambition's appetite. I'm old; + And fit for little else than hermit thoughts. + The day that gives my daughter, gives my crown: + A cell's my home. + + II:4:40 ALAR. + O, life, I will not curse thee + Let hard and shaven crowns denounce thee vain; + To me thou wert no shade! I loved thy stir + And panting struggle. Power, and pomp, and beauty + Cities and courts, the palace and the fane, + The chace, the revel, and the battle-field, + Man's fiery glance, and woman's thrilling smile, + I loved ye all. I curse not thee, O life! + But on my start; confusion. May they fall + From out their spheres, and blast our earth no more + With their malignant rays, that mocking placed + All the delight of life within my reach, + And chained me film fruition. + + II:4:41 KING. + Gentle cousin, + Thou art disturbed; I fear these words of mine, + Chance words ere I did say to thee good night, + For O, 'twas joy to see thee here again, + Who art my kinsman, and my only one, + Have touched on some old cares for both of us. + And yet the world has many charms for thee; + Thou'rt not like us, and thy unhappy child + The world esteems so favoured. + + II:4:42 ALAR. + Ah, the world + III estimates the truth of any lot. + Their speculation is too far and reaches + Only externals, they are ever fair. + There are vile cankers in your gaudiest flowers, + But you must pluck and peer within the leaves + To catch the pest. + + II:4:43 KING. + Alas! my gentle cousin, + To hear thou hast thy sorrows too, like us, + It pains me much, and yet I'll not believe it, + For with so fair a wife-- + + II:4:44 ALAR. + Torture me not, + Although thou art a King. + + II:4:45 KING. + My gentle cousin, + f spoke to solace thee. We all do hear + Thou art most favoured in a right fair wife. + We do desire to see her; can she find + A friend becomes her better than our child? + + II:4:46 ALAR. + My wife? would she were not! + + II:4:47 KING. + I say so too, + Would she were not! + + II:4:48 ALAR. + Ah me! why did I marry? + + II:4:49 KING. + Truth, it was very rash. + + II:4:50 ALAR. + Who made me rash? + Who drove me from my hearth, and sent me forth + On the unkindred earth? With the dark spleen + Goading injustice, that 'tis vain to quell, + Entails on restless spirits. Yes, I married, + As men do oft, from very wantonness; + To tamper with a destiny that's cross, + To spite my fate, to put the seal upon + A balked career, in high and proud defiance + Of hopes that yet might mock me, to beat down + False expectation and its damned lures, + And fix a bar betwixt me and defeat. + + II:4:51 KING. + These bitter words would rob me of my hope, + That thou at least wert happy. + + II:4:52 ALAR. + Would I slept + With my grey fathers! + + II:4:53 KING. + And my daughter too! + O most unhappy pair! + + II:4:54 ALAR. + There is a way. + To cure such woes, one only. + + II:4:55 KING. + 'Tis my thought. + + II:4:56 ALAR. + No cloister shall entomb this life; the grave + Shall be my refuge, + + II:4:57 KING. + Yet to die were witless, + When Death, who with his fatal finger taps + At princely doors, as freely as he gives + His summons to the serf, may at this instant + Have sealed the only life that throws a shade + Between us and the sun. + + II:4:58 ALAR. + She's very young. + + II:4:59 KING. + And may live long, as I do hope she will; + Yet have I known as blooming as she die, + And that most suddenly. The air of cities + To unaccustomed lungs is very fatal; + Perchance the absence of her accustomed sports, + The presence of strange faces, and a longing + For those she has been bred among: I've known + This most pernicious: she might droop and pine, + And when they fail, they sink most rapidly. + God grant she may not; yet I do remind thee + Of this wild chance, when speaking of thy lot. + In truth 'tis sharp, and yet I would not die + When Time, the great enchanter, may change all, + By bringing somewhat earlier to thy gate + A doom that must arrive. + + II:4:60 ALAR. + Would it were there! + + II:4:61 KING. + 'Twould be the day thy hand should clasp my daughter's, + That thou hast loved so Ion; 'twould be the day + My crown, the crown of all my realms, Alarcos, + Should bind thy royal brow. Is this the morn + Breaks in our chamber? Why, I did but mean + To say good night unto my gentle cousin + So long unseen. O, we have gossiped, coz, + So cheering dreams! + + [Exeunt.] + + + END OF THE SECOND ACT. + + + + +ACT III + + + SCENE 1 + + + Interior of the Cathedral of Burgos. + The High Altar illuminated; + in the distance, various Chapels lighted, and in each of which Mass is + celebrating: + in all directions groups of kneeling Worshippers. + Before the High Altar the Prior of Burgos officiates, attended by his + Sacerdotal Retinue. + In the front of the Stage, opposite to the Audience, a Confessional. + The chanting of a solemn Mass here commences; as it ceases, + + [Enter ALARCOS.] + + + III:1:1 ALAR. + Would it were done! and yet I dare not say + It should be done. O, that some natural cause, + Or superhuman agent, would step in, + And save me from its practice! Will no pest + Descend upon her blood? Must thousands die + Daily, and her charmed life be spared? As young + Are hourly plucked from out their hearths. A life! + Why, what's a life? A loan that must return + To a capricious creditor; recalled + Often as soon as lent. I'd wager mine + To-morrow like the dice, were my blood pricked. + Yet now, + When all that endows life with all its price, + Hangs on some flickering breath I could puff out, + I stand agape. I'll dream 'tis done: what then? + Mercy remains? For ever, not for ever + I charge my soul? Will no contrition ransom, + Or expiatory torments compensate + The awful penalty? Ye kneeling worshippers, + That gaze in silent ecstacy before + Yon flaming altar, you come here to bow + Before a God of mercy. Is't not so? + + [ALARCOS walks towards the High Altar and kneels.] + + [A Procession advances front the back of the Scene, singing a solemn Mass, + and preceding the Prior of Burgos, who seats himself in the Confessional + his Train filing of on each side of the Scene: + the lights of the High Altar are extinguished, + but the Chapels remain illuminated.] + + III:1:2 THE PRIOR. + Within this chair I sit, and hold the keys + That open realms no conqueror can subdue, + And where the monarchs of the earth must fain + Solicit to be subjects: Heaven and Hades, + Lands of Immortal light and shores of gloom. + Eternal as the chorus of their wail, + And the dim isthmus of that middle space, + Where the compassioned soul may purge its sins + In pious expiation. Then advance + Ye children of all sorrows, and all sins, + Doubts that perplex, and hopes that tantalize, + All the wild forms the fiend Temptation takes + To tamper with the soul! Come with the care + That eats your daily life; come with the thought + That is conceived in the noon of night, + And makes us stare around us though alone; + Come with the engendering sin, and with the crime + That is full-born. To counsel and to soothe, + I sit within this chair. + + [ALARCOS advances and kneels by the Confessional.] + + III:1:3 ALAR. + O, holy father + My soul is burthened with a crime. + + III:1:4 PRIOR. + My son, + The church awaits thy sin. + + III:1:5 ALAR. + It is a sin + Most black and terrible. Prepare thine ear + For what must make it tremble. + + III:1:6 PRIOR. + Thou dost speak + To Power above all passion, not to man. + + III:1:7 ALAR. + There was a lady, father, whom I loved, + And with a holy love, and she loved me + As holily. Our vows were blessed, if favour + Hang on a father's benediction. + + III:1:8 PRIOR. + Her + Mother? + + III:1:9 ALAR. + She had a mother, if to bear + Children be all that makes a mother: one + Who looked on me, about to be her child, + With eyes of lust. + + III:1:10 PRIOR. + And thou? + + III:1:11 ALAR. + O, if to trace + But with the memory's too veracious aid + This tale be anguish, what must be its life + And terrible action? Father, I abjured + This lewd she-wolf. But ah! her fatal vengeance + Struck to my heart. A banished scatterling + I wandered on the earth. + + III:1:12 PRIOR. + Thou didst return? + + III:1:13 ALAR. + And found the being that I loved, and found + Her faithful still. + + III:1:14 PRIOR. + And thou, my son, wert happy? + + III:1:15 ALAR. + Alas! I was no longer free. Strange ties + Had bound a hopeless exile. But she I had loved, + And never ceased to love, for in the form, + Not in the spirit was her faith more pure, + She looked upon me with a glance that told + Her death but in my love. I struggled, nay, + 'Twas not a struggle, 'twas an agony. + Her aged sire, her dark impending doom, + And the overwhelming passion of my soul: + My wife died suddenly. + + III:1:16 PRIOR. + And by a life + That should have shielded hers? + + III:1:17 ALAR. + Is there hope of mercy? + Can prayers, can penances, can they avail? + What consecration of my wealth, for I'm rich, + Can aid me? Can it aid me? Can endowments? + Nay, set no bounds to thy unlimited schemes + Of saving charity. Can shrines, can chauntries, + Monastic piles, can they avail? What if + I raise a temple not less proud than this, + Enriched with all my wealth, with all, with all? + Will endless masses, will eternal prayers, + Redeem me from perdition? + + III:1:18 PRIOR. + What, would gold + Redeem the sin it prompted? + + III:1:19 ALAR. + No, by Heaven! + No, Fate had dowered me with wealth might feed + All but a royal hunger. + + III:1:20 PRIOR. + And alone + Thy fatal passion urged thee + + III:1:21 ALAR. + Hah! + + III:1:22 PRIOR. + Probe deep + Thy wounded soul. + + III:1:23 ALAR. + 'Tis torture: fathomless + I feel the fell incision. + + III:1:24 PRIOR. + There is a lure + Thou dost not own, and yet its awful shade + Lowers in the back-ground of thy soul: thy tongue + Trifles the church's ear. Beware, my son, + And tamper not with Paradise. + + III:1:25 ALAR. + A breath, + A shadow, essence subtler far than love: + And yet I loved her, and for love had dared + All that I ventured for this twin-born lure + Cradled with love, for which I soiled my soul. + O, father, it was Power. + + III:1:26 PRIOR. + And this dominion + Purchased by thy soul's mortgage, still is't thine? + + III:1:27 ALAR. + Yea, thousands bow to him, who bows to thee. + + III:1:28 PRIOR. + Thine is a fearful deed. + + III:1:29 ALAR. + O, is there mercy? + + III:1:30 PRIOR. + Say, is there penitence? + + III:1:31 ALAR. + How shall I gauge it? + What temper of contrition might the church + Require from such a sinner? + + III:1:32 PRIOR. + Is't thy wish, + Nay, search the very caverns of thy thought, + Is it thy wish this deed were now undone? + + III:1:33 ALAR. + Undone, undone! It is; O, say it were, + And what am I? O, father, wer't not done, + I should not be less tortured than I'm now; + My life less like a dream of haunting thoughts + Tempting to unknown enormities. The sun + Would rise as beamless on my darkened days, + Night proffer the same torments. Food would fly + My lips the same, and the same restless blood + Quicken my harassed limbs. Undone! undone! + I have no metaphysic faculty + To deem this deed undone. + + III:1:34 PRIOR. + Thou must repent + This terrible deed. Look through thy heart. Thy wife, + There was a time thou lov'dst her? + + III:1:35 ALAR. + I'll not think + There was a time. + + III:1:36 PRIOR. + And was she fair? + + III:1:37 ALAR. + A form + Dazzling all eyes but mine. + + III:1:38 PRIOR. + And pure? + + III:1:39 ALAR. + No saint + More chaste than she. Her consecrated shape + She kept as 'twere a shrine, and just as full + Of holy thoughts; her very breath was incense, + And all her gestures sacred as the forms + Of priestly offices! + + III:1:40 PRIOR. + I'll save thy soul. + Thou must repent that one so fair and pure, + And loving thee so well-- + + III:1:41 ALAR. + Father, in vain. + There is a bar betwixt me and repentance. + And yet-- + + III:1:42 PRIOR. + Ay, yet-- + + III:1:43 ALAR. + The day may come, I'll kneel + In such a mood, and might there then be hope? + + III:1:44 PRIOR. + We hold the keys that bind and loosen all: + But penitence alone is mercy's portal. + The obdurate soul is doomed. Remorseful tears + Are sinners' sole ablution. O, my son, + Bethink thee yet, to die in sin like thine; + Eternal masses profit not thy soul, + Thy consecrated wealth will but upraise + The monument of thy despair. Once more, + Ere yet the vesper lights shall fade away, + I do adjure thee, on the church's bosom + Pour forth thy contrite heart. + + III:1:45 ALAR. + A contrite heart! + A stainless hand would count for more. I see + No drops on mine. My head is weak, my heart + A wilderness of passion. Prayers, thy prayers! + + [ALARCOS rises suddenly and exit.] + + + + + SCENE 2 + + + Chamber in the Royal Palace. + + The INFANTA seated in despondency; the KING standing by her side. + + + III:2:1 KING. + Indeed, 'tis noticed. + + III:2:2 SOL. + Solitude is all + I ask; and is it then so great a boon? + + III:2:3 KING. + Nay, solitude's no princely appanage. + Our state's a pedestal, which men have raised + That they may gaze on greatness. + + III:2:4 SOL. + A false idol, + And weaker than its worshippers. I've lived + To feel my station's vanity. O, Death, + Thou endest all! + + III:2:5 KING. + Thou art too young to die, + And yet may be too happy. Moody youth + Toys in its talk with the dark thought of death, + As if to die were but to change a robe. + It is their present refuge for all cares + And each disaster. When the sere has touched + Their flowing locks, they prattle less of death, + Perchance think more of it. + + III:2:6 SOL. + Why, what is greatness? + Will't give me love, or faith, or tranquil thoughts? + No, no, not even justice. + + III:2:7 KING. + 'Tis thyself + That does thyself injustice. Let the world + Have other speculation than the breach + Of our unfilled vows. They bear too near + And fine affinity to what we would, + Ay, what we will. I would not choose this moment, + Men brood too curiously upon the cause + Of the late rupture, for the cause detected + May bar the consequence. + + III:2:8 SOL. + A day, an hour + Sufficed to crush me. Weeks and weeks pass on + Since I was promised right. + + III:2:9 KING. + Take thou my sceptre + And do thyself this right. Is't, then, so easy? + + III:2:10 SOL. + Let him who did the wrong, contrive the means + Of his atonement. + + III:2:11 KING. + All a father can, + I have performed. + + III:2:12 SOL. + Ah! then there is no hope. + The Bishop of Ossuna, you did say + He was the learnedest clerk of Christendom, + And you would speak to him? + + III:2:13 KING. + What says Alarcos? + + III:2:14 SOL. + I spoke not to him since I first received + His princely pledge. + + III:2:15 KING. + Call on him to fulfil it. + + III:2:16 SOL. + Can he do more than kings? + + III:2:17 KING. + Yes, he alone; + Alone it rests with him. This learn from me. + There is no other let. + + III:2:18 SOL. + I learn from thee + What other lips should tell me. + + III:2:19 KING. + Girl, art sure + Of this same lover? + + III:2:20 SOL. + O! I'll never doubt him. + + III:2:21 KING. + And yet may be deceived. + + III:2:22 SOL. + He is as true + As talismanic steel. + + III:2:23 KING. + Why, then thou art, + At least thou should'st be, happy. Smile, Solisa; + For since the Count is true, there is no bar. + Why dost not smile? + + III:2:24 SOL. + I marvel that Alarcos + Hath been so mute on this. + + III:2:25 KING. + But thou art sure + He is most true. + + III:2:26 SOL. + Why should I deem him true? + Have I found truth in any? Woe is me, + I feel as one quite doomed. I know not why + I ever was ill-omened. + + III:2:27 KING. + Listen, girl; + Probe this same lover to the core; 'tmay be, + I think he is, most true; he should be so + If there be faith in vows, and men ne'er break + The pledge its profits them to keep. And yet-- + + III:2:28 SOL. + And what? + + III:2:29 KING. + To be his Sovereign's cherished friend, + And smiled on by the daughter of his King, + Why that might profit him, and please so much, + His wife's ill humour might be borne withal. + + III:2:30 SOL. + You think him false? + + III:2:31 KING. + I think he might be true: + But when a man's well placed, he loves not change. + + [Enter at the back of the Scene Count ALARCOS disguised. + He advances, dropping his Hat and Cloak.] + + Ah, gentle cousin, all our thoughts were thine. + + III:2:32 ALAR. + I marvel men should think. Lady, I'll hope + Thy thoughts are like thyself, most fair. + + III:2:33 KING. + Her thoughts + Are like her fortunes, lofty, but around + The peaks cling vapours. + + III:2:34 ALAR. + Eagles live in clouds, + And they draw royal breath. + + III:2:35 KING. + I'd have her quit, + This strange seclusion, cousin. Give thine aid + To festive purposes. + + III:2:36 ALAR. + A root, an egg, + Why there's a feast with a holy mind. + + III:2:37 KING. + If ever + I find my seat within a hermitage, + I'll think the same. + + III:2:38 ALAR. + You have built shrines, sweet lady? + + III:2:39 SOL. + What then, my lord? + + III:2:40 ALAR. + Why then you might be worshipped, + If your image were in front; I'd bow down + To anything so fair. + + III:2:41 KING. + Dost know, my cousin, + Who waits me now? The deputies from Murcia. + The realm is ours, + + [whispers him] + + is thine. + + III:2:42 ALAR. + The church has realms + Wider than both Castilles. But which of them + Will be our lot; that's it. + + III:2:43 KING. + Mine own Solisa, + They wait me in my cabinet; + + [aside to her] + + Bethink thee + With whom all rests. + + [Exit the KING.] + + III:2:44 SOL. + You had sport to-day, my lord? + The King was at the chace. + + III:2:45 ALAR. + I breathed my barb. + + III:2:46 SOL. + They say the chace hath charm to cheer the spirit, + + III:2:47 ALAR. + 'Tis better than prayers. + + III:2:48 SOL. + Indeed, I think I'll hunt. + You and my father seem so passing gay. + + III:2:49 ALAR. + Why this is no confessional, no shrine + Haunted with presaged gloom. I should be gay + To look at thee and listen to thy voice; + For if fair pictures and sweet sounds enchant + The soul of man, that are but artifice, + How then am I entranced, this living picture + Bright by my side, and listening to this music + That nature gave thee. What's eternal life + To this inspired mortality! Let priests + And pontiffs thunder, still I feel that here + Is all my joy. + + III:2:50 SOL. + Ah! why not say thy woe? + Who stands between thee and thy rights but me? + Who stands between thee and thine ease but me? + Who bars thy progress, brings thee cares, but me? + Lures thee to impossible contracts, goads thy faith + To mad performance, welcomes thee with sighs, + And parts from them with tears? Is this joy? No! + I am thine evil genius. + + III:2:51 ALAR. + Say my star + Of inspiration. This reality + Baffles their mystic threats. Who talks of cares? + Why, what's a Prince, if his imperial will + Be bitted by a priest! There's nought impossible. + Thy sighs are sighs of love, and all thy tears + But affluent tenderness. + + III:2:52 SOL. + You sing as sweet + As did the syrens; is it from the heart, + Or from the lips, that voice? + + III:2:53 ALAR. + Solisa! + + III:2:54 SOL. + Ay! + My ear can catch a treacherous tone; 'tis trained + To perfidy. My Lord Alarcos, look me + Straight in the face. He quails not. + + III:2:55 ALAR. + O my soul, + Is this the being for whose love I've pledged + Even thy forfeit! + + III:2:56 SOL. + Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + Look not so stern! I'm mad; yes, yes, my life + Upon thy truth; I know thou'rt true: he said + It rested but with thee; I said it not, + Nor thought it. + + III:2:57 ALAR. + Lady! + + III:2:58 SOL. + Not that voice! + + III:2:59 ALAR. + I'll know + Thy thought; the King hath spoken? + + III:2:60 SOL. + Words of joy + And madness. With thyself alone he says + It rests. + + III:2:61 ALAR. + Nor said he more? + + III:2:62 SOL. + It had found me deaf, + For he touched hearings quick. + + III:2:63 ALAR. + Thy faith in me + Hath gone. + + III:2:64 SOL. + I'll doubt our shrined miracles + Before I doubt Alarcos. + + III:2:65 ALAR. + He'll believe thee, + For at this moment he has much to endure, + And that he could not. + + III:2:66 SOL. + And yet I must choose + This time to vex thee. O, I am the curse + And blight of the existence, which to bless + Is all my thought! Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + I pray thee pardon me. I am so wretched: + This fell suspense is like a frightful dream + Wherein we fall from heights, yet never reach + The bottomless abyss. It wastes my spirit, + Wears down my life, gnaws ever at my heart, + Makes my brain quick when others are asleep, + And dull when theirs is active. O, Alarcos, + I could lie down and die. + + III:2:67 ALAR. + + [Advancing in soliloquy.] + + Asleep, awake, + In dreams, and in the musing moods that wait + On unfulfilled purposes, I've done it; + And thought upon it afterwards, nor shrunk + From the fell retrospect. + + III:2:68 SOL. + He's wrapped in thought; + Indeed his glance was wild when first he entered, + And his speech lacked completeness. + + III:2:69 ALAR. + How is it then, + The body that should be the viler part, + And made for servile uses, should rebel + 'Gainst the mind's mandate, and should hold its aid + Aloof from our adventure? Why the sin + Is in the thought, not in the deed; 'tis not + The body pays the penalty, the soul + Must clear that awful scot. What palls my arm? + It is not pity; trumpet-tongued ambition + Stifles her plaintive voice; it is not love, + For that inspires the blow! Art thou Solisa? + + III:2:70 SOL. + I am that luckless maiden whom you love. + + III:2:71 ALAR. + You could lie down and die. Who speaks of death? + There is no absolution for self-murder. + Why 'tis the greater sin of the two. There is + More peril in't. What, sleep upon your post + Because you are wearied? No, we must spy on + And watch occasions. Even now they are ripe. + I feel a turbulent throbbing at my heart + Will end in action: for there spiritual tumults + Herald great deeds. + + III:2:72 SOL. + It is the church's scheme + Ever to lengthen suits. + + III:2:73 ALAR. + The church? + + III:2:74 SOL. + Ossana + Leans much to Rome. + + III:2:75 ALAR. + And how concerns us that? + + III:2:76 SOL. + His Grace spoke to the Bishop, you must know? + + III:2:77 ALAR. + Ah, yes! his Grace, the church, it is our friend. + And truly should be so. It gave our griefs, + And it should bear their balm. + + III:2:78 SOL. + Hast pardoned me + That I was querulous? But lovers crossed + Wrangle with those that love them, as it were, + To spite affection. + + III:2:79 ALAR. + We are bound together + As the twin powers of the storm. Very love + Now makes me callous. The great bond is sealed; + Look bright; if gloomy, mortgage future bliss + For present comfort. Trust me 'tis good 'surance. + I'll to the King. + + [Exeunt both.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A Street in Burgos. + + [Enter the COUNT OF LEON, followed by ORAN.] + + + III:3:1 LEON. + He has been sighing like a Sybarite + These six weeks past, and now he sends to me + To hire my bravo. Well, that smacks of manhood. + He'll pierce at least one heart, if not the right one. + Murder and marriage! which the greater crime + A schoolman may decide. All arts exhausted, + His death alone remains. A clumsy course. + I care not. Truth, I hate this same Alarcos, + I think it is the colour of his eyes, + But I do hate him; and the royal ear + Lists coldly to me since this same return. + The King leans wholly on him. Sirrah Moor, + All is prepared? + + III:3:2 ORAN. + And prompt. + + III:3:3 LEON. + 'Tis well; no boggling; + Let it be cleanly done. + + III:3:4 ORAN. + A stab or two, + And the Arlanzon's wave shall know the rest. + + III:3:5 LEON. + I'll have to kibe his heels at Court, if you fail. + + III:3:6 ORAN. + There is no fear. We have the choicest spirits + In Burgos. + + III:3:7 LEON. + Goodly gentlemen! you wait + Their presence? + + III:3:8 ORAN. + Here anon. + + III:3:9 LEON. + Good night, dusk infidel, + They'll take me for an Alguazil. At home + Your news will reach me. + + III:3:10 ORAN. + And were all your throats cut, + I would not weep. O, Allah, let them spend + Their blood upon themselves! My life he shielded, + And now exacts one at my hands; we're quits + When this is closed. That thought will grace a deed + Otherwise graceless. I would break the chain + That binds me to this man. His callous eye + Repels devotion, while his reckless vein + Demands prompt sacrifice. Now is't wise this? + Methinks 'twere wise to touch the humblest heart + Of those that serve us? In maturest plans + There lacks that finish, which alone can flow + From zealous instruments. But here are some + That have no hearts to touch. + + [Enter Four BRAVOs.] + + How now, good senors. + I cannot call them comrades; you're exact, + As doubtless ye are brave. You know your duty? + + III:3:11 1ST BRAVO. + And will perform it, or my name is changed, + And I'm not Guzman Jaca. + + III:3:12 ORAN. + You well know + The arm you cross is potent? + + III:3:13 2ND BRAVO. + All the steel + Of Calatrava's knights shall not protect it. + + III:3:14 3RD BRAVO. + And all the knights to boot. + + III:3:15 4TH BRAVO. + A river business. + + III:3:16 ORAN. + The safest sepulchre. + + III:3:17 4TH BRAVO. + A burial ground + Of which we are the priests, and take our fees; + I never cross a stream, but I do feel + A sense of property. + + III:3:18 ORAN. + You know the signal: + And when I boast I've friends, they may appear + To prove I am no braggart. + + III:3:19 1ST BRAVO. + To our posts + It shall be cleanly done, and brief. + + III:3:20 2ND BRAVO. + No oaths, + No swagger. + + III:3:21 3RD BRAVO. + Not a word; but all as pleasant + As we were nobles like himself. + + III:3:22 4TH BRAVO. + 'Tis true, sir; + You deal with gentlemen. + + [Exeunt BRAVOs.] + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + III:3:23 ALAR. + The moon's a sluggard, + I think, to-night. How now, the Moor that dodged + My steps at vespers. Hem! I like not this. + Friends beneath cloaks; they're wanted. Save you, sir? + + III:3:24 ORAN. + And you, sir? + + III:3:25 ALAR. + Not the first time we have met, + Or I've no eye for lurkers. + + III:3:26 ORAN. + I have tasted + Our common heritage, the air, to-day; + And if the selfsame beam warmed both our bloods, + What then? + + III:3:27 ALAR. + Why nothing; but the sun has set, + And honest men should seek their hearths. + + III:3:28 ORAN. + I wait + My friends. + + [The BRAVOs rush in, and assault COUNT ALARCOS, who, + dropping his Cloak, shows his Sword already drawn, and keeps them at bay.] + + So, so! who plays with princes' blood? + No sport for varlets. Thus and thus, I'll teach ye + To know your station. + + III:3:29 1ST BRAVO. + Ah! + + III:3:30 2ND BRAVO. + Away! + + III:3:31 3RD BRAVO. + Fly, fly! + + III:3:32 4TH BRAVO. + No place for quiet men. + + [The BRAVOs run off.] + + III:3:33 ALAR. + A little breath + Is all they have cost me, tho' their blood has stained + My damask blade. And still the Moor! What ho! + Why fliest not like thy mates? + + III:3:34 ORAN. + Because I wait + To fight. + + III:3:35 ALAR. + Rash caitiff! knowest thou who I am? + + III:3:36 ORAN. + One who I heard was brave, and now has proved it. + + III:3:37 ALAR. + Am I thy foe? + + III:3:38 ORAN. + No more than all thy race. + + III:3:39 ALAR. + Go, save thy life. + + III:3:40 ORAN. + Look to thine own, proud lord. + + III:3:41 ALAR. + Perdition catch thy base-born insolence. + + [They fight: after a long and severe encounter, + ALARCOS disarms ORAN, who falls wounded.] + + III:3:42 ORAN. + Be brief, dispatch me. + + III:3:43 ALAR. + Not a word for mercy? + + III:3:44 ORAN. + Why should'st thou give it? + + III:3:45 ALAR. + 'Tis not merited, + Yet might be gained. Who set thee on to this? + My sword is at thy throat. Give me his name, + And thine shall live. + + III:3:46 ORAN. + I cannot. + + III:3:47 ALAR. + What, is life + So light a boon? It hangs upon this point. + Bold Moor, is't then thy love to him who fees thee + Makes thee so faithful? + + III:3:48 ORAN. + No; I hate him. + + III:3:49 ALAR. + What + Restrains thee, then? + + III:3:50 ORAN. + The feeling that restrained + My arm from joining stabbers--Honour. + + III:3:51 ALAR. + Humph! + An overseer of stabbers for some ducats. + And is that honour? + + III:3:52 ORAN. + Once he screened my life, + And this was my return. + + III:3:53 ALAR. + What if I spare + Thy life even now? Wilt thou accord to me + The same devotion? + + III:3:54 ORAN. + Yea; the life thou givest + Thou shouldst command. + + III:3:55 ALAR. + If I, too, have a foe + Crossing my path and blighting all my life? + + III:3:56 ORAN. + This sword should strive to reach him. + + III:3:57 ALAR. + Him! thy bond + Shall know no sex or nation. Limitless + Shall be thy pledge. I'll claim from thee a life + For that I spare. How now, wilt live? + + III:3:58 ORAN. + To pay + A life for that now spared. + + III:3:59 ALAR. + Swear to thy truth; + Swear by Mahound, and swear by all thy gods, + If thou hast any; swear it by the stars, + In which we all believe; and by thy hopes + Of thy false paradise; swear it by thy soul, + And by thy sword! + + III:3:60 ORAN. + I swear. + + III:3:61 ALAR. + Arise and live. + + + THE END OF THE THIRD ACT. + + + + +ACT IV + + + SCENE 1 + + + Interior of a Posada frequented by BRAVOs, in an obscure quarter of + Burgos. FLIX at the fire, frying eggs. Men seated at small tables + drinking; others lying on benches. At the side, but in the front of the + Scene, some Beggars squatted on the ground, thrumming a Mandolin; a + Gipsy Girl dancing. + + + IV:1:1 A BRAVO. + Come, mother, dost take us for Saracens? I say we are true + Christians, and so must drink wine. + + IV:1:2 ANOTHER BRAVO. + Mother Flix is sour to-night. Keep the evil eye from the olla! + + IV:1:3 3RD BRAVO. + + [advancing to her] + + Thou beauty of Burgos, what are dimples unless seen? Smile! wench. + + IV:1:4 FLIX. + A frying egg will not wait for the King of Cordova. + + IV:1:5 1ST BRAVO. + Will have her way. Graus knows a pretty wife's worth. A handsome + hostess is bad for the guest's purse. + + IV:1:6 1ST BRAVO. + + [rising] + + Good companions make good company. Graus, Graus! another flagon. + + IV:1:7 2ND BRAVO. + Of the right Catalan. + + IV:1:8 3RD BRAVO. + Nay, for my omelette. + + IV:1:9 FLIX. + Hungry men think the cook lazy. + + [Enter GRAUS with a Flagon of wine.] + + IV:1:10 1ST BRAVO. + 'Tis mine. + + IV:1:11 2ND BRAVO. + No, mine. + + IV:1:12 1ST BRAVO. + We'll share. + + IV:1:13 2ND BRAVO. + No, each man his own beaker; he who shares has the worst half. + + IV:1:14 3RD BRAVO. + + [to FLIX, who brings the omelette] + + An egg and to bed. + + IV:1:15 GRAUS. + Who drinks, first chinks. + + IV:1:16 1ST BRAVO. + The debtor is stoned every day. There will be water-work to-morrow, + and that will wash it out. You know me? + + IV:1:17 GRAUS. + In a long journey and a small inn, one knows one's company. + + IV:1:18 2ND BRAVO. + Come, I'll give, but I won't share. Fill up. + + IV:1:19 GRAUS. + That's liberal; my way; full measure but prompt pezos; + I loathe your niggards. + + IV:1:20 1ST BRAVO. + As the little tailor of Campillo said, who worked for nothing, + and found thread. + + [To the other BRAVO.] + + Nay, I'll not refuse; we know each other. + + IV:1:21 2ND BRAVO. + We've seen the stars together. + + IV:1:22 AN OLD MAN. + Burgos is not what it was. + + IV:1:23 5TH BRAVO. + + [waking] + + Sleep ends and supper begins. The olla, the olla, Mother Flix; + + [shaking a purse] + + there's the dinner bell. + + IV:1:24 2ND BRAVO. + That will bring courses. + + IV:1:25 1ST BRAVO. + An ass covered with gold has more respect than a horse with a + pack-saddle. + + IV:1:26 5TH BRAVO. + How for that ass? + + IV:1:27 2ND BRAVO. + Nay, the sheep should have his belly full who quarrels with his mate. + + IV:1:28 5TH BRAVO. + But how for that ass? + + IV:1:29 A FRIAR. + + [advancing] + + Peace be with ye, brethren! A meal in God's name. + + IV:1:30 5TH BRAVO. + Who asks in God's name, asks for two. But how for that ass? + + IV:1:31 FLIX. + + [bringing the olla] + + Nay, an ye must brawl, go fight the Moors. 'Tis a peaceable house, + and we sleep quiet o' nights. + + IV:1:32 5TH BRAVO. + Am I an ass? + + IV:1:33 FLIX. + He is an ass who talks when he might eat. + + IV:1:34 5TH BRAVO. + A Secadon sausage! Come, mother, I'm all peace; thou'rt a rare hand. + As in thy teeth, comrade, and no more on't + + IV:1:35 1ST BRAVO. + When I will not, two cannot quarrel. + + IV:1:36 OLD MAN. + Everything is changed for the worse. + + IV:1:37 FRIAR. + For the love of St. Jago, senors; for the love of St. Jago! + + IV:1:38 5TH BRAVO. + When it pleases not God, the saint can do little. + + IV:1:39 2ND BRAVO. + Nay, supper for all, and drink's the best meat. Some have sung + for it, some danced. There is no fishing for trout in dry breeches. + You shall preach. + + IV:1:40 FRIAR. + Benedicite, brethren-- + + IV:1:41 1ST BRAVO. + Nay, no Latin, for the devil's not here. + + IV:1:42 2ND BRAVO. + And prithee let it be as full of meat as an egg; for we do many + deeds, love not many words. + + IV:1:43 FRIAR. + Thou shalt not steal. + + IV:1:44 1ST BRAVO. + He blasphemes. + + IV:1:45 FRIAR. + But what is theft? + + IV:1:46 2ND BRAVO. + Ay! there it is. + + IV:1:47 FRIAR. + The tailor he steals the cloth, and the miller he steals the meal; + is either a thief? 'tis the way of trade. But what if our trade + be to steal? Why then our work is to cut purses; to cut purses is + to follow our business; and to follow our business is to obey the + King; and so thieving is no theft. And that's probatum, and so, amen. + + IV:1:48 5TH BRAVO. + Shall put thy spoon in the olla for that. + + IV:1:49 2ND BRAVO. + And drink this health to our honest fraternity. + + IV:1:50 OLD MAN. + I have heard sermons by the hour; this is brief; every thing falls off. + + [Enter a PERSONAGE masked and cloaked.] + + IV:1:51 1ST BRAVO. + + [to his Companions] + + See'st yon mask? + + IV:1:52 2ND BRAVO. + 'Tis strange. + + IV:1:53 GRAUS. + + [to FLIX] + + Who is this? + + IV:1:54 FLIX. + The fool wonders, the wise man asks. Must have no masks here. + + IV:1:55 GRAUS. + An obedient wife commands her husband. Business with a stranger, + title enough. + + [Advancing and addressing the Mask.] + + Most noble Senor Mask. + + IV:1:56 THE UNKNOWN. + Well, fellow! + + IV:1:57 GRAUS. + Hem; as it may be. D'ye see, most noble Senor Mask, that 'tis an + orderly house this, frequented by certain honest gentlemen, that + take their siesta, and eat a fried egg after their day's work, + and so are not ashamed to show their faces. Ahem! + + IV:1:58 THE UNKNOWN. + As in truth I am in such villanous company. + + IV:1:59 GRAUS. + Wheugh! but 'tis not the first ill word that brings a blow. + Would'st sup indifferently well here at a moderate rate, we are + thy servants. My Flix hath reputation at the frying-pan, and my + wine hath made lips smack; but here, senor, faces must be uncovered. + + IV:1:60 THE UNKNOWN. + Poh! poh! + + IV:1:61 GRAUS. + Nay, then, I will send some to you shall gain softer words. + + IV:1:62 1ST BRAVO. + Why, what's this? + + IV:1:63 2ND BRAVO. + Our host is an honest man, and has friends. + + IV:1:64 5TH BRAVO. + Let me finish my olla, and I will discourse with him. + + IV:1:65 THE UNKNOWN. + Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. I come here on business, + and with you all. + + IV:1:66 1ST BRAVO. + Carraho! and who's this? + + IV:1:67 THE UNKNOWN. + One who knows you, though you know not him. One whom you have never + seen, yet all fear. And who walks at night, and where he likes. + + IV:1:68 2ND BRAVO. + The devil himself! + + IV:1:69 THE UNKNOWN. + It may be so. + + IV:1:70 2ND BRAVO. + Sit by me, Friar, and speak Latin. + + IV:1:71 THE UNKNOWN. + There is a man missing in Burgos, and I will know where he is. + + IV:1:72 OLD MAN. + There were many men missing in my time. + + IV:1:73 THE UNKNOWN. + Dead or alive, I care not; but land or water, river or turf, I will + know where the body is stowed. See + + [shaking a purse] + + here is eno' to point all the poniards of the city. You shall + have it to drink his health. + + IV:1:74 A BRAVO. + How call you him? + + IV:1:75 THE UNKNOWN. + Oran, the Moor. + + IV:1:76 1ST BRAVO. + + [Jumping from his seat and approaching the Stranger.] + + My name is Guzman Jaca; my hand was in that business. + + IV:1:77 THE UNKNOWN. + With the Moor and three of your comrades? + + IV:1:78 1ST BRAVO. + The same. + + IV:1:79 THE UNKNOWN. + And how came your quarry to fly next day? + + IV:1:80 1ST BRAVO. + Very true; 'twas a bad business for all of us. I fought like + a lion; see, my arm is still bound up; but he had advice of + our visit; and no sooner had we saluted him, than there + suddenly appeared a goodly company of twelve serving-men, + or say twelve to fifteen-- + + IV:1:81 THE UNKNOWN. + You lie; he walked alone. + + IV:1:82 1ST BRAVO. + Very true; and if I am forced to speak the whole truth, it was thus. + I fought like a lion; see, my arm is still bound up; but I was not + quite his match alone, for I had let blood the day before, and my + comrades were taken with a panic, and so left me in the lurch. + And now you have it all. + + IV:1:83 THE UNKNOWN. + And Oran? + + IV:1:84 1ST BRAVO. + He fled at once. + + IV:1:85 THE UNKNOWN. + Come, come, Oran did not fly. + + IV:1:86 1ST BRAVO. + Very true. We left him alone with the Count. + And now you have it all. + + IV:1:87 THE UNKNOWN. + Had he slain him, the body would have been found. + + IV:1:88 1ST BRAVO. + Very true. That's the difference between us professional + performers, and you mere amateurs; we never leave the bodies. + + IV:1:89 THE UNKNOWN. + And you can tell me nothing of him? + + IV:1:90 1ST BRAVO. + No, but I engage to finish the Count, any night you like now, + for I have found out his lure. + + IV:1:91 THE UNKNOWN. + How's that? + + IV:1:92 1ST BRAVO. + Every evening, about an hour after sunset, he enters by a private + way the citadel. + + IV:1:93 THE UNKNOWN. + Hah! what more? + + IV:1:94 1ST BRAVO. + He is stagged; there is a game playing, but what I know not. + + IV:1:95 THE UNKNOWN. + Your name is Guzman Jaca? + + IV:1:96 1ST BRAVO. + The same. + + IV:1:97 THE UNKNOWN. + Honest fellow! there's gold for you. You know nothing of Oran? + + IV:1:98 1ST BRAVO. + Maybe he has crawled to some place wounded. + + IV:1:99 THE UNKNOWN. + To die like a bird. Look after him. If I wish more, I know + where to find you. What ho, Master Host! I cannot wait to + try your mistress's art to-night; but here's my scot for our + next supper. + + [Exit THE UNKNOWN.] + + + + + SCENE 2 + + + A Chamber in the Palace of Alarcos. + + The COUNTESS and SIDONIA. + + + IV:2:1 SIDO. + Lady, you're moved: nay, 'twas an idle word. + + IV:2:2 COUN. + But was it true? + + IV:2:3 SIDO. + And yet might little mean. + + IV:2:4 COUN. + That I should live to doubt! + + IV:2:5 SIDO. + But do not doubt; + Forget it, lady. You should know him well; + Nay, do not credit it. + + IV:2:6 COUN. + He's very changed. + I would not own, no, not believe that change, + I've given it every gloss that might confirm + My sinking heart. Time and your tale agree; + Alas! 'tis true. + + IV:2:7 SIDO. + I hope not; still believe + It is not true. Would that I had not spoken! + It was unguarded prate. + + IV:2:8 COUN. + You have done me service: + Condemned, the headsman is no enemy, + Bat closes suffering. + + IV:2:9 SIDO. + Yet a bitter doom + To torture those you'd bless. I have a thought. + What if this eve you visit this same spot, + That shrouds these meetings? If he's wanting then, + The rest might prove as false. + + IV:2:10 COUN. + He will be there, + I feel he will be there. + + IV:2:11 SIDO. + We should not think so, + Until our eyes defeat our hopes. + + IV:2:12 COUN. + O Burgos, + My heart misgave me when I saw thy walls! + To doubt is madness, yet 'tis not despair, + And that may be my lot. + + IV:2:13 SIDO. + The palace gardens + Are closed, except to master-keys. Here's one, + My office gives it me, and it can count + Few brethren. You will be alone. + + IV:2:14 COUN. + Alas! + I dare not hope so. + + IV:2:15 SIDO. + Well, well, think of this; + Yet take the key. + + IV:2:16 COUN. + O that it would unlock + The heart now closed to me! To watch his ways + Was once my being. Shall I prove the spy + Of joys I may not share? I will not take + That fatal key. + + IV:2:17 SIDO. + 'Tis well; I pray you, pardon + My ill-timed zeal. + + IV:2:18 COUN. + Indeed, I should be grateful + That one should wish to serve me. Can it be? + 'Tis not two months, two little, little months, + You crossed this threshold first; Ah! gentle air, + And we were all so gay! What have I done? + What is all this? so sudden and so strange? + It is not true, I feel it is not true; + 'Tis factious care that clouds his brow, and calls + For all this timed absence. His brain's busy + With the State. Is't not so? I prithee speak, + And say you think it. + + IV:2:19 SIDO. + You should know him well; + And if you deem it so, why I should deem + The inference just. + + IV:2:20 COUN. + Yet if he were not there, + How happy I should sleep! there is no peril; + The garden's near; and is there shame? 'Tis love + Makes me a lawful spy. He'll not be there, + And then there is no prying. + + IV:2:21 SIDO. + Near at hand, + Crossing the way that bounds your palace court, + There is a private portal. + + IV:2:22 COUN. + If I go, + He will not miss me. Ah, I would he might! + So very near; no, no; I cannot go; + And yet I'll take the key. + + [Takes the key.] + + Would thou could'st speak, + Thou little instrument, and tell me all + The secrets of thy office! My heart beats; + 'Tis my first enterprise; I would it were + To do him service. No, I cannot go; + Farewell, kind sir; indeed I am so troubled, + I must retire. + + [Exit COUNTESS.] + + IV:2:23 SIDO. + Thy virtue makes me vile; + And what should move my heart inflames my soul. + O marvellous world, wherein I play the villain + From very love of excellence! But for him, + I'd be the rival of her stainless thoughts + And mate her purity. Hah! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + IV:2:24 ORAN. + My noble lord! + + IV:2:25 SIDO. + The Moor! + + IV:2:26 ORAN. + Your servant. + + IV:2:27 SIDO. + Here! 'tis passing strange. + How's this? + + IV:2:28 ORAN. + The accident of war, my lord. + I am a prisoner. + + IV:2:29 SIDO. + But at large, it seems. + You have betrayed me + + IV:2:30 ORAN. + Had I chosen that, + I had been free and you not here. I fought, + And fell in single fight. Why spared I know not, + But that the lion's generous. + + IV:2:31 SIDO. + Will you prove + Your faith + + IV:2:32 ORAN. + Nay, doubt it not. + + IV:2:33 SIDO. + You still can aid me. + + IV:2:34 ORAN. + I am no traitor, and my friends shall find + I am not wanting. + + IV:2:35 SIDO. + Quit these liberal walls + Where you're not watched. In brief, I've coined a tale + Has touched the Countess to the quick. She seeks, + Alone or scantly tended, even now, + The palace gardens; eager to discover + A faithless husband, where she'll chance to find + One more devout. My steeds and servants wait + At the right post; my distant castle soon + Shall hold this peerless wife. Your resolute spirit + May aid me much. How say you, is it well + That we have met? + + IV:2:36 ORAN. + Right well. I will embark + Most heartily in this. + + IV:2:37 SIDO. + With me at once. + + IV:2:38 ORAN. + At once? + + IV:2:39 SIDO. + No faltering. You have learned and know + Too much to spare you from my sight, good Oran. + With me at once. + + IV:2:40 ORAN. + 'Tis urgent; well at once, + And I will do good service, or I'll die. + For what is life unless to aid the life + Has aided thine? + + IV:2:41 SIDO. + On then; with me no eye + Will look with jealousy upon thy step. + + [Exeunt both.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A retired spot in the Gardens of the Palace. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] + + + IV:3:1 COUN. + Is't guilt, that I thus tremble? Why should I + Feel like a sinner? I'll not dare to meet + His flashing eye. O, with what scorn, what hate + His lightning glance will wither me. Away, + I will away. I care not whom he meets. + What if he love me not, he shall not loathe + The form he once embraced. I'll be content + To live upon the past, and dream again + It may return. Alas! were I the false one, + I could not feel more humbled. Ah, he comes! + I'll lie, I'll vow I'm vile, that I came here + To meet another, anything but that + I dared to doubt him. What, my Lord Sidonia! + + [Enter SIDONIA.] + + IV:3:2 SIDO. + Thy servant and thy friend. Ah! gentle lady, + I deemed this unused scene and ill-timed hour + might render solace welcome. He'll not come; + Ho crossed the mountains, ere the set of sun, + Towards Briviesca. + + IV:3:3 COUN. + Holy Virgin, thanks! + Home, home! + + IV:3:4 SIDO. + And can a hearth neglected cause + Such raptures? + + IV:3:5 COUN. + I, and only I, neglect it; + My cheek is fire, that I should ever dare + To do this stealthy deed. + + IV:3:6 SIDO. + And yet I feel + I could do one as secret and more bold. + A moment, lady; do not turn away + With that cold look. + + IV:3:7 COUN. + My children wait me, sir; + Yet I would thank you, for you meant me kindness. + + IV:3:8 SIDO. + And mean it yet. Ah! beauteous Florimonde, + It is the twilight hour, when hearts are soft, + And mine is like the quivering light of eve; + I love thee! + + IV:3:9 COUN. + And for this I'm here, and he, + He is not false! O happiness! + + IV:3:10 SIDO. + Sweet lady-- + + IV:3:11 COUN. + My Lord Sidonia, I can pardon thee, + I am so joyful. + + IV:3:12 SIDO. + Nay, then. + + IV:3:13 COUN. + Unhand me, Sir! + + IV:3:14 SIDO. + But to embrace this delicate waist. Thou art mine: + I've sighed and thou hast spurned. What is not yielded + In war we capture. Ere a flying hour, + Thy hated Burgos vanishes. That voice; + What, must I stifle it, who fain would listen + For ever to its song? In vain thy cry, + For none are here but mine. + + [Enter ORAN.] + + IV:3:15 ORAN. + Turn, robber, turn-- + + IV:3:16 SIDO. + Ah! treason in the camp! Thus to thy heart. + + [They fight. ORAN beats off SIDONIA, they leave the scene fighting; + the COUNTESS swoons.] + + [Enter a procession with lighted torches, attending the Infanta SOLISA + from Mass.] + + IV:3:17 1ST USH. + A woman! + + IV:3:18 2ND USH. + Does she live + + IV:3:19 SOL. + What stops our course? + + [The Train ranging themselves on each side, the Infanta approaches + the COUNTESS.] + + IV:3:20 SOL. + Most strange and lovely vision! Does she breathe? + I'll not believe 'tis death. Her hand is cold, + And her brow damp; Griselda, Julia, maidens + Hither, and yet stand off; give her free air. + How shall we bear her home? Now, good Lorenzo, + You, and Sir Miguel, raise her; gently, gently. + Still gently, sirs. By heavens, the fairest face + I yet did gaze on! Some one here should know her. + 'Tis one that must be known. That's well; relieve + That kerchief from her neck; mind not our state; + I'll by her side; a swoon, methinks; no more, + Let's hope and pray! + + [They raise the body of the COUNTESS, and bear her away.] + + [Enter Count of LEON.] + + IV:3:21 LEON. + I'll fathom this same mystery, + If there be wit in Burgos. I have heard, + Before I knew the Court, old Nunez Leon + Whisper strange things--and what if they prove true? + It is not exile twice would cure that scar. + I'll reach him yet. 'Tis likely he may pass + This way; 'tis lonely, and well suits a step + Would not be noticed. Ha! a man approaches; + I'll stand awhile aside. + + [Re-enter ORAN.] + + IV:3:22 ORAN. + Gone, is she gone! + Yet safe I feel. O Allah! thou art great! + The arm she bound, and tended with that glance + Of sweet solicitude, has saved her life, + And more than life. The dark and reckless villains! + O! I could curse them, but my heart is soft + With holy triumph. I'm no more an outcast. + And when she calls me, I'd not change my lot + To be an Emir. In their hall to-night + There will be joy, and Oran will have smiles. + This house has knit me to their fate by ties + Stronger than gyves of iron. + + IV:3:23 LEON. + Do I see + The man I seek? Oran! + + [ORAN turns, and recognising Leon, rushes and seizes him.] + + IV:3:24 ORAN. + Incarnate fiend, + Give her me, give her me! + + IV:3:25 LEON. + Off, ruffian, off! + + IV:3:26 ORAN. + I have thee and I'll hold thee. If I spare + Thy damned life, and do not dash thee down, + And trample on thee, fiend, it is because + Thou art the gaoler of a pearl of price + I cannot gain without thee. Now, where is she? + Now by thy life! + + IV:3:27 LEON. + Why, thou outrageous Moor, + Hast broken thy false prophet's rule, and so + Fell into unused drink, that thus thou darest + To flout me with thy cloudy menaces? + What mean'st thou, sir? And what have I withheld + From thy vile touch? By heavens, I pass my days + In seeking thy dusk corpse, I deemed well drilled + Ere this, but it awaits my vengeance. + + IV:3:28 ORAN. + Boy! + Licentious boy! Where is she? Now, by Allah! + This poniard to thy heart, unless thou tell'st me. + + IV:3:29 LEON. + Whom dost thou mean? + + IV:3:30 ORAN. + Thy comrade and thy crew + They all have fled. I left the Countess here. + She's gone. Thou fill'st her place. + + IV:3:31 LEON. + What Countess? Speak. + + IV:3:32 ORAN. + The Count Alarcos' wife. + + IV:3:33 LEON. + The Count Alarcos! + I'd be right glad to see him; but his wife + Concerns the Lord Sidonia. If he have played + Some Pranks here 'tis a fool, and he has marred + More than he'll ever make. My time's worth gems; + My knightly word, dusk Moor, I tell thee truth. + I will forget these jest, but we must meet + This night at my palace. + + IV:3:34 ORAN. + I'll see her first. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + IV:3:35 LEON. + Is it the Carnival? What mummery's this? + What have I heard? One thing alone is clear. + We must be rid of Oran. + + + + + SCENE 4 + + + A Chamber in the Palace. + The Countess ALARCOS lying on a Couch, + the Infanta kneeling at her side; + MAIDENS grouped around. A PHYSICIAN and the PAGE. + + + IV:4:1 SOL. + Didst ever see so fair a skin? Her bodice + Should still be loosened. Bring the Moorish water, + Griselda, you. They are the longest lashes! + They hang upon her cheek. Doctor, there's warmth; + The blood returns? + + IV:4:2 PHY. + But slowly. + + IV:4:3 SOL. + Beauteous creature! + She seems an angel fallen from some star. + 'Twas well we passed. Untie that kerchief, Julia; + Teresa, wave the fan. There seems a glow + Upon her cheek, what but a moment since + Was like a sculptured saint's. + IV:4:4 PHY. + She breathes. + + IV:4:5 SOL. + Hush, hush! + + IV:4:6 COUN. + And what is this? where am I? + + IV:4:7 SOL. + With thy friends. + + IV:4:8 COUN. + It is not home. + + IV:4:9 SOL. + If kindness make a home, + Believe it such. + + [The PHYSICIAN signifies silence.] + + Nay lady, not a word, + Those lips must now be closed. I've seen such eyes + In pictures, girls. + + IV:4:10 PHY. + Methinks she'll sleep. + + IV:4:11 SOL. + 'Tis well. + Maidens, away. I'll be her nurse; and, doctor, + Remain within. + + [Exeunt PHYSICIAN and MAIDENS.] + + Know you this beauteous dame? + + IV:4:12 PAGE. + I have heard minstrels tell that fays are found + In lonely places. + + IV:4:13 SOL. + Well, she's magical. + She draws me charm-like to her. Vanish, imp, + And see our chamber still. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + It is the hour + Alarcos should be here. Ah! happy hour, + That custom only makes more strangely sweet! + His brow has lost its cloud. The bar's removed + To our felicity; time makes amends + To patient sufferers. + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + Hush, my own love, hush! + + [SOLISA takes his hand and leads him aside.] + + So strange an incident! the fairest lady! + Found in our gardens; it would seem a swoon; + Myself then passing; hither we have brought her; + She is so beautiful, you'll almost deem + She bears some charmed life. You know that fays + Are found in lonely places. + + IV:4:14 ALAR. + In thy garden! + Indeed 'tis strange! The Virgin guard thee, love. + I am right glad I'm here. Alone to tend her, + 'Tis scarcely wise. + + IV:4:15 SOL. + I think when she recovers, + She'll wave her wings and fly. + + IV:4:16 ALAR. + Nay, for one glance! + In truth you paint her bright. + + IV:4:17 SOL. + E'en now she sleeps. + Tread lightly, love; I'll lead you. + + [SOLISA cautiously leads ALARCOS to the couch; + as they approach it, the COUNTESS opens her eyes and shrieks.] + + IV:4:18 COUN. + Ah! 'tis true, + Alarcos + [relapses into a swoon.] + + IV:4:19 ALAR. + Florimonde! + + IV:4:20 SOL. + Who is this lady? + + IV:4:21 ALAR. + It is my wife. + + IV:4:22 SOL. + + [flings away his arms and rushes forward.] + + --Not mad! + Virgin and Saints be merciful; not mad! + O spare my brain one moment; 'tis his wife. + I'm lost: she is too fair. The secret's out + Of sick delays. He's feigned; he has but feigned. + + [Rushing to Alarcos.] + + Is that thy wife? and I? and what am I? + A trifled toy, a humoured instrument? + To guide with glozing words, vilely cajole + With petty perjuries? Is that thy wife? + Thou said'st she was not fair, thou did'st not love her: + Thou lied'st. O, anguish, anguish! + + IV:4:23 ALAR. + By the cross, + My soul is pure to thee. I'm wildered quite. + How came she here + + IV:4:24 SOL. + As she shall ne'er return. + Now, Count Alarcos, by the cross thou swearest + Thy faith is true to me. + + IV:4:25 ALAR. + Ay, by the cross, + + IV:4:26 SOL. + Give me thy dagger. + + IV:4:27 ALAR. + Not that hand or mine. + + IV:4:28 SOL. + Is this thy passion! + + [Takes his dagger.] + + Thus I gain the heart + I should despise. + + [Rushes to the couch.] + + IV:4:29 COUN. + What's this I see? + + IV:4:30 ALAR. + + [seizing the Infanta's upraised arm] + + A dream + A horrid dream, yet but a dream. + + + THE END OF THE FOURTH ACT. + + + + +ACT V + + + SCENE 1 + + + Exterior of the Castle of Alarcos in the valley of Arlanzon. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] + + + V:1:1 COUN. + I would recall the days gone by, and live + A moment in the past; if but to fly + The dreary present pressing on my brain, + Woe's omened harbinger. In exiled love + The scene he drew so fair! Ye castled crags, + The sunbeam plays on your embattled cliffs, + And softens your stern visage, as his love + Softened our early sorrows. But my sun + Has set for ever! Once we talked of cares + And deemed that we were sad. Men fancy sorrows + Until time brings the substance of despair, + And then their griefs are shadows. Give me exile! + It brought me love. Ah! days of gentle joy, + When pastime only parted us, and he + Returned with tales to make our children stare; + Or called my lute, while, round my waist entwined, + His hand kept chorus to my lay. No more! + O, we were happier than the happy birds; + And sweeter were our lives than the sweet flowers; + The stars were not more tranquil in their course, + Yet not more bright! The fountains in their play + Did most resemble us, that as they flow + Still sparkle! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + Oran, I am very sad. + + V:1:2 ORAN. + Cheer up, sweet lady, for the God of all + Will guard the innocent. + + V:1:3 COUN. + Think you he'll come + To visit us? Methinks he'll never come. + + V:1:4 ORAN. + He's but four leagues away. This vicinage + Argues a frequent presence. + + V:1:5 COUN. + But three nights-- + Have only three nights past? It is an epoch + Distant and dim with passion. There are seasons + Feelings crowd on so, time not flies but staggers; + And memory poises on her burthened plumes + To gloat upon her prey. Spoke he of coming? + + V:1:6 ORAN. + His words were scant and wild, and yet he murmured + That I should see him. + + V:1:7 COUN. + I've not seen him since + That fatal night, yet even that glance of terror-- + I'd hail it now. O, Oran, Oran, think you + He ever more will love me? Can I do + Aught to regain his love? They say your people + Are learned in these questions. Once I thought + There was no spell like duty--that devotion + Would bulwark love for ever. Now, I'd distil + Philtres, converse with moonlit hags, defile + My soul with talismans, bow down to spirits, + And frequent accursed places, all, yea all-- + I'd forfeit all--but to regain his love. + + V:1:8 ORAN. + There is a cloud now rising in the west, + In shape a hand, and scarcely would its grasp + Exceed mine own, it is so small; a spot, + A speck; see now again its colour flits! + A lurid tint; they call it on our coast + 'The hand of God;' I for when its finger rises + From out the horizon, there are storms abroad + And awful judgments. + + V:1:9 COUN. + Ah! it beckons me. + + V:1:10 ORAN. + Lady! + + V:1:11 COUN. + Yes, yes, see now the finger moves + And points to me. I feel it on my spirit. + + V:1:12 ORAN. + Methinks it points to me-- + + V:1:13 COUN. + To both of us. + It may be so. And what would it portend? + My heart's grown strangely calm. If there be chance + Of storms, my children should be safe. Let's home. + + + + + SCENE 2 + + An illuminated Hall in the Royal Palace at Burgos; + in the background Dancers. + + Groups of GUESTS passing. + + + V:2:1 1ST GUEST. + Radiant! + + V:2:2 2ND GUEST. + Recalls old days. + + V:2:3 3RD GUEST. + The Queen herself + Ne'er revelled it so high! + + V:2:4 4TH GUEST. + The Infanta beams + Like some bright star! + + V:2:5 5TH GUEST. + And brighter for the cloud + A moment screened her. + + V:2:6 6TH GUEST. + Is it true 'tis over + Between the Count Sidonia and the Lara? + + V:2:7 1ST GUEST. + A musty tale. The fair Alarcos wins him. + Where's she to-night? + + V:2:8 2ND GUEST. + All on the watch to view + Her entrance to our world. + + V:2:9 3RD GUEST. + The Count is here. + + V:2:10 4TH GUEST. + Where? + + V:2:11 3RD GUEST. + With the King; at least a moment since. + + V:2:12 2ND GUEST. + They say she's ravishing. + + V:2:13 4TH GUEST. + Beyond belief! + + V:2:14 3RD GUEST. + The King affects him much. + + V:2:15 5TH GUEST. + He's all in all. + + V:2:16 6TH GUEST. + Yon Knight of Calatrava, who is he? + + V:2:17 1ST GUEST. + Young Mendola. + + V:2:18 2ND GUEST. + What he so rich? + + V:2:19 1ST GUEST. + The same. + + V:2:20 2ND GUEST. + The Lara smiles on him. + + V:2:21 1ST GUEST. + No worthier quarry + + V:2:22 3RD GUEST. + Who has the vacant Mastership? + + V:2:23 4TH GUEST. + I'll back + The Count of Leon. + + V:2:24 3RD GUEST. + Likely; he stands well + With the Lord Admiral. + + [They move away.] + + [The Counts of SIDONIA and LEON come forward.] + + V:2:25 LEON. + Doubt as you like, + Credulity will come, and in good season. + + V:2:26 SIDO. + She is not here that would confirm your tale. + + V:2:27 LEON. + 'Tis history, my Sidonia. Strange events + Have happened, stranger come. + + V:2:28 SIDO. + I'll not believe it. + And favoured by the King! What can it mean? + + V:2:29 LEON. + What no one dares to say. + + V:2:30 SIDO. + A clear divorce. + O that accursed garden! But for that-- + + V:2:31 LEON. + 'Twas not my counsel. Now I'd give a purse + To wash good Oran in Arlanzon's wave; + The dusk dog needs a cleansing. + + V:2:32 SIDO. + Hush! here comes + Alarcos and the King. + + [They retire: the KING and COUNT ALARCOS advance.] + + V:2:33 KING. + Solisa looks + A Queen. + + V:2:34 ALAR. + The mirror of her earliest youth + Ne'er shadowed her so fair! + + V:2:35 KING. + I am young again, + Myself to-night. It quickens my old blood + To see my nobles round me. This goes well. + 'Tis Courts like these that make a King feel proud. + Thy future subjects, cousin. + + V:2:36 ALAR. + Gracious Sire, + I would be one. + + V:2:37 KING. + Our past seclusion lends + A lustre to this revel. + + [The KING approaches the Count of LEON; SOLISA advances to ALARCOS.] + + V:2:38 SOL. + Why art thou grave? + I came to bid thee smile. In truth, to-night + I feel a lightness of the heart to me + Hath long been strange. + + V:2:39 ALAR. + 'Tis passion makes me grave. + I muse upon thy beauty. Thus I'd read + My oppressed spirit, for in truth these sounds + Jar on my humour. + + V:2:40 SOL. + Now my brain is vivid + With wild and blissful images. Canst guess + What laughing thought unbidden, but resistless, + Plays o'er my mind to-night? Thou canst not guess: + Meseems it is our bridal night. + + V:2:41 ALAR. + Thy fancy + Outruns the truth but scantly. + + V:2:42 SOL. + Not a breath. + Our long-vexed destinies--even now their streams + Blend in one tide. It is the hour, Alarcos: + There is a spirit whispering in my ear, + The hour is come. I would I were a man + But for a rapid hour. Should I rest here, + Prattling with gladsome revellers, when time, + Steered by my hand, might bring me to a port + I long had sighed to enter? But, alas! + These are a woman's thoughts. + + V:2:43 ALAR. + And yet I share them. + + V:2:44 SOL. + Why not to-night? Now, when our hearts are high, + Our fancies glowing, pulses fit for kings, + And the whole frame and spirit of the man + Prepared for daring deeds? + + V:2:45 ALAR. + And were it done-- + Why then 'twere not to do. + + V:2:46 SOL. + The mind grows dull, + Dwelling on method of its deeds too long. + Our schemes should brood as gradual as the storm; + Their acting should be lightning. How far is't? + + V:2:47 ALAR. + An hour. + + V:2:48 SOL. + Why it wants two to midnight yet. + O could I see thee but re-enter here, + Ere yet the midnight clock strikes on my heart + The languish of new hours--I'd not ask thee + Why I had missed the mien, that draws to it ever + My constant glance. There'd need no speech between us; + For I should meet--my husband. + + V:2:49 ALAR. + 'Tis the burthen + Of this unfilled doom weighs on my spirit. + Why am I here? My heart and face but mar + This festive hall. To-night, why not to-night? + The night will soon have past: then 'twill be done. + We'll meet again to-night. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] + + + + + SCENE 3 + + + A Hall in the Castle of ALARCOS; + in the back of the Scene a door leading to another Apartment. + + + V:3:1 ORAN. + Reveal the future, lightnings! Then I'd hail + That arrowy flash. O darker than the storm + Cowed as the beasts now crouching in their caves, + Is my sad soul. Impending o'er this house, + I feel some bursting fate, my doomed arm + In vain would ward, + + [Enter a MAN AT ARMS.] + + How now, hast left thy post? + + V:3:2 MAN. + O worthy Castellan, the lightnings play + Upon our turrets, that no human step + Can keep the watch. Each forky flash seems missioned + To scathe our roof, and the whole platform flows + With a blue sea of flame. + + V:3:3 ORAN. + It is thy post. + No peril clears desertion. To thy post. + Mark me, my step will be as prompt as thine; + I will relieve thee. + + [Exit MAN AT ARMS.] + + Let the mischievous fire + Wither this head. O Allah! grant no fate + More dire awaits me. + + [Enter the COUNT ALARCOS.] + + Hah! the Count! My lord, + In such a night! + + V:3:4 ALAR. + A night that's not so wild + As this tempestuous breast. How is she, Oran? + + V:3:5 ORAN. + Well. + + V:3:6 ALAR. + Ever well. + + V:3:7 ORAN. + The children-- + + V:3:8 ALAR. + Wine, I'm wearied, + The lightning scared my horse; he's galled my arm. + Get me some wine. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + The storm was not to stop me. + The mind intent construes each natural act + To a personal bias, and so catches judgments + In every common course. In truth the flash, + Though it seemed opening hell, was not so dreadful + As that wild glaring hall. + + [Re-enter ORAN with a goblet and flagon.] + + Ah! this re-mans me! + I think the storm has lulled. Another cup. + Go see, good Oran, how the tempest speeds. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + An hour ago I did not dare to think + I'd drink wine more. + + [Re-enter ORAN.] + + V:3:9 ORAN. + The storm indeed has lulled + As by a miracle; the sky is clear, + There's not a breath of air; and from the turret + I heard the bell of Huelgas. + + V:3:10 ALAR. + Then 'twas nothing. + My spirit vaults! Oran, thou dost remember + The night that we first met? + + V:3:11 ORAN. + 'Tis graven deep + Upon my heart. + + V:3:12 ALAR. + I think thou lov'st me, Oran? + + V:3:13 ORAN. + And all thy house. + + V:3:14 ALAR. + Nay, thou shalt love but me. + I'll no divisions in the hearts that are mine. + + V:3:15 ORAN. + I have no love but that which knits me to thee + With deeper love. + + V:3:16 ALAR. + I found thee, Oran, what-- + I will not say. And now thou art, good Oran, + A Prince's Castellan. + + V:3:17 ORAN. + I feel thy bounty. + + V:3:18 ALAR. + Thou shalt be more. But serve me as I would, + And thou shalt name thy meed. + + V:3:19 ORAN. + To serve my lord + Is my sufficient meed. + + V:3:20 ALAR. + Come hither, Oran, + Were there a life between me and my life, + And all that makes that life a thing to cling to, + Love, Honour, Power, ay, what I will not name + Nor thou canst image--yet enough to stir + Ambition in the dead--I think, good Oran, + Thou would'st not see me foiled? + + V:3:21 ORAN. + Thy glory's dearer + Than life to me. + + V:3:22 ALAR. + I knew it, I knew it. + Thou shalt share all; thy alien blood shall be + No bar to thy preferment. Hast thou brothers? + I'll send for them. An aged sire, perchance? + Here's gold for him. Count it thyself. Contrive + All means of self-enjoyment. To the full + They shall lap up fruition. Thou hast, all have, + Some master wish which still eludes thy grasp, + And still's the secret idol of thy soul; + 'Tis gained. And only if thou dost, good Oran, + What love and duty prompt. + + V:3:23 ORAN. + Count on my faith, + I stand prepared to prove it. + + V:3:24 ALAR. + Good, good, Oran. + It is an hour to midnight? + + V:3:25 ORAN. + The moon is not + Within her midnight bower, yet near. + + V:3:26 ALAR. + So late! + The Countess sleeps? + + V:3:27 ORAN. + She has long retired. + + V:3:28 ALAR. + She sleeps, + O, she must wake no more! + + V:3:29 ORAN. + Thy wife! + + V:3:30 ALAR. + It must + Be done, ere yet the Castle chime shall tell + Night wanes. + + V:3:31 ORAN. + Thy wife! God of my fathers! none + Can do this deed! + + V:3:32 ALAR. + Upon thy hand it rests. + The deed must fall on thee. + + V:3:33 ORAN. + I will not do it. + + V:3:34 ALAR. + Thine oath, thine oath! Hast thou forgot thine oath? + Thou owest me a life, and now I claim it. + What, hast thou trifled with me? Hast thou fooled + With one whose point was at thy throat? Beware! + Thou art my slave, and I have branded thee + With this infernal ransom! + + V:3:35 ORAN. + I am thy slave, + And I will be thy slave, and all my days + Devoted to perdition. Not for gold + Or worldly worth; to cheer no aged parent, + Though I have one, a mother; not to bask + My seed within thy beams; to feed no passions + And gorge no craving vanity; but because + Thou gavest me life, and led to that which made + That life for once delicious. O, great sir, + The King's thy foe? Surrounded by his guards + I would waylay him. Hast thou some fierce rival? + I'll pluck his heart out. Yea! there is no peril + I'd not confront, no rack I'll not endure, + No great offence commit, to do thee service-- + So thou wilt spare me this, and spare thy soul + This unmatched sin. + + V:3:36 ALAR. + I had exhausted suffering + Ere I could speak to thee. I claim thine oath. + + V:3:37 ORAN. + One moment, yet one moment. This is sudden + As it is terrible. + + V:3:38 ALAR. + The womb is ripe, + And thou art but the midwife of the birth + I have engendered. + + V:3:39 ORAN. + Think how fair she is, + How gracious, how devoted! + + V:3:40 ALAR. + Need I thee + To tell me what she is! + + V:3:41 ORAN. + Thy children's mother. + + V:3:42 ALAR. + Would she were not! Another breast should bear + My children. + + V:3:43 ORAN. + Thou inhuman bloody man-- + It shall not be, it cannot, cannot be. + I tell thee, tyrant, there's a power abroad + E'en now that crashes thee. The storm that raged + Blows from a mystic quarter. 'Tis the hand + Of Allah guides the tempest of this night. + + V:3:44 ALAR. + Thine oath, thine oath! + + V:3:45 ORAN. + Accursed be the hour + Thou sparedst my life! + + V:3:46 ALAR. + Thine oath, I claim thine oath. + Nay, Moor, what is it? 'Tis a life, and thou + Hast learnt to rate existence at its worth. + A life, a woman's life! Why, sack a town, + And thousands die like her. My faithful Oran, + Come let me love thee, let me find a friend + When friends can prove themselves. It's not an oath + Vowed in our sunshine ease, that shows a friend; + 'Tis the tempestuous mood like this, that calls + For faithful service. + + V:3:47 ORAN. + Hah! the Emir's blood + Cries for this judgment. It was sacred seed. + + V:3:48 ALAR. + It flowed to clear thine honour. Art thou he + That honour loved so dearly, that he scorned + Betrayal of a foe, although that foe + Had changed him to a bravo? + + V:3:49 ORAN. + Let me kiss + Thy garment's hem, and grovel it thy feet-- + I pray, I supplicate--my lord, my lord-- + Absolve me from that oath! + + V:3:50 ALAR. + I had not thought + To claim it twice. It seems I lacked some judgment + In man, to deem that honour might be found + In hired stabbers. + + V:3:51 ORAN. + Hah! I vowed to thee + A life for that which thou didst spare--'tis well. + The debt is paid. + + [Stabs himself and falls.] + + [Enter the COUNTESS from the inner Chamber.] + + V:3:52 COUN. + I cannot sleep--my dreams are full of woe! + Alarcos! my Alarcos! Hah! dread sight! + Oran! + + V:3:53 ORAN. + O, spare her; 'tis no sacrifice + If she be spared. + + V:3:54 COUN. + Wild words! Thou dost not speak. + O, speak, Alarcos! speak! + + V:3:55 ORAN. + His voice is death. + + V:3:56 COUN. + Ye Saints uphold me now, for I am weak + And lost. What means this? Oran dying! Nay-- + Alarcos! I'm a woman. Aid me, aid me. + Why's Oran thus? O, save him, my Alarcos! + Blood! And why shed? Why, let us staunch his wounds. + Why are there wounds? He will not speak. Alarcos, + A word, a single word! Unhappy Moor! + Where is thy hurt? + [Kneels by ORAN.] + + V:3:57 ORAN. + That hand! This is not death; + 'Tis Paradise. + + [Dies.] + + V:3:58 ALAR. + + [advancing in soliloquy] + + He sets me great examples. + 'Tis easier than I deemed; a single blow + And his bold soul has fled. His lavish life + Enlists me in quick service. Quit that dark corpse; + He died as did become a perjured traitor. + + V:3:59 COUN. + To whom, my lord? + + V:3:60 ALAR. + To all Castille perchance. + Come hither, wife. Before the morning breaks + A lengthened journey waits thee. Art prepared? + + V:3:61 COUN. + + [springing to ALARCOS] + + I will not go. Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + Thy look is terrible! What mean these words? + Why should'st thou spare me? Why should Oran die? + The veil that clouds thy mind--I'll rend it. Tell me-- + Yea! I'll know all. A power supports me now-- + Defies even thee. + + V:3:62 ALAR. + A traitor's troubled tongue + Disturbs thy mind. I tell thee, thou must leave + This castle promptly. + + V:3:63 COUN. + Not to Burgos--say + But that. I will not go. That fatal woman-- + Her shadow's on thy soul. + + V:3:64 ALAR. + No, not to Burgos. + 'Tis not to Burgos that thy journey tends. + The children sleep? + + V:3:65 COUN. + Spite of the storm. + + V:3:66 ALAR. + Go--kiss them. + Thou canst not take them with thee. To thy chamber-- + Quick to thy chamber. + + [The COUNTESS as if about to speak, but ALARCOS stops her.] + + Nay, time presses, wife. + + [The COUNTESS slowly re-enters her Chamber.] + + V:3:67 ALAR. + I am alone--with Death. And will she look + Serene as this? The visage of a hero + Stamped with a martyred end! Thou noble Moor! + What if thy fate were mine! Thou art at rest: + No dark fulfilment waits o'er thee. The tomb + Hath many charms. + + [The COUNTESS calls.] + + V:3:68 COUN. + Alarcos! + + V:3:69 ALAR. + Ay, anon. + Why did she tell me that she lived? Methought + It was all past. I came to confront death; + And we have met. This sacrificial blood-- + What, bears it no atonement? 'Twas an offering + Fit for the Gods. + + [The midnight bell.] + + She waits me now; her hand + Extends a diadem; my achieveless arm + Would wither at her scorn. 'Tis thus, Solisa, + I gain thy heart and realm! + + [ALARCOS moves hastily to the Chamber, which he enters; + the stage for some seconds is empty; a shriek is then heard; + ALARCOS re-appears, very pale, and slowly advances to the front of the stage.] + + 'Tis over and I live. I heard a sound; + Was't Oran's spirit? + I'll not rest here, and yet I dare not back. + The bodies? Nay, 'tis done--I'll not shrink now. + I have seen death before. But is this death? + Methinks a deeper mystery. Well, 'tis done. + There'll be no hour so dark as this. I would + I had not caught her eye. + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + The Warder's note! + Shall I meet life again? + + [Another trumpet sounds.] + + [Enter the SENESCHAL.] + + V:3:70 SEN. + Horsemen from Court. + + V:3:71 ALAR. + The Court! I'm sick at heart. Perchance she's eager, + And cannot wait my coming. + + [Enter two COURTIERS.] + + Well, good sirs! + + V:3:72 1ST COURT. + Alas, my lord. + + V:3:73 ALAR. + I live upon thy words. + What now? + + V:3:74 1ST COURT. + We have rode post, my lord. + + V:3:75 ALAR. + Bad news + Flies ever. 'Tis the King? + + V:3:76 1ST COURT. + Alas! + + V:3:77 ALAR. + She's ill. + My horse, my horse there! + + V:3:78 1ST COURT. + Nay, my lord, not so. + + V:3:79 ALAR. + Why then I care for nought. + + V:3:80 1ST COURT. + Unheard-of horror! + The storm, the storm-- + + V:3:81 ALAR. + I rode in it. + + V:3:82 1ST COURT. + Methought + Each flash would fire the Citadel; the flame + Wreathed round its pinnacles, and poured in streams + Adown the pallid battlements. Our revellers + Forgot their festival, and stopped to gaze + On the portentous vision. When behold! + The curtained clouds re-opened, and a bolt + Came winged from the startling blue of heaven, + And struck--the Infanta! + + V:3:83 ALAR. + There's a God of Vengeance. + + V:3:84 1ST COURT. + She fell a blighted corpse. Amid the shrieks + Of women, prayers of hurrying multitudes, + The panic and the stir we sought for thee; + The King's overwhelmed. + + V:3:85 ALAR. + My wife's at least a Queen, + She reigns in Heaven. The King's o'erwhelmed--poor man + Go tell him, sirs, the Count Alarcos lived + To find a hell on earth; yet thus he sought + A deeper and a darker. + + [Falls.] + + + The End + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Count Alarcos, by Benjamin Disraeli + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNT ALARCOS *** + +***** This file should be named 7487.txt or 7487.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/7/4/8/7487/ + +Produced by K. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Count Alarcos + A Tragedy + +Author: Benjamin Disraeli + +Release Date: July 31, 2009 [EBook #7487] +Last Updated: September 7, 2016 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: UTF-8 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNT ALARCOS *** + + + + +Produced by K. Kay Shearin, and David Widger + + + + + + +</pre> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <h1> + COUNT ALARCOS + </h1> + <h2> + A TRAGEDY + </h2> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <h2> + By Benjamin Disraeli + </h2> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <p> + As there is no historical authority for the events of the celebrated + Ballad on which this Tragedy is founded, I have fixed upon the thirteenth + century for the period of their occurrence. At that time the kingdom of + Castille had recently obtained that supremacy in Spain which led, in a + subsequent age, to the political integrity of the country. Burgos, its + capital, was a magnificent city; and then also arose that masterpiece of + Christian architecture, its famous Cathedral. + </p> + <p> + This state of comparative refinement and civilisation permitted the + introduction of more complicated motives than the rude manners of the + Ballad would have authorised; while the picturesque features of the + Castillian middle ages still flourished in full force; the factions of a + powerful nobility, renowned for their turbulence, strong passions, + enormous crimes, profound superstition. + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + [Delta] +</pre> + <p> + London: May, 1839 + </p> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> <a href="#link2H_4_0001"> DRAMATIS PERSONAE </a><br /> + </p> + <table summary=""> + <tr> + <td> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0002"> ACT I </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0003"> ACT II </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0004"> ACT III </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0005"> ACT IV </a> + </p> + <p class="toc"> + <a href="#link2H_4_0006"> ACT V </a> + </p> + </td> + </tr> + </table> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> <a name="link2H_4_0001" id="link2H_4_0001"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <h2> + DRAMATIS PERSONAE + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + THE KING OF CASTILLE. + COUNT ALARCOS, a Prince of the Blood. + COUNT OF SIDONIA. + COUNT OF LEON. + PRIOR OF BURGOS. + ORAN, a Moor. + FERDINAND, a PAGE. + GUZMAN JACA, a BRAVO. + GRAUS, the Keeper of a Posada. + + SOLISA, Infanta of Castille, only child of the King. + FLORIMONDE, Countess Alarcos. + FLIX, a Hostess. + + Courtiers, Pages, Chamberlains, Bravos, and Priests. +</pre> + <p> + Time—the 13th Century. Scene—Burgos, the capital of Castille, + and its vicinity. + </p> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0002" id="link2H_4_0002"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + ACT I + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 1 + + A Street in Burgos; the Cathedral in the distance. + + [Enter Two Courtiers.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I:1:1 1ST COURT. + The Prince of Hungary dismissed? + + I:1:2 2ND COURT. + Indeed + So runs the rumour. + + I:1:3 1ST COURT. + Why the spousal note + Still floats upon the air! + + I:1:4 2ND COURT. + Myself this morn + Beheld the Infanta’s entrance, as she threw, + Proud as some hitless barb, her haughty glance + On our assembled chiefs. + + I:1:5 1ST COURT. + The Prince was there? + + I:1:6 2ND COURT. + Most royally; nor seemed a man more fit + To claim a kingdom for a dower. He looked + Our Gadian Hercules, as the advancing peers + Their homage paid. I followed in the train + Of Count Alarcos, with whose ancient house + My fortunes long have mingled. + + I:1:7 1ST COURT. + ‘Tis the same, + But just returned? + + I:1:8 2ND COURT. + Long banished from the Court; + And only favoured since the Queen’s decease, + His ancient foe. + + I:1:9 1ST COURT. + A very potent Lord? + + I:1:10 2ND COURT. + Near to the throne; too near perchance for peace. + You’re young at Burgos, or indeed ‘twere vain + To sing Alarcos’ praise, the brightest knight + That ever waved a lance in Old Castille. + + I:1:11 1ST COURT. + You followed in his train? + + I:1:12 2ND COURT. + And as we passed, + Alarcos bowing to the lowest earth, + The Infanta swooned; and pale as yon niched saint, + From off the throned step, her seat of place, + Fell in a wild and senseless agony. + + I:1:13 1ST COURT. + Sancta Maria! and the King— + + I:1:14 2ND COURT. + Uprose + And bore her from her maidens, then broke up + The hurried Court; indeed I know no more, + For like a turning tide the crowd pressed on, + And scarcely could I gain the grateful air. + Yet on the Prado’s walk came smiling by + The Bishop of Ossuna; as he passed + He clutched my cloak, and whispered in my ear, + ‘The match is off.’ + + [Enter PAGE.] + + I:1:15 1ST COURT. + Hush! hush! a passenger. + + I:1:16 PAGE. + Most noble Cavaliers, I pray, inform me + Where the great Count Alarcos holds his quarter. + + I:1:17 2ND COURT. + In the chief square. His banner tells the roof; + Your pleasure with the Count, my gentle youth? + + I:1:18 PAGE. + I were a sorry messenger to tell + My mission to the first who asks its aim. + + I:1:19 2ND COURT. + The Count Alarcos is my friend and chief. + + I:1:20 PAGE. + Then better reason I should trusty be, + For you can be a witness to my trust. + + I:1:21 1ST COURT. + A forward youth! + + I:1:22 2ND COURT. + A page is ever pert + + I:1:23 PAGE. + Ay! ever pert is youth that baffles age. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + I:1:24 1ST COURT. + The Count is married? + + I:1:25 2ND COURT. + To a beauteous lady; + And blessed with a fair race. A happy man + Indeed is Count Alarcos. + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + I:1:26 1ST COURT. + Prithee, see; + Passes he now? + + I:1:27 2ND COURT. + Long since. Yon banner tells + The Count Sidonia. Let us on, and view + The passage of his pomp. His Moorish steeds, + They say, are very choice. + + [Exeunt Two Courtiers.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 2. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Chamber in the Palace of Alarcos. The COUNTESS seated and + working at her tapestry; the COUNT pacing the Chamber. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I:2:1 COUN. + You are disturbed, Alarcos? + + I:2:2 ALAR. + ‘Tis the stir + And tumult of this morn. I am not used + To Courts. + + I:2:3 COUN. + I know not why, it is a name + That makes me tremble. + + I:2:4 ALAR. + Tremble, Florimonde, + Why should you tremble? + + I:2:5 COUN. + Sooth I cannot say. + Methinks the Court but little suits my kind; + I love our quiet home. + + I:2:6 ALAR. + This is our home, + + I:2:7 COUN. + When you are here. + + I:2:8 ALAR. + I will be always here. + + I:2:9 COUN. + Thou canst not, sweet Alarcos. Happy hours, + When we were parted but to hear thy horn + Sound in our native woods! + + I:2:10 ALAR. + Why, this is humour! + We’re courtiers now; and we must smile and smirk. + + I:2:11 COUN. + Methinks your tongue is gayer than your glance. + The King, I hope, was gracious? + + I:2:12 ALAR. + Were he not, + My frown’s as prompt as his. He was most gracious. + + I:2:13 COUN. + Something has chafed thee? + + I:2:14 ALAR. + What should chafe me, child, + And when should hearts be light, if mine be dull? + Is not mine exile over? Is it nought + To breathe in the same house where we were born, + And sleep where slept our fathers? Should that chafe? + + I:2:15 COUN. + Yet didst then leave my side this very morn, + And with a vow this day should ever count + Amid thy life most happy; when we meet + Thy brow is clouded. + + I:2:16 ALAR. + Joy is sometimes grave, + And deepest when ‘tis calm. And I am joyful + If it be joy, this long forbidden hall + Once more to pace, and feel each fearless step + Tread on a baffled foe. + + I:2:17 COUN. + Hast thou still foes + + I:2:18 ALAR. + I trust so; I should not be what I am, + Still less what I will be, if hate did not + Pursue me as my shadow. Ah! fair wife, + Thou knowest not Burgos. Thou hast yet to fathom + The depths of thy new world. + + I:2:19 COUN. + I do recoil + As from some unknown woo, from this same world. + I thought we came for peace. + + I:2:20 ALAR. + Peace dwells within + No lordly roof in Burgos. We have come + For triumph. + + I:2:21 COUN. + So I share thy lot, Alarcos, + All feelings are the same. + + I:2:22 ALAR. + My Florimonde, + I took thee from a fair and pleasant home + In a soft land, where, like the air they live in, + Men’s hearts are mild. This proud and fierce Castille + Resembles not thy gentle Aquitaine, + More than the eagle may a dove, and yet + It is my country. Danger in its bounds + Weighs more than foreign safety. But why speak + Of what exists not? + + I:2:23 COUN. + And I hope may never! + + I:2:24 ALAR. + And if it come, what then? This chance shall find me + Not unprepared. + + I:2:25 COUN. + But why should there be danger? + And why should’st thou, the foremost prince of Spain, + Fear or make foes? Thou standest in no light + Would fall on other shoulders; thou hast no height + To climb, and nought to gain. Thou art complete; + The King alone above thee, and thy friend. + + I:2:26 ALAR. + So I would deem. I did not speak of fear. + + I:2:27 COUN. + Of danger? + + I:2:28 ALAR. + That’s delight, when it may lead + To mighty ends. Ah, Florimonde! thou art too pure; + Unsoiled in the rough and miry paths + Of ibis same trampling world; unskilled in heats + Of fierce and emulous spirits. There’s a rapture + In the strife of factions, that a woman’s soul + Can never reach. Men smiled on me to-day + Would gladly dig my grave; and yet I smiled, + And gave them coin as ready as their own, + And not less base. + + I:2:29 COUN. + And can there be such men, + And canst thou live with them? + + I:2:30 ALAR. + Ay! and they saw + Me ride this morning in my state again; + The people cried ‘Alarcos and Castille!’ + The shout will dull their feasts. + + I:2:31 COUN. + There was a time + Thou didst look back as on a turbulent dream + On this same life. + + I:2:32 ALAR. + I was an exile then. + This stirring Burgos has revived my vein. + Yea, as I glanced from off the Citadel + This very morn, and at my feet outspread + Its amphitheatre of solemn towers + And groves of golden pinnacles, and marked + Turrets of friends and foes; or traced the range, + Spread since my exile, of our city’s walls + Washed by the swift Arlanzon: all around + The flash of lances, blaze of banners, rush + Of hurrying horsemen, and the haughty blast + Of the soul-stirring trumpet, I renounced + My old philosophy, and gazed as gazes + The falcon on his quarry! + + I:2:33 COUN. + Jesu grant + The lure will bear no harm! + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + I:2:34 ALAR. + Whose note is that? + I hear the tramp of horsemen in the court; + We have some guests. + + I:2:35 COUN. + Indeed! + + [Enter the COUNT OF SIDONIA and the COUNT OF LEON.] + + I:2:36 ALAR. + My noble friends, + My Countess greets ye! + + I:2:37 SIDO. + And indeed we pay + To her our homage. + + I:2:38 LEON. + Proud our city boasts + So fair a presence. + + I:2:39 COUN. + Count Alarcos’ friends + Are ever welcome here. + + I:2:40 ALAR. + No common wife. + Who welcomes with a smile her husband’s friends. + + I:2:41 SIDO. + Indeed a treasure! When I marry, Count, + I’ll claim your counsel. + + I:2:42 COUN. + ‘Tis not then your lot? + + I:2:43 SIDO. + Not yet, sweet dame; tho’ sooth to say, full often + I dream such things may be. + + I:2:44 COUN. + Your friend is free? + + I:2:45 LEON. + And values freedom: with a rosy chain + I still should feel a captive. + + I:2:46 SIDO. + Noble Leon + Is proof against the gentle passion, lady, + And will ere long, my rapier for a gage, + Marry a scold. + + I:2:47 LEON. + In Burgos now, methinks, + Marriage is scarce the mode. Our princess frowns, + It seems, upon her suitors. + + I:2:48 SIDO. + Is it true + The match is off? + + I:2:49 LEON. + ‘Tis said. + + I:2:50 COUN. + The match is off + You did not tell me this strange news, Alarcos. + + I:2:51 SIDO. + Did he not tell you how— + + I:2:52 ALAR. + In truth, good sirs, + My wife and I are somewhat strangers here, + And things that are of moment to the minds + That long have dwelt on them, to us are nought. + + [To the Countess.] + + There was a sort of scene to-day at Court; + The Princess fainted: we were all dismissed, + Somewhat abruptly; but, in truth, I deem + These rumours have no source but in the tongues + Of curious idlers. + + I:2:53 SIDO. + Faith, I hold them true. + Indeed they’re very rife. + + I:2:54 LEON. + Poor man, methinks + His is a lot forlorn, at once to lose + A mistress and a crown! + + I:2:55 COUN. + Yet both may bring + Sorrow and cares. But little joy, I ween, + Dwells with a royal bride, too apt to claim + The homage she should yield. + + I:2:56 SIDO. + I would all wives + Hold with your Countess in this pleasing creed. + + I:2:57 ALAR. + She has her way: it is a cunning wench + That knows to wheedle. Burgos still maintains + Its fame for noble fabrics. Since my time + The city’s spread. + + I:2:58 SIDO. + Ah! you’re a traveller, Count. + And yet we have not lagged. + + I:2:59 COUN. + The Infanta, sirs, + Was it a kind of swoon? + + I:2:60 ALAR. + Old Lara lives + Still in his ancient quarter? + + I:2:61 LEON. + With the rats + That share his palace. You spoke, Madam? + + I:2:62 COUN. + She + Has dainty health, perhaps? + + I:2:63 LEON. + All ladies have. + And yet as little of the fainting mood + As one could fix on— + + I:2:64 ALAR. + Mendola left treasure? + + I:2:65 SIDO. + Wedges of gold, a chamber of sequins + Sealed up for ages, flocks of Barbary sheep + Might ransom princes, tapestry so rare + The King straight purchased, covering for the price + Each piece with pistoles. + + I:2:66 COUN. + Is she very fair + + I:2:67 LEON. + As future queens must ever be, and yet + Her face might charm uncrowned. + + I:2:68 COUN. + It grieves me much + To hear the Prince departs. ‘Tis not the first + Among her suitors + + I:2:69 ALAR. + Your good uncle lives— + Nunez de Leon? + + I:2:70 LEON. + To my cost, Alarcos; + He owes me much. + + I:2:71 SIDO. + Some promises his heir + Would wish fulfilled. + + I:2:72 COUN. + In Gascony, they said, + Navarre had sought her hand. + + I:2:73 LEON. + He loitered here + But could not pluck the fruit: it was too high. + Sidonia threw him in a tilt one day. + The Infanta has her fancies; unhorsed knights + Count not among them. + + [Enter a CHAMBERLAIN who whispers COUNT ALARCOS.] + + I:2:74 ALAR. + Urgent, and me alone + Will commune with! A Page! Kind guests, your pardon, + I’ll find you here anon. My Florimonde, + Our friends will not desert you, like your spouse. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] + + I:2:75 COUN. + My Lords, will see our gardens? + + I:2:76 SIDO. + We are favoured. + We wait upon your steps. + + I:2:77 LEON. + And feel that roses + Will spring beneath them. + + I:2:78 COUN. + You are an adept, sir, + In our gay science. + + I:2:79 LEON. + Faith, I stole it, lady, + From a loose Troubadour Sidonia keeps + To write his sonnets. + + [Exeunt omnes.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 3 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Chamber. + + [Enter ALARCOS and PAGE.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I:3:1 PAGE. + Will you wait here, my Lord? + + I:3:2 ALAR. + I will, sir Page. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + The Bishop of Ossuna: what would he? + He scents the prosperous ever. Ay! they’ll cluster + Round this new hive. But I’ll not house them yet. + Marry, I know them all; but me they know, + As mountains might the leaping stream that meets + The ocean as a river. Time and exile + Change our life’s course, but is its flow less deep + Because it is more calm? I’ve seen to-day + Might stir its pools. What if my phantom flung + A shade on their bright path? ‘Tis closed to me + Although the goal’s a crown. She loved me once; + Now swoons, and now the match is off. She’s true. + But I have clipped the heart that once could soar + High as her own! Dreams, dreams! And yet entranced, + Unto the fair phantasma that is fled, + My struggling fancy clings; for there are hours + When memory with her signet stamps the brain + With an undying mint; and these were such, + When high Ambition and enraptured Love, + Twin Genii of my daring destiny, + Bore on my sweeping life with their full wing, + Like an angelic host: + + [In the distance enter a lady veiled.] + + Is this their priest? + Burgos unchanged I see. + + [Advancing towards her.] + + A needless veil + To one prophetic of thy charms, fair lady. + And yet they fall on an ungracious eye. + + [Withdraws the veil.] + + Solisa! + + I:3:3 SOL. + Yes! Solisa; once again + O say Solisa! let that long lost voice + Breathe with a name too faithful! + + I:3:4 ALAR. + Oh! what tones, + What mazing sight is this! The spellbound forms + Of my first youth rise up from the abyss + Of opening time. I listen to a voice + That bursts the sepulchre of buried hope + Like an immortal trumpet. + + I:3:5 SOL. + Thou hast granted, + Mary, my prayers! + + I:3:6 ALAR. + Solisa, my Solisa! + + I:3:7 SOL. + Thine, thine, Alarcos. But thou: whose art thou? + + I:3:8 ALAR. + Within this chamber is my memory bound; + I have no thought, no consciousness beyond + Its precious walls. + + I:3:9 SOL. + Thus did he look, thus speak, + When to my heart he clung, and I to him + Breathed my first love—and last. + + I:3:10 ALAR. + Alas! alas! + Woe to thy Mother, maiden. + + I:3:11 SOL. + She has found + That which I oft have prayed for. + + I:3:12 ALAR. + But not found + A doom more dark than ours. + + I:3:13 SOL. + I sent for thee, + To tell thee why I sent for thee; yet why, + Alas! I know not. Was it but to look + Alone upon the face that once was mine? + This morn it was so grave. O! was it woe, + Or but indifference, that inspired that brow + That seemed so cold and stately? Was it hate? + O! tell me anything, but that to thee + I am a thing of nothingness. + + I:3:14 ALAR. + O spare! + Spare me such words of torture. + + I:3:15 SOL. + Could I feel + Thou didst not hate me, that my image brought + At least a gentle, if not tender thoughts, + I’d be content. I cannot live to think, + After the past, that we should meet again + And change cold looks. We are not strangers, say + At least we are not strangers? + + I:3:16 ALAR. + Gentle Princess— + + I:3:17 SOL. + Call me Solisa; tho’ we meet no more + Call me Solisa now. + + I:3:18 ALAR. + Thy happiness— + + I:3:19 SOL. + O! no, no, no, not happiness, at least + Not from those lips. + + I:3:20 ALAR. + Indeed it is a name + That ill becomes them. + + I:3:21 SOL. + Yet they say, thou’rt happy, + And bright with all prosperity, and I + Felt solace in that thought. + + I:3:22 ALAR. + Prosperity! + Men call them prosperous whom they deem enjoy + That which they envy; but there’s no success + Save in one master-wish fulfilled, and mine + Is lost for ever. + + I:3:23 SOL. + Why was it? O, why + Didst thou forget me? + + I:3:24 ALAR. + Never, lady, never— + But ah! the past, the irrevocable past— + We can but meet to mourn. + + I:3:25 SOL. + No, not to mourn + I came to bless thee, came to tell to thee + I hoped that thou wert happy. + + I:3:26 ALAR. + Come to mourn. + I’ll find delight in my unbridled grief: + Yes! let me fling away at last this mask, + And gaze upon my woe. + + I:3:27 SOL. + O, it was rash, + Indeed ‘twas rash, Alarcos; what, sweet sir, + What, after all our vows, to hold me false, + And place this bar between us! I’ll not think + Thou ever loved’st me as thou did’st profess, + And that’s the bitter drop. + + I:3:28 ALAR. + Indeed, indeed— + + I:3:29 SOL. + I could bear much, I could bear all, but this + My faith in thy past love, it was so deep, + So pure, so sacred, ‘twas my only solace; + I fed upon it in my secret heart, + And now e’en that is gone. + + I:3:30 ALAR. + Doubt not the past, + ‘Tis sanctified. It is the green fresh spot + In my life’s desert. + + I:3:31 SOL. + There is none to thee + As I have been? Speak, speak, Alarcos, tell me + Is’t true? Or, in this shipwreck of my soul, + Do I cling wildly to some perishing hope + That sinks like me? + + I:3:32 ALAR. + The May-burst of the heart + Can bloom but once; and mine has fled, not faded. + That thought gave fancied solace, ah, ‘twas fancy, + For now I feel my doom. + + I:3:33 SOL. + Thou hast no doom + But what is splendid as thyself. Alas! + Weak woman, when she stakes her heart, must play + Ever a fatal chance. It is her all, + And when ‘tis lost, she’s bankrupt; but proud man + Shuffles the cards again, and wins to-morrow + What pays his present forfeit. + + I:3:34 ALAR. + But alas! + What have I won? + + I:3:35 SOL. + A country and a wife. + + I:3:36 ALAR. + A wife! + + I:3:37 SOL. + A wife, and very fair, they say. + She should be fair, who could induce thee break + Such vows as thine. O! I am very weak. + Why came I here? Was it indeed to see + If thou could’st look on me? + + I:3:38 ALAR. + My own Solisa. + + I:3:39 SOL. + Call me not thine; why, what am I to thee + That thou should’st call me thine? + + I:3:40 ALAR. + Indeed, sweet lady, + Thou lookest on a man as bruised in spirit, + As broken-hearted, and subdued in soul, + As any breathing wretch that deems the day + Can bring no darker morrow. Pity me! + And if kind words may not subdue those lips + So scornful in their beauty, be they touched + At least by Mercy’s accents! Was’t a crime, + I could not dare believe that royal heart + Retained an exile’s image? that forlorn, + Harassed, worn out, surrounded by strange aspects + And stranger manners, in those formal ties + Custom points out, I sought some refuge, found + At least companionship, and, grant ‘twas weak, + Shrunk from the sharp endurance of the doom + That waits on exile, utter loneliness! + + I:3:41 SOL. + His utter loneliness! + + I:3:42 ALAR. + And met thy name, + Most beauteous lady, prithee think of this, + Only to hear the princes of the world + Were thy hot suitors, and that one would soon + Be happier than Alarcos. + + I:3:43 SOL. + False, most false, + They told thee false. + + I:3:44 ALAR. + At least, then, pity me, + Solisa! + + I:3:45 SOL. + Ah! Solisa, that sweet voice, + Why should I pity thee? ‘Tis not my office. + Go, go to her that cheered thy loneliness, + Thy utter loneliness. And had I none? + Had I no pangs of solitude? Exile! + O! there were moments I’d have gladly given + My crown for banishment. A wounded heart + Beats freer in a desert; ‘tis the air + Of palaces that chokes it. + + I:3:46 ALAR. + Fate has crossed, + Not falsehood, our sweet loves. Our lofty passion + Is tainted with no vileness. Memory bears + Convulsion, not contempt; no palling sting + That waits on base affections. It is something + To have loved thee; and in that thought I find + My sense exalted; wretched though I be. + + I:3:47 SOL. + Is he so wretched? Yet he is less forlorn + Than when he sought, what I would never seek, + A partner in his woe! I’ll ne’er believe it; + Thou art not wretched. Why, thou hast a friend, + A sweet companion in thy grief to soothe + Thy loneliness, and feed on thy bright smiles, + Thrill with thine accents, with impassioned reverence + Enclasp thine hand, and with enchained eyes + Gaze on thy glorious presence. O, Alarcos! + Art thou not worshipped now? What, can it be, + That there is one, who walks in Paradise, + Nor feels the air immortal? + + I:3:48 ALAR. + Let my curse + Descend upon the hour I left thy walls, + My father’s town! + + I:3:49 SOL. + My blessing on thy curse! + Thou hast returned, thou hast returned, Alarcos? + + I:3:50 ALAR. + To despair. + + I:3:51 SOL. + Yet ‘tis not the hour he quitted + Our city’s wall, it is the tie that binds him + Within those walls my lips would more denounce, + But ah, that tie is dear! + + I:3:52 ALAR. + Accursed be + The wiles that parted us; accursed be + The ties that sever us + + I:3:53 SOL. + Thou’rt mine. + + I:3:54 ALAR. + For ever. + Thou unpolluted passion of my youth, + My first, my only, my enduring love! + + [They embrace.] + + [Enter FERDINAND, the PAGE.] + + I:3:55 PAGE. + Lady, a message from thy royal father; + He comes— + + I:3:56 SOL. + + [Springing from the arms of Alarcos.] + + My father! word of fear! Why now + To cloud my light? I had forgotten fate; + But he recalls it. O my bright Alarcos! + My love must fly. Nay, not one word of care; + Love only from those lips. Yet, ere we part, + Seal our sweet faith renewed. + + I:3:57 ALAR. + And never broken. + + [Exit Alarcos.] + + I:3:58 SOL. + Why has he gone? Why did I bid him go? + And let this jewel I so daring plucked + Slip in the waves again? I’m sure there’s time + To call him back, and say farewell once more. + I’ll say farewell no more; it was a word + Ever harsh music when the morrow brought + Welcomes renewed of love, No more farewells. + O when will he be mine! I cannot wait, + I cannot tarry, now I know he loves me; + Each hour, each instant that I see him not, + Is usurpation of my right. O joy! + Am I the same Solisa, that this morn + Breathed forth her orison with humbler spirit + Than the surrounding acolytes? Thou’st smiled, + Sweet Virgin, on my prayers. Twice fifty tapers + Shall burn before thy shrine. Guard over me + O! mother of my soul, and let me prosper + In my great enterprise! O hope! O love! + O sharp remembrance of long baffled joy! + Inspire me now. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 4. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + The KING; the INFANTA. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + I:4:1 KING. + I see my daughter? + + I:4:2 SOL. + Sir, your duteous child. + + I:4:3 KING. + Art thou indeed my child? I had some doubt + I was a father. + + I:4:4 SOL. + These are bitter words. + + I:4:5 KING. + Even as thy conduct. + + I:4:6 SOL. + Then it would appear + My conduct and my life are but the same. + + I:4:7 KING. + I thought thou wert the Infanta of Castille, + Heir to our realm, the paragon of Spain + The Princess for whose smiles crowned Christendom + Sends forth its sceptred rivals. Is that bitter? + Or bitter is it with such privilege, + And standing on life’s vantage ground, to cross + A nation’s hope, that on thy nice career + Has gaged its heart? + + I:4:8 SOL. + Have I no heart to gage? + A sacrificial virgin, must I bind + My life to the altar, to redeem a state, + Or heal some doomed People? + + I:4:9 KING. + Is it so? + Is this an office alien to thy sex? + Or what thy youth repudiates? We but ask + What nature sanctions. + + I:4:10 SOL. + Nature sanctions Love; + Your charter is more liberal. Let that pass. + I am no stranger to my duty, sir, + And read it thus. The blood that shares my sceptre + Should be august as mine. A woman loses + In love what she may gain in rank, who tops + Her husband’s place; though throned, I would exchange + An equal glance. His name should be a spell + · To rally soldiers. Politic he should be; + And skilled in climes and tongues; that stranger knights + Should bruit on, high Castillian courtesies. + Such chief might please a state? + + I:4:11 KING. + Fortunate realm! + + I:4:12 SOL. + And shall I own less niceness than my realm? + No! I would have him handsome a god; + Hyperion in his splendor, or the mien + Of conquering Bacchus, one whose very step + Should guide a limner, and whose common words + Are caught by Troubadours to frame their songs! + And O, my father, what if this bright prince + Should I have a heart as tender as his soul + Was high and peerless? If with this same heart + He loved thy daughter? + + I:4:13 KING. + Close the airy page + Of thy romance; such princes are not found + Except in lays and legends! yet a man + Who would become a throne, I found thee, girl; + The princely Hungary. + + I:4:14 SOL. + A more princely fate, + Than an unwilling wife, he did deserve. + + I:4:15 KING. + Yet wherefore didst thou pledge thy troth to him? + + I:4:16 SOL. + And wherefore do I smile when I should sigh? + And wherefore do I feed when I would fast? + And wherefore do I dance when I should pray? + And wherefore do I live when I should die? + Canst answer that, good Sir? O there are women + The world deem mad, or worse, whose life but seems + One vile caprice, a freakish thing of whims + And restless nothingness; yet if we pierce + The soul, may be we’ll touch some cause profound + For what seems causeless. Early love despised, + Or baffled, which is worse; a faith betrayed, + For vanity or lucre; chill regards, + Where to gain constant glances we have paid + Some fearful forfeit: here are many springs, + Unmarked by shallow eyes, and some, or all + Of these, or none, may prompt my conduct now— + But I’ll not have thy prince. + + I:4:17 KING. + My, gentle child— + + I:4:18 SOL. + I am not gentle. I might have been once; + But gentle thoughts and I have parted long; + The cause of such partition thou shouldst know + If memories were just. + + I:4:19 KING. + Harp not, I pray, + On an old sorrow. + + I:4:20 SOL. + Old! he calls it old! + The wound is green, and staunch it, or I die. + + I:4:21 KING. + Have I the skill? + + I:4:22 SOL. + Why! art thou not a King? + Wherein consists the magic of a crown + But in the bold achievement of a deed + Would scare a clown to dream? + + I:4:23 KING. + I’d read thy thought. + + I:4:24 SOL. + Then have it; I would marry. + + I:4:25 KING. + It is well; + It is my wish. + + I:4:26 SOL. + And unto such a prince + As I’ve described withal. For though a prince + Of Fancy’s realm alone, as thou dost deem, + Yet doth he live indeed. + + I:4:27 KING. + To me unknown. + + I:4:28 SOL. + O! father mine, before thy reverend knees + Ere this we twain have knelt. + + I:4:29 KING. + Forbear, my child; + Or can it be my daughter doth not know + He is no longer free? + + I:4:30 SOL. + The power that bound him, + That bondage might dissolve? To holy church + Thou hast given great alms? + + I:4:31 KING. + There’s more to gain thy wish, + If more would gain it; but it cannot be, + Even were he content. + + I:4:32 SOL. + He is content. + + I:4:33 KING. + Hah! + + I:4:34 SOL. + For he loves me still. + + I:4:35 KING. + I would do much + To please thee. I’m prepared to bear the brunt + Of Hungary’s ire; but do not urge, Solisa, + Beyond capacity of sufferance + My temper’s proof. + + I:4:36 SOL. + Alarcos is my husband, + Or shall the sceptre from our line depart. + Listen, ye saints of Spain, I’ll have his hand, + Or by our faith, my fated womb shall be + As barren as thy love, proud King. + + I:4:37 KING. + Thou’rt mad! + Thou’rt mad! + + I:4:38 SOL. + Is he not mine? Thy very hand, + Did it not consecrate our vows? What claim + So sacred as my own? + + I:4:39 KING. + He did conspire— + + I:4:40 SOL. + ‘Tis false, thou know’st ‘tis false: against themselves + Men do not plot: I would as soon believe + My hand could hatch a treason ‘gainst my sight, + As that Alarcos would conspire to seize + A diadem I would myself have placed + Upon his brow. + + I:4:41 KING. + + [taking her hand] + + Nay, calmness. Say ‘tis true + He was not guilty, say perchance he was not— + + I:4:42 SOL. + Perchance, O! vile perchance. Thou know’st full well, + Because he did reject her loose desires + And wanton overtures— + + I:4:43 KING. + Hush, hush, O hush! + + I:4:44 SOL. + The woman called my mother— + + I:4:45 KING. + Spare me, spare— + + I:4:46 SOL. + Who spared me? + Did not I kneel, and vouch his faith, and bathe + Thy hand with my quick tears, and clutch thy robe + With frantic grasp? Spare, spare indeed? In faith + Thou hast taught me to be merciful, thou hast,— + Thou and my mother! + + I:4:47 KING. + Ah! no more, no more! + A crowned King cannot recall the past, + And yet may glad the future. She thou namest, + She was at least thy mother; but to me, + Whate’er her deeds, for truly, there were times + Some spirit did possess her, such as gleams + Now in her daughter’s eye, she was a passion, + A witching form that did inflame my life + By a breath or glance. Thou art our child; the link + That binds me to my race; thou host her place + Within my shrined heart, where thou’rt the priest + And others are unhallowed; for, indeed, + Passion and time have so dried up my soul, + And drained its generous juices, that I own + No sympathy with man, and all his hopes + To me are mockeries. + + I:4:48 SOL. + Ah! I see, my father, + That thou will’st aid me! + + I:4:49 KING. + Thou canst aid thyself. + Is there a law to let him from thy presence? + His voice may reach thine ear; thy gracious glance + May meet his graceful offices. Go to. + Shall Hungary frown, if his right royal spouse + Smile on the equal of her blood and state, + Her gentle cousin? + + I:4:50 SOL. + And is this thine aid! + + I:4:51 KING. + What word has roughed the brow, but now confiding + In a fond father’s love? + + I:4:52 SOL. + Alas! what word? + What have I said? what done? that thou should’st deem + I could do this, this, this, that is so foul, + My baffled tongue deserts me. Thou should’st know me, + Thou hast set spies on me. What! have they told thee + I am a wanton? I do love this man + As fits a virgin’s heart. Heaven sent such thoughts + To be our solace. But to act a toy + For his loose hours, or worse, to find him one + Procured for mine, grateful for opportunities + Contrived with decency, spared skillfully + From claims more urgent; not to dare to show + Before the world my homage; when he’s ill + To be away, and only share his gay + And lusty pillow; to be shut out from all + That multitude of cares and charms that waits + But on companionship; and then to feel + These joys another shares, another hand + These delicate rites performing, and thou’rt remembered, + In the serener heaven of his bliss, + But as the transient flash: this is not love; + This is pollution. + + I:4:53 KING. + Daughter, I were pleased + My cousin could a nearer claim prefer + To my regard. Ay, girl, ‘twould please me well + He were my son, thy husband; but what then? + My pleasure and his conduct jar; his fate + Baulks our desire. He’s married and has heirs. + + I:4:54 SOL. + Heirs, didst thou say heirs? + + I:4:55 KING. + What ails thee? + + I:4:56 SOL. + Heirs, heirs? + + I:4:57 KING. + Thou art very pale! + + I:4:58 SOL. + The faintness of the morn + Clings to me still; I pray thee, father, grant + Thy child one easy boon. + + I:4:59 KING. + She has to speak + But what she wills. + + I:4:60 SOL. + Why, then, she would renounce + Her heritage; yes, place our ancient crown + On brows it may become. A veil more suits + This feminine brain; in Huelgas’ cloistered shades + I’ll find oblivion. + + I:4:61 KING. + Woe is me! The doom + Falls on our house. I had this daughter left + To lavish all my wealth on and my might. + I’ve treasured for her; for her I have slain + My thousands, conquered provinces, betrayed, + Renewed, and broken faith. She was my joy; + She has her mother’s eyes, and when she speaks + Her voice is like Brunhalda’s. Cursed hour, + That a wild fancy touched her brain to cross + All my great hopes! + + I:4:62 SOL. + My father, my dear father, + Thou call’dst me fondly, but some moments past, + Thy gentle child. I call my saint to witness + I would be such. To say I love this man + Is shallow phrasing. Since man’s image first + Flung its wild shadow on my virgin soul, + It has borne no other reflex. I know well + Thou deemest he was forgotten; this day’s passion + Passed as unused confrontment, and so transient + As it was turbulent. No, no, full oft, + When thinking on him, I have been the same. + Fruitless or barren, this same form is his, + Or it is God’s. My father, my dear father, + Remember he was mine, and thou didst pour + Thy blessing on our heads! O God, O God! + When I recall the passages of love + That have ensued between me and this man, + And with thy sanction, and then just bethink + He is another’s, O it makes me mad. + Talk not to me of sceptres: can she rule + Whose mind is anarchy? King of Castille, + Give me the heart that thou didst rob me of! + The penal hour’s at hand. Thou didst destroy + My love, and I will end thy line—thy line + That is thy life. + + I:4:63 KING. + Solisa, I will do all + A father can,—a father and a King. + + I:4:64 SOL. + Give me Alarcos! + + I:4:65 KING. + Hush, disturb me not; + I’m in the throes of some imaginings + A human voice might scare. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + END OF THE FIRST ACT. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0003" id="link2H_4_0003"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + ACT II + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 1 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Street in Burgos. + + [Enter the COUNT OF SIDONIA and the COUNT OF LEON.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + II:1:1 SIDO. + Is she not fair? + + II:1:2 LEON. + What then? She but fulfils + Her office as a woman. For to be + A woman and not fair, is, in my creed, + To be a thing unsexed. + + II:1:3 SIDO. + Happy Alarcos! + They say she was of Aquitaine, a daughter + Of the De Foix. I would I had been banished. + + II:1:4 LEON. + Go and plot then. They cannot take your head, + For that is gone. + + II:1:5 SIDO. + But banishment from Burgos + Were worse than fifty deaths. O, my good Leon, + Didst ever see, didst ever dream could be, + Such dazzling beauty? + + II:1:6 LEON. + Dream! I never dream; + Save when I’ve revelled over late, and then + My visions are most villanous; but you, + You dream when you’re awake. + + II:1:7 SIDO. + Wert ever, Leon, + In pleasant Aquitaine? + + II:1:8 LEON. + O talk of Burgos; + It is my only subject—matchless town, + Where all I ask are patriarchal years + To feel satiety like my sad friend. + + II:1:9 SIDO. + ‘Tis not satiety now makes me sad; + So check thy mocking tongue, or cure my cares. + + II:1:10 LEON. + Absence cures love. Be off to Aquitaine. + + II:1:11 SIDO. + I chose a jester for my friend, and feel + His value now. + + II:1:12 LEON. + You share the lover’s lot + When you desire and you despair. What then? + You know right well that woman is but one, + Though she take many forms, and can confound + The young with subtle aspects. Vanity + Is her sole being. Make the myriad vows + That passionate fancy prompts. At the next tourney + Maintain her colours ‘gainst the two Castilles + And Aragon to boot. You’ll have her! + + II:1:13 SIDO. + Why! + This was the way I woo’d the haughty Lara, + But I’ll not hold such passages approach + The gentle lady of this morn. + + II:1:14 LEON. + Well, then, + Try silence, only sighs and hasty glances + Withdrawn as soon as met. Could’st thou but blush: + But there’s no hope. In time our sighs become + A sort of plaintive hint what hopeless rogues + Our stars have made us. Would we had but met + Earlier, yet still we hope she’ll spare a tear + To one she met too late. Trust me she’ll spare it; + She’ll save this sinner who reveres a saint. + Pity or admiration gains them all. + You’ll have her! + + II:1:15 SIDO. + Well, whate’er the course pursued, + Be thou a prophet! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + II:1:16 ORAN. + Stand, Senors, in God’s name. + + II:1:17 LEON. + Or the devil’s. + Well, what do you want? + + II:1:18 ORAN. + Many things, but one + Most principal. + + II:1:19 SIDO. + And that’s— + + II:1:20 ORAN. + A friend. + + II:1:21 LEON. + You’re right + To seek one in the street, he’ll prove as true + As any that you’re fostered with. + + II:1:22 ORAN. + In brief, + I’m as you see a Moor; and I have slain + One of our princes. Peace exists between + Our kingdom and Castille; they track my steps. + You’re young, you should be brave, generous you may be. + I shall be impaled. Save me! + + II:1:23 LEON. + Frankly spoken. + Will you turn Christian? + + II:1:24 ORAN. + Show me Christian acts, + And they may prompt to Christian thoughts. + + II:1:25 SIDO. + Although + The slain’s an infidel, thou art the same. + The cause of this rash deed? + + II:1:26 ORAN. + I am a soldier, + And my sword’s notched, sirs. This said Emir struck me. + Before the people too, in the great square + Of our chief place, Granada, and forsooth, + Because I would not yield the way at mosque. + His life has soothed my honour: if I die, + I die content; but with your gracious aid + I would live happy. + + II:1:27 LEON. + You love life? + + II:1:28 ORAN. + Most dearly. + + II:1:29 LEON. + Sensible Moor, although he be impaled + For mobbing in a mosque. I like this fellow; + His bearing suits my humour. He shall live + To do more murders. Come, bold infidel, + Follow to the Leon Palace; and, sir, prithee + Don’t stab us in the back. + + [Exeunt omnes.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 2 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Chamber in the Palace of COUNT ALARCOS. + At the back of the Scene the Curtains of a large Jalousie withdrawn. + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + II:2:1 ALAR. + ‘Tis circumstance makes conduct; life’s a ship, + The sport of every wind. And yet men tack + Against the adverse blast. How shall I steer, + Who am the pilot of Necessity? + But whether it be fair or foul, I know not; + Sunny or terrible. Why let her wed him? + What care I if the pageant’s weight may fall + On Hungary’s ermined shoulders, if the spring + Of all her life be mine? The tiar’d brow + Alone makes not a King. Would that my wife + Confessed a worldlier mood! Her recluse fancy + Haunts still our castled bowers. Then civic air + Inflame her thoughts! Teach her to vie and revel, + Find sport in peerless robes, the pomp of feasts + And ambling of a genet— + + [A serenade is heard.] + + Hah! that voice + Should not be strange. A tribute to her charms. + ‘Tis music sweeter to a spouse’s ear + Than gallants dream of. Ay, she’ll find adorers. + Or Burgos is right changed. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] + + Listen, child. + + [Again the serenade is heard.] + + II:2:2 COUN. + ‘Tis very sweet. + + II:2:3 ALAR. + It is inspired by thee. + + II:2:4 COUN. + Alarcos! + + II:2:5 ALAR. + Why dost look so grave? Nay, now, + There’s not a dame in Burgos would not give + Her jewels for such songs. + + II:2:6 COUN. + Inspired by me! + + II:2:7 ALAR. + And who so fit to fire a lover’s breast? + He’s clearly captive. + + II:2:8 COUN. + O! thou knowest I love not + Such jests, Alarcos. + + II:2:9 ALAR. + Jest! I do not jest. + I am right proud the partner of my state + Should count the chief of our Castillian knights + Among her train. + + II:2:10 COUN. + I pray thee let me close + These blinds. + + II:2:11 ALAR. + Poh, poh! what, baulk a serenade? + ‘Twould be an outrage to the courtesies + Of this great city. Faith! his voice is sweet. + + II:2:12 COUN. + Would that he had not sung! It is a sport + In which I find no pastime. + + II:2:13 ALAR. + Marry, come, + It gives me great delight. ‘Tis well for thee, + On thy first entrance to our world, to find + So high a follower. + + II:2:14 COUN. + Wherefore should I need + His following? + + II:2:15 ALAR. + Nought’s more excellent for woman, + Than to be fixed on as the cynosure + Of one whom all do gaze on. ‘Tis a stamp + Whose currency, not wealth, rank, blood, can match; + These are raw ingots, till they are impressed + With fashion’s picture. + + II:2:16 COUN. + Would I were once more + Within our castle! + + II:2:17 ALAR. + Nursery days! The world + Is now our home, and we must worldly be, + Like its bold stirrers. I sup with the King. + There is no feast, and yet to do me honour, + Some chiefs will meet. I stand right well at Court, + And with thine aid will stand e’en better. + + II:2:18 COUN. + Mine! + I have no joy but in thy joy, no thought + But for thy honour, and yet, how to aid + Thee in these plans or hopes, indeed, Alarcos, + Indeed, I am perplexed. + + II:2:19 ALAR. + Art not my wife? + Is not this Burgos? And this pile, the palace + Of my great fathers? They did raise these halls + To be the symbols of their high estate, + The fit and haught metropolis of all + Their force and faction. Fill them, fill them, wife, + With those who’ll serve me well. Make this the centre + Of all that’s great in Burgos. Let it be + The eye of the town, whereby we may perceive + What passes in his heart: the clustering point + Of all convergence. Here be troops of friends + And ready instruments. Wear that sweet smile, + That wins a partisan quicker than power; + Speak in that tone gives each a special share + In thy regard, and what is general + Let all deem private. O! thou’lt play it rarely. + + II:2:20 COUN. + I would do all that may become thy wife. + + II:2:21 ALAR. + I know it, I know it. Thou art a treasure, Florimonde, + And this same singer—thou hast not asked his name. + Didst guess it? Ah! upon thy gentle cheek + I see a smile. + + II:2:22 COUN. + My lord—indeed— + + II:2:23 ALAR. + Thou playest + Thy game less like a novice than I deemed. + Thou canst not say thou didst not catch the voice + Of the Sidonia? + + II:2:24 COUN. + My good lord, indeed + His voice to me is as unknown as mine + Must be to him. + + II:2:25 ALAR. + Whose should the voice but his, + Whose stricken sight left not thy face an instant, + But gazed as if some new-born star had risen + To light his way to paradise? I tell thee, + Among my strict confederates I would count + This same young noble. He is a paramount chief; + Perchance his vassals might outnumber mine, + Conjoined we’re adamant. No monarch’s breath + Makes me again an exile. Florimonde, + Smile on him; smiles cost nothing; should he judge + They mean more than they say, why smile again; + And what he deems affection, registered, + Is but chaste Mockery. I must to the citadel. + Sweet wife, good-night. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] + + II:2:26 COUN. + O! misery, misery, misery! + Must we do this? I fear there’s need we must, + For he is wise in all things, and well learned + In this same world that to my simple sense + Seems very fearful. Why should men rejoice, + They can escape from the pure breath of heaven + And the sweet franchise of their natural will, + To such a prison-house? To be confined + In body and in soul; to breathe the air + Of dark close streets, and never use one’s tongue + But for some measured phrase that hath its bent + Well gauged and chartered; to find ready smiles + When one is sorrowful, or looks demure + When one would laugh outright. Never to be + Exact but when dissembling. Is this life? + I dread this city. As I passed its gates + My litter stumbled, and the children shrieked + And clung unto my bosom. Pretty babes! + I’ll go to them. O! there is innocence + Even in Burgos. + + [Exit COUNTESS.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 3 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Chamber in the Royal Palace. The INFANTA SOLISA alone. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + II:3:1 SOL. + I can but think my father will be just + And see us righted. O ‘tis only honest, + The hand that did this wrong should now supply + The sovereign remedy, and balm the wound + Itself inflicted. He is with him now; + Would I were there, unseen, yet seeing all! + But ah! no cunning arras could conceal + This throbbing heart. I’ve sent my little Page, + To mingle with the minions of the Court, + And get me news. How he doth look, bow eat, + What says he and what does, and all the haps + Of this same night, that yet to me may bring + A cloudless morrow. See, even now he comes. + + [Enter the PAGE.] + + Prithee what news? Now tell me all, my child, + When thou’rt a knight, will I not work the scarf + For thy first tourney! Prithee tell me all. + + II:3:2 PAGE. + O lady mine, the royal Seneschal + He was so crabbed, I did scarcely deem + I could have entered. + + II:3:3 SOL. + Cross-grained Seneschal! + He shall repent of this, my pretty Page; + But thou didst enters? + + II:3:4 PAGE. + I did so contrive. + + II:3:5 SOL. + Rare imp! And then? + + II:3:6 PAGE. + Well, as you told me, then + I mingled with the Pages of the King. + They’re not so very tall; I might have passed + I think for one upon a holiday. + + II:3:7 SOL. + O thou shalt pass for better than a page + But tell me, child, didst see my gallant Count? + + II:3:8 PAGE. + On the right hand— + + II:3:9 SOL. + Upon the King’s right hand? + + II:3:10 PAGE. + Upon the King’s right hand, and there were also— + + II:3:11 SOL. + Mind not the rest; thou’rt sure on the right hand? + + II:3:12 PAGE. + Most sure; and on the left— + + II:3:13 SOL. + Ne’er mind the left, + Speak only of the right. How did he seem? + Did there pass words between him and the King? + Often or scant? Did he seem gay or grave? + Or was his aspect of a middle tint, + As if he deemed that there were other joys + Not found within that chamber? + + II:3:14 PAGE. + Sooth to say, + He did seem what he is, a gallant knight. + Would I were such! For talking with the King, + He spoke, yet not so much but he could spare + Words to the other lords. He often smiled, + Yet not so often, that a limner might + Describe his mien as jovial. + + II:3:15 SOL. + ‘Tis himself! + What next? Will they sit long? + + II:3:16 PAGE. + I should not like + Myself to quit such company. In truth, + The Count of Leon is a merry lord. + There were some tilting jests, I warrant you, + Between him and your knight. + + II:3:17 SOL. + O tell it me! + + II:3:18 PAGE. + The Count Alarcos, as I chanced to hear, + For tiptoe even would not let me see, + And that same Pedro, who has lately come + To Court, the Senor of Montilla’s son, + He is so rough, and says a lady’s page + Should only be where there are petticoats. + + II:3:19 SOL. + Is he so rough? He shall be soundly whipped. + But tell me, child, the Count Alarcos— + + II:3:20 PAGE. + Well, + The Count Alarcos—but indeed, sweet lady, + I do not wish that Pedro should be whipped. + + II:3:21 SOL. + He shall not then be whipped—speak of the Count. + + II:3:22 PAGE. + The Count was showing how your Saracen + Doth take your lion captive, thus and thus: + And fashioned with his scarf a dexterous noose + Made of a tiger’s skin: your unicorn, + They say, is just as good. + + II:3:23 SOL. + Well, then Sir Leon— + + II:3:24 PAGE. + Why then your Count of Leon—but just then + Sancho, the Viscount of Toledo’s son, + The King’s chief Page, takes me his handkerchief + And binds it on my eyes, he whispering round + Unto his fellows, here you see I’ve caught + A most ferocious cub. Whereat they kicked, + And pinched, and cuffed me till I nearly roared + As fierce as any lion, you be sure. + + II:3:25 SOL. + Rude Sancho, he shall sure be sent from Court! + My little Ferdinand—thou hast incurred + Great perils for thy mistress. Go again + And show this signet to the Seneschal, + And tell him that no greater courtesy + Be shown to any guest than to my Page. + This from myself—or I perchance will send, + Shall school their pranks. Away, my faithful imp, + And tell me how the Count Alarcos seems. + + II:3:26 PAGE. + I go, sweet lady, but I humbly beg + Sancho may not be sent from Court this time. + + II:3:27 SOL. + Sancho shall stay. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + I hope, ere long, sweet child, + Thou too shalt be a page unto a King. + I’m glad Alarcos smiled not overmuch; + Your smilers please me not. I love a face + Pensive, not sad; for where the mood is thoughtful, + The passion is most deep and most refined. + Gay tempers bear light hearts—are soonest gained + And soonest lost; but he who meditates + On his own nature, will as deeply scan + The mind he meets, and when he loves, he casts + His anchor deep. + + [Re-enter PAGE.] + + Give me the news. + + II:3:28 PAGE. + The news! + I could not see the Seneschal, but gave + Your message to the Pages. Whereupon + Sancho, the Viscount of Toledo’s son, + Pedro, the Senor of Montilla’s son, + The young Count of Almeira, and— + + II:3:29 SOL. + My child, + What ails thee? + + II:3:30 PAGE. + O the Viscount of Jodar, + I think he was the very worst of all; + But Sancho of Toledo was the first. + + II:3:31 SOL. + What did they? + + II:3:32 PAGE. + ‘Las, no sooner did I say + All that you told me, than he gives the word, + ‘A guest, a guest, a very potent guest,’ + Takes me a goblet brimful of strong wine + And hands it to me, mocking, on his knee. + This I decline, when on his back they lay + Your faithful Page, nor set me on my legs + Till they had drenched me with this fiery stuff, + That I could scarcely see, or reel my way + Back to your presence. + + II:3:33 SOL. + Marry, ‘tis too much + E’en for a page’s license. Ne’er you mind, + They shall to Prison by to-morrow’s dawn. + I’ll bind this kerchief round your brow, its scent + Will much revive you. Go, child, lie you down + On yonder couch. + + II:3:34 PAGE. + I’m sure I ne’er can sleep + If Sancho of Toledo shall be sent + To-morrow’s dawn to prison. + + II:3:35 SOL. + Well, he’s pardoned. + + II:3:36 PAGE. + Also the Senor of Montilla’s son, + + II:3:37 SOL. + He shall be pardoned too. Now prithee sleep. + + II:3:38 PAGE. + The young Count of Almeira— + + II:3:39 SOL. + O no more. + They all are pardoned. + + II:3:40 PAGE. + I do humbly pray + The Viscount of Jodar be pardoned too. + + [Exit SOLISA.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 4 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Banquet; the KING seated; on his right ALARCOS. + SIDONIA, LEON, the ADMIRAL OF CASTILLE, and other LORDS. + Groups of PAGES, CHAMBERLAINS, and SERVING-MEN. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + II:4:1 The KING. + Would’st match them, cousin, ‘gainst our barbs? + + II:4:2 ALAR. + Against + Our barbs, Sir! + + II:4:3 KING. + Eh, Lord Leon, you can scan + A courser’s points? + + II:4:4 LEON. + O, Sir, your travellers + Need fleeter steeds than we poor shambling folks + Who stay at home. To my unskilful sense, + Speed for the chase and vigour for the tilt, + Meseems enough. + + II:4:5 ALAR.’ + If riders be as prompt. + + II:4:6 LEON. + Our tourney is put off, or please your Grace, + I’d try conclusions with this marvellous beast, + This Pegasus, this courser of the sun, + That is to blind us all with his bright rays + And cloud our chivalry. + + II:4:7 KING. + My Lord Sidonia, + You’re a famed judge: try me this Cyprus wine; + An English prince did give it me, returning + From the holy sepulchre. + + II:4:8 SIDO. + Most rare, my liege, + And glitters like a gem! + + II:4:9 KING. + It doth content + Me much, your Cyprus wine. Lord Admiral, + Hast heard the news? The Saracens have fled + Before the Italian galleys. + + II:4:10 THE ADMIRAL OF CASTILLE. + No one guides + A galley like your Pisan. + + II:4:11 ALAR. + The great Doge + Of Venice, sooth, would barely veil his flag + To Pisa. + + II:4:12 ADM. + Your Venetian hath his craft. + This Saracenic rent will surely touch + Our turbaned neighbours? + + II:4:13 KING. + To the very core, + Granada’s all a-mourning. Good, my Lords, + One goblet more. We’ll give our cousin’s health. + Here’s to the Count Alarcos. + + II:4:14 OMNES. + To the Count Alarcos. + + [The Guests rise, pay their homage to the KING, and are retiring.] + + II:4:15 KING. + Good night, Lord Admiral; my Lord of Leon, + My Lord Sidonia, and my Lord of Lara, + Gentle adieus; to you, my Lord, and you, + To all and each. Cousin, good night—and yet + A moment rest awhile; since your return + I’ve looked on you in crowds, it may become us + To say farewell alone. + + [The KING waves his hand to the SENESCHAL—the Chamber is cleared.] + + II:4:16 ALAR. + Most gracious Sire, + You honour your poor servant. + + II:4:17 KING. + Prithee, sit. + This scattering of the Saracen, methinks, + Will hold the Moor to his truce? + + II:4:18 ALAR. + It would appear + To have that import. + + II:4:19 KING. + Should he pass the mountains, + We can receive him. + + II:4:20 ALAR. + Where’s the crown in Spain + More prompt and more prepared? + + II:4:21 KING. + Cousin, you’re right. + We flourish. By St. James, I feel a glow + Of the heart to see you here once more, my cousin; + I’m low in the vale of years, and yet I think + I could defend my crown with such a knight + On my right hand. + + II:4:22 ALAR. + Such liege and land would raise + Our lances high. + + II:4:23 KING. + We carry all before us. + Leon reduced. The crescent paled in Cordova, + Why, if she gain Valencia, Aragon + Must kick the beam. And shall she gain Valencia? + It cheers my blood to find thee by my side; + Old days, old days return, when thou to me + Wert as the apple of mine eye. + + II:4:24 ALAR. + My liege, + This is indeed most gracious. + + II:4:25 KING. + Gentle cousin, + Thou shalt have pause to say that I am gracious. + O! I did ever love thee; and for that + Some passages occurred between us once, + That touch my memory to the quick; I would + Even pray thee to forget them, and to hold + I was most vilely practised on, my mind + Poisoned, and from a fountain, that to deem + Tainted were frenzy. + + II:4:26 ALAR. + + [Falling on his knee, and taking the KING’s hand.] + + My most gracious liege, + This morn to thee I did my fealty pledge. + Believe me, Sire, I did so with clear breast, + And with no thought to thee and to thy line + But fit devotion. + + II:4:27 KING. + O, I know it well, + I know thou art right true. Mine eyes are moist + To see thee here again. + + II:4:28 ALAR. + It is my post, + Nor could I seek another. + + II:4:29 KING. + Thou dost know + That Hungary leaves us? + + II:4:30 ALAR. + I was grieved to hear + There were some crosses. + + II:4:31 KING. + Truth, I am not grieved. + Is it such joy this fair Castillian realm, + This glowing flower of Spain, be rudely plucked + By a strange hand? To see our chambers filled + With foreign losels; our rich fiefs and abbeys + The prey of each bold scatterling, that finds + No heirship in his country? Have I lived + And laboured for this end, to swell the sails + Of alien fortunes? O my gentle cousin, + There was a time we had far other hopes! + I suffer for my deeds. + + II:4:32 ALAR. + We must forget, + We must forget, my liege. + + II:4:33 KING. + Is’t then so easy? + Thou hast no daughter. Ah! thou canst not tell + What ‘tis to feel a father’s policy + Hath dimmed a child’s career. A child so peerless! + Our race, though ever comely, veiled to her. + A palm tree in its pride of sunny youth + Mates not her symmetry; her step was noticed + As strangely stately by her nurse. Dost know, + I ever deemed that winning smile of hers + Mournful, with all its mirth? But ah! no more + A father gossips; nay, my weakness ‘tis not. + ‘Tis not with all that I would prattle thus; + But you, my cousin, know Solisa well, + And once you loved her. + + II:4:34 ALAR. + + [Rising.] + + Once! O God! + Such passions are eternity. + + II:4:35 KING. + + [Advancing.] + + What then, + Shall this excelling creature, on a throne + As high as her deserts, shall she become + A spoil for strangers? Have I cause to grieve + That Hungary quit us? O that I could find + Some noble of our land might dare to mix + His equal blood with our Castillian seed! + Art thou more learned in our pedigrees? + Hast thou no friend, no kinsman? Must this realm + Fall to the spoiler, and a foreign graft + Be nourished by our sap? + + II:4:36 ALAR. + Alas! alas! + + II:4:37 KING. + Four crowns; our paramount Castille, and Leon, + Seviglia, Cordova, the future hope + Of Murcia, and the inevitable doom + That waits the Saracen; all, all, all; + And with my daughter! + + II:4:38 ALAR. + Ah! ye should have blasted + My homeward path, ye lightnings! + + II:4:39 KING. + Such a son + Should grudge his sire no days. I would not live + To whet ambition’s appetite. I’m old; + And fit for little else than hermit thoughts. + The day that gives my daughter, gives my crown: + A cell’s my home. + + II:4:40 ALAR. + O, life, I will not curse thee + Let hard and shaven crowns denounce thee vain; + To me thou wert no shade! I loved thy stir + And panting struggle. Power, and pomp, and beauty + Cities and courts, the palace and the fane, + The chace, the revel, and the battle-field, + Man’s fiery glance, and woman’s thrilling smile, + I loved ye all. I curse not thee, O life! + But on my start; confusion. May they fall + From out their spheres, and blast our earth no more + With their malignant rays, that mocking placed + All the delight of life within my reach, + And chained me film fruition. + + II:4:41 KING. + Gentle cousin, + Thou art disturbed; I fear these words of mine, + Chance words ere I did say to thee good night, + For O, ‘twas joy to see thee here again, + Who art my kinsman, and my only one, + Have touched on some old cares for both of us. + And yet the world has many charms for thee; + Thou’rt not like us, and thy unhappy child + The world esteems so favoured. + + II:4:42 ALAR. + Ah, the world + III estimates the truth of any lot. + Their speculation is too far and reaches + Only externals, they are ever fair. + There are vile cankers in your gaudiest flowers, + But you must pluck and peer within the leaves + To catch the pest. + + II:4:43 KING. + Alas! my gentle cousin, + To hear thou hast thy sorrows too, like us, + It pains me much, and yet I’ll not believe it, + For with so fair a wife— + + II:4:44 ALAR. + Torture me not, + Although thou art a King. + + II:4:45 KING. + My gentle cousin, + f spoke to solace thee. We all do hear + Thou art most favoured in a right fair wife. + We do desire to see her; can she find + A friend becomes her better than our child? + + II:4:46 ALAR. + My wife? would she were not! + + II:4:47 KING. + I say so too, + Would she were not! + + II:4:48 ALAR. + Ah me! why did I marry? + + II:4:49 KING. + Truth, it was very rash. + + II:4:50 ALAR. + Who made me rash? + Who drove me from my hearth, and sent me forth + On the unkindred earth? With the dark spleen + Goading injustice, that ‘tis vain to quell, + Entails on restless spirits. Yes, I married, + As men do oft, from very wantonness; + To tamper with a destiny that’s cross, + To spite my fate, to put the seal upon + A balked career, in high and proud defiance + Of hopes that yet might mock me, to beat down + False expectation and its damned lures, + And fix a bar betwixt me and defeat. + + II:4:51 KING. + These bitter words would rob me of my hope, + That thou at least wert happy. + + II:4:52 ALAR. + Would I slept + With my grey fathers! + + II:4:53 KING. + And my daughter too! + O most unhappy pair! + + II:4:54 ALAR. + There is a way. + To cure such woes, one only. + + II:4:55 KING. + ‘Tis my thought. + + II:4:56 ALAR. + No cloister shall entomb this life; the grave + Shall be my refuge, + + II:4:57 KING. + Yet to die were witless, + When Death, who with his fatal finger taps + At princely doors, as freely as he gives + His summons to the serf, may at this instant + Have sealed the only life that throws a shade + Between us and the sun. + + II:4:58 ALAR. + She’s very young. + + II:4:59 KING. + And may live long, as I do hope she will; + Yet have I known as blooming as she die, + And that most suddenly. The air of cities + To unaccustomed lungs is very fatal; + Perchance the absence of her accustomed sports, + The presence of strange faces, and a longing + For those she has been bred among: I’ve known + This most pernicious: she might droop and pine, + And when they fail, they sink most rapidly. + God grant she may not; yet I do remind thee + Of this wild chance, when speaking of thy lot. + In truth ‘tis sharp, and yet I would not die + When Time, the great enchanter, may change all, + By bringing somewhat earlier to thy gate + A doom that must arrive. + + II:4:60 ALAR. + Would it were there! + + II:4:61 KING. + ‘Twould be the day thy hand should clasp my daughter’s, + That thou hast loved so Ion; ‘twould be the day + My crown, the crown of all my realms, Alarcos, + Should bind thy royal brow. Is this the morn + Breaks in our chamber? Why, I did but mean + To say good night unto my gentle cousin + So long unseen. O, we have gossiped, coz, + So cheering dreams! + + [Exeunt.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + END OF THE SECOND ACT. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0004" id="link2H_4_0004"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + ACT III + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 1 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Interior of the Cathedral of Burgos. + The High Altar illuminated; + in the distance, various Chapels lighted, and in each of which Mass is + celebrating: + in all directions groups of kneeling Worshippers. + Before the High Altar the Prior of Burgos officiates, attended by his + Sacerdotal Retinue. + In the front of the Stage, opposite to the Audience, a Confessional. + The chanting of a solemn Mass here commences; as it ceases, + + [Enter ALARCOS.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + III:1:1 ALAR. + Would it were done! and yet I dare not say + It should be done. O, that some natural cause, + Or superhuman agent, would step in, + And save me from its practice! Will no pest + Descend upon her blood? Must thousands die + Daily, and her charmed life be spared? As young + Are hourly plucked from out their hearths. A life! + Why, what’s a life? A loan that must return + To a capricious creditor; recalled + Often as soon as lent. I’d wager mine + To-morrow like the dice, were my blood pricked. + Yet now, + When all that endows life with all its price, + Hangs on some flickering breath I could puff out, + I stand agape. I’ll dream ‘tis done: what then? + Mercy remains? For ever, not for ever + I charge my soul? Will no contrition ransom, + Or expiatory torments compensate + The awful penalty? Ye kneeling worshippers, + That gaze in silent ecstacy before + Yon flaming altar, you come here to bow + Before a God of mercy. Is’t not so? + + [ALARCOS walks towards the High Altar and kneels.] + + [A Procession advances front the back of the Scene, singing a solemn Mass, + and preceding the Prior of Burgos, who seats himself in the Confessional + his Train filing of on each side of the Scene: + the lights of the High Altar are extinguished, + but the Chapels remain illuminated.] + + III:1:2 THE PRIOR. + Within this chair I sit, and hold the keys + That open realms no conqueror can subdue, + And where the monarchs of the earth must fain + Solicit to be subjects: Heaven and Hades, + Lands of Immortal light and shores of gloom. + Eternal as the chorus of their wail, + And the dim isthmus of that middle space, + Where the compassioned soul may purge its sins + In pious expiation. Then advance + Ye children of all sorrows, and all sins, + Doubts that perplex, and hopes that tantalize, + All the wild forms the fiend Temptation takes + To tamper with the soul! Come with the care + That eats your daily life; come with the thought + That is conceived in the noon of night, + And makes us stare around us though alone; + Come with the engendering sin, and with the crime + That is full-born. To counsel and to soothe, + I sit within this chair. + + [ALARCOS advances and kneels by the Confessional.] + + III:1:3 ALAR. + O, holy father + My soul is burthened with a crime. + + III:1:4 PRIOR. + My son, + The church awaits thy sin. + + III:1:5 ALAR. + It is a sin + Most black and terrible. Prepare thine ear + For what must make it tremble. + + III:1:6 PRIOR. + Thou dost speak + To Power above all passion, not to man. + + III:1:7 ALAR. + There was a lady, father, whom I loved, + And with a holy love, and she loved me + As holily. Our vows were blessed, if favour + Hang on a father’s benediction. + + III:1:8 PRIOR. + Her + Mother? + + III:1:9 ALAR. + She had a mother, if to bear + Children be all that makes a mother: one + Who looked on me, about to be her child, + With eyes of lust. + + III:1:10 PRIOR. + And thou? + + III:1:11 ALAR. + O, if to trace + But with the memory’s too veracious aid + This tale be anguish, what must be its life + And terrible action? Father, I abjured + This lewd she-wolf. But ah! her fatal vengeance + Struck to my heart. A banished scatterling + I wandered on the earth. + + III:1:12 PRIOR. + Thou didst return? + + III:1:13 ALAR. + And found the being that I loved, and found + Her faithful still. + + III:1:14 PRIOR. + And thou, my son, wert happy? + + III:1:15 ALAR. + Alas! I was no longer free. Strange ties + Had bound a hopeless exile. But she I had loved, + And never ceased to love, for in the form, + Not in the spirit was her faith more pure, + She looked upon me with a glance that told + Her death but in my love. I struggled, nay, + ‘Twas not a struggle, ‘twas an agony. + Her aged sire, her dark impending doom, + And the overwhelming passion of my soul: + My wife died suddenly. + + III:1:16 PRIOR. + And by a life + That should have shielded hers? + + III:1:17 ALAR. + Is there hope of mercy? + Can prayers, can penances, can they avail? + What consecration of my wealth, for I’m rich, + Can aid me? Can it aid me? Can endowments? + Nay, set no bounds to thy unlimited schemes + Of saving charity. Can shrines, can chauntries, + Monastic piles, can they avail? What if + I raise a temple not less proud than this, + Enriched with all my wealth, with all, with all? + Will endless masses, will eternal prayers, + Redeem me from perdition? + + III:1:18 PRIOR. + What, would gold + Redeem the sin it prompted? + + III:1:19 ALAR. + No, by Heaven! + No, Fate had dowered me with wealth might feed + All but a royal hunger. + + III:1:20 PRIOR. + And alone + Thy fatal passion urged thee + + III:1:21 ALAR. + Hah! + + III:1:22 PRIOR. + Probe deep + Thy wounded soul. + + III:1:23 ALAR. + ‘Tis torture: fathomless + I feel the fell incision. + + III:1:24 PRIOR. + There is a lure + Thou dost not own, and yet its awful shade + Lowers in the back-ground of thy soul: thy tongue + Trifles the church’s ear. Beware, my son, + And tamper not with Paradise. + + III:1:25 ALAR. + A breath, + A shadow, essence subtler far than love: + And yet I loved her, and for love had dared + All that I ventured for this twin-born lure + Cradled with love, for which I soiled my soul. + O, father, it was Power. + + III:1:26 PRIOR. + And this dominion + Purchased by thy soul’s mortgage, still is’t thine? + + III:1:27 ALAR. + Yea, thousands bow to him, who bows to thee. + + III:1:28 PRIOR. + Thine is a fearful deed. + + III:1:29 ALAR. + O, is there mercy? + + III:1:30 PRIOR. + Say, is there penitence? + + III:1:31 ALAR. + How shall I gauge it? + What temper of contrition might the church + Require from such a sinner? + + III:1:32 PRIOR. + Is’t thy wish, + Nay, search the very caverns of thy thought, + Is it thy wish this deed were now undone? + + III:1:33 ALAR. + Undone, undone! It is; O, say it were, + And what am I? O, father, wer’t not done, + I should not be less tortured than I’m now; + My life less like a dream of haunting thoughts + Tempting to unknown enormities. The sun + Would rise as beamless on my darkened days, + Night proffer the same torments. Food would fly + My lips the same, and the same restless blood + Quicken my harassed limbs. Undone! undone! + I have no metaphysic faculty + To deem this deed undone. + + III:1:34 PRIOR. + Thou must repent + This terrible deed. Look through thy heart. Thy wife, + There was a time thou lov’dst her? + + III:1:35 ALAR. + I’ll not think + There was a time. + + III:1:36 PRIOR. + And was she fair? + + III:1:37 ALAR. + A form + Dazzling all eyes but mine. + + III:1:38 PRIOR. + And pure? + + III:1:39 ALAR. + No saint + More chaste than she. Her consecrated shape + She kept as ‘twere a shrine, and just as full + Of holy thoughts; her very breath was incense, + And all her gestures sacred as the forms + Of priestly offices! + + III:1:40 PRIOR. + I’ll save thy soul. + Thou must repent that one so fair and pure, + And loving thee so well— + + III:1:41 ALAR. + Father, in vain. + There is a bar betwixt me and repentance. + And yet— + + III:1:42 PRIOR. + Ay, yet— + + III:1:43 ALAR. + The day may come, I’ll kneel + In such a mood, and might there then be hope? + + III:1:44 PRIOR. + We hold the keys that bind and loosen all: + But penitence alone is mercy’s portal. + The obdurate soul is doomed. Remorseful tears + Are sinners’ sole ablution. O, my son, + Bethink thee yet, to die in sin like thine; + Eternal masses profit not thy soul, + Thy consecrated wealth will but upraise + The monument of thy despair. Once more, + Ere yet the vesper lights shall fade away, + I do adjure thee, on the church’s bosom + Pour forth thy contrite heart. + + III:1:45 ALAR. + A contrite heart! + A stainless hand would count for more. I see + No drops on mine. My head is weak, my heart + A wilderness of passion. Prayers, thy prayers! + + [ALARCOS rises suddenly and exit.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 2 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Chamber in the Royal Palace. + + The INFANTA seated in despondency; the KING standing by her side. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + III:2:1 KING. + Indeed, ‘tis noticed. + + III:2:2 SOL. + Solitude is all + I ask; and is it then so great a boon? + + III:2:3 KING. + Nay, solitude’s no princely appanage. + Our state’s a pedestal, which men have raised + That they may gaze on greatness. + + III:2:4 SOL. + A false idol, + And weaker than its worshippers. I’ve lived + To feel my station’s vanity. O, Death, + Thou endest all! + + III:2:5 KING. + Thou art too young to die, + And yet may be too happy. Moody youth + Toys in its talk with the dark thought of death, + As if to die were but to change a robe. + It is their present refuge for all cares + And each disaster. When the sere has touched + Their flowing locks, they prattle less of death, + Perchance think more of it. + + III:2:6 SOL. + Why, what is greatness? + Will’t give me love, or faith, or tranquil thoughts? + No, no, not even justice. + + III:2:7 KING. + ‘Tis thyself + That does thyself injustice. Let the world + Have other speculation than the breach + Of our unfilled vows. They bear too near + And fine affinity to what we would, + Ay, what we will. I would not choose this moment, + Men brood too curiously upon the cause + Of the late rupture, for the cause detected + May bar the consequence. + + III:2:8 SOL. + A day, an hour + Sufficed to crush me. Weeks and weeks pass on + Since I was promised right. + + III:2:9 KING. + Take thou my sceptre + And do thyself this right. Is’t, then, so easy? + + III:2:10 SOL. + Let him who did the wrong, contrive the means + Of his atonement. + + III:2:11 KING. + All a father can, + I have performed. + + III:2:12 SOL. + Ah! then there is no hope. + The Bishop of Ossuna, you did say + He was the learnedest clerk of Christendom, + And you would speak to him? + + III:2:13 KING. + What says Alarcos? + + III:2:14 SOL. + I spoke not to him since I first received + His princely pledge. + + III:2:15 KING. + Call on him to fulfil it. + + III:2:16 SOL. + Can he do more than kings? + + III:2:17 KING. + Yes, he alone; + Alone it rests with him. This learn from me. + There is no other let. + + III:2:18 SOL. + I learn from thee + What other lips should tell me. + + III:2:19 KING. + Girl, art sure + Of this same lover? + + III:2:20 SOL. + O! I’ll never doubt him. + + III:2:21 KING. + And yet may be deceived. + + III:2:22 SOL. + He is as true + As talismanic steel. + + III:2:23 KING. + Why, then thou art, + At least thou should’st be, happy. Smile, Solisa; + For since the Count is true, there is no bar. + Why dost not smile? + + III:2:24 SOL. + I marvel that Alarcos + Hath been so mute on this. + + III:2:25 KING. + But thou art sure + He is most true. + + III:2:26 SOL. + Why should I deem him true? + Have I found truth in any? Woe is me, + I feel as one quite doomed. I know not why + I ever was ill-omened. + + III:2:27 KING. + Listen, girl; + Probe this same lover to the core; ‘tmay be, + I think he is, most true; he should be so + If there be faith in vows, and men ne’er break + The pledge its profits them to keep. And yet— + + III:2:28 SOL. + And what? + + III:2:29 KING. + To be his Sovereign’s cherished friend, + And smiled on by the daughter of his King, + Why that might profit him, and please so much, + His wife’s ill humour might be borne withal. + + III:2:30 SOL. + You think him false? + + III:2:31 KING. + I think he might be true: + But when a man’s well placed, he loves not change. + + [Enter at the back of the Scene Count ALARCOS disguised. + He advances, dropping his Hat and Cloak.] + + Ah, gentle cousin, all our thoughts were thine. + + III:2:32 ALAR. + I marvel men should think. Lady, I’ll hope + Thy thoughts are like thyself, most fair. + + III:2:33 KING. + Her thoughts + Are like her fortunes, lofty, but around + The peaks cling vapours. + + III:2:34 ALAR. + Eagles live in clouds, + And they draw royal breath. + + III:2:35 KING. + I’d have her quit, + This strange seclusion, cousin. Give thine aid + To festive purposes. + + III:2:36 ALAR. + A root, an egg, + Why there’s a feast with a holy mind. + + III:2:37 KING. + If ever + I find my seat within a hermitage, + I’ll think the same. + + III:2:38 ALAR. + You have built shrines, sweet lady? + + III:2:39 SOL. + What then, my lord? + + III:2:40 ALAR. + Why then you might be worshipped, + If your image were in front; I’d bow down + To anything so fair. + + III:2:41 KING. + Dost know, my cousin, + Who waits me now? The deputies from Murcia. + The realm is ours, + + [whispers him] + + is thine. + + III:2:42 ALAR. + The church has realms + Wider than both Castilles. But which of them + Will be our lot; that’s it. + + III:2:43 KING. + Mine own Solisa, + They wait me in my cabinet; + + [aside to her] + + Bethink thee + With whom all rests. + + [Exit the KING.] + + III:2:44 SOL. + You had sport to-day, my lord? + The King was at the chace. + + III:2:45 ALAR. + I breathed my barb. + + III:2:46 SOL. + They say the chace hath charm to cheer the spirit, + + III:2:47 ALAR. + ‘Tis better than prayers. + + III:2:48 SOL. + Indeed, I think I’ll hunt. + You and my father seem so passing gay. + + III:2:49 ALAR. + Why this is no confessional, no shrine + Haunted with presaged gloom. I should be gay + To look at thee and listen to thy voice; + For if fair pictures and sweet sounds enchant + The soul of man, that are but artifice, + How then am I entranced, this living picture + Bright by my side, and listening to this music + That nature gave thee. What’s eternal life + To this inspired mortality! Let priests + And pontiffs thunder, still I feel that here + Is all my joy. + + III:2:50 SOL. + Ah! why not say thy woe? + Who stands between thee and thy rights but me? + Who stands between thee and thine ease but me? + Who bars thy progress, brings thee cares, but me? + Lures thee to impossible contracts, goads thy faith + To mad performance, welcomes thee with sighs, + And parts from them with tears? Is this joy? No! + I am thine evil genius. + + III:2:51 ALAR. + Say my star + Of inspiration. This reality + Baffles their mystic threats. Who talks of cares? + Why, what’s a Prince, if his imperial will + Be bitted by a priest! There’s nought impossible. + Thy sighs are sighs of love, and all thy tears + But affluent tenderness. + + III:2:52 SOL. + You sing as sweet + As did the syrens; is it from the heart, + Or from the lips, that voice? + + III:2:53 ALAR. + Solisa! + + III:2:54 SOL. + Ay! + My ear can catch a treacherous tone; ‘tis trained + To perfidy. My Lord Alarcos, look me + Straight in the face. He quails not. + + III:2:55 ALAR. + O my soul, + Is this the being for whose love I’ve pledged + Even thy forfeit! + + III:2:56 SOL. + Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + Look not so stern! I’m mad; yes, yes, my life + Upon thy truth; I know thou’rt true: he said + It rested but with thee; I said it not, + Nor thought it. + + III:2:57 ALAR. + Lady! + + III:2:58 SOL. + Not that voice! + + III:2:59 ALAR. + I’ll know + Thy thought; the King hath spoken? + + III:2:60 SOL. + Words of joy + And madness. With thyself alone he says + It rests. + + III:2:61 ALAR. + Nor said he more? + + III:2:62 SOL. + It had found me deaf, + For he touched hearings quick. + + III:2:63 ALAR. + Thy faith in me + Hath gone. + + III:2:64 SOL. + I’ll doubt our shrined miracles + Before I doubt Alarcos. + + III:2:65 ALAR. + He’ll believe thee, + For at this moment he has much to endure, + And that he could not. + + III:2:66 SOL. + And yet I must choose + This time to vex thee. O, I am the curse + And blight of the existence, which to bless + Is all my thought! Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + I pray thee pardon me. I am so wretched: + This fell suspense is like a frightful dream + Wherein we fall from heights, yet never reach + The bottomless abyss. It wastes my spirit, + Wears down my life, gnaws ever at my heart, + Makes my brain quick when others are asleep, + And dull when theirs is active. O, Alarcos, + I could lie down and die. + + III:2:67 ALAR. + + [Advancing in soliloquy.] + + Asleep, awake, + In dreams, and in the musing moods that wait + On unfulfilled purposes, I’ve done it; + And thought upon it afterwards, nor shrunk + From the fell retrospect. + + III:2:68 SOL. + He’s wrapped in thought; + Indeed his glance was wild when first he entered, + And his speech lacked completeness. + + III:2:69 ALAR. + How is it then, + The body that should be the viler part, + And made for servile uses, should rebel + ‘Gainst the mind’s mandate, and should hold its aid + Aloof from our adventure? Why the sin + Is in the thought, not in the deed; ‘tis not + The body pays the penalty, the soul + Must clear that awful scot. What palls my arm? + It is not pity; trumpet-tongued ambition + Stifles her plaintive voice; it is not love, + For that inspires the blow! Art thou Solisa? + + III:2:70 SOL. + I am that luckless maiden whom you love. + + III:2:71 ALAR. + You could lie down and die. Who speaks of death? + There is no absolution for self-murder. + Why ‘tis the greater sin of the two. There is + More peril in’t. What, sleep upon your post + Because you are wearied? No, we must spy on + And watch occasions. Even now they are ripe. + I feel a turbulent throbbing at my heart + Will end in action: for there spiritual tumults + Herald great deeds. + + III:2:72 SOL. + It is the church’s scheme + Ever to lengthen suits. + + III:2:73 ALAR. + The church? + + III:2:74 SOL. + Ossana + Leans much to Rome. + + III:2:75 ALAR. + And how concerns us that? + + III:2:76 SOL. + His Grace spoke to the Bishop, you must know? + + III:2:77 ALAR. + Ah, yes! his Grace, the church, it is our friend. + And truly should be so. It gave our griefs, + And it should bear their balm. + + III:2:78 SOL. + Hast pardoned me + That I was querulous? But lovers crossed + Wrangle with those that love them, as it were, + To spite affection. + + III:2:79 ALAR. + We are bound together + As the twin powers of the storm. Very love + Now makes me callous. The great bond is sealed; + Look bright; if gloomy, mortgage future bliss + For present comfort. Trust me ‘tis good ‘surance. + I’ll to the King. + + [Exeunt both.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 3 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Street in Burgos. + + [Enter the COUNT OF LEON, followed by ORAN.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + III:3:1 LEON. + He has been sighing like a Sybarite + These six weeks past, and now he sends to me + To hire my bravo. Well, that smacks of manhood. + He’ll pierce at least one heart, if not the right one. + Murder and marriage! which the greater crime + A schoolman may decide. All arts exhausted, + His death alone remains. A clumsy course. + I care not. Truth, I hate this same Alarcos, + I think it is the colour of his eyes, + But I do hate him; and the royal ear + Lists coldly to me since this same return. + The King leans wholly on him. Sirrah Moor, + All is prepared? + + III:3:2 ORAN. + And prompt. + + III:3:3 LEON. + ‘Tis well; no boggling; + Let it be cleanly done. + + III:3:4 ORAN. + A stab or two, + And the Arlanzon’s wave shall know the rest. + + III:3:5 LEON. + I’ll have to kibe his heels at Court, if you fail. + + III:3:6 ORAN. + There is no fear. We have the choicest spirits + In Burgos. + + III:3:7 LEON. + Goodly gentlemen! you wait + Their presence? + + III:3:8 ORAN. + Here anon. + + III:3:9 LEON. + Good night, dusk infidel, + They’ll take me for an Alguazil. At home + Your news will reach me. + + III:3:10 ORAN. + And were all your throats cut, + I would not weep. O, Allah, let them spend + Their blood upon themselves! My life he shielded, + And now exacts one at my hands; we’re quits + When this is closed. That thought will grace a deed + Otherwise graceless. I would break the chain + That binds me to this man. His callous eye + Repels devotion, while his reckless vein + Demands prompt sacrifice. Now is’t wise this? + Methinks ‘twere wise to touch the humblest heart + Of those that serve us? In maturest plans + There lacks that finish, which alone can flow + From zealous instruments. But here are some + That have no hearts to touch. + + [Enter Four BRAVOs.] + + How now, good senors. + I cannot call them comrades; you’re exact, + As doubtless ye are brave. You know your duty? + + III:3:11 1ST BRAVO. + And will perform it, or my name is changed, + And I’m not Guzman Jaca. + + III:3:12 ORAN. + You well know + The arm you cross is potent? + + III:3:13 2ND BRAVO. + All the steel + Of Calatrava’s knights shall not protect it. + + III:3:14 3RD BRAVO. + And all the knights to boot. + + III:3:15 4TH BRAVO. + A river business. + + III:3:16 ORAN. + The safest sepulchre. + + III:3:17 4TH BRAVO. + A burial ground + Of which we are the priests, and take our fees; + I never cross a stream, but I do feel + A sense of property. + + III:3:18 ORAN. + You know the signal: + And when I boast I’ve friends, they may appear + To prove I am no braggart. + + III:3:19 1ST BRAVO. + To our posts + It shall be cleanly done, and brief. + + III:3:20 2ND BRAVO. + No oaths, + No swagger. + + III:3:21 3RD BRAVO. + Not a word; but all as pleasant + As we were nobles like himself. + + III:3:22 4TH BRAVO. + ‘Tis true, sir; + You deal with gentlemen. + + [Exeunt BRAVOs.] + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + III:3:23 ALAR. + The moon’s a sluggard, + I think, to-night. How now, the Moor that dodged + My steps at vespers. Hem! I like not this. + Friends beneath cloaks; they’re wanted. Save you, sir? + + III:3:24 ORAN. + And you, sir? + + III:3:25 ALAR. + Not the first time we have met, + Or I’ve no eye for lurkers. + + III:3:26 ORAN. + I have tasted + Our common heritage, the air, to-day; + And if the selfsame beam warmed both our bloods, + What then? + + III:3:27 ALAR. + Why nothing; but the sun has set, + And honest men should seek their hearths. + + III:3:28 ORAN. + I wait + My friends. + + [The BRAVOs rush in, and assault COUNT ALARCOS, who, + dropping his Cloak, shows his Sword already drawn, and keeps them at bay.] + + So, so! who plays with princes’ blood? + No sport for varlets. Thus and thus, I’ll teach ye + To know your station. + + III:3:29 1ST BRAVO. + Ah! + + III:3:30 2ND BRAVO. + Away! + + III:3:31 3RD BRAVO. + Fly, fly! + + III:3:32 4TH BRAVO. + No place for quiet men. + + [The BRAVOs run off.] + + III:3:33 ALAR. + A little breath + Is all they have cost me, tho’ their blood has stained + My damask blade. And still the Moor! What ho! + Why fliest not like thy mates? + + III:3:34 ORAN. + Because I wait + To fight. + + III:3:35 ALAR. + Rash caitiff! knowest thou who I am? + + III:3:36 ORAN. + One who I heard was brave, and now has proved it. + + III:3:37 ALAR. + Am I thy foe? + + III:3:38 ORAN. + No more than all thy race. + + III:3:39 ALAR. + Go, save thy life. + + III:3:40 ORAN. + Look to thine own, proud lord. + + III:3:41 ALAR. + Perdition catch thy base-born insolence. + + [They fight: after a long and severe encounter, + ALARCOS disarms ORAN, who falls wounded.] + + III:3:42 ORAN. + Be brief, dispatch me. + + III:3:43 ALAR. + Not a word for mercy? + + III:3:44 ORAN. + Why should’st thou give it? + + III:3:45 ALAR. + ‘Tis not merited, + Yet might be gained. Who set thee on to this? + My sword is at thy throat. Give me his name, + And thine shall live. + + III:3:46 ORAN. + I cannot. + + III:3:47 ALAR. + What, is life + So light a boon? It hangs upon this point. + Bold Moor, is’t then thy love to him who fees thee + Makes thee so faithful? + + III:3:48 ORAN. + No; I hate him. + + III:3:49 ALAR. + What + Restrains thee, then? + + III:3:50 ORAN. + The feeling that restrained + My arm from joining stabbers—Honour. + + III:3:51 ALAR. + Humph! + An overseer of stabbers for some ducats. + And is that honour? + + III:3:52 ORAN. + Once he screened my life, + And this was my return. + + III:3:53 ALAR. + What if I spare + Thy life even now? Wilt thou accord to me + The same devotion? + + III:3:54 ORAN. + Yea; the life thou givest + Thou shouldst command. + + III:3:55 ALAR. + If I, too, have a foe + Crossing my path and blighting all my life? + + III:3:56 ORAN. + This sword should strive to reach him. + + III:3:57 ALAR. + Him! thy bond + Shall know no sex or nation. Limitless + Shall be thy pledge. I’ll claim from thee a life + For that I spare. How now, wilt live? + + III:3:58 ORAN. + To pay + A life for that now spared. + + III:3:59 ALAR. + Swear to thy truth; + Swear by Mahound, and swear by all thy gods, + If thou hast any; swear it by the stars, + In which we all believe; and by thy hopes + Of thy false paradise; swear it by thy soul, + And by thy sword! + + III:3:60 ORAN. + I swear. + + III:3:61 ALAR. + Arise and live. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + THE END OF THE THIRD ACT. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0005" id="link2H_4_0005"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + ACT IV + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 1 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Interior of a Posada frequented by BRAVOs, in an obscure quarter of + Burgos. FLIX at the fire, frying eggs. Men seated at small tables + drinking; others lying on benches. At the side, but in the front of the + Scene, some Beggars squatted on the ground, thrumming a Mandolin; a + Gipsy Girl dancing. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + IV:1:1 A BRAVO. + Come, mother, dost take us for Saracens? I say we are true + Christians, and so must drink wine. + + IV:1:2 ANOTHER BRAVO. + Mother Flix is sour to-night. Keep the evil eye from the olla! + + IV:1:3 3RD BRAVO. + + [advancing to her] + + Thou beauty of Burgos, what are dimples unless seen? Smile! wench. + + IV:1:4 FLIX. + A frying egg will not wait for the King of Cordova. + + IV:1:5 1ST BRAVO. + Will have her way. Graus knows a pretty wife’s worth. A handsome + hostess is bad for the guest’s purse. + + IV:1:6 1ST BRAVO. + + [rising] + + Good companions make good company. Graus, Graus! another flagon. + + IV:1:7 2ND BRAVO. + Of the right Catalan. + + IV:1:8 3RD BRAVO. + Nay, for my omelette. + + IV:1:9 FLIX. + Hungry men think the cook lazy. + + [Enter GRAUS with a Flagon of wine.] + + IV:1:10 1ST BRAVO. + ‘Tis mine. + + IV:1:11 2ND BRAVO. + No, mine. + + IV:1:12 1ST BRAVO. + We’ll share. + + IV:1:13 2ND BRAVO. + No, each man his own beaker; he who shares has the worst half. + + IV:1:14 3RD BRAVO. + + [to FLIX, who brings the omelette] + + An egg and to bed. + + IV:1:15 GRAUS. + Who drinks, first chinks. + + IV:1:16 1ST BRAVO. + The debtor is stoned every day. There will be water-work to-morrow, + and that will wash it out. You know me? + + IV:1:17 GRAUS. + In a long journey and a small inn, one knows one’s company. + + IV:1:18 2ND BRAVO. + Come, I’ll give, but I won’t share. Fill up. + + IV:1:19 GRAUS. + That’s liberal; my way; full measure but prompt pezos; + I loathe your niggards. + + IV:1:20 1ST BRAVO. + As the little tailor of Campillo said, who worked for nothing, + and found thread. + + [To the other BRAVO.] + + Nay, I’ll not refuse; we know each other. + + IV:1:21 2ND BRAVO. + We’ve seen the stars together. + + IV:1:22 AN OLD MAN. + Burgos is not what it was. + + IV:1:23 5TH BRAVO. + + [waking] + + Sleep ends and supper begins. The olla, the olla, Mother Flix; + + [shaking a purse] + + there’s the dinner bell. + + IV:1:24 2ND BRAVO. + That will bring courses. + + IV:1:25 1ST BRAVO. + An ass covered with gold has more respect than a horse with a + pack-saddle. + + IV:1:26 5TH BRAVO. + How for that ass? + + IV:1:27 2ND BRAVO. + Nay, the sheep should have his belly full who quarrels with his mate. + + IV:1:28 5TH BRAVO. + But how for that ass? + + IV:1:29 A FRIAR. + + [advancing] + + Peace be with ye, brethren! A meal in God’s name. + + IV:1:30 5TH BRAVO. + Who asks in God’s name, asks for two. But how for that ass? + + IV:1:31 FLIX. + + [bringing the olla] + + Nay, an ye must brawl, go fight the Moors. ‘Tis a peaceable house, + and we sleep quiet o’ nights. + + IV:1:32 5TH BRAVO. + Am I an ass? + + IV:1:33 FLIX. + He is an ass who talks when he might eat. + + IV:1:34 5TH BRAVO. + A Secadon sausage! Come, mother, I’m all peace; thou’rt a rare hand. + As in thy teeth, comrade, and no more on’t + + IV:1:35 1ST BRAVO. + When I will not, two cannot quarrel. + + IV:1:36 OLD MAN. + Everything is changed for the worse. + + IV:1:37 FRIAR. + For the love of St. Jago, senors; for the love of St. Jago! + + IV:1:38 5TH BRAVO. + When it pleases not God, the saint can do little. + + IV:1:39 2ND BRAVO. + Nay, supper for all, and drink’s the best meat. Some have sung + for it, some danced. There is no fishing for trout in dry breeches. + You shall preach. + + IV:1:40 FRIAR. + Benedicite, brethren— + + IV:1:41 1ST BRAVO. + Nay, no Latin, for the devil’s not here. + + IV:1:42 2ND BRAVO. + And prithee let it be as full of meat as an egg; for we do many + deeds, love not many words. + + IV:1:43 FRIAR. + Thou shalt not steal. + + IV:1:44 1ST BRAVO. + He blasphemes. + + IV:1:45 FRIAR. + But what is theft? + + IV:1:46 2ND BRAVO. + Ay! there it is. + + IV:1:47 FRIAR. + The tailor he steals the cloth, and the miller he steals the meal; + is either a thief? ‘tis the way of trade. But what if our trade + be to steal? Why then our work is to cut purses; to cut purses is + to follow our business; and to follow our business is to obey the + King; and so thieving is no theft. And that’s probatum, and so, amen. + + IV:1:48 5TH BRAVO. + Shall put thy spoon in the olla for that. + + IV:1:49 2ND BRAVO. + And drink this health to our honest fraternity. + + IV:1:50 OLD MAN. + I have heard sermons by the hour; this is brief; every thing falls off. + + [Enter a PERSONAGE masked and cloaked.] + + IV:1:51 1ST BRAVO. + + [to his Companions] + + See’st yon mask? + + IV:1:52 2ND BRAVO. + ‘Tis strange. + + IV:1:53 GRAUS. + + [to FLIX] + + Who is this? + + IV:1:54 FLIX. + The fool wonders, the wise man asks. Must have no masks here. + + IV:1:55 GRAUS. + An obedient wife commands her husband. Business with a stranger, + title enough. + + [Advancing and addressing the Mask.] + + Most noble Senor Mask. + + IV:1:56 THE UNKNOWN. + Well, fellow! + + IV:1:57 GRAUS. + Hem; as it may be. D’ye see, most noble Senor Mask, that ‘tis an + orderly house this, frequented by certain honest gentlemen, that + take their siesta, and eat a fried egg after their day’s work, + and so are not ashamed to show their faces. Ahem! + + IV:1:58 THE UNKNOWN. + As in truth I am in such villanous company. + + IV:1:59 GRAUS. + Wheugh! but ‘tis not the first ill word that brings a blow. + Would’st sup indifferently well here at a moderate rate, we are + thy servants. My Flix hath reputation at the frying-pan, and my + wine hath made lips smack; but here, senor, faces must be uncovered. + + IV:1:60 THE UNKNOWN. + Poh! poh! + + IV:1:61 GRAUS. + Nay, then, I will send some to you shall gain softer words. + + IV:1:62 1ST BRAVO. + Why, what’s this? + + IV:1:63 2ND BRAVO. + Our host is an honest man, and has friends. + + IV:1:64 5TH BRAVO. + Let me finish my olla, and I will discourse with him. + + IV:1:65 THE UNKNOWN. + Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. I come here on business, + and with you all. + + IV:1:66 1ST BRAVO. + Carraho! and who’s this? + + IV:1:67 THE UNKNOWN. + One who knows you, though you know not him. One whom you have never + seen, yet all fear. And who walks at night, and where he likes. + + IV:1:68 2ND BRAVO. + The devil himself! + + IV:1:69 THE UNKNOWN. + It may be so. + + IV:1:70 2ND BRAVO. + Sit by me, Friar, and speak Latin. + + IV:1:71 THE UNKNOWN. + There is a man missing in Burgos, and I will know where he is. + + IV:1:72 OLD MAN. + There were many men missing in my time. + + IV:1:73 THE UNKNOWN. + Dead or alive, I care not; but land or water, river or turf, I will + know where the body is stowed. See + + [shaking a purse] + + here is eno’ to point all the poniards of the city. You shall + have it to drink his health. + + IV:1:74 A BRAVO. + How call you him? + + IV:1:75 THE UNKNOWN. + Oran, the Moor. + + IV:1:76 1ST BRAVO. + + [Jumping from his seat and approaching the Stranger.] + + My name is Guzman Jaca; my hand was in that business. + + IV:1:77 THE UNKNOWN. + With the Moor and three of your comrades? + + IV:1:78 1ST BRAVO. + The same. + + IV:1:79 THE UNKNOWN. + And how came your quarry to fly next day? + + IV:1:80 1ST BRAVO. + Very true; ‘twas a bad business for all of us. I fought like + a lion; see, my arm is still bound up; but he had advice of + our visit; and no sooner had we saluted him, than there + suddenly appeared a goodly company of twelve serving-men, + or say twelve to fifteen— + + IV:1:81 THE UNKNOWN. + You lie; he walked alone. + + IV:1:82 1ST BRAVO. + Very true; and if I am forced to speak the whole truth, it was thus. + I fought like a lion; see, my arm is still bound up; but I was not + quite his match alone, for I had let blood the day before, and my + comrades were taken with a panic, and so left me in the lurch. + And now you have it all. + + IV:1:83 THE UNKNOWN. + And Oran? + + IV:1:84 1ST BRAVO. + He fled at once. + + IV:1:85 THE UNKNOWN. + Come, come, Oran did not fly. + + IV:1:86 1ST BRAVO. + Very true. We left him alone with the Count. + And now you have it all. + + IV:1:87 THE UNKNOWN. + Had he slain him, the body would have been found. + + IV:1:88 1ST BRAVO. + Very true. That’s the difference between us professional + performers, and you mere amateurs; we never leave the bodies. + + IV:1:89 THE UNKNOWN. + And you can tell me nothing of him? + + IV:1:90 1ST BRAVO. + No, but I engage to finish the Count, any night you like now, + for I have found out his lure. + + IV:1:91 THE UNKNOWN. + How’s that? + + IV:1:92 1ST BRAVO. + Every evening, about an hour after sunset, he enters by a private + way the citadel. + + IV:1:93 THE UNKNOWN. + Hah! what more? + + IV:1:94 1ST BRAVO. + He is stagged; there is a game playing, but what I know not. + + IV:1:95 THE UNKNOWN. + Your name is Guzman Jaca? + + IV:1:96 1ST BRAVO. + The same. + + IV:1:97 THE UNKNOWN. + Honest fellow! there’s gold for you. You know nothing of Oran? + + IV:1:98 1ST BRAVO. + Maybe he has crawled to some place wounded. + + IV:1:99 THE UNKNOWN. + To die like a bird. Look after him. If I wish more, I know + where to find you. What ho, Master Host! I cannot wait to + try your mistress’s art to-night; but here’s my scot for our + next supper. + + [Exit THE UNKNOWN.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 2 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Chamber in the Palace of Alarcos. + + The COUNTESS and SIDONIA. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + IV:2:1 SIDO. + Lady, you’re moved: nay, ‘twas an idle word. + + IV:2:2 COUN. + But was it true? + + IV:2:3 SIDO. + And yet might little mean. + + IV:2:4 COUN. + That I should live to doubt! + + IV:2:5 SIDO. + But do not doubt; + Forget it, lady. You should know him well; + Nay, do not credit it. + + IV:2:6 COUN. + He’s very changed. + I would not own, no, not believe that change, + I’ve given it every gloss that might confirm + My sinking heart. Time and your tale agree; + Alas! ‘tis true. + + IV:2:7 SIDO. + I hope not; still believe + It is not true. Would that I had not spoken! + It was unguarded prate. + + IV:2:8 COUN. + You have done me service: + Condemned, the headsman is no enemy, + Bat closes suffering. + + IV:2:9 SIDO. + Yet a bitter doom + To torture those you’d bless. I have a thought. + What if this eve you visit this same spot, + That shrouds these meetings? If he’s wanting then, + The rest might prove as false. + + IV:2:10 COUN. + He will be there, + I feel he will be there. + + IV:2:11 SIDO. + We should not think so, + Until our eyes defeat our hopes. + + IV:2:12 COUN. + O Burgos, + My heart misgave me when I saw thy walls! + To doubt is madness, yet ‘tis not despair, + And that may be my lot. + + IV:2:13 SIDO. + The palace gardens + Are closed, except to master-keys. Here’s one, + My office gives it me, and it can count + Few brethren. You will be alone. + + IV:2:14 COUN. + Alas! + I dare not hope so. + + IV:2:15 SIDO. + Well, well, think of this; + Yet take the key. + + IV:2:16 COUN. + O that it would unlock + The heart now closed to me! To watch his ways + Was once my being. Shall I prove the spy + Of joys I may not share? I will not take + That fatal key. + + IV:2:17 SIDO. + ‘Tis well; I pray you, pardon + My ill-timed zeal. + + IV:2:18 COUN. + Indeed, I should be grateful + That one should wish to serve me. Can it be? + ‘Tis not two months, two little, little months, + You crossed this threshold first; Ah! gentle air, + And we were all so gay! What have I done? + What is all this? so sudden and so strange? + It is not true, I feel it is not true; + ‘Tis factious care that clouds his brow, and calls + For all this timed absence. His brain’s busy + With the State. Is’t not so? I prithee speak, + And say you think it. + + IV:2:19 SIDO. + You should know him well; + And if you deem it so, why I should deem + The inference just. + + IV:2:20 COUN. + Yet if he were not there, + How happy I should sleep! there is no peril; + The garden’s near; and is there shame? ‘Tis love + Makes me a lawful spy. He’ll not be there, + And then there is no prying. + + IV:2:21 SIDO. + Near at hand, + Crossing the way that bounds your palace court, + There is a private portal. + + IV:2:22 COUN. + If I go, + He will not miss me. Ah, I would he might! + So very near; no, no; I cannot go; + And yet I’ll take the key. + + [Takes the key.] + + Would thou could’st speak, + Thou little instrument, and tell me all + The secrets of thy office! My heart beats; + ‘Tis my first enterprise; I would it were + To do him service. No, I cannot go; + Farewell, kind sir; indeed I am so troubled, + I must retire. + + [Exit COUNTESS.] + + IV:2:23 SIDO. + Thy virtue makes me vile; + And what should move my heart inflames my soul. + O marvellous world, wherein I play the villain + From very love of excellence! But for him, + I’d be the rival of her stainless thoughts + And mate her purity. Hah! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + IV:2:24 ORAN. + My noble lord! + + IV:2:25 SIDO. + The Moor! + + IV:2:26 ORAN. + Your servant. + + IV:2:27 SIDO. + Here! ‘tis passing strange. + How’s this? + + IV:2:28 ORAN. + The accident of war, my lord. + I am a prisoner. + + IV:2:29 SIDO. + But at large, it seems. + You have betrayed me + + IV:2:30 ORAN. + Had I chosen that, + I had been free and you not here. I fought, + And fell in single fight. Why spared I know not, + But that the lion’s generous. + + IV:2:31 SIDO. + Will you prove + Your faith + + IV:2:32 ORAN. + Nay, doubt it not. + + IV:2:33 SIDO. + You still can aid me. + + IV:2:34 ORAN. + I am no traitor, and my friends shall find + I am not wanting. + + IV:2:35 SIDO. + Quit these liberal walls + Where you’re not watched. In brief, I’ve coined a tale + Has touched the Countess to the quick. She seeks, + Alone or scantly tended, even now, + The palace gardens; eager to discover + A faithless husband, where she’ll chance to find + One more devout. My steeds and servants wait + At the right post; my distant castle soon + Shall hold this peerless wife. Your resolute spirit + May aid me much. How say you, is it well + That we have met? + + IV:2:36 ORAN. + Right well. I will embark + Most heartily in this. + + IV:2:37 SIDO. + With me at once. + + IV:2:38 ORAN. + At once? + + IV:2:39 SIDO. + No faltering. You have learned and know + Too much to spare you from my sight, good Oran. + With me at once. + + IV:2:40 ORAN. + ‘Tis urgent; well at once, + And I will do good service, or I’ll die. + For what is life unless to aid the life + Has aided thine? + + IV:2:41 SIDO. + On then; with me no eye + Will look with jealousy upon thy step. + + [Exeunt both.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 3 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A retired spot in the Gardens of the Palace. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + IV:3:1 COUN. + Is’t guilt, that I thus tremble? Why should I + Feel like a sinner? I’ll not dare to meet + His flashing eye. O, with what scorn, what hate + His lightning glance will wither me. Away, + I will away. I care not whom he meets. + What if he love me not, he shall not loathe + The form he once embraced. I’ll be content + To live upon the past, and dream again + It may return. Alas! were I the false one, + I could not feel more humbled. Ah, he comes! + I’ll lie, I’ll vow I’m vile, that I came here + To meet another, anything but that + I dared to doubt him. What, my Lord Sidonia! + + [Enter SIDONIA.] + + IV:3:2 SIDO. + Thy servant and thy friend. Ah! gentle lady, + I deemed this unused scene and ill-timed hour + might render solace welcome. He’ll not come; + Ho crossed the mountains, ere the set of sun, + Towards Briviesca. + + IV:3:3 COUN. + Holy Virgin, thanks! + Home, home! + + IV:3:4 SIDO. + And can a hearth neglected cause + Such raptures? + + IV:3:5 COUN. + I, and only I, neglect it; + My cheek is fire, that I should ever dare + To do this stealthy deed. + + IV:3:6 SIDO. + And yet I feel + I could do one as secret and more bold. + A moment, lady; do not turn away + With that cold look. + + IV:3:7 COUN. + My children wait me, sir; + Yet I would thank you, for you meant me kindness. + + IV:3:8 SIDO. + And mean it yet. Ah! beauteous Florimonde, + It is the twilight hour, when hearts are soft, + And mine is like the quivering light of eve; + I love thee! + + IV:3:9 COUN. + And for this I’m here, and he, + He is not false! O happiness! + + IV:3:10 SIDO. + Sweet lady— + + IV:3:11 COUN. + My Lord Sidonia, I can pardon thee, + I am so joyful. + + IV:3:12 SIDO. + Nay, then. + + IV:3:13 COUN. + Unhand me, Sir! + + IV:3:14 SIDO. + But to embrace this delicate waist. Thou art mine: + I’ve sighed and thou hast spurned. What is not yielded + In war we capture. Ere a flying hour, + Thy hated Burgos vanishes. That voice; + What, must I stifle it, who fain would listen + For ever to its song? In vain thy cry, + For none are here but mine. + + [Enter ORAN.] + + IV:3:15 ORAN. + Turn, robber, turn— + + IV:3:16 SIDO. + Ah! treason in the camp! Thus to thy heart. + + [They fight. ORAN beats off SIDONIA, they leave the scene fighting; + the COUNTESS swoons.] + + [Enter a procession with lighted torches, attending the Infanta SOLISA + from Mass.] + + IV:3:17 1ST USH. + A woman! + + IV:3:18 2ND USH. + Does she live + + IV:3:19 SOL. + What stops our course? + + [The Train ranging themselves on each side, the Infanta approaches + the COUNTESS.] + + IV:3:20 SOL. + Most strange and lovely vision! Does she breathe? + I’ll not believe ‘tis death. Her hand is cold, + And her brow damp; Griselda, Julia, maidens + Hither, and yet stand off; give her free air. + How shall we bear her home? Now, good Lorenzo, + You, and Sir Miguel, raise her; gently, gently. + Still gently, sirs. By heavens, the fairest face + I yet did gaze on! Some one here should know her. + ‘Tis one that must be known. That’s well; relieve + That kerchief from her neck; mind not our state; + I’ll by her side; a swoon, methinks; no more, + Let’s hope and pray! + + [They raise the body of the COUNTESS, and bear her away.] + + [Enter Count of LEON.] + + IV:3:21 LEON. + I’ll fathom this same mystery, + If there be wit in Burgos. I have heard, + Before I knew the Court, old Nunez Leon + Whisper strange things—and what if they prove true? + It is not exile twice would cure that scar. + I’ll reach him yet. ‘Tis likely he may pass + This way; ‘tis lonely, and well suits a step + Would not be noticed. Ha! a man approaches; + I’ll stand awhile aside. + + [Re-enter ORAN.] + + IV:3:22 ORAN. + Gone, is she gone! + Yet safe I feel. O Allah! thou art great! + The arm she bound, and tended with that glance + Of sweet solicitude, has saved her life, + And more than life. The dark and reckless villains! + O! I could curse them, but my heart is soft + With holy triumph. I’m no more an outcast. + And when she calls me, I’d not change my lot + To be an Emir. In their hall to-night + There will be joy, and Oran will have smiles. + This house has knit me to their fate by ties + Stronger than gyves of iron. + + IV:3:23 LEON. + Do I see + The man I seek? Oran! + + [ORAN turns, and recognising Leon, rushes and seizes him.] + + IV:3:24 ORAN. + Incarnate fiend, + Give her me, give her me! + + IV:3:25 LEON. + Off, ruffian, off! + + IV:3:26 ORAN. + I have thee and I’ll hold thee. If I spare + Thy damned life, and do not dash thee down, + And trample on thee, fiend, it is because + Thou art the gaoler of a pearl of price + I cannot gain without thee. Now, where is she? + Now by thy life! + + IV:3:27 LEON. + Why, thou outrageous Moor, + Hast broken thy false prophet’s rule, and so + Fell into unused drink, that thus thou darest + To flout me with thy cloudy menaces? + What mean’st thou, sir? And what have I withheld + From thy vile touch? By heavens, I pass my days + In seeking thy dusk corpse, I deemed well drilled + Ere this, but it awaits my vengeance. + + IV:3:28 ORAN. + Boy! + Licentious boy! Where is she? Now, by Allah! + This poniard to thy heart, unless thou tell’st me. + + IV:3:29 LEON. + Whom dost thou mean? + + IV:3:30 ORAN. + Thy comrade and thy crew + They all have fled. I left the Countess here. + She’s gone. Thou fill’st her place. + + IV:3:31 LEON. + What Countess? Speak. + + IV:3:32 ORAN. + The Count Alarcos’ wife. + + IV:3:33 LEON. + The Count Alarcos! + I’d be right glad to see him; but his wife + Concerns the Lord Sidonia. If he have played + Some Pranks here ‘tis a fool, and he has marred + More than he’ll ever make. My time’s worth gems; + My knightly word, dusk Moor, I tell thee truth. + I will forget these jest, but we must meet + This night at my palace. + + IV:3:34 ORAN. + I’ll see her first. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + IV:3:35 LEON. + Is it the Carnival? What mummery’s this? + What have I heard? One thing alone is clear. + We must be rid of Oran. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 4 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Chamber in the Palace. + The Countess ALARCOS lying on a Couch, + the Infanta kneeling at her side; + MAIDENS grouped around. A PHYSICIAN and the PAGE. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + IV:4:1 SOL. + Didst ever see so fair a skin? Her bodice + Should still be loosened. Bring the Moorish water, + Griselda, you. They are the longest lashes! + They hang upon her cheek. Doctor, there’s warmth; + The blood returns? + + IV:4:2 PHY. + But slowly. + + IV:4:3 SOL. + Beauteous creature! + She seems an angel fallen from some star. + ‘Twas well we passed. Untie that kerchief, Julia; + Teresa, wave the fan. There seems a glow + Upon her cheek, what but a moment since + Was like a sculptured saint’s. + IV:4:4 PHY. + She breathes. + + IV:4:5 SOL. + Hush, hush! + + IV:4:6 COUN. + And what is this? where am I? + + IV:4:7 SOL. + With thy friends. + + IV:4:8 COUN. + It is not home. + + IV:4:9 SOL. + If kindness make a home, + Believe it such. + + [The PHYSICIAN signifies silence.] + + Nay lady, not a word, + Those lips must now be closed. I’ve seen such eyes + In pictures, girls. + + IV:4:10 PHY. + Methinks she’ll sleep. + + IV:4:11 SOL. + ‘Tis well. + Maidens, away. I’ll be her nurse; and, doctor, + Remain within. + + [Exeunt PHYSICIAN and MAIDENS.] + + Know you this beauteous dame? + + IV:4:12 PAGE. + I have heard minstrels tell that fays are found + In lonely places. + + IV:4:13 SOL. + Well, she’s magical. + She draws me charm-like to her. Vanish, imp, + And see our chamber still. + + [Exit PAGE.] + + It is the hour + Alarcos should be here. Ah! happy hour, + That custom only makes more strangely sweet! + His brow has lost its cloud. The bar’s removed + To our felicity; time makes amends + To patient sufferers. + + [Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + Hush, my own love, hush! + + [SOLISA takes his hand and leads him aside.] + + So strange an incident! the fairest lady! + Found in our gardens; it would seem a swoon; + Myself then passing; hither we have brought her; + She is so beautiful, you’ll almost deem + She bears some charmed life. You know that fays + Are found in lonely places. + + IV:4:14 ALAR. + In thy garden! + Indeed ‘tis strange! The Virgin guard thee, love. + I am right glad I’m here. Alone to tend her, + ‘Tis scarcely wise. + + IV:4:15 SOL. + I think when she recovers, + She’ll wave her wings and fly. + + IV:4:16 ALAR. + Nay, for one glance! + In truth you paint her bright. + + IV:4:17 SOL. + E’en now she sleeps. + Tread lightly, love; I’ll lead you. + + [SOLISA cautiously leads ALARCOS to the couch; + as they approach it, the COUNTESS opens her eyes and shrieks.] + + IV:4:18 COUN. + Ah! ‘tis true, + Alarcos + [relapses into a swoon.] + + IV:4:19 ALAR. + Florimonde! + + IV:4:20 SOL. + Who is this lady? + + IV:4:21 ALAR. + It is my wife. + + IV:4:22 SOL. + + [flings away his arms and rushes forward.] + + —Not mad! + Virgin and Saints be merciful; not mad! + O spare my brain one moment; ‘tis his wife. + I’m lost: she is too fair. The secret’s out + Of sick delays. He’s feigned; he has but feigned. + + [Rushing to Alarcos.] + + Is that thy wife? and I? and what am I? + A trifled toy, a humoured instrument? + To guide with glozing words, vilely cajole + With petty perjuries? Is that thy wife? + Thou said’st she was not fair, thou did’st not love her: + Thou lied’st. O, anguish, anguish! + + IV:4:23 ALAR. + By the cross, + My soul is pure to thee. I’m wildered quite. + How came she here + + IV:4:24 SOL. + As she shall ne’er return. + Now, Count Alarcos, by the cross thou swearest + Thy faith is true to me. + + IV:4:25 ALAR. + Ay, by the cross, + + IV:4:26 SOL. + Give me thy dagger. + + IV:4:27 ALAR. + Not that hand or mine. + + IV:4:28 SOL. + Is this thy passion! + + [Takes his dagger.] + + Thus I gain the heart + I should despise. + + [Rushes to the couch.] + + IV:4:29 COUN. + What’s this I see? + + IV:4:30 ALAR. + + [seizing the Infanta’s upraised arm] + + A dream + A horrid dream, yet but a dream. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + THE END OF THE FOURTH ACT. +</pre> + <p> + <a name="link2H_4_0006" id="link2H_4_0006"> + <!-- H2 anchor --> </a> + </p> + <div style="height: 4em;"> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </div> + <h2> + ACT V + </h2> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 1 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + Exterior of the Castle of Alarcos in the valley of Arlanzon. + + [Enter the COUNTESS.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + V:1:1 COUN. + I would recall the days gone by, and live + A moment in the past; if but to fly + The dreary present pressing on my brain, + Woe’s omened harbinger. In exiled love + The scene he drew so fair! Ye castled crags, + The sunbeam plays on your embattled cliffs, + And softens your stern visage, as his love + Softened our early sorrows. But my sun + Has set for ever! Once we talked of cares + And deemed that we were sad. Men fancy sorrows + Until time brings the substance of despair, + And then their griefs are shadows. Give me exile! + It brought me love. Ah! days of gentle joy, + When pastime only parted us, and he + Returned with tales to make our children stare; + Or called my lute, while, round my waist entwined, + His hand kept chorus to my lay. No more! + O, we were happier than the happy birds; + And sweeter were our lives than the sweet flowers; + The stars were not more tranquil in their course, + Yet not more bright! The fountains in their play + Did most resemble us, that as they flow + Still sparkle! + + [Enter ORAN.] + + Oran, I am very sad. + + V:1:2 ORAN. + Cheer up, sweet lady, for the God of all + Will guard the innocent. + + V:1:3 COUN. + Think you he’ll come + To visit us? Methinks he’ll never come. + + V:1:4 ORAN. + He’s but four leagues away. This vicinage + Argues a frequent presence. + + V:1:5 COUN. + But three nights— + Have only three nights past? It is an epoch + Distant and dim with passion. There are seasons + Feelings crowd on so, time not flies but staggers; + And memory poises on her burthened plumes + To gloat upon her prey. Spoke he of coming? + + V:1:6 ORAN. + His words were scant and wild, and yet he murmured + That I should see him. + + V:1:7 COUN. + I’ve not seen him since + That fatal night, yet even that glance of terror— + I’d hail it now. O, Oran, Oran, think you + He ever more will love me? Can I do + Aught to regain his love? They say your people + Are learned in these questions. Once I thought + There was no spell like duty—that devotion + Would bulwark love for ever. Now, I’d distil + Philtres, converse with moonlit hags, defile + My soul with talismans, bow down to spirits, + And frequent accursed places, all, yea all— + I’d forfeit all—but to regain his love. + + V:1:8 ORAN. + There is a cloud now rising in the west, + In shape a hand, and scarcely would its grasp + Exceed mine own, it is so small; a spot, + A speck; see now again its colour flits! + A lurid tint; they call it on our coast + ‘The hand of God;’ I for when its finger rises + From out the horizon, there are storms abroad + And awful judgments. + + V:1:9 COUN. + Ah! it beckons me. + + V:1:10 ORAN. + Lady! + + V:1:11 COUN. + Yes, yes, see now the finger moves + And points to me. I feel it on my spirit. + + V:1:12 ORAN. + Methinks it points to me— + + V:1:13 COUN. + To both of us. + It may be so. And what would it portend? + My heart’s grown strangely calm. If there be chance + Of storms, my children should be safe. Let’s home. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 2 + + An illuminated Hall in the Royal Palace at Burgos; + in the background Dancers. + + Groups of GUESTS passing. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + V:2:1 1ST GUEST. + Radiant! + + V:2:2 2ND GUEST. + Recalls old days. + + V:2:3 3RD GUEST. + The Queen herself + Ne’er revelled it so high! + + V:2:4 4TH GUEST. + The Infanta beams + Like some bright star! + + V:2:5 5TH GUEST. + And brighter for the cloud + A moment screened her. + + V:2:6 6TH GUEST. + Is it true ‘tis over + Between the Count Sidonia and the Lara? + + V:2:7 1ST GUEST. + A musty tale. The fair Alarcos wins him. + Where’s she to-night? + + V:2:8 2ND GUEST. + All on the watch to view + Her entrance to our world. + + V:2:9 3RD GUEST. + The Count is here. + + V:2:10 4TH GUEST. + Where? + + V:2:11 3RD GUEST. + With the King; at least a moment since. + + V:2:12 2ND GUEST. + They say she’s ravishing. + + V:2:13 4TH GUEST. + Beyond belief! + + V:2:14 3RD GUEST. + The King affects him much. + + V:2:15 5TH GUEST. + He’s all in all. + + V:2:16 6TH GUEST. + Yon Knight of Calatrava, who is he? + + V:2:17 1ST GUEST. + Young Mendola. + + V:2:18 2ND GUEST. + What he so rich? + + V:2:19 1ST GUEST. + The same. + + V:2:20 2ND GUEST. + The Lara smiles on him. + + V:2:21 1ST GUEST. + No worthier quarry + + V:2:22 3RD GUEST. + Who has the vacant Mastership? + + V:2:23 4TH GUEST. + I’ll back + The Count of Leon. + + V:2:24 3RD GUEST. + Likely; he stands well + With the Lord Admiral. + + [They move away.] + + [The Counts of SIDONIA and LEON come forward.] + + V:2:25 LEON. + Doubt as you like, + Credulity will come, and in good season. + + V:2:26 SIDO. + She is not here that would confirm your tale. + + V:2:27 LEON. + ‘Tis history, my Sidonia. Strange events + Have happened, stranger come. + + V:2:28 SIDO. + I’ll not believe it. + And favoured by the King! What can it mean? + + V:2:29 LEON. + What no one dares to say. + + V:2:30 SIDO. + A clear divorce. + O that accursed garden! But for that— + + V:2:31 LEON. + ‘Twas not my counsel. Now I’d give a purse + To wash good Oran in Arlanzon’s wave; + The dusk dog needs a cleansing. + + V:2:32 SIDO. + Hush! here comes + Alarcos and the King. + + [They retire: the KING and COUNT ALARCOS advance.] + + V:2:33 KING. + Solisa looks + A Queen. + + V:2:34 ALAR. + The mirror of her earliest youth + Ne’er shadowed her so fair! + + V:2:35 KING. + I am young again, + Myself to-night. It quickens my old blood + To see my nobles round me. This goes well. + ‘Tis Courts like these that make a King feel proud. + Thy future subjects, cousin. + + V:2:36 ALAR. + Gracious Sire, + I would be one. + + V:2:37 KING. + Our past seclusion lends + A lustre to this revel. + + [The KING approaches the Count of LEON; SOLISA advances to ALARCOS.] + + V:2:38 SOL. + Why art thou grave? + I came to bid thee smile. In truth, to-night + I feel a lightness of the heart to me + Hath long been strange. + + V:2:39 ALAR. + ‘Tis passion makes me grave. + I muse upon thy beauty. Thus I’d read + My oppressed spirit, for in truth these sounds + Jar on my humour. + + V:2:40 SOL. + Now my brain is vivid + With wild and blissful images. Canst guess + What laughing thought unbidden, but resistless, + Plays o’er my mind to-night? Thou canst not guess: + Meseems it is our bridal night. + + V:2:41 ALAR. + Thy fancy + Outruns the truth but scantly. + + V:2:42 SOL. + Not a breath. + Our long-vexed destinies—even now their streams + Blend in one tide. It is the hour, Alarcos: + There is a spirit whispering in my ear, + The hour is come. I would I were a man + But for a rapid hour. Should I rest here, + Prattling with gladsome revellers, when time, + Steered by my hand, might bring me to a port + I long had sighed to enter? But, alas! + These are a woman’s thoughts. + + V:2:43 ALAR. + And yet I share them. + + V:2:44 SOL. + Why not to-night? Now, when our hearts are high, + Our fancies glowing, pulses fit for kings, + And the whole frame and spirit of the man + Prepared for daring deeds? + + V:2:45 ALAR. + And were it done— + Why then ‘twere not to do. + + V:2:46 SOL. + The mind grows dull, + Dwelling on method of its deeds too long. + Our schemes should brood as gradual as the storm; + Their acting should be lightning. How far is’t? + + V:2:47 ALAR. + An hour. + + V:2:48 SOL. + Why it wants two to midnight yet. + O could I see thee but re-enter here, + Ere yet the midnight clock strikes on my heart + The languish of new hours—I’d not ask thee + Why I had missed the mien, that draws to it ever + My constant glance. There’d need no speech between us; + For I should meet—my husband. + + V:2:49 ALAR. + ‘Tis the burthen + Of this unfilled doom weighs on my spirit. + Why am I here? My heart and face but mar + This festive hall. To-night, why not to-night? + The night will soon have past: then ‘twill be done. + We’ll meet again to-night. + + [Exit ALARCOS.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + SCENE 3 +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + A Hall in the Castle of ALARCOS; + in the back of the Scene a door leading to another Apartment. +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + V:3:1 ORAN. + Reveal the future, lightnings! Then I’d hail + That arrowy flash. O darker than the storm + Cowed as the beasts now crouching in their caves, + Is my sad soul. Impending o’er this house, + I feel some bursting fate, my doomed arm + In vain would ward, + + [Enter a MAN AT ARMS.] + + How now, hast left thy post? + + V:3:2 MAN. + O worthy Castellan, the lightnings play + Upon our turrets, that no human step + Can keep the watch. Each forky flash seems missioned + To scathe our roof, and the whole platform flows + With a blue sea of flame. + + V:3:3 ORAN. + It is thy post. + No peril clears desertion. To thy post. + Mark me, my step will be as prompt as thine; + I will relieve thee. + + [Exit MAN AT ARMS.] + + Let the mischievous fire + Wither this head. O Allah! grant no fate + More dire awaits me. + + [Enter the COUNT ALARCOS.] + + Hah! the Count! My lord, + In such a night! + + V:3:4 ALAR. + A night that’s not so wild + As this tempestuous breast. How is she, Oran? + + V:3:5 ORAN. + Well. + + V:3:6 ALAR. + Ever well. + + V:3:7 ORAN. + The children— + + V:3:8 ALAR. + Wine, I’m wearied, + The lightning scared my horse; he’s galled my arm. + Get me some wine. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + The storm was not to stop me. + The mind intent construes each natural act + To a personal bias, and so catches judgments + In every common course. In truth the flash, + Though it seemed opening hell, was not so dreadful + As that wild glaring hall. + + [Re-enter ORAN with a goblet and flagon.] + + Ah! this re-mans me! + I think the storm has lulled. Another cup. + Go see, good Oran, how the tempest speeds. + + [Exit ORAN.] + + An hour ago I did not dare to think + I’d drink wine more. + + [Re-enter ORAN.] + + V:3:9 ORAN. + The storm indeed has lulled + As by a miracle; the sky is clear, + There’s not a breath of air; and from the turret + I heard the bell of Huelgas. + + V:3:10 ALAR. + Then ‘twas nothing. + My spirit vaults! Oran, thou dost remember + The night that we first met? + + V:3:11 ORAN. + ‘Tis graven deep + Upon my heart. + + V:3:12 ALAR. + I think thou lov’st me, Oran? + + V:3:13 ORAN. + And all thy house. + + V:3:14 ALAR. + Nay, thou shalt love but me. + I’ll no divisions in the hearts that are mine. + + V:3:15 ORAN. + I have no love but that which knits me to thee + With deeper love. + + V:3:16 ALAR. + I found thee, Oran, what— + I will not say. And now thou art, good Oran, + A Prince’s Castellan. + + V:3:17 ORAN. + I feel thy bounty. + + V:3:18 ALAR. + Thou shalt be more. But serve me as I would, + And thou shalt name thy meed. + + V:3:19 ORAN. + To serve my lord + Is my sufficient meed. + + V:3:20 ALAR. + Come hither, Oran, + Were there a life between me and my life, + And all that makes that life a thing to cling to, + Love, Honour, Power, ay, what I will not name + Nor thou canst image—yet enough to stir + Ambition in the dead—I think, good Oran, + Thou would’st not see me foiled? + + V:3:21 ORAN. + Thy glory’s dearer + Than life to me. + + V:3:22 ALAR. + I knew it, I knew it. + Thou shalt share all; thy alien blood shall be + No bar to thy preferment. Hast thou brothers? + I’ll send for them. An aged sire, perchance? + Here’s gold for him. Count it thyself. Contrive + All means of self-enjoyment. To the full + They shall lap up fruition. Thou hast, all have, + Some master wish which still eludes thy grasp, + And still’s the secret idol of thy soul; + ‘Tis gained. And only if thou dost, good Oran, + What love and duty prompt. + + V:3:23 ORAN. + Count on my faith, + I stand prepared to prove it. + + V:3:24 ALAR. + Good, good, Oran. + It is an hour to midnight? + + V:3:25 ORAN. + The moon is not + Within her midnight bower, yet near. + + V:3:26 ALAR. + So late! + The Countess sleeps? + + V:3:27 ORAN. + She has long retired. + + V:3:28 ALAR. + She sleeps, + O, she must wake no more! + + V:3:29 ORAN. + Thy wife! + + V:3:30 ALAR. + It must + Be done, ere yet the Castle chime shall tell + Night wanes. + + V:3:31 ORAN. + Thy wife! God of my fathers! none + Can do this deed! + + V:3:32 ALAR. + Upon thy hand it rests. + The deed must fall on thee. + + V:3:33 ORAN. + I will not do it. + + V:3:34 ALAR. + Thine oath, thine oath! Hast thou forgot thine oath? + Thou owest me a life, and now I claim it. + What, hast thou trifled with me? Hast thou fooled + With one whose point was at thy throat? Beware! + Thou art my slave, and I have branded thee + With this infernal ransom! + + V:3:35 ORAN. + I am thy slave, + And I will be thy slave, and all my days + Devoted to perdition. Not for gold + Or worldly worth; to cheer no aged parent, + Though I have one, a mother; not to bask + My seed within thy beams; to feed no passions + And gorge no craving vanity; but because + Thou gavest me life, and led to that which made + That life for once delicious. O, great sir, + The King’s thy foe? Surrounded by his guards + I would waylay him. Hast thou some fierce rival? + I’ll pluck his heart out. Yea! there is no peril + I’d not confront, no rack I’ll not endure, + No great offence commit, to do thee service— + So thou wilt spare me this, and spare thy soul + This unmatched sin. + + V:3:36 ALAR. + I had exhausted suffering + Ere I could speak to thee. I claim thine oath. + + V:3:37 ORAN. + One moment, yet one moment. This is sudden + As it is terrible. + + V:3:38 ALAR. + The womb is ripe, + And thou art but the midwife of the birth + I have engendered. + + V:3:39 ORAN. + Think how fair she is, + How gracious, how devoted! + + V:3:40 ALAR. + Need I thee + To tell me what she is! + + V:3:41 ORAN. + Thy children’s mother. + + V:3:42 ALAR. + Would she were not! Another breast should bear + My children. + + V:3:43 ORAN. + Thou inhuman bloody man— + It shall not be, it cannot, cannot be. + I tell thee, tyrant, there’s a power abroad + E’en now that crashes thee. The storm that raged + Blows from a mystic quarter. ‘Tis the hand + Of Allah guides the tempest of this night. + + V:3:44 ALAR. + Thine oath, thine oath! + + V:3:45 ORAN. + Accursed be the hour + Thou sparedst my life! + + V:3:46 ALAR. + Thine oath, I claim thine oath. + Nay, Moor, what is it? ‘Tis a life, and thou + Hast learnt to rate existence at its worth. + A life, a woman’s life! Why, sack a town, + And thousands die like her. My faithful Oran, + Come let me love thee, let me find a friend + When friends can prove themselves. It’s not an oath + Vowed in our sunshine ease, that shows a friend; + ‘Tis the tempestuous mood like this, that calls + For faithful service. + + V:3:47 ORAN. + Hah! the Emir’s blood + Cries for this judgment. It was sacred seed. + + V:3:48 ALAR. + It flowed to clear thine honour. Art thou he + That honour loved so dearly, that he scorned + Betrayal of a foe, although that foe + Had changed him to a bravo? + + V:3:49 ORAN. + Let me kiss + Thy garment’s hem, and grovel it thy feet— + I pray, I supplicate—my lord, my lord— + Absolve me from that oath! + + V:3:50 ALAR. + I had not thought + To claim it twice. It seems I lacked some judgment + In man, to deem that honour might be found + In hired stabbers. + + V:3:51 ORAN. + Hah! I vowed to thee + A life for that which thou didst spare—‘tis well. + The debt is paid. + + [Stabs himself and falls.] + + [Enter the COUNTESS from the inner Chamber.] + + V:3:52 COUN. + I cannot sleep—my dreams are full of woe! + Alarcos! my Alarcos! Hah! dread sight! + Oran! + + V:3:53 ORAN. + O, spare her; ‘tis no sacrifice + If she be spared. + + V:3:54 COUN. + Wild words! Thou dost not speak. + O, speak, Alarcos! speak! + + V:3:55 ORAN. + His voice is death. + + V:3:56 COUN. + Ye Saints uphold me now, for I am weak + And lost. What means this? Oran dying! Nay— + Alarcos! I’m a woman. Aid me, aid me. + Why’s Oran thus? O, save him, my Alarcos! + Blood! And why shed? Why, let us staunch his wounds. + Why are there wounds? He will not speak. Alarcos, + A word, a single word! Unhappy Moor! + Where is thy hurt? + [Kneels by ORAN.] + + V:3:57 ORAN. + That hand! This is not death; + ‘Tis Paradise. + + [Dies.] + + V:3:58 ALAR. + + [advancing in soliloquy] + + He sets me great examples. + ‘Tis easier than I deemed; a single blow + And his bold soul has fled. His lavish life + Enlists me in quick service. Quit that dark corpse; + He died as did become a perjured traitor. + + V:3:59 COUN. + To whom, my lord? + + V:3:60 ALAR. + To all Castille perchance. + Come hither, wife. Before the morning breaks + A lengthened journey waits thee. Art prepared? + + V:3:61 COUN. + + [springing to ALARCOS] + + I will not go. Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + Thy look is terrible! What mean these words? + Why should’st thou spare me? Why should Oran die? + The veil that clouds thy mind—I’ll rend it. Tell me— + Yea! I’ll know all. A power supports me now— + Defies even thee. + + V:3:62 ALAR. + A traitor’s troubled tongue + Disturbs thy mind. I tell thee, thou must leave + This castle promptly. + + V:3:63 COUN. + Not to Burgos—say + But that. I will not go. That fatal woman— + Her shadow’s on thy soul. + + V:3:64 ALAR. + No, not to Burgos. + ‘Tis not to Burgos that thy journey tends. + The children sleep? + + V:3:65 COUN. + Spite of the storm. + + V:3:66 ALAR. + Go—kiss them. + Thou canst not take them with thee. To thy chamber— + Quick to thy chamber. + + [The COUNTESS as if about to speak, but ALARCOS stops her.] + + Nay, time presses, wife. + + [The COUNTESS slowly re-enters her Chamber.] + + V:3:67 ALAR. + I am alone—with Death. And will she look + Serene as this? The visage of a hero + Stamped with a martyred end! Thou noble Moor! + What if thy fate were mine! Thou art at rest: + No dark fulfilment waits o’er thee. The tomb + Hath many charms. + + [The COUNTESS calls.] + + V:3:68 COUN. + Alarcos! + + V:3:69 ALAR. + Ay, anon. + Why did she tell me that she lived? Methought + It was all past. I came to confront death; + And we have met. This sacrificial blood— + What, bears it no atonement? ‘Twas an offering + Fit for the Gods. + + [The midnight bell.] + + She waits me now; her hand + Extends a diadem; my achieveless arm + Would wither at her scorn. ‘Tis thus, Solisa, + I gain thy heart and realm! + + [ALARCOS moves hastily to the Chamber, which he enters; + the stage for some seconds is empty; a shriek is then heard; + ALARCOS re-appears, very pale, and slowly advances to the front of the stage.] + + ‘Tis over and I live. I heard a sound; + Was’t Oran’s spirit? + I’ll not rest here, and yet I dare not back. + The bodies? Nay, ‘tis done—I’ll not shrink now. + I have seen death before. But is this death? + Methinks a deeper mystery. Well, ‘tis done. + There’ll be no hour so dark as this. I would + I had not caught her eye. + + [A trumpet sounds.] + + The Warder’s note! + Shall I meet life again? + + [Another trumpet sounds.] + + [Enter the SENESCHAL.] + + V:3:70 SEN. + Horsemen from Court. + + V:3:71 ALAR. + The Court! I’m sick at heart. Perchance she’s eager, + And cannot wait my coming. + + [Enter two COURTIERS.] + + Well, good sirs! + + V:3:72 1ST COURT. + Alas, my lord. + + V:3:73 ALAR. + I live upon thy words. + What now? + + V:3:74 1ST COURT. + We have rode post, my lord. + + V:3:75 ALAR. + Bad news + Flies ever. ‘Tis the King? + + V:3:76 1ST COURT. + Alas! + + V:3:77 ALAR. + She’s ill. + My horse, my horse there! + + V:3:78 1ST COURT. + Nay, my lord, not so. + + V:3:79 ALAR. + Why then I care for nought. + + V:3:80 1ST COURT. + Unheard-of horror! + The storm, the storm— + + V:3:81 ALAR. + I rode in it. + + V:3:82 1ST COURT. + Methought + Each flash would fire the Citadel; the flame + Wreathed round its pinnacles, and poured in streams + Adown the pallid battlements. Our revellers + Forgot their festival, and stopped to gaze + On the portentous vision. When behold! + The curtained clouds re-opened, and a bolt + Came winged from the startling blue of heaven, + And struck—the Infanta! + + V:3:83 ALAR. + There’s a God of Vengeance. + + V:3:84 1ST COURT. + She fell a blighted corpse. Amid the shrieks + Of women, prayers of hurrying multitudes, + The panic and the stir we sought for thee; + The King’s overwhelmed. + + V:3:85 ALAR. + My wife’s at least a Queen, + She reigns in Heaven. The King’s o’erwhelmed—poor man + Go tell him, sirs, the Count Alarcos lived + To find a hell on earth; yet thus he sought + A deeper and a darker. + + [Falls.] +</pre> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + The End +</pre> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> + <hr /> + <p> + <br /> <br /> + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Count Alarcos, by Benjamin Disraeli + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNT ALARCOS *** + +***** This file should be named 7487-h.htm or 7487-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + http://www.gutenberg.org/7/4/8/7487/ + +Produced by K. 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At that time the +kingdom of Castille had recently obtained that supremacy in Spain which +led, in a subsequent age, to the political integrity of the country. +Burgos, its capital, was a magnificent city; and then also arose that +masterpiece of Christian architecture, its famous Cathedral. + +This state of comparative refinement and civilisation permitted the +introduction of more complicated motives than the rude manners of the +Ballad would have authorised; while the picturesque features of the +Castillian middle ages still flourished in full force; the factions of +a powerful nobility, renowned for their turbulence, strong passions, +enormous crimes, profound superstition. + + [Delta] + +London: May, 1839 + + +DRAMATIS PERSONAE + + +THE KING OF CASTILLE. +COUNT ALARCOS, a Prince of the Blood. +COUNT OF SIDONIA. +COUNT OF LEON. +PRIOR OF BURGOS. +ORAN, a Moor. +FERDINAND, a PAGE. +GUZMAN JACA, a BRAVO. +GRAUS, the Keeper of a Posada. +______ + +SOLISA, Infanta of Castille, only child of the King. +FLORIMONDE, Countess Alarcos. +FLIX, a Hostess. +______ + +Courtiers, Pages, Chamberlains, Bravos, and Priests. +______ + +Time -- the 13th Century. +Scene -- Burgos, the capital of Castille, and its vicinity. + + +ACT I + + +SCENE 1 + +A Street in Burgos; the Cathedral in the distance. + +[Enter Two Courtiers.] + + +I:1:1 1ST COURT. + The Prince of Hungary dismissed? + +I:1:2 2ND COURT. + Indeed + So runs the rumour. + +I:1:3 1ST COURT. + Why the spousal note + Still floats upon the air! + +I:1:4 2ND COURT. + Myself this morn + Beheld the Infanta's entrance, as she threw, + Proud as some hitless barb, her haughty glance + On our assembled chiefs. + +I:1:5 1ST COURT. + The Prince was there? + +I:1:6 2ND COURT. + Most royally; nor seemed a man more fit + To claim a kingdom for a dower. He looked + Our Gadian Hercules, as the advancing peers + Their homage paid. I followed in the train + Of Count Alarcos, with whose ancient house + My fortunes long have mingled. + +I:1:7 1ST COURT. + 'Tis the same, + But just returned? + +I:1:8 2ND COURT. + Long banished from the Court; + And only favoured since the Queen's decease, + His ancient foe. + +I:1:9 1ST COURT. + A very potent Lord? + +I:1:10 2ND COURT. + Near to the throne; too near perchance for peace. + You're young at Burgos, or indeed 'twere vain + To sing Alarcos' praise, the brightest knight + That ever waved a lance in Old Castille. + +I:1:11 1ST COURT. + You followed in his train? + +I:1:12 2ND COURT. + And as we passed, + Alarcos bowing to the lowest earth, + The Infanta swooned; and pale as yon niched saint, + From off the throned step, her seat of place, + Fell in a wild and senseless agony. + +I:1:13 1ST COURT. + Sancta Maria! and the King -- + +I:1:14 2ND COURT. + Uprose + And bore her from her maidens, then broke up + The hurried Court; indeed I know no more, + For like a turning tide the crowd pressed on, + And scarcely could I gain the grateful air. + Yet on the Prado's walk came smiling by + The Bishop of Ossuna; as he passed + He clutched my cloak, and whispered in my ear, + 'The match is off.' + +[Enter PAGE.] + +I:1:15 1ST COURT. + Hush! hush! a passenger. + +I:1:16 PAGE. + Most noble Cavaliers, I pray, inform me + Where the great Count Alarcos holds his quarter. + +I:1:17 2ND COURT. + In the chief square. His banner tells the roof; + Your pleasure with the Count, my gentle youth? + +I:1:18 PAGE. + I were a sorry messenger to tell + My mission to the first who asks its aim. + +I:1:19 2ND COURT. + The Count Alarcos is my friend and chief. + +I:1:20 PAGE. + Then better reason I should trusty be, + For you can be a witness to my trust. + +I:1:21 1ST COURT. + A forward youth! + +I:1:22 2ND COURT. + A page is ever pert + +I:1:23 PAGE. + Ay! ever pert is youth that baffles age. + +[Exit PAGE.] + +I:1:24 1ST COURT. + The Count is married? + +I:1:25 2ND COURT. + To a beauteous lady; + And blessed with a fair race. A happy man + Indeed is Count Alarcos. + +[A trumpet sounds.] + +I:1:26 1ST COURT. + Prithee, see; + Passes he now? + +I:1:27 2ND COURT. + Long since. Yon banner tells + The Count Sidonia. Let us on, and view + The passage of his pomp. His Moorish steeds, + They say, are very choice. + +[Exeunt Two Courtiers.] + + + + +SCENE 2. + + +A Chamber in the Palace of Alarcos. The COUNTESS seated and +working at her tapestry; the COUNT pacing the Chamber. + + +I:2:1 COUN. + You are disturbed, Alarcos? + +I:2:2 ALAR. + 'Tis the stir + And tumult of this morn. I am not used + To Courts. + +I:2:3 COUN. + I know not why, it is a name + That makes me tremble. + +I:2:4 ALAR. + Tremble, Florimonde, + Why should you tremble? + +I:2:5 COUN. + Sooth I cannot say. + Methinks the Court but little suits my kind; + I love our quiet home. + +I:2:6 ALAR. + This is our home, + +I:2:7 COUN. + When you are here. + +I:2:8 ALAR. + I will be always here. + +I:2:9 COUN. + Thou canst not, sweet Alarcos. Happy hours, + When we were parted but to hear thy horn + Sound in our native woods! + +I:2:10 ALAR. + Why, this is humour! + We're courtiers now; and we must smile and smirk. + +I:2:11 COUN. + Methinks your tongue is gayer than your glance. + The King, I hope, was gracious? + +I:2:12 ALAR. + Were he not, + My frown's as prompt as his. He was most gracious. + +I:2:13 COUN. + Something has chafed thee? + +I:2:14 ALAR. + What should chafe me, child, + And when should hearts be light, if mine be dull? + Is not mine exile over? Is it nought + To breathe in the same house where we were born, + And sleep where slept our fathers? Should that chafe? + +I:2:15 COUN. + Yet didst then leave my side this very morn, + And with a vow this day should ever count + Amid thy life most happy; when we meet + Thy brow is clouded. + +I:2:16 ALAR. + Joy is sometimes grave, + And deepest when 'tis calm. And I am joyful + If it be joy, this long forbidden hall + Once more to pace, and feel each fearless step + Tread on a baffled foe. + +I:2:17 COUN. + Hast thou still foes + +I:2:18 ALAR. + I trust so; I should not be what I am, + Still less what I will be, if hate did not + Pursue me as my shadow. Ah! fair wife, + Thou knowest not Burgos. Thou hast yet to fathom + The depths of thy new world. + +I:2:19 COUN. + I do recoil + As from some unknown woo, from this same world. + I thought we came for peace. + +I:2:20 ALAR. + Peace dwells within + No lordly roof in Burgos. We have come + For triumph. + +I:2:21 COUN. + So I share thy lot, Alarcos, + All feelings are the same. + +I:2:22 ALAR. + My Florimonde, + I took thee from a fair and pleasant home + In a soft land, where, like the air they live in, + Men's hearts are mild. This proud and fierce Castille + Resembles not thy gentle Aquitaine, + More than the eagle may a dove, and yet + It is my country. Danger in its bounds + Weighs more than foreign safety. But why speak + Of what exists not? + +I:2:23 COUN. + And I hope may never! + +I:2:24 ALAR. + And if it come, what then? This chance shall find me + Not unprepared. + +I:2:25 COUN. + But why should there be danger? + And why should'st thou, the foremost prince of Spain, + Fear or make foes? Thou standest in no light + Would fall on other shoulders; thou hast no height + To climb, and nought to gain. Thou art complete; + The King alone above thee, and thy friend. + +I:2:26 ALAR. + So I would deem. I did not speak of fear. + +I:2:27 COUN. + Of danger? + +I:2:28 ALAR. + That's delight, when it may lead + To mighty ends. Ah, Florimonde! thou art too pure; + Unsoiled in the rough and miry paths + Of ibis same trampling world; unskilled in heats + Of fierce and emulous spirits. There's a rapture + In the strife of factions, that a woman's soul + Can never reach. Men smiled on me to-day + Would gladly dig my grave; and yet I smiled, + And gave them coin as ready as their own, + And not less base. + +I:2:29 COUN. + And can there be such men, + And canst thou live with them? + +I:2:30 ALAR. + Ay! and they saw + Me ride this morning in my state again; + The people cried 'Alarcos and Castille!' + The shout will dull their feasts. + +I:2:31 COUN. + There was a time + Thou didst look back as on a turbulent dream + On this same life. + +I:2:32 ALAR. + I was an exile then. + This stirring Burgos has revived my vein. + Yea, as I glanced from off the Citadel + This very morn, and at my feet outspread + Its amphitheatre of solemn towers + And groves of golden pinnacles, and marked + Turrets of friends and foes; or traced the range, + Spread since my exile, of our city's walls + Washed by the swift Arlanzon: all around + The flash of lances, blaze of banners, rush + Of hurrying horsemen, and the haughty blast + Of the soul-stirring trumpet, I renounced + My old philosophy, and gazed as gazes + The falcon on his quarry! + +I:2:33 COUN. + Jesu grant + The lure will bear no harm! + +[A trumpet sounds.] + +I:2:34 ALAR. + Whose note is that? + I hear the tramp of horsemen in the court; + We have some guests. + +I:2:35 COUN. + Indeed! + +[Enter the COUNT OF SIDONIA and the COUNT OF LEON.] + +I:2:36 ALAR. + My noble friends, + My Countess greets ye! + +I:2:37 SIDO. + And indeed we pay + To her our homage. + +I:2:38 LEON. + Proud our city boasts + So fair a presence. + +I:2:39 COUN. + Count Alarcos' friends + Are ever welcome here. + +I:2:40 ALAR. + No common wife. + Who welcomes with a smile her husband's friends. + +I:2:41 SIDO. + Indeed a treasure! When I marry, Count, + I'll claim your counsel. + +I:2:42 COUN. + 'Tis not then your lot? + +I:2:43 SIDO. + Not yet, sweet dame; tho' sooth to say, full often + I dream such things may be. + +I:2:44 COUN. + Your friend is free? + +I:2:45 LEON. + And values freedom: with a rosy chain + I still should feel a captive. + +I:2:46 SIDO. + Noble Leon + Is proof against the gentle passion, lady, + And will ere long, my rapier for a gage, + Marry a scold. + +I:2:47 LEON. + In Burgos now, methinks, + Marriage is scarce the mode. Our princess frowns, + It seems, upon her suitors. + +I:2:48 SIDO. + Is it true + The match is off? + +I:2:49 LEON. + 'Tis said. + +I:2:50 COUN. + The match is off + You did not tell me this strange news, Alarcos. + +I:2:51 SIDO. + Did he not tell you how -- + +I:2:52 ALAR. + In truth, good sirs, + My wife and I are somewhat strangers here, + And things that are of moment to the minds + That long have dwelt on them, to us are nought. + +[To the Countess.] + + There was a sort of scene to-day at Court; + The Princess fainted: we were all dismissed, + Somewhat abruptly; but, in truth, I deem + These rumours have no source but in the tongues + Of curious idlers. + +I:2:53 SIDO. + Faith, I hold them true. + Indeed they're very rife. + +I:2:54 LEON. + Poor man, methinks + His is a lot forlorn, at once to lose + A mistress and a crown! + +I:2:55 COUN. + Yet both may bring + Sorrow and cares. But little joy, I ween, + Dwells with a royal bride, too apt to claim + The homage she should yield. + +I:2:56 SIDO. + I would all wives + Hold with your Countess in this pleasing creed. + +I:2:57 ALAR. + She has her way: it is a cunning wench + That knows to wheedle. Burgos still maintains + Its fame for noble fabrics. Since my time + The city's spread. + +I:2:58 SIDO. + Ah! you're a traveller, Count. + And yet we have not lagged. + +I:2:59 COUN. + The Infanta, sirs, + Was it a kind of swoon? + +I:2:60 ALAR. + Old Lara lives + Still in his ancient quarter? + +I:2:61 LEON. + With the rats + That share his palace. You spoke, Madam? + +I:2:62 COUN. + She + Has dainty health, perhaps? + +I:2:63 LEON. + All ladies have. + And yet as little of the fainting mood + As one could fix on -- + +I:2:64 ALAR. + Mendola left treasure? + +I:2:65 SIDO. + Wedges of gold, a chamber of sequins + Sealed up for ages, flocks of Barbary sheep + Might ransom princes, tapestry so rare + The King straight purchased, covering for the price + Each piece with pistoles. + +I:2:66 COUN. + Is she very fair + +I:2:67 LEON. + As future queens must ever be, and yet + Her face might charm uncrowned. + +I:2:68 COUN. + It grieves me much + To hear the Prince departs. 'Tis not the first + Among her suitors + +I:2:69 ALAR. + Your good uncle lives -- + Nunez de Leon? + +I:2:70 LEON. + To my cost, Alarcos; + He owes me much. + +I:2:71 SIDO. + Some promises his heir + Would wish fulfilled. + +I:2:72 COUN. + In Gascony, they said, + Navarre had sought her hand. + +I:2:73 LEON. + He loitered here + But could not pluck the fruit: it was too high. + Sidonia threw him in a tilt one day. + The Infanta has her fancies; unhorsed knights + Count not among them. + +[Enter a CHAMBERLAIN who whispers COUNT ALARCOS.] + +I:2:74 ALAR. + Urgent, and me alone + Will commune with! A Page! Kind guests, your pardon, + I'll find you here anon. My Florimonde, + Our friends will not desert you, like your spouse. + +[Exit ALARCOS.] + +I:2:75 COUN. + My Lords, will see our gardens? + +I:2:76 SIDO. + We are favoured. + We wait upon your steps. + +I:2:77 LEON. + And feel that roses + Will spring beneath them. + +I:2:78 COUN. + You are an adept, sir, + In our gay science. + +I:2:79 LEON. + Faith, I stole it, lady, + From a loose Troubadour Sidonia keeps + To write his sonnets. + +[Exeunt omnes.] + + + + +SCENE 3 + + +A Chamber. + +[Enter ALARCOS and PAGE.] + + +I:3:1 PAGE. + Will you wait here, my Lord? + +I:3:2 ALAR. + I will, sir Page. + +[Exit PAGE.] + + The Bishop of Ossuna: what would he? + He scents the prosperous ever. Ay! they'll cluster + Round this new hive. But I'll not house them yet. + Marry, I know them all; but me they know, + As mountains might the leaping stream that meets + The ocean as a river. Time and exile + Change our life's course, but is its flow less deep + Because it is more calm? I've seen to-day + Might stir its pools. What if my phantom flung + A shade on their bright path? 'Tis closed to me + Although the goal's a crown. She loved me once; + Now swoons, and now the match is off. She's true. + But I have clipped the heart that once could soar + High as her own! Dreams, dreams! And yet entranced, + Unto the fair phantasma that is fled, + My struggling fancy clings; for there are hours + When memory with her signet stamps the brain + With an undying mint; and these were such, + When high Ambition and enraptured Love, + Twin Genii of my daring destiny, + Bore on my sweeping life with their full wing, + Like an angelic host: + +[In the distance enter a lady veiled.] + + Is this their priest? + Burgos unchanged I see. + +[Advancing towards her.] + + A needless veil + To one prophetic of thy charms, fair lady. + And yet they fall on an ungracious eye. + +[Withdraws the veil.] + + Solisa! + +I:3:3 SOL. + Yes! Solisa; once again + O say Solisa! let that long lost voice + Breathe with a name too faithful! + +I:3:4 ALAR. + Oh! what tones, + What mazing sight is this! The spellbound forms + Of my first youth rise up from the abyss + Of opening time. I listen to a voice + That bursts the sepulchre of buried hope + Like an immortal trumpet. + +I:3:5 SOL. + Thou hast granted, + Mary, my prayers! + +I:3:6 ALAR. + Solisa, my Solisa! + +I:3:7 SOL. + Thine, thine, Alarcos. But thou: whose art thou? + +I:3:8 ALAR. + Within this chamber is my memory bound; + I have no thought, no consciousness beyond + Its precious walls. + +I:3:9 SOL. + Thus did he look, thus speak, + When to my heart he clung, and I to him + Breathed my first love -- and last. + +I:3:10 ALAR. + Alas! alas! + Woe to thy Mother, maiden. + +I:3:11 SOL. + She has found + That which I oft have prayed for. + +I:3:12 ALAR. + But not found + A doom more dark than ours. + +I:3:13 SOL. + I sent for thee, + To tell thee why I sent for thee; yet why, + Alas! I know not. Was it but to look + Alone upon the face that once was mine? + This morn it was so grave. O! was it woe, + Or but indifference, that inspired that brow + That seemed so cold and stately? Was it hate? + O! tell me anything, but that to thee + I am a thing of nothingness. + +I:3:14 ALAR. + O spare! + Spare me such words of torture. + +I:3:15 SOL. + Could I feel + Thou didst not hate me, that my image brought + At least a gentle, if not tender thoughts, + I'd be content. I cannot live to think, + After the past, that we should meet again + And change cold looks. We are not strangers, say + At least we are not strangers? + +I:3:16 ALAR. + Gentle Princess -- + +I:3:17 SOL. + Call me Solisa; tho' we meet no more + Call me Solisa now. + +I:3:18 ALAR. + Thy happiness -- + +I:3:19 SOL. + O! no, no, no, not happiness, at least + Not from those lips. + +I:3:20 ALAR. + Indeed it is a name + That ill becomes them. + +I:3:21 SOL. + Yet they say, thou'rt happy, + And bright with all prosperity, and I + Felt solace in that thought. + +I:3:22 ALAR. + Prosperity! + Men call them prosperous whom they deem enjoy + That which they envy; but there's no success + Save in one master-wish fulfilled, and mine + Is lost for ever. + +I:3:23 SOL. + Why was it? O, why + Didst thou forget me? + +I:3:24 ALAR. + Never, lady, never -- + But ah! the past, the irrevocable past -- + We can but meet to mourn. + +I:3:25 SOL. + No, not to mourn + I came to bless thee, came to tell to thee + I hoped that thou wert happy. + +I:3:26 ALAR. + Come to mourn. + I'll find delight in my unbridled grief: + Yes! let me fling away at last this mask, + And gaze upon my woe. + +I:3:27 SOL. + O, it was rash, + Indeed 'twas rash, Alarcos; what, sweet sir, + What, after all our vows, to hold me false, + And place this bar between us! I'll not think + Thou ever loved'st me as thou did'st profess, + And that's the bitter drop. + +I:3:28 ALAR. + Indeed, indeed -- + +I:3:29 SOL. + I could bear much, I could bear all, but this + My faith in thy past love, it was so deep, + So pure, so sacred, 'twas my only solace; + I fed upon it in my secret heart, + And now e'en that is gone. + +I:3:30 ALAR. + Doubt not the past, + 'Tis sanctified. It is the green fresh spot + In my life's desert. + +I:3:31 SOL. + There is none to thee + As I have been? Speak, speak, Alarcos, tell me + Is't true? Or, in this shipwreck of my soul, + Do I cling wildly to some perishing hope + That sinks like me? + +I:3:32 ALAR. + The May-burst of the heart + Can bloom but once; and mine has fled, not faded. + That thought gave fancied solace, ah, 'twas fancy, + For now I feel my doom. + +I:3:33 SOL. + Thou hast no doom + But what is splendid as thyself. Alas! + Weak woman, when she stakes her heart, must play + Ever a fatal chance. It is her all, + And when 'tis lost, she's bankrupt; but proud man + Shuffles the cards again, and wins to-morrow + What pays his present forfeit. + +I:3:34 ALAR. + But alas! + What have I won? + +I:3:35 SOL. + A country and a wife. + +I:3:36 ALAR. + A wife! + +I:3:37 SOL. + A wife, and very fair, they say. + She should be fair, who could induce thee break + Such vows as thine. O! I am very weak. + Why came I here? Was it indeed to see + If thou could'st look on me? + +I:3:38 ALAR. + My own Solisa. + +I:3:39 SOL. + Call me not thine; why, what am I to thee + That thou should'st call me thine? + +I:3:40 ALAR. + Indeed, sweet lady, + Thou lookest on a man as bruised in spirit, + As broken-hearted, and subdued in soul, + As any breathing wretch that deems the day + Can bring no darker morrow. Pity me! + And if kind words may not subdue those lips + So scornful in their beauty, be they touched + At least by Mercy's accents! Was't a crime, + I could not dare believe that royal heart + Retained an exile's image? that forlorn, + Harassed, worn out, surrounded by strange aspects + And stranger manners, in those formal ties + Custom points out, I sought some refuge, found + At least companionship, and, grant 'twas weak, + Shrunk from the sharp endurance of the doom + That waits on exile, utter loneliness! + +I:3:41 SOL. + His utter loneliness! + +I:3:42 ALAR. + And met thy name, + Most beauteous lady, prithee think of this, + Only to hear the princes of the world + Were thy hot suitors, and that one would soon + Be happier than Alarcos. + +I:3:43 SOL. + False, most false, + They told thee false. + +I:3:44 ALAR. + At least, then, pity me, + Solisa! + +I:3:45 SOL. + Ah! Solisa, that sweet voice, + Why should I pity thee? 'Tis not my office. + Go, go to her that cheered thy loneliness, + Thy utter loneliness. And had I none? + Had I no pangs of solitude? Exile! + O! there were moments I'd have gladly given + My crown for banishment. A wounded heart + Beats freer in a desert; 'tis the air + Of palaces that chokes it. + +I:3:46 ALAR. + Fate has crossed, + Not falsehood, our sweet loves. Our lofty passion + Is tainted with no vileness. Memory bears + Convulsion, not contempt; no palling sting + That waits on base affections. It is something + To have loved thee; and in that thought I find + My sense exalted; wretched though I be. + +I:3:47 SOL. + Is he so wretched? Yet he is less forlorn + Than when he sought, what I would never seek, + A partner in his woe! I'll ne'er believe it; + Thou art not wretched. Why, thou hast a friend, + A sweet companion in thy grief to soothe + Thy loneliness, and feed on thy bright smiles, + Thrill with thine accents, with impassioned reverence + Enclasp thine hand, and with enchained eyes + Gaze on thy glorious presence. O, Alarcos! + Art thou not worshipped now? What, can it be, + That there is one, who walks in Paradise, + Nor feels the air immortal? + +I:3:48 ALAR. + Let my curse + Descend upon the hour I left thy walls, + My father's town! + +I:3:49 SOL. + My blessing on thy curse! + Thou hast returned, thou hast returned, Alarcos? + +I:3:50 ALAR. + To despair. + +I:3:51 SOL. + Yet 'tis not the hour he quitted + Our city's wall, it is the tie that binds him + Within those walls my lips would more denounce, + But ah, that tie is dear! + +I:3:52 ALAR. + Accursed be + The wiles that parted us; accursed be + The ties that sever us + +I:3:53 SOL. + Thou'rt mine. + +I:3:54 ALAR. + For ever. + Thou unpolluted passion of my youth, + My first, my only, my enduring love! + +[They embrace.] + +[Enter FERDINAND, the PAGE.] + +I:3:55 PAGE. + Lady, a message from thy royal father; + He comes -- + +I:3:56 SOL. + +[Springing from the arms of Alarcos.] + + My father! word of fear! Why now + To cloud my light? I had forgotten fate; + But he recalls it. O my bright Alarcos! + My love must fly. Nay, not one word of care; + Love only from those lips. Yet, ere we part, + Seal our sweet faith renewed. + +I:3:57 ALAR. + And never broken. + +[Exit Alarcos.] + +I:3:58 SOL. + Why has he gone? Why did I bid him go? + And let this jewel I so daring plucked + Slip in the waves again? I'm sure there's time + To call him back, and say farewell once more. + I'll say farewell no more; it was a word + Ever harsh music when the morrow brought + Welcomes renewed of love, No more farewells. + O when will he be mine! I cannot wait, + I cannot tarry, now I know he loves me; + Each hour, each instant that I see him not, + Is usurpation of my right. O joy! + Am I the same Solisa, that this morn + Breathed forth her orison with humbler spirit + Than the surrounding acolytes? Thou'st smiled, + Sweet Virgin, on my prayers. Twice fifty tapers + Shall burn before thy shrine. Guard over me + O! mother of my soul, and let me prosper + In my great enterprise! O hope! O love! + O sharp remembrance of long baffled joy! + Inspire me now. + + + + +SCENE 4. + + +The KING; the INFANTA. + + +I:4:1 KING. + I see my daughter? + +I:4:2 SOL. + Sir, your duteous child. + +I:4:3 KING. + Art thou indeed my child? I had some doubt + I was a father. + +I:4:4 SOL. + These are bitter words. + +I:4:5 KING. + Even as thy conduct. + +I:4:6 SOL. + Then it would appear + My conduct and my life are but the same. + +I:4:7 KING. + I thought thou wert the Infanta of Castille, + Heir to our realm, the paragon of Spain + The Princess for whose smiles crowned Christendom + Sends forth its sceptred rivals. Is that bitter? + Or bitter is it with such privilege, + And standing on life's vantage ground, to cross + A nation's hope, that on thy nice career + Has gaged its heart? + +I:4:8 SOL. + Have I no heart to gage? + A sacrificial virgin, must I bind + My life to the altar, to redeem a state, + Or heal some doomed People? + +I:4:9 KING. + Is it so? + Is this an office alien to thy sex? + Or what thy youth repudiates? We but ask + What nature sanctions. + +I:4:10 SOL. + Nature sanctions Love; + Your charter is more liberal. Let that pass. + I am no stranger to my duty, sir, + And read it thus. The blood that shares my sceptre + Should be august as mine. A woman loses + In love what she may gain in rank, who tops + Her husband's place; though throned, I would exchange + An equal glance. His name should be a spell + To rally soldiers. Politic he should be; + And skilled in climes and tongues; that stranger knights + Should bruit on, high Castillian courtesies. + Such chief might please a state? + +I:4:11 KING. + Fortunate realm! + +I:4:12 SOL. + And shall I own less niceness than my realm? + No! I would have him handsome a god; + Hyperion in his splendor, or the mien + Of conquering Bacchus, one whose very step + Should guide a limner, and whose common words + Are caught by Troubadours to frame their songs! + And O, my father, what if this bright prince + Should I have a heart as tender as his soul + Was high and peerless? If with this same heart + He loved thy daughter? + +I:4:13 KING. + Close the airy page + Of thy romance; such princes are not found + Except in lays and legends! yet a man + Who would become a throne, I found thee, girl; + The princely Hungary. + +I:4:14 SOL. + A more princely fate, + Than an unwilling wife, he did deserve. + +I:4:15 KING. + Yet wherefore didst thou pledge thy troth to him? + +I:4:16 SOL. + And wherefore do I smile when I should sigh? + And wherefore do I feed when I would fast? + And wherefore do I dance when I should pray? + And wherefore do I live when I should die? + Canst answer that, good Sir? O there are women + The world deem mad, or worse, whose life but seems + One vile caprice, a freakish thing of whims + And restless nothingness; yet if we pierce + The soul, may be we'll touch some cause profound + For what seems causeless. Early love despised, + Or baffled, which is worse; a faith betrayed, + For vanity or lucre; chill regards, + Where to gain constant glances we have paid + Some fearful forfeit: here are many springs, + Unmarked by shallow eyes, and some, or all + Of these, or none, may prompt my conduct now -- + But I'll not have thy prince. + +I:4:17 KING. + My, gentle child -- + +I:4:18 SOL. + I am not gentle. I might have been once; + But gentle thoughts and I have parted long; + The cause of such partition thou shouldst know + If memories were just. + +I:4:19 KING. + Harp not, I pray, + On an old sorrow. + +I:4:20 SOL. + Old! he calls it old! + The wound is green, and staunch it, or I die. + +I:4:21 KING. + Have I the skill? + +I:4:22 SOL. + Why! art thou not a King? + Wherein consists the magic of a crown + But in the bold achievement of a deed + Would scare a clown to dream? + +I:4:23 KING. + I'd read thy thought. + +I:4:24 SOL. + Then have it; I would marry. + +I:4:25 KING. + It is well; + It is my wish. + +I:4:26 SOL. + And unto such a prince + As I've described withal. For though a prince + Of Fancy's realm alone, as thou dost deem, + Yet doth he live indeed. + +I:4:27 KING. + To me unknown. + +I:4:28 SOL. + O! father mine, before thy reverend knees + Ere this we twain have knelt. + +I:4:29 KING. + Forbear, my child; + Or can it be my daughter doth not know + He is no longer free? + +I:4:30 SOL. + The power that bound him, + That bondage might dissolve? To holy church + Thou hast given great alms? + +I:4:31 KING. + There's more to gain thy wish, + If more would gain it; but it cannot be, + Even were he content. + +I:4:32 SOL. + He is content. + +I:4:33 KING. + Hah! + +I:4:34 SOL. + For he loves me still. + +I:4:35 KING. + I would do much + To please thee. I'm prepared to bear the brunt + Of Hungary's ire; but do not urge, Solisa, + Beyond capacity of sufferance + My temper's proof. + +I:4:36 SOL. + Alarcos is my husband, + Or shall the sceptre from our line depart. + Listen, ye saints of Spain, I'll have his hand, + Or by our faith, my fated womb shall be + As barren as thy love, proud King. + +I:4:37 KING. + Thou'rt mad! + Thou'rt mad! + +I:4:38 SOL. + Is he not mine? Thy very hand, + Did it not consecrate our vows? What claim + So sacred as my own? + +I:4:39 KING. + He did conspire -- + +I:4:40 SOL. + 'Tis false, thou know'st 'tis false: against themselves + Men do not plot: I would as soon believe + My hand could hatch a treason 'gainst my sight, + As that Alarcos would conspire to seize + A diadem I would myself have placed + Upon his brow. + +I:4:41 KING. + +[taking her hand] + + Nay, calmness. Say 'tis true + He was not guilty, say perchance he was not -- + +I:4:42 SOL. + Perchance, O! vile perchance. Thou know'st full well, + Because he did reject her loose desires + And wanton overtures -- + +I:4:43 KING. + Hush, hush, O hush! + +I:4:44 SOL. + The woman called my mother -- + +I:4:45 KING. + Spare me, spare -- + +I:4:46 SOL. + Who spared me? + Did not I kneel, and vouch his faith, and bathe + Thy hand with my quick tears, and clutch thy robe + With frantic grasp? Spare, spare indeed? In faith + Thou hast taught me to be merciful, thou hast, -- + Thou and my mother! + +I:4:47 KING. + Ah! no more, no more! + A crowned King cannot recall the past, + And yet may glad the future. She thou namest, + She was at least thy mother; but to me, + Whate'er her deeds, for truly, there were times + Some spirit did possess her, such as gleams + Now in her daughter's eye, she was a passion, + A witching form that did inflame my life + By a breath or glance. Thou art our child; the link + That binds me to my race; thou host her place + Within my shrined heart, where thou'rt the priest + And others are unhallowed; for, indeed, + Passion and time have so dried up my soul, + And drained its generous juices, that I own + No sympathy with man, and all his hopes + To me are mockeries. + +I:4:48 SOL. + Ah! I see, my father, + That thou will'st aid me! + +I:4:49 KING. + Thou canst aid thyself. + Is there a law to let him from thy presence? + His voice may reach thine ear; thy gracious glance + May meet his graceful offices. Go to. + Shall Hungary frown, if his right royal spouse + Smile on the equal of her blood and state, + Her gentle cousin? + +I:4:50 SOL. + And is this thine aid! + +I:4:51 KING. + What word has roughed the brow, but now confiding + In a fond father's love? + +I:4:52 SOL. + Alas! what word? + What have I said? what done? that thou should'st deem + I could do this, this, this, that is so foul, + My baffled tongue deserts me. Thou should'st know me, + Thou hast set spies on me. What! have they told thee + I am a wanton? I do love this man + As fits a virgin's heart. Heaven sent such thoughts + To be our solace. But to act a toy + For his loose hours, or worse, to find him one + Procured for mine, grateful for opportunities + Contrived with decency, spared skillfully + From claims more urgent; not to dare to show + Before the world my homage; when he's ill + To be away, and only share his gay + And lusty pillow; to be shut out from all + That multitude of cares and charms that waits + But on companionship; and then to feel + These joys another shares, another hand + These delicate rites performing, and thou'rt remembered, + In the serener heaven of his bliss, + But as the transient flash: this is not love; + This is pollution. + +I:4:53 KING. + Daughter, I were pleased + My cousin could a nearer claim prefer + To my regard. Ay, girl, 'twould please me well + He were my son, thy husband; but what then? + My pleasure and his conduct jar; his fate + Baulks our desire. He's married and has heirs. + +I:4:54 SOL. + Heirs, didst thou say heirs? + +I:4:55 KING. + What ails thee? + +I:4:56 SOL. + Heirs, heirs? + +I:4:57 KING. + Thou art very pale! + +I:4:58 SOL. + The faintness of the morn + Clings to me still; I pray thee, father, grant + Thy child one easy boon. + +I:4:59 KING. + She has to speak + But what she wills. + +I:4:60 SOL. + Why, then, she would renounce + Her heritage; yes, place our ancient crown + On brows it may become. A veil more suits + This feminine brain; in Huelgas' cloistered shades + I'll find oblivion. + +I:4:61 KING. + Woe is me! The doom + Falls on our house. I had this daughter left + To lavish all my wealth on and my might. + I've treasured for her; for her I have slain + My thousands, conquered provinces, betrayed, + Renewed, and broken faith. She was my joy; + She has her mother's eyes, and when she speaks + Her voice is like Brunhalda's. Cursed hour, + That a wild fancy touched her brain to cross + All my great hopes! + +I:4:62 SOL. + My father, my dear father, + Thou call'dst me fondly, but some moments past, + Thy gentle child. I call my saint to witness + I would be such. To say I love this man + Is shallow phrasing. Since man's image first + Flung its wild shadow on my virgin soul, + It has borne no other reflex. I know well + Thou deemest he was forgotten; this day's passion + Passed as unused confrontment, and so transient + As it was turbulent. No, no, full oft, + When thinking on him, I have been the same. + Fruitless or barren, this same form is his, + Or it is God's. My father, my dear father, + Remember he was mine, and thou didst pour + Thy blessing on our heads! O God, O God! + When I recall the passages of love + That have ensued between me and this man, + And with thy sanction, and then just bethink + He is another's, O it makes me mad. + Talk not to me of sceptres: can she rule + Whose mind is anarchy? King of Castille, + Give me the heart that thou didst rob me of! + The penal hour's at hand. Thou didst destroy + My love, and I will end thy line -- thy line + That is thy life. + +I:4:63 KING. + Solisa, I will do all + A father can, -- a father and a King. + +I:4:64 SOL. + Give me Alarcos! + +I:4:65 KING. + Hush, disturb me not; + I'm in the throes of some imaginings + A human voice might scare. + + +END OF THE FIRST ACT. + + + + +ACT II + + +SCENE 1 + + +A Street in Burgos. + +[Enter the COUNT OF SIDONIA and the COUNT OF LEON.] + + +II:1:1 SIDO. + Is she not fair? + +II:1:2 LEON. + What then? She but fulfils + Her office as a woman. For to be + A woman and not fair, is, in my creed, + To be a thing unsexed. + +II:1:3 SIDO. + Happy Alarcos! + They say she was of Aquitaine, a daughter + Of the De Foix. I would I had been banished. + +II:1:4 LEON. + Go and plot then. They cannot take your head, + For that is gone. + +II:1:5 SIDO. + But banishment from Burgos + Were worse than fifty deaths. O, my good Leon, + Didst ever see, didst ever dream could be, + Such dazzling beauty? + +II:1:6 LEON. + Dream! I never dream; + Save when I've revelled over late, and then + My visions are most villanous; but you, + You dream when you're awake. + +II:1:7 SIDO. + Wert ever, Leon, + In pleasant Aquitaine? + +II:1:8 LEON. + O talk of Burgos; + It is my only subject -- matchless town, + Where all I ask are patriarchal years + To feel satiety like my sad friend. + +II:1:9 SIDO. + 'Tis not satiety now makes me sad; + So check thy mocking tongue, or cure my cares. + +II:1:10 LEON. + Absence cures love. Be off to Aquitaine. + +II:1:11 SIDO. + I chose a jester for my friend, and feel + His value now. + +II:1:12 LEON. + You share the lover's lot + When you desire and you despair. What then? + You know right well that woman is but one, + Though she take many forms, and can confound + The young with subtle aspects. Vanity + Is her sole being. Make the myriad vows + That passionate fancy prompts. At the next tourney + Maintain her colours 'gainst the two Castilles + And Aragon to boot. You'll have her! + +II:1:13 SIDO. + Why! + This was the way I woo'd the haughty Lara, + But I'll not hold such passages approach + The gentle lady of this morn. + +II:1:14 LEON. + Well, then, + Try silence, only sighs and hasty glances + Withdrawn as soon as met. Could'st thou but blush: + But there's no hope. In time our sighs become + A sort of plaintive hint what hopeless rogues + Our stars have made us. Would we had but met + Earlier, yet still we hope she'll spare a tear + To one she met too late. Trust me she'll spare it; + She'll save this sinner who reveres a saint. + Pity or admiration gains them all. + You'll have her! + +II:1:15 SIDO. + Well, whate'er the course pursued, + Be thou a prophet! + +[Enter ORAN.] + +II:1:16 ORAN. + Stand, Senors, in God's name. + +II:1:17 LEON. + Or the devil's. + Well, what do you want? + +II:1:18 ORAN. + Many things, but one + Most principal. + +II:1:19 SIDO. + And that's -- + +II:1:20 ORAN. + A friend. + +II:1:21 LEON. + You're right + To seek one in the street, he'll prove as true + As any that you're fostered with. + +II:1:22 ORAN. + In brief, + I'm as you see a Moor; and I have slain + One of our princes. Peace exists between + Our kingdom and Castille; they track my steps. + You're young, you should be brave, generous you may be. + I shall be impaled. Save me! + +II:1:23 LEON. + Frankly spoken. + Will you turn Christian? + +II:1:24 ORAN. + Show me Christian acts, + And they may prompt to Christian thoughts. + +II:1:25 SIDO. + Although + The slain's an infidel, thou art the same. + The cause of this rash deed? + +II:1:26 ORAN. + I am a soldier, + And my sword's notched, sirs. This said Emir struck me. + Before the people too, in the great square + Of our chief place, Granada, and forsooth, + Because I would not yield the way at mosque. + His life has soothed my honour: if I die, + I die content; but with your gracious aid + I would live happy. + +II:1:27 LEON. + You love life? + +II:1:28 ORAN. + Most dearly. + +II:1:29 LEON. + Sensible Moor, although he be impaled + For mobbing in a mosque. I like this fellow; + His bearing suits my humour. He shall live + To do more murders. Come, bold infidel, + Follow to the Leon Palace; and, sir, prithee + Don't stab us in the back. + +[Exeunt omnes.] + + + + +SCENE 2 + + +Chamber in the Palace of COUNT ALARCOS. +At the back of the Scene the Curtains of a large Jalousie withdrawn. + +[Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + +II:2:1 ALAR. + 'Tis circumstance makes conduct; life's a ship, + The sport of every wind. And yet men tack + Against the adverse blast. How shall I steer, + Who am the pilot of Necessity? + But whether it be fair or foul, I know not; + Sunny or terrible. Why let her wed him? + What care I if the pageant's weight may fall + On Hungary's ermined shoulders, if the spring + Of all her life be mine? The tiar'd brow + Alone makes not a King. Would that my wife + Confessed a worldlier mood! Her recluse fancy + Haunts still our castled bowers. Then civic air + Inflame her thoughts! Teach her to vie and revel, + Find sport in peerless robes, the pomp of feasts + And ambling of a genet -- + +[A serenade is heard.] + + Hah! that voice + Should not be strange. A tribute to her charms. + 'Tis music sweeter to a spouse's ear + Than gallants dream of. Ay, she'll find adorers. + Or Burgos is right changed. + +[Enter the COUNTESS.] + + Listen, child. + +[Again the serenade is heard.] + +II:2:2 COUN. + 'Tis very sweet. + +II:2:3 ALAR. + It is inspired by thee. + +II:2:4 COUN. + Alarcos! + +II:2:5 ALAR. + Why dost look so grave? Nay, now, + There's not a dame in Burgos would not give + Her jewels for such songs. + +II:2:6 COUN. + Inspired by me! + +II:2:7 ALAR. + And who so fit to fire a lover's breast? + He's clearly captive. + +II:2:8 COUN. + O! thou knowest I love not + Such jests, Alarcos. + +II:2:9 ALAR. + Jest! I do not jest. + I am right proud the partner of my state + Should count the chief of our Castillian knights + Among her train. + +II:2:10 COUN. + I pray thee let me close + These blinds. + +II:2:11 ALAR. + Poh, poh! what, baulk a serenade? + 'Twould be an outrage to the courtesies + Of this great city. Faith! his voice is sweet. + +II:2:12 COUN. + Would that he had not sung! It is a sport + In which I find no pastime. + +II:2:13 ALAR. + Marry, come, + It gives me great delight. 'Tis well for thee, + On thy first entrance to our world, to find + So high a follower. + +II:2:14 COUN. + Wherefore should I need + His following? + +II:2:15 ALAR. + Nought's more excellent for woman, + Than to be fixed on as the cynosure + Of one whom all do gaze on. 'Tis a stamp + Whose currency, not wealth, rank, blood, can match; + These are raw ingots, till they are impressed + With fashion's picture. + +II:2:16 COUN. + Would I were once more + Within our castle! + +II:2:17 ALAR. + Nursery days! The world + Is now our home, and we must worldly be, + Like its bold stirrers. I sup with the King. + There is no feast, and yet to do me honour, + Some chiefs will meet. I stand right well at Court, + And with thine aid will stand e'en better. + +II:2:18 COUN. + Mine! + I have no joy but in thy joy, no thought + But for thy honour, and yet, how to aid + Thee in these plans or hopes, indeed, Alarcos, + Indeed, I am perplexed. + +II:2:19 ALAR. + Art not my wife? + Is not this Burgos? And this pile, the palace + Of my great fathers? They did raise these halls + To be the symbols of their high estate, + The fit and haught metropolis of all + Their force and faction. Fill them, fill them, wife, + With those who'll serve me well. Make this the centre + Of all that's great in Burgos. Let it be + The eye of the town, whereby we may perceive + What passes in his heart: the clustering point + Of all convergence. Here be troops of friends + And ready instruments. Wear that sweet smile, + That wins a partisan quicker than power; + Speak in that tone gives each a special share + In thy regard, and what is general + Let all deem private. O! thou'lt play it rarely. + +II:2:20 COUN. + I would do all that may become thy wife. + +II:2:21 ALAR. + I know it, I know it. Thou art a treasure, Florimonde, + And this same singer -- thou hast not asked his name. + Didst guess it? Ah! upon thy gentle cheek + I see a smile. + +II:2:22 COUN. + My lord -- indeed -- + +II:2:23 ALAR. + Thou playest + Thy game less like a novice than I deemed. + Thou canst not say thou didst not catch the voice + Of the Sidonia? + +II:2:24 COUN. + My good lord, indeed + His voice to me is as unknown as mine + Must be to him. + +II:2:25 ALAR. + Whose should the voice but his, + Whose stricken sight left not thy face an instant, + But gazed as if some new-born star had risen + To light his way to paradise? I tell thee, + Among my strict confederates I would count + This same young noble. He is a paramount chief; + Perchance his vassals might outnumber mine, + Conjoined we're adamant. No monarch's breath + Makes me again an exile. Florimonde, + Smile on him; smiles cost nothing; should he judge + They mean more than they say, why smile again; + And what he deems affection, registered, + Is but chaste Mockery. I must to the citadel. + Sweet wife, good-night. + +[Exit ALARCOS.] + +II:2:26 COUN. + O! misery, misery, misery! + Must we do this? I fear there's need we must, + For he is wise in all things, and well learned + In this same world that to my simple sense + Seems very fearful. Why should men rejoice, + They can escape from the pure breath of heaven + And the sweet franchise of their natural will, + To such a prison-house? To be confined + In body and in soul; to breathe the air + Of dark close streets, and never use one's tongue + But for some measured phrase that hath its bent + Well gauged and chartered; to find ready smiles + When one is sorrowful, or looks demure + When one would laugh outright. Never to be + Exact but when dissembling. Is this life? + I dread this city. As I passed its gates + My litter stumbled, and the children shrieked + And clung unto my bosom. Pretty babes! + I'll go to them. O! there is innocence + Even in Burgos. + +[Exit COUNTESS.] + + + + +SCENE 3 + + +A Chamber in the Royal Palace. The INFANTA SOLISA alone. + + +II:3:1 SOL. + I can but think my father will be just + And see us righted. O 'tis only honest, + The hand that did this wrong should now supply + The sovereign remedy, and balm the wound + Itself inflicted. He is with him now; + Would I were there, unseen, yet seeing all! + But ah! no cunning arras could conceal + This throbbing heart. I've sent my little Page, + To mingle with the minions of the Court, + And get me news. How he doth look, bow eat, + What says he and what does, and all the haps + Of this same night, that yet to me may bring + A cloudless morrow. See, even now he comes. + +[Enter the PAGE.] + + Prithee what news? Now tell me all, my child, + When thou'rt a knight, will I not work the scarf + For thy first tourney! Prithee tell me all. + +II:3:2 PAGE. + O lady mine, the royal Seneschal + He was so crabbed, I did scarcely deem + I could have entered. + +II:3:3 SOL. + Cross-grained Seneschal! + He shall repent of this, my pretty Page; + But thou didst enters? + +II:3:4 PAGE. + I did so contrive. + +II:3:5 SOL. + Rare imp! And then? + +II:3:6 PAGE. + Well, as you told me, then + I mingled with the Pages of the King. + They're not so very tall; I might have passed + I think for one upon a holiday. + +II:3:7 SOL. + O thou shalt pass for better than a page + But tell me, child, didst see my gallant Count? + +II:3:8 PAGE. + On the right hand -- + +II:3:9 SOL. + Upon the King's right hand? + +II:3:10 PAGE. + Upon the King's right hand, and there were also -- + +II:3:11 SOL. + Mind not the rest; thou'rt sure on the right hand? + +II:3:12 PAGE. + Most sure; and on the left -- + +II:3:13 SOL. + Ne'er mind the left, + Speak only of the right. How did he seem? + Did there pass words between him and the King? + Often or scant? Did he seem gay or grave? + Or was his aspect of a middle tint, + As if he deemed that there were other joys + Not found within that chamber? + +II:3:14 PAGE. + Sooth to say, + He did seem what he is, a gallant knight. + Would I were such! For talking with the King, + He spoke, yet not so much but he could spare + Words to the other lords. He often smiled, + Yet not so often, that a limner might + Describe his mien as jovial. + +II:3:15 SOL. + 'Tis himself! + What next? Will they sit long? + +II:3:16 PAGE. + I should not like + Myself to quit such company. In truth, + The Count of Leon is a merry lord. + There were some tilting jests, I warrant you, + Between him and your knight. + +II:3:17 SOL. + O tell it me! + +II:3:18 PAGE. + The Count Alarcos, as I chanced to hear, + For tiptoe even would not let me see, + And that same Pedro, who has lately come + To Court, the Senor of Montilla's son, + He is so rough, and says a lady's page + Should only be where there are petticoats. + +II:3:19 SOL. + Is he so rough? He shall be soundly whipped. + But tell me, child, the Count Alarcos -- + +II:3:20 PAGE. + Well, + The Count Alarcos -- but indeed, sweet lady, + I do not wish that Pedro should be whipped. + +II:3:21 SOL. + He shall not then be whipped -- speak of the Count. + +II:3:22 PAGE. + The Count was showing how your Saracen + Doth take your lion captive, thus and thus: + And fashioned with his scarf a dexterous noose + Made of a tiger's skin: your unicorn, + They say, is just as good. + +II:3:23 SOL. + Well, then Sir Leon -- + +II:3:24 PAGE. + Why then your Count of Leon -- but just then + Sancho, the Viscount of Toledo's son, + The King's chief Page, takes me his handkerchief + And binds it on my eyes, he whispering round + Unto his fellows, here you see I've caught + A most ferocious cub. Whereat they kicked, + And pinched, and cuffed me till I nearly roared + As fierce as any lion, you be sure. + +II:3:25 SOL. + Rude Sancho, he shall sure be sent from Court! + My little Ferdinand -- thou hast incurred + Great perils for thy mistress. Go again + And show this signet to the Seneschal, + And tell him that no greater courtesy + Be shown to any guest than to my Page. + This from myself -- or I perchance will send, + Shall school their pranks. Away, my faithful imp, + And tell me how the Count Alarcos seems. + +II:3:26 PAGE. + I go, sweet lady, but I humbly beg + Sancho may not be sent from Court this time. + +II:3:27 SOL. + Sancho shall stay. + +[Exit PAGE.] + + I hope, ere long, sweet child, + Thou too shalt be a page unto a King. + I'm glad Alarcos smiled not overmuch; + Your smilers please me not. I love a face + Pensive, not sad; for where the mood is thoughtful, + The passion is most deep and most refined. + Gay tempers bear light hearts -- are soonest gained + And soonest lost; but he who meditates + On his own nature, will as deeply scan + The mind he meets, and when he loves, he casts + His anchor deep. + +[Re-enter PAGE.] + + Give me the news. + +II:3:28 PAGE. + The news! + I could not see the Seneschal, but gave + Your message to the Pages. Whereupon + Sancho, the Viscount of Toledo's son, + Pedro, the Senor of Montilla's son, + The young Count of Almeira, and -- + +II:3:29 SOL. + My child, + What ails thee? + +II:3:30 PAGE. + O the Viscount of Jodar, + I think he was the very worst of all; + But Sancho of Toledo was the first. + +II:3:31 SOL. + What did they? + +II:3:32 PAGE. + 'Las, no sooner did I say + All that you told me, than he gives the word, + 'A guest, a guest, a very potent guest,' + Takes me a goblet brimful of strong wine + And hands it to me, mocking, on his knee. + This I decline, when on his back they lay + Your faithful Page, nor set me on my legs + Till they had drenched me with this fiery stuff, + That I could scarcely see, or reel my way + Back to your presence. + +II:3:33 SOL. + Marry, 'tis too much + E'en for a page's license. Ne'er you mind, + They shall to Prison by to-morrow's dawn. + I'll bind this kerchief round your brow, its scent + Will much revive you. Go, child, lie you down + On yonder couch. + +II:3:34 PAGE. + I'm sure I ne'er can sleep + If Sancho of Toledo shall be sent + To-morrow's dawn to prison. + +II:3:35 SOL. + Well, he's pardoned. + +II:3:36 PAGE. + Also the Senor of Montilla's son, + +II:3:37 SOL. + He shall be pardoned too. Now prithee sleep. + +II:3:38 PAGE. + The young Count of Almeira -- + +II:3:39 SOL. + O no more. + They all are pardoned. + +II:3:40 PAGE. + I do humbly pray + The Viscount of Jodar be pardoned too. + +[Exit SOLISA.] + + + + +SCENE 4 + + +A Banquet; the KING seated; on his right ALARCOS. +SIDONIA, LEON, the ADMIRAL OF CASTILLE, and other LORDS. +Groups of PAGES, CHAMBERLAINS, and SERVING-MEN. + + +II:4:1 The KING. + Would'st match them, cousin, 'gainst our barbs? + +II:4:2 ALAR. + Against + Our barbs, Sir! + +II:4:3 KING. + Eh, Lord Leon, you can scan + A courser's points? + +II:4:4 LEON. + O, Sir, your travellers + Need fleeter steeds than we poor shambling folks + Who stay at home. To my unskilful sense, + Speed for the chase and vigour for the tilt, + Meseems enough. + +II:4:5 ALAR.' + If riders be as prompt. + +II:4:6 LEON. + Our tourney is put off, or please your Grace, + I'd try conclusions with this marvellous beast, + This Pegasus, this courser of the sun, + That is to blind us all with his bright rays + And cloud our chivalry. + +II:4:7 KING. + My Lord Sidonia, + You're a famed judge: try me this Cyprus wine; + An English prince did give it me, returning + From the holy sepulchre. + +II:4:8 SIDO. + Most rare, my liege, + And glitters like a gem! + +II:4:9 KING. + It doth content + Me much, your Cyprus wine. Lord Admiral, + Hast heard the news? The Saracens have fled + Before the Italian galleys. + +II:4:10 THE ADMIRAL OF CASTILLE. + No one guides + A galley like your Pisan. + +II:4:11 ALAR. + The great Doge + Of Venice, sooth, would barely veil his flag + To Pisa. + +II:4:12 ADM. + Your Venetian hath his craft. + This Saracenic rent will surely touch + Our turbaned neighbours? + +II:4:13 KING. + To the very core, + Granada's all a-mourning. Good, my Lords, + One goblet more. We'll give our cousin's health. + Here's to the Count Alarcos. + +II:4:14 OMNES. + To the Count Alarcos. + +[The Guests rise, pay their homage to the KING, and are retiring.] + +II:4:15 KING. + Good night, Lord Admiral; my Lord of Leon, + My Lord Sidonia, and my Lord of Lara, + Gentle adieus; to you, my Lord, and you, + To all and each. Cousin, good night -- and yet + A moment rest awhile; since your return + I've looked on you in crowds, it may become us + To say farewell alone. + +[The KING waves his hand to the SENESCHAL -- the Chamber is cleared.] + +II:4:16 ALAR. + Most gracious Sire, + You honour your poor servant. + +II:4:17 KING. + Prithee, sit. + This scattering of the Saracen, methinks, + Will hold the Moor to his truce? + +II:4:18 ALAR. + It would appear + To have that import. + +II:4:19 KING. + Should he pass the mountains, + We can receive him. + +II:4:20 ALAR. + Where's the crown in Spain + More prompt and more prepared? + +II:4:21 KING. + Cousin, you're right. + We flourish. By St. James, I feel a glow + Of the heart to see you here once more, my cousin; + I'm low in the vale of years, and yet I think + I could defend my crown with such a knight + On my right hand. + +II:4:22 ALAR. + Such liege and land would raise + Our lances high. + +II:4:23 KING. + We carry all before us. + Leon reduced. the crescent paled in Cordova, + Why, if she gain Valencia, Aragon + Must kick the beam. And shall she gain Valencia? + It cheers my blood to find thee by my side; + Old days, old days return, when thou to me + Wert as the apple of mine eye. + +II:4:24 ALAR. + My liege, + This is indeed most gracious. + +II:4:25 KING. + Gentle cousin, + Thou shalt have pause to say that I am gracious. + O! I did ever love thee; and for that + Some passages occurred between us once, + That touch my memory to the quick; I would + Even pray thee to forget them, and to hold + I was most vilely practised on, my mind + Poisoned, and from a fountain, that to deem + Tainted were frenzy. + +II:4:26 ALAR. + +[Falling on his knee, and taking the KING's hand.] + + My most gracious liege, + This morn to thee I did my fealty pledge. + Believe me, Sire, I did so with clear breast, + And with no thought to thee and to thy line + But fit devotion. + +II:4:27 KING. + O, I know it well, + I know thou art right true. Mine eyes are moist + To see thee here again. + +II:4:28 ALAR. + It is my post, + Nor could I seek another. + +II:4:29 KING. + Thou dost know + That Hungary leaves us? + +II:4:30 ALAR. + I was grieved to hear + There were some crosses. + +II:4:31 KING. + Truth, I am not grieved. + Is it such joy this fair Castillian realm, + This glowing flower of Spain, be rudely plucked + By a strange hand? To see our chambers filled + With foreign losels; our rich fiefs and abbeys + The prey of each bold scatterling, that finds + No heirship in his country? Have I lived + And laboured for this end, to swell the sails + Of alien fortunes? O my gentle cousin, + There was a time we had far other hopes! + I suffer for my deeds. + +II:4:32 ALAR. + We must forget, + We must forget, my liege. + +II:4:33 KING. + Is't then so easy? + Thou hast no daughter. Ah! thou canst not tell + What 'tis to feel a father's policy + Hath dimmed a child's career. A child so peerless! + Our race, though ever comely, veiled to her. + A palm tree in its pride of sunny youth + Mates not her symmetry; her step was noticed + As strangely stately by her nurse. Dost know, + I ever deemed that winning smile of hers + Mournful, with all its mirth? But ah! no more + A father gossips; nay, my weakness 'tis not. + 'Tis not with all that I would prattle thus; + But you, my cousin, know Solisa well, + And once you loved her. + +II:4:34 ALAR. + +[Rising.] + + Once! O God! + Such passions are eternity. + +II:4:35 KING. + +[Advancing.] + + What then, + Shall this excelling creature, on a throne + As high as her deserts, shall she become + A spoil for strangers? Have I cause to grieve + That Hungary quit us? O that I could find + Some noble of our land might dare to mix + His equal blood with our Castillian seed! + Art thou more learned in our pedigrees? + Hast thou no friend, no kinsman? Must this realm + Fall to the spoiler, and a foreign graft + Be nourished by our sap? + +II:4:36 ALAR. + Alas! alas! + +II:4:37 KING. + Four crowns; our paramount Castille, and Leon, + Seviglia, Cordova, the future hope + Of Murcia, and the inevitable doom + That waits the Saracen; all, all, all; + And with my daughter! + +II:4:38 ALAR. + Ah! ye should have blasted + My homeward path, ye lightnings! + +II:4:39 KING. + Such a son + Should grudge his sire no days. I would not live + To whet ambition's appetite. I'm old; + And fit for little else than hermit thoughts. + The day that gives my daughter, gives my crown: + A cell's my home. + +II:4:40 ALAR. + O, life, I will not curse thee + Let hard and shaven crowns denounce thee vain; + To me thou wert no shade! I loved thy stir + And panting struggle. Power, and pomp, and beauty + Cities and courts, the palace and the fane, + The chace, the revel, and the battle-field, + Man's fiery glance, and woman's thrilling smile, + I loved ye all. I curse not thee, O life! + But on my start; confusion. May they fall + From out their spheres, and blast our earth no more + With their malignant rays, that mocking placed + All the delight of life within my reach, + And chained me film fruition. + +II:4:41 KING. + Gentle cousin, + Thou art disturbed; I fear these words of mine, + Chance words ere I did say to thee good night, + For O, 'twas joy to see thee here again, + Who art my kinsman, and my only one, + Have touched on some old cares for both of us. + And yet the world has many charms for thee; + Thou'rt not like us, and thy unhappy child + The world esteems so favoured. + +II:4:42 ALAR. + Ah, the world + III estimates the truth of any lot. + Their speculation is too far and reaches + Only externals, they are ever fair. + There are vile cankers in your gaudiest flowers, + But you must pluck and peer within the leaves + To catch the pest. + +II:4:43 KING. + Alas! my gentle cousin, + To hear thou hast thy sorrows too, like us, + It pains me much, and yet I'll not believe it, + For with so fair a wife -- + +II:4:44 ALAR. + Torture me not, + Although thou art a King. + +II:4:45 KING. + My gentle cousin, + f spoke to solace thee. We all do hear + Thou art most favoured in a right fair wife. + We do desire to see her; can she find + A friend becomes her better than our child? + +II:4:46 ALAR. + My wife? would she were not! + +II:4:47 KING. + I say so too, + Would she were not! + +II:4:48 ALAR. + Ah me! why did I marry? + +II:4:49 KING. + Truth, it was very rash. + +II:4:50 ALAR. + Who made me rash? + Who drove me from my hearth, and sent me forth + On the unkindred earth? With the dark spleen + Goading injustice, that 'tis vain to quell, + Entails on restless spirits. Yes, I married, + As men do oft, from very wantonness; + To tamper with a destiny that's cross, + To spite my fate, to put the seal upon + A balked career, in high and proud defiance + Of hopes that yet might mock me, to beat down + False expectation and its damned lures, + And fix a bar betwixt me and defeat. + +II:4:51 KING. + These bitter words would rob me of my hope, + That thou at least wert happy. + +II:4:52 ALAR. + Would I slept + With my grey fathers! + +II:4:53 KING. + And my daughter too! + O most unhappy pair! + +II:4:54 ALAR. + There is a way. + To cure such woes, one only. + +II:4:55 KING. + 'Tis my thought. + +II:4:56 ALAR. + No cloister shall entomb this life; the grave + Shall be my refuge, + +II:4:57 KING. + Yet to die were witless, + When Death, who with his fatal finger taps + At princely doors, as freely as he gives + His summons to the serf, may at this instant + Have sealed the only life that throws a shade + Between us and the sun. + +II:4:58 ALAR. + She's very young. + +II:4:59 KING. + And may live long, as I do hope she will; + Yet have I known as blooming as she die, + And that most suddenly. The air of cities + To unaccustomed lungs is very fatal; + Perchance the absence of her accustomed sports, + The presence of strange faces, and a longing + For those she has been bred among: I've known + This most pernicious: she might droop and pine, + And when they fail, they sink most rapidly. + God grant she may not; yet I do remind thee + Of this wild chance, when speaking of thy lot. + In truth 'tis sharp, and yet I would not die + When Time, the great enchanter, may change all, + By bringing somewhat earlier to thy gate + A doom that must arrive. + +II:4:60 ALAR. + Would it were there! + +II:4:61 KING. + 'Twould be the day thy hand should clasp my daughter's, + That thou hast loved so Ion; 'twould be the day + My crown, the crown of all my realms, Alarcos, + Should bind thy royal brow. Is this the morn + Breaks in our chamber? Why, I did but mean + To say good night unto my gentle cousin + So long unseen. O, we have gossiped, coz, + So cheering dreams! + +[Exeunt.] + + +END OF THE SECOND ACT. + + + + +ACT III + + +SCENE 1 + + +Interior of the Cathedral of Burgos. +The High Altar illuminated; +in the distance, various Chapels lighted, and in each of which Mass is +celebrating: +in all directions groups of kneeling Worshippers. +Before the High Altar the Prior of Burgos officiates, attended by his +Sacerdotal Retinue. +In the front of the Stage, opposite to the Audience, a Confessional. +The chanting of a solemn Mass here commences; as it ceases, + +[Enter ALARCOS.] + + +III:1:1 ALAR. + Would it were done! and yet I dare not say + It should be done. O, that some natural cause, + Or superhuman agent, would step in, + And save me from its practice! Will no pest + Descend upon her blood? Must thousands die + Daily, and her charmed life be spared? As young + Are hourly plucked from out their hearths. A life! + Why, what's a life? A loan that must return + To a capricious creditor; recalled + Often as soon as lent. I'd wager mine + To-morrow like the dice, were my blood pricked. + Yet now, + When all that endows life with all its price, + Hangs on some flickering breath I could puff out, + I stand agape. I'll dream 'tis done: what then? + Mercy remains? For ever, not for ever + I charge my soul? Will no contrition ransom, + Or expiatory torments compensate + The awful penalty? Ye kneeling worshippers, + That gaze in silent ecstacy before + Yon flaming altar, you come here to bow + Before a God of mercy. Is't not so? + +[ALARCOS walks towards the High Altar and kneels.] + +[A Procession advances front the back of the Scene, singing a solemn Mass, +and preceding the Prior of Burgos, who seats himself in the Confessional +his Train filing of on each side of the Scene: +the lights of the High Altar are extinguished, +but the Chapels remain illuminated.] + +III:1:2 THE PRIOR. + Within this chair I sit, and hold the keys + That open realms no conqueror can subdue, + And where the monarchs of the earth must fain + Solicit to be subjects: Heaven and Hades, + Lands of Immortal light and shores of gloom. + Eternal as the chorus of their wail, + And the dim isthmus of that middle space, + Where the compassioned soul may purge its sins + In pious expiation. Then advance + Ye children of all sorrows, and all sins, + Doubts that perplex, and hopes that tantalize, + All the wild forms the fiend Temptation takes + To tamper with the soul! Come with the care + That eats your daily life; come with the thought + That is conceived in the noon of night, + And makes us stare around us though alone; + Come with the engendering sin, and with the crime + That is full-born. To counsel and to soothe, + I sit within this chair. + +[ALARCOS advances and kneels by the Confessional.] + +III:1:3 ALAR. + O, holy father + My soul is burthened with a crime. + +III:1:4 PRIOR. + My son, + The church awaits thy sin. + +III:1:5 ALAR. + It is a sin + Most black and terrible. Prepare thine ear + For what must make it tremble. + +III:1:6 PRIOR. + Thou dost speak + To Power above all passion, not to man. + +III:1:7 ALAR. + There was a lady, father, whom I loved, + And with a holy love, and she loved me + As holily. Our vows were blessed, if favour + Hang on a father's benediction. + +III:1:8 PRIOR. + Her + Mother? + +III:1:9 ALAR. + She had a mother, if to bear + Children be all that makes a mother: one + Who looked on me, about to be her child, + With eyes of lust. + +III:1:10 PRIOR. + And thou? + +III:1:11 ALAR. + O, if to trace + But with the memory's too veracious aid + This tale be anguish, what must be its life + And terrible action? Father, I abjured + This lewd she-wolf. But ah! her fatal vengeance + Struck to my heart. A banished scatterling + I wandered on the earth. + +III:1:12 PRIOR. + Thou didst return? + +III:1:13 ALAR. + And found the being that I loved, and found + Her faithful still. + +III:1:14 PRIOR. + And thou, my son, wert happy? + +III:1:15 ALAR. + Alas! I was no longer free. Strange ties + Had bound a hopeless exile. But she I had loved, + And never ceased to love, for in the form, + Not in the spirit was her faith more pure, + She looked upon me with a glance that told + Her death but in my love. I struggled, nay, + 'Twas not a struggle, 'twas an agony. + Her aged sire, her dark impending doom, + And the overwhelming passion of my soul: + My wife died suddenly. + +III:1:16 PRIOR. + And by a life + That should have shielded hers? + +III:1:17 ALAR. + Is there hope of mercy? + Can prayers, can penances, can they avail? + What consecration of my wealth, for I'm rich, + Can aid me? Can it aid me? Can endowments? + Nay, set no bounds to thy unlimited schemes + Of saving charity. Can shrines, can chauntries, + Monastic piles, can they avail? What if + I raise a temple not less proud than this, + Enriched with all my wealth, with all, with all? + Will endless masses, will eternal prayers, + Redeem me from perdition? + +III:1:18 PRIOR. + What, would gold + Redeem the sin it prompted? + +III:1:19 ALAR. + No, by Heaven! + No, Fate had dowered me with wealth might feed + All but a royal hunger. + +III:1:20 PRIOR. + And alone + Thy fatal passion urged thee + +III:1:21 ALAR. + Hah! + +III:1:22 PRIOR. + Probe deep + Thy wounded soul. + +III:1:23 ALAR. + 'Tis torture: fathomless + I feel the fell incision. + +III:1:24 PRIOR. + There is a lure + Thou dost not own, and yet its awful shade + Lowers in the back-ground of thy soul: thy tongue + Trifles the church's ear. Beware, my son, + And tamper not with Paradise. + +III:1:25 ALAR. + A breath, + A shadow, essence subtler far than love: + And yet I loved her, and for love had dared + All that I ventured for this twin-born lure + Cradled with love, for which I soiled my soul. + O, father, it was Power. + +III:1:26 PRIOR. + And this dominion + Purchased by thy soul's mortgage, still is't thine? + +III:1:27 ALAR. + Yea, thousands bow to him, who bows to thee. + +III:1:28 PRIOR. + Thine is a fearful deed. + +III:1:29 ALAR. + O, is there mercy? + +III:1:30 PRIOR. + Say, is there penitence? + +III:1:31 ALAR. + How shall I gauge it? + What temper of contrition might the church + Require from such a sinner? + +III:1:32 PRIOR. + Is't thy wish, + Nay, search the very caverns of thy thought, + Is it thy wish this deed were now undone? + +III:1:33 ALAR. + Undone, undone! It is; O, say it were, + And what am I? O, father, wer't not done, + I should not be less tortured than I'm now; + My life less like a dream of haunting thoughts + Tempting to unknown enormities. The sun + Would rise as beamless on my darkened days, + Night proffer the same torments. Food would fly + My lips the same, and the same restless blood + Quicken my harassed limbs. Undone! undone! + I have no metaphysic faculty + To deem this deed undone. + +III:1:34 PRIOR. + Thou must repent + This terrible deed. Look through thy heart. Thy wife, + There was a time thou lov'dst her? + +III:1:35 ALAR. + I'll not think + There was a time. + +III:1:36 PRIOR. + And was she fair? + +III:1:37 ALAR. + A form + Dazzling all eyes but mine. + +III:1:38 PRIOR. + And pure? + +III:1:39 ALAR. + No saint + More chaste than she. Her consecrated shape + She kept as 'twere a shrine, and just as full + Of holy thoughts; her very breath was incense, + And all her gestures sacred as the forms + Of priestly offices! + +III:1:40 PRIOR. + I'll save thy soul. + Thou must repent that one so fair and pure, + And loving thee so well -- + +III:1:41 ALAR. + Father, in vain. + There is a bar betwixt me and repentance. + And yet -- + +III:1:42 PRIOR. + Ay, yet -- + +III:1:43 ALAR. + The day may come, I'll kneel + In such a mood, and might there then be hope? + +III:1:44 PRIOR. + We hold the keys that bind and loosen all: + But penitence alone is mercy's portal. + The obdurate soul is doomed. Remorseful tears + Are sinners' sole ablution. O, my son, + Bethink thee yet, to die in sin like thine; + Eternal masses profit not thy soul, + Thy consecrated wealth will but upraise + The monument of thy despair. Once more, + Ere yet the vesper lights shall fade away, + I do adjure thee, on the church's bosom + Pour forth thy contrite heart. + +III:1:45 ALAR. + A contrite heart! + A stainless hand would count for more. I see + No drops on mine. My head is weak, my heart + A wilderness of passion. Prayers, thy prayers! + +[ALARCOS rises suddenly and exit.] + + + + +SCENE 2 + + +Chamber in the Royal Palace. + +The INFANTA seated in despondency; the KING standing by her side. + + +III:2:1 KING. + Indeed, 'tis noticed. + +III:2:2 SOL. + Solitude is all + I ask; and is it then so great a boon? + +III:2:3 KING. + Nay, solitude's no princely appanage. + Our state's a pedestal, which men have raised + That they may gaze on greatness. + +III:2:4 SOL. + A false idol, + And weaker than its worshippers. I've lived + To feel my station's vanity. O, Death, + Thou endest all! + +III:2:5 KING. + Thou art too young to die, + And yet may be too happy. Moody youth + Toys in its talk with the dark thought of death, + As if to die were but to change a robe. + It is their present refuge for all cares + And each disaster. When the sere has touched + Their flowing locks, they prattle less of death, + Perchance think more of it. + +III:2:6 SOL. + Why, what is greatness? + Will't give me love, or faith, or tranquil thoughts? + No, no, not even justice. + +III:2:7 KING. + 'Tis thyself + That does thyself injustice. Let the world + Have other speculation than the breach + Of our unfilled vows. They bear too near + And fine affinity to what we would, + Ay, what we will. I would not choose this moment, + Men brood too curiously upon the cause + Of the late rupture, for the cause detected + May bar the consequence. + +III:2:8 SOL. + A day, an hour + Sufficed to crush me. Weeks and weeks pass on + Since I was promised right. + +III:2:9 KING. + Take thou my sceptre + And do thyself this right. Is't, then, so easy? + +III:2:10 SOL. + Let him who did the wrong, contrive the means + Of his atonement. + +III:2:11 KING. + All a father can, + I have performed. + +III:2:12 SOL. + Ah! then there is no hope. + The Bishop of Ossuna, you did say + He was the learnedest clerk of Christendom, + And you would speak to him? + +III:2:13 KING. + What says Alarcos? + +III:2:14 SOL. + I spoke not to him since I first received + His princely pledge. + +III:2:15 KING. + Call on him to fulfil it. + +III:2:16 SOL. + Can he do more than kings? + +III:2:17 KING. + Yes, he alone; + Alone it rests with him. This learn from me. + There is no other let. + +III:2:18 SOL. + I learn from thee + What other lips should tell me. + +III:2:19 KING. + Girl, art sure + Of this same lover? + +III:2:20 SOL. + O! I'll never doubt him. + +III:2:21 KING. + And yet may be deceived. + +III:2:22 SOL. + He is as true + As talismanic steel. + +III:2:23 KING. + Why, then thou art, + At least thou should'st be, happy. Smile, Solisa; + For since the Count is true, there is no bar. + Why dost not smile? + +III:2:24 SOL. + I marvel that Alarcos + Hath been so mute on this. + +III:2:25 KING. + But thou art sure + He is most true. + +III:2:26 SOL. + Why should I deem him true? + Have I found truth in any? Woe is me, + I feel as one quite doomed. I know not why + I ever was ill-omened. + +III:2:27 KING. + Listen, girl; + Probe this same lover to the core; 'tmay be, + I think he is, most true; he should be so + If there be faith in vows, and men ne'er break + The pledge its profits them to keep. And yet -- + +III:2:28 SOL. + And what? + +III:2:29 KING. + To be his Sovereign's cherished friend, + And smiled on by the daughter of his King, + Why that might profit him, and please so much, + His wife's ill humour might be borne withal. + +III:2:30 SOL. + You think him false? + +III:2:31 KING. + I think he might be true: + But when a man's well placed, he loves not change. + +[Enter at the back of the Scene Count ALARCOS disguised. +He advances, dropping his Hat and Cloak.] + + Ah, gentle cousin, all our thoughts were thine. + +III:2:32 ALAR. + I marvel men should think. Lady, I'll hope + Thy thoughts are like thyself, most fair. + +III:2:33 KING. + Her thoughts + Are like her fortunes, lofty, but around + The peaks cling vapours. + +III:2:34 ALAR. + Eagles live in clouds, + And they draw royal breath. + +III:2:35 KING. + I'd have her quit, + This strange seclusion, cousin. Give thine aid + To festive purposes. + +III:2:36 ALAR. + A root, an egg, + Why there's a feast with a holy mind. + +III:2:37 KING. + If ever + I find my seat within a hermitage, + I'll think the same. + +III:2:38 ALAR. + You have built shrines, sweet lady? + +III:2:39 SOL. + What then, my lord? + +III:2:40 ALAR. + Why then you might be worshipped, + If your image were in front; I'd bow down + To anything so fair. + +III:2:41 KING. + Dost know, my cousin, + Who waits me now? The deputies from Murcia. + The realm is ours, + +[whispers him] + + is thine. + +III:2:42 ALAR. + The church has realms + Wider than both Castilles. But which of them + Will be our lot; that's it. + +III:2:43 KING. + Mine own Solisa, + They wait me in my cabinet; + +[aside to her] + + Bethink thee + With whom all rests. + +[Exit the KING.] + +III:2:44 SOL. + You had sport to-day, my lord? + The King was at the chace. + +III:2:45 ALAR. + I breathed my barb. + +III:2:46 SOL. + They say the chace hath charm to cheer the spirit, + +III:2:47 ALAR. + 'Tis better than prayers. + +III:2:48 SOL. + Indeed, I think I'll hunt. + You and my father seem so passing gay. + +III:2:49 ALAR. + Why this is no confessional, no shrine + Haunted with presaged gloom. I should be gay + To look at thee and listen to thy voice; + For if fair pictures and sweet sounds enchant + The soul of man, that are but artifice, + How then am I entranced, this living picture + Bright by my side, and listening to this music + That nature gave thee. What's eternal life + To this inspired mortality! Let priests + And pontiffs thunder, still I feel that here + Is all my joy. + +III:2:50 SOL. + Ah! why not say thy woe? + Who stands between thee and thy rights but me? + Who stands between thee and thine ease but me? + Who bars thy progress, brings thee cares, but me? + Lures thee to impossible contracts, goads thy faith + To mad performance, welcomes thee with sighs, + And parts from them with tears? Is this joy? No! + I am thine evil genius. + +III:2:51 ALAR. + Say my star + Of inspiration. This reality + Baffles their mystic threats. Who talks of cares? + Why, what's a Prince, if his imperial will + Be bitted by a priest! There's nought impossible. + Thy sighs are sighs of love, and all thy tears + But affluent tenderness. + +III:2:52 SOL. + You sing as sweet + As did the syrens; is it from the heart, + Or from the lips, that voice? + +III:2:53 ALAR. + Solisa! + +III:2:54 SOL. + Ay! + My ear can catch a treacherous tone; 'tis trained + To perfidy. My Lord Alarcos, look me + Straight in the face. He quails not. + +III:2:55 ALAR. + O my soul, + Is this the being for whose love I've pledged + Even thy forfeit! + +III:2:56 SOL. + Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + Look not so stern! I'm mad; yes, yes, my life + Upon thy truth; I know thou'rt true: he said + It rested but with thee; I said it not, + Nor thought it. + +III:2:57 ALAR. + Lady! + +III:2:58 SOL. + Not that voice! + +III:2:59 ALAR. + I'll know + Thy thought; the King hath spoken? + +III:2:60 SOL. + Words of joy + And madness. With thyself alone he says + It rests. + +III:2:61 ALAR. + Nor said he more? + +III:2:62 SOL. + It had found me deaf, + For he touched hearings quick. + +III:2:63 ALAR. + Thy faith in me + Hath gone. + +III:2:64 SOL. + I'll doubt our shrined miracles + Before I doubt Alarcos. + +III:2:65 ALAR. + He'll believe thee, + For at this moment he has much to endure, + And that he could not. + +III:2:66 SOL. + And yet I must choose + This time to vex thee. O, I am the curse + And blight of the existence, which to bless + Is all my thought! Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + I pray thee pardon me. I am so wretched: + This fell suspense is like a frightful dream + Wherein we fall from heights, yet never reach + The bottomless abyss. It wastes my spirit, + Wears down my life, gnaws ever at my heart, + Makes my brain quick when others are asleep, + And dull when theirs is active. O, Alarcos, + I could lie down and die. + +III:2:67 ALAR. + +[Advancing in soliloquy.] + + Asleep, awake, + In dreams, and in the musing moods that wait + On unfulfilled purposes, I've done it; + And thought upon it afterwards, nor shrunk + From the fell retrospect. + +III:2:68 SOL. + He's wrapped in thought; + Indeed his glance was wild when first he entered, + And his speech lacked completeness. + +III:2:69 ALAR. + How is it then, + The body that should be the viler part, + And made for servile uses, should rebel + 'Gainst the mind's mandate, and should hold its aid + Aloof from our adventure? Why the sin + Is in the thought, not in the deed; 'tis not + The body pays the penalty, the soul + Must clear that awful scot. What palls my arm? + It is not pity; trumpet-tongued ambition + Stifles her plaintive voice; it is not love, + For that inspires the blow! Art thou Solisa? + +III:2:70 SOL. + I am that luckless maiden whom you love. + +III:2:71 ALAR. + You could lie down and die. Who speaks of death? + There is no absolution for self-murder. + Why 'tis the greater sin of the two. There is + More peril in't. What, sleep upon your post + Because you are wearied? No, we must spy on + And watch occasions. Even now they are ripe. + I feel a turbulent throbbing at my heart + Will end in action: for there spiritual tumults + Herald great deeds. + +III:2:72 SOL. + It is the church's scheme + Ever to lengthen suits. + +III:2:73 ALAR. + The church? + +III:2:74 SOL. + Ossana + Leans much to Rome. + +III:2:75 ALAR. + And how concerns us that? + +III:2:76 SOL. + His Grace spoke to the Bishop, you must know? + +III:2:77 ALAR. + Ah, yes! his Grace, the church, it is our friend. + And truly should be so. It gave our griefs, + And it should bear their balm. + +III:2:78 SOL. + Hast pardoned me + That I was querulous? But lovers crossed + Wrangle with those that love them, as it were, + To spite affection. + +III:2:79 ALAR. + We are bound together + As the twin powers of the storm. Very love + Now makes me callous. The great bond is sealed; + Look bright; if gloomy, mortgage future bliss + For present comfort. Trust me 'tis good 'surance. + I'll to the King. + +[Exeunt both.] + + + + +SCENE 3 + + +A Street in Burgos. + +[Enter the COUNT OF LEON, followed by ORAN.] + + +III:3:1 LEON. + He has been sighing like a Sybarite + These six weeks past, and now he sends to me + To hire my bravo. Well, that smacks of manhood. + He'll pierce at least one heart, if not the right one. + Murder and marriage! which the greater crime + A schoolman may decide. All arts exhausted, + His death alone remains. A clumsy course. + I care not. Truth, I hate this same Alarcos, + I think it is the colour of his eyes, + But I do hate him; and the royal ear + Lists coldly to me since this same return. + The King leans wholly on him. Sirrah Moor, + All is prepared? + +III:3:2 ORAN. + And prompt. + +III:3:3 LEON. + 'Tis well; no boggling; + Let it be cleanly done. + +III:3:4 ORAN. + A stab or two, + And the Arlanzon's wave shall know the rest. + +III:3:5 LEON. + I'll have to kibe his heels at Court, if you fail. + +III:3:6 ORAN. + There is no fear. We have the choicest spirits + In Burgos. + +III:3:7 LEON. + Goodly gentlemen! you wait + Their presence? + +III:3:8 ORAN. + Here anon. + +III:3:9 LEON. + Good night, dusk infidel, + They'll take me for an Alguazil. At home + Your news will reach me. + +III:3:10 ORAN. + And were all your throats cut, + I would not weep. O, Allah, let them spend + Their blood upon themselves! My life he shielded, + And now exacts one at my hands; we're quits + When this is closed. That thought will grace a deed + Otherwise graceless. I would break the chain + That binds me to this man. His callous eye + Repels devotion, while his reckless vein + Demands prompt sacrifice. Now is't wise this? + Methinks 'twere wise to touch the humblest heart + Of those that serve us? In maturest plans + There lacks that finish, which alone can flow + From zealous instruments. But here are some + That have no hearts to touch. + +[Enter Four BRAVOs.] + + How now, good senors. + I cannot call them comrades; you're exact, + As doubtless ye are brave. You know your duty? + +III:3:11 1ST BRAVO. + And will perform it, or my name is changed, + And I'm not Guzman Jaca. + +III:3:12 ORAN. + You well know + The arm you cross is potent? + +III:3:13 2ND BRAVO. + All the steel + Of Calatrava's knights shall not protect it. + +III:3:14 3RD BRAVO. + And all the knights to boot. + +III:3:15 4TH BRAVO. + A river business. + +III:3:16 ORAN. + The safest sepulchre. + +III:3:17 4TH BRAVO. + A burial ground + Of which we are the priests, and take our fees; + I never cross a stream, but I do feel + A sense of property. + +III:3:18 ORAN. + You know the signal: + And when I boast I've friends, they may appear + To prove I am no braggart. + +III:3:19 1ST BRAVO. + To our posts + It shall be cleanly done, and brief. + +III:3:20 2ND BRAVO. + No oaths, + No swagger. + +III:3:21 3RD BRAVO. + Not a word; but all as pleasant + As we were nobles like himself. + +III:3:22 4TH BRAVO. + 'Tis true, sir; + You deal with gentlemen. + +[Exeunt BRAVOs.] + +[Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + +III:3:23 ALAR. + The moon's a sluggard, + I think, to-night. How now, the Moor that dodged + My steps at vespers. Hem! I like not this. + Friends beneath cloaks; they're wanted. Save you, sir? + +III:3:24 ORAN. + And you, sir? + +III:3:25 ALAR. + Not the first time we have met, + Or I've no eye for lurkers. + +III:3:26 ORAN. + I have tasted + Our common heritage, the air, to-day; + And if the selfsame beam warmed both our bloods, + What then? + +III:3:27 ALAR. + Why nothing; but the sun has set, + And honest men should seek their hearths. + +III:3:28 ORAN. + I wait + My friends. + +[The BRAVOs rush in, and assault COUNT ALARCOS, who, +dropping his Cloak, shows his Sword already drawn, and keeps them at bay.] + + So, so! who plays with princes' blood? + No sport for varlets. Thus and thus, I'll teach ye + To know your station. + +III:3:29 1ST BRAVO. + Ah! + +III:3:30 2ND BRAVO. + Away! + +III:3:31 3RD BRAVO. + Fly, fly! + +III:3:32 4TH BRAVO. + No place for quiet men. + +[The BRAVOs run off.] + +III:3:33 ALAR. + A little breath + Is all they have cost me, tho' their blood has stained + My damask blade. And still the Moor! What ho! + Why fliest not like thy mates? + +III:3:34 ORAN. + Because I wait + To fight. + +III:3:35 ALAR. + Rash caitiff! knowest thou who I am? + +III:3:36 ORAN. + One who I heard was brave, and now has proved it. + +III:3:37 ALAR. + Am I thy foe? + +III:3:38 ORAN. + No more than all thy race. + +III:3:39 ALAR. + Go, save thy life. + +III:3:40 ORAN. + Look to thine own, proud lord. + +III:3:41 ALAR. + Perdition catch thy base-born insolence. + +[They fight: after a long and severe encounter, +ALARCOS disarms ORAN, who falls wounded.] + +III:3:42 ORAN. + Be brief, dispatch me. + +III:3:43 ALAR. + Not a word for mercy? + +III:3:44 ORAN. + Why should'st thou give it? + +III:3:45 ALAR. + 'Tis not merited, + Yet might be gained. Who set thee on to this? + My sword is at thy throat. Give me his name, + And thine shall live. + +III:3:46 ORAN. + I cannot. + +III:3:47 ALAR. + What, is life + So light a boon? It hangs upon this point. + Bold Moor, is't then thy love to him who fees thee + Makes thee so faithful? + +III:3:48 ORAN. + No; I hate him. + +III:3:49 ALAR. + What + Restrains thee, then? + +III:3:50 ORAN. + The feeling that restrained + My arm from joining stabbers -- Honour. + +III:3:51 ALAR. + Humph! + An overseer of stabbers for some ducats. + And is that honour? + +III:3:52 ORAN. + Once he screened my life, + And this was my return. + +III:3:53 ALAR. + What if I spare + Thy life even now? Wilt thou accord to me + The same devotion? + +III:3:54 ORAN. + Yea; the life thou givest + Thou shouldst command. + +III:3:55 ALAR. + If I, too, have a foe + Crossing my path and blighting all my life? + +III:3:56 ORAN. + This sword should strive to reach him. + +III:3:57 ALAR. + Him! thy bond + Shall know no sex or nation. Limitless + Shall be thy pledge. I'll claim from thee a life + For that I spare. How now, wilt live? + +III:3:58 ORAN. + To pay + A life for that now spared. + +III:3:59 ALAR. + Swear to thy truth; + Swear by Mahound, and swear by all thy gods, + If thou hast any; swear it by the stars, + In which we all believe; and by thy hopes + Of thy false paradise; swear it by thy soul, + And by thy sword! + +III:3:60 ORAN. + I swear. + +III:3:61 ALAR. + Arise and live. + + +THE END OF THE THIRD ACT. + + + + +ACT IV + + +SCENE 1 + + +Interior of a Posada frequented by BRAVOs, in an obscure quarter of +Burgos. FLIX at the fire, frying eggs. Men seated at small tables +drinking; others lying on benches. At the side, but in the front of the +Scene, some Beggars squatted on the ground, thrumming a Mandolin; a +Gipsy Girl dancing. + + +IV:1:1 A BRAVO. + Come, mother, dost take us for Saracens? I say we are true + Christians, and so must drink wine. + +IV:1:2 ANOTHER BRAVO. + Mother Flix is sour to-night. Keep the evil eye from the olla! + +IV:1:3 3RD BRAVO. + +[advancing to her] + + Thou beauty of Burgos, what are dimples unless seen? Smile! wench. + +IV:1:4 FLIX. + A frying egg will not wait for the King of Cordova. + +IV:1:5 1ST BRAVO. + Will have her way. Graus knows a pretty wife's worth. A handsome + hostess is bad for the guest's purse. + +IV:1:6 1ST BRAVO. + +[rising] + + Good companions make good company. Graus, Graus! another flagon. + +IV:1:7 2ND BRAVO. + Of the right Catalan. + +IV:1:8 3RD BRAVO. + Nay, for my omelette. + +IV:1:9 FLIX. + Hungry men think the cook lazy. + +[Enter GRAUS with a Flagon of wine.] + +IV:1:10 1ST BRAVO. + 'Tis mine. + +IV:1:11 2ND BRAVO. + No, mine. + +IV:1:12 1ST BRAVO. + We'll share. + +IV:1:13 2ND BRAVO. + No, each man his own beaker; he who shares has the worst half. + +IV:1:14 3RD BRAVO. + +[to FLIX, who brings the omelette] + + An egg and to bed. + +IV:1:15 GRAUS. + Who drinks, first chinks. + +IV:1:16 1ST BRAVO. + The debtor is stoned every day. There will be water-work to-morrow, + and that will wash it out. You know me? + +IV:1:17 GRAUS. + In a long journey and a small inn, one knows one's company. + +IV:1:18 2ND BRAVO. + Come, I'll give, but I won't share. Fill up. + +IV:1:19 GRAUS. + That's liberal; my way; full measure but prompt pezos; + I loathe your niggards. + +IV:1:20 1ST BRAVO. + As the little tailor of Campillo said, who worked for nothing, + and found thread. + +[To the other BRAVO.] + + Nay, I'll not refuse; we know each other. + +IV:1:21 2ND BRAVO. + We've seen the stars together. + +IV:1:22 AN OLD MAN. + Burgos is not what it was. + +IV:1:23 5TH BRAVO. + +[waking] + + Sleep ends and supper begins. The olla, the olla, Mother Flix; + +[shaking a purse] + + there's the dinner bell. + +IV:1:24 2ND BRAVO. + That will bring courses. + +IV:1:25 1ST BRAVO. + An ass covered with gold has more respect than a horse with a + pack-saddle. + +IV:1:26 5TH BRAVO. + How for that ass? + +IV:1:27 2ND BRAVO. + Nay, the sheep should have his belly full who quarrels with his mate. + +IV:1:28 5TH BRAVO. + But how for that ass? + +IV:1:29 A FRIAR. + +[advancing] + + Peace be with ye, brethren! A meal in God's name. + +IV:1:30 5TH BRAVO. + Who asks in God's name, asks for two. But how for that ass? + +IV:1:31 FLIX. + +[bringing the olla] + + Nay, an ye must brawl, go fight the Moors. 'Tis a peaceable house, + and we sleep quiet o' nights. + +IV:1:32 5TH BRAVO. + Am I an ass? + +IV:1:33 FLIX. + He is an ass who talks when he might eat. + +IV:1:34 5TH BRAVO. + A Secadon sausage! Come, mother, I'm all peace; thou'rt a rare hand. + As in thy teeth, comrade, and no more on't + +IV:1:35 1ST BRAVO. + When I will not, two cannot quarrel. + +IV:1:36 OLD MAN. + Everything is changed for the worse. + +IV:1:37 FRIAR. + For the love of St. Jago, senors; for the love of St. Jago! + +IV:1:38 5TH BRAVO. + When it pleases not God, the saint can do little. + +IV:1:39 2ND BRAVO. + Nay, supper for all, and drink's the best meat. Some have sung + for it, some danced. There is no fishing for trout in dry breeches. + You shall preach. + +IV:1:40 FRIAR. + Benedicite, brethren -- + +IV:1:41 1ST BRAVO. + Nay, no Latin, for the devil's not here. + +IV:1:42 2ND BRAVO. + And prithee let it be as full of meat as an egg; for we do many + deeds, love not many words. + +IV:1:43 FRIAR. + Thou shalt not steal. + +IV:1:44 1ST BRAVO. + He blasphemes. + +IV:1:45 FRIAR. + But what is theft? + +IV:1:46 2ND BRAVO. + Ay! there it is. + +IV:1:47 FRIAR. + The tailor he steals the cloth, and the miller he steals the meal; + is either a thief? 'tis the way of trade. But what if our trade + be to steal? Why then our work is to cut purses; to cut purses is + to follow our business; and to follow our business is to obey the + King; and so thieving is no theft. And that's probatum, and so, amen. + +IV:1:48 5TH BRAVO. + Shall put thy spoon in the olla for that. + +IV:1:49 2ND BRAVO. + And drink this health to our honest fraternity. + +IV:1:50 OLD MAN. + I have heard sermons by the hour; this is brief; every thing falls off. + +[Enter a PERSONAGE masked and cloaked.] + +IV:1:51 1ST BRAVO. + +[to his Companions] + + See'st yon mask? + +IV:1:52 2ND BRAVO. + 'Tis strange. + +IV:1:53 GRAUS. + +[to FLIX] + + Who is this? + +IV:1:54 FLIX. + The fool wonders, the wise man asks. Must have no masks here. + +IV:1:55 GRAUS. + An obedient wife commands her husband. Business with a stranger, + title enough. + +[Advancing and addressing the Mask.] + + Most noble Senor Mask. + +IV:1:56 THE UNKNOWN. + Well, fellow! + +IV:1:57 GRAUS. + Hem; as it may be. D'ye see, most noble Senor Mask, that 'tis an + orderly house this, frequented by certain honest gentlemen, that + take their siesta, and eat a fried egg after their day's work, + and so are not ashamed to show their faces. Ahem! + +IV:1:58 THE UNKNOWN. + As in truth I am in such villanous company. + +IV:1:59 GRAUS. + Wheugh! but 'tis not the first ill word that brings a blow. + Would'st sup indifferently well here at a moderate rate, we are + thy servants. My Flix hath reputation at the frying-pan, and my + wine hath made lips smack; but here, senor, faces must be uncovered. + +IV:1:60 THE UNKNOWN. + Poh! poh! + +IV:1:61 GRAUS. + Nay, then, I will send some to you shall gain softer words. + +IV:1:62 1ST BRAVO. + Why, what's this? + +IV:1:63 2ND BRAVO. + Our host is an honest man, and has friends. + +IV:1:64 5TH BRAVO. + Let me finish my olla, and I will discourse with him. + +IV:1:65 THE UNKNOWN. + Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. I come here on business, + and with you all. + +IV:1:66 1ST BRAVO. + Carraho! and who's this? + +IV:1:67 THE UNKNOWN. + One who knows you, though you know not him. One whom you have never + seen, yet all fear. And who walks at night, and where he likes. + +IV:1:68 2ND BRAVO. + The devil himself! + +IV:1:69 THE UNKNOWN. + It may be so. + +IV:1:70 2ND BRAVO. + Sit by me, Friar, and speak Latin. + +IV:1:71 THE UNKNOWN. + There is a man missing in Burgos, and I will know where he is. + +IV:1:72 OLD MAN. + There were many men missing in my time. + +IV:1:73 THE UNKNOWN. + Dead or alive, I care not; but land or water, river or turf, I will + know where the body is stowed. See + +[shaking a purse] + + here is eno' to point all the poniards of the city. You shall + have it to drink his health. + +IV:1:74 A BRAVO. + How call you him? + +IV:1:75 THE UNKNOWN. + Oran, the Moor. + +IV:1:76 1ST BRAVO. + +[Jumping from his seat and approaching the Stranger.] + + My name is Guzman Jaca; my hand was in that business. + +IV:1:77 THE UNKNOWN. + With the Moor and three of your comrades? + +IV:1:78 1ST BRAVO. + The same. + +IV:1:79 THE UNKNOWN. + And how came your quarry to fly next day? + +IV:1:80 1ST BRAVO. + Very true; 'twas a bad business for all of us. I fought like + a lion; see, my arm is still bound up; but he had advice of + our visit; and no sooner had we saluted him, than there + suddenly appeared a goodly company of twelve serving-men, + or say twelve to fifteen -- + +IV:1:81 THE UNKNOWN. + You lie; he walked alone. + +IV:1:82 1ST BRAVO. + Very true; and if I am forced to speak the whole truth, it was thus. + I fought like a lion; see, my arm is still bound up; but I was not + quite his match alone, for I had let blood the day before, and my + comrades were taken with a panic, and so left me in the lurch. + And now you have it all. + +IV:1:83 THE UNKNOWN. + And Oran? + +IV:1:84 1ST BRAVO. + He fled at once. + +IV:1:85 THE UNKNOWN. + Come, come, Oran did not fly. + +IV:1:86 1ST BRAVO. + Very true. We left him alone with the Count. + And now you have it all. + +IV:1:87 THE UNKNOWN. + Had he slain him, the body would have been found. + +IV:1:88 1ST BRAVO. + Very true. That's the difference between us professional + performers, and you mere amateurs; we never leave the bodies. + +IV:1:89 THE UNKNOWN. + And you can tell me nothing of him? + +IV:1:90 1ST BRAVO. + No, but I engage to finish the Count, any night you like now, + for I have found out his lure. + +IV:1:91 THE UNKNOWN. + How's that? + +IV:1:92 1ST BRAVO. + Every evening, about an hour after sunset, he enters by a private + way the citadel. + +IV:1:93 THE UNKNOWN. + Hah! what more? + +IV:1:94 1ST BRAVO. + He is stagged; there is a game playing, but what I know not. + +IV:1:95 THE UNKNOWN. + Your name is Guzman Jaca? + +IV:1:96 1ST BRAVO. + The same. + +IV:1:97 THE UNKNOWN. + Honest fellow! there's gold for you. You know nothing of Oran? + +IV:1:98 1ST BRAVO. + Maybe he has crawled to some place wounded. + +IV:1:99 THE UNKNOWN. + To die like a bird. Look after him. If I wish more, I know + where to find you. What ho, Master Host! I cannot wait to + try your mistress's art to-night; but here's my scot for our + next supper. + +[Exit THE UNKNOWN.] + + + + +SCENE 2 + + +A Chamber in the Palace of Alarcos. + +The COUNTESS and SIDONIA. + + +IV:2:1 SIDO. + Lady, you're moved: nay, 'twas an idle word. + +IV:2:2 COUN. + But was it true? + +IV:2:3 SIDO. + And yet might little mean. + +IV:2:4 COUN. + That I should live to doubt! + +IV:2:5 SIDO. + But do not doubt; + Forget it, lady. You should know him well; + Nay, do not credit it. + +IV:2:6 COUN. + He's very changed. + I would not own, no, not believe that change, + I've given it every gloss that might confirm + My sinking heart. Time and your tale agree; + Alas! 'tis true. + +IV:2:7 SIDO. + I hope not; still believe + It is not true. Would that I had not spoken! + It was unguarded prate. + +IV:2:8 COUN. + You have done me service: + Condemned, the headsman is no enemy, + Bat closes suffering. + +IV:2:9 SIDO. + Yet a bitter doom + To torture those you'd bless. I have a thought. + What if this eve you visit this same spot, + That shrouds these meetings? If he's wanting then, + The rest might prove as false. + +IV:2:10 COUN. + He will be there, + I feel he will be there. + +IV:2:11 SIDO. + We should not think so, + Until our eyes defeat our hopes. + +IV:2:12 COUN. + O Burgos, + My heart misgave me when I saw thy walls! + To doubt is madness, yet 'tis not despair, + And that may be my lot. + +IV:2:13 SIDO. + The palace gardens + Are closed, except to master-keys. Here's one, + My office gives it me, and it can count + Few brethren. You will be alone. + +IV:2:14 COUN. + Alas! + I dare not hope so. + +IV:2:15 SIDO. + Well, well, think of this; + Yet take the key. + +IV:2:16 COUN. + O that it would unlock + The heart now closed to me! To watch his ways + Was once my being. Shall I prove the spy + Of joys I may not share? I will not take + That fatal key. + +IV:2:17 SIDO. + 'Tis well; I pray you, pardon + My ill-timed zeal. + +IV:2:18 COUN. + Indeed, I should be grateful + That one should wish to serve me. Can it be? + 'Tis not two months, two little, little months, + You crossed this threshold first; Ah! gentle air, + And we were all so gay! What have I done? + What is all this? so sudden and so strange? + It is not true, I feel it is not true; + 'Tis factious care that clouds his brow, and calls + For all this timed absence. His brain's busy + With the State. Is't not so? I prithee speak, + And say you think it. + +IV:2:19 SIDO. + You should know him well; + And if you deem it so, why I should deem + The inference just. + +IV:2:20 COUN. + Yet if he were not there, + How happy I should sleep! there is no peril; + The garden's near; and is there shame? 'Tis love + Makes me a lawful spy. He'll not be there, + And then there is no prying. + +IV:2:21 SIDO. + Near at hand, + Crossing the way that bounds your palace court, + There is a private portal. + +IV:2:22 COUN. + If I go, + He will not miss me. Ah, I would he might! + So very near; no, no; I cannot go; + And yet I'll take the key. + +[Takes the key.] + + Would thou could'st speak, + Thou little instrument, and tell me all + The secrets of thy office! My heart beats; + 'Tis my first enterprise; I would it were + To do him service. No, I cannot go; + Farewell, kind sir; indeed I am so troubled, + I must retire. + +[Exit COUNTESS.] + +IV:2:23 SIDO. + Thy virtue makes me vile; + And what should move my heart inflames my soul. + O marvellous world, wherein I play the villain + From very love of excellence! But for him, + I'd be the rival of her stainless thoughts + And mate her purity. Hah! + +[Enter ORAN.] + +IV:2:24 ORAN. + My noble lord! + +IV:2:25 SIDO. + The Moor! + +IV:2:26 ORAN. + Your servant. + +IV:2:27 SIDO. + Here! 'tis passing strange. + How's this? + +IV:2:28 ORAN. + The accident of war, my lord. + I am a prisoner. + +IV:2:29 SIDO. + But at large, it seems. + You have betrayed me + +IV:2:30 ORAN. + Had I chosen that, + I had been free and you not here. I fought, + And fell in single fight. Why spared I know not, + But that the lion's generous. + +IV:2:31 SIDO. + Will you prove + Your faith + +IV:2:32 ORAN. + Nay, doubt it not. + +IV:2:33 SIDO. + You still can aid me. + +IV:2:34 ORAN. + I am no traitor, and my friends shall find + I am not wanting. + +IV:2:35 SIDO. + Quit these liberal walls + Where you're not watched. In brief, I've coined a tale + Has touched the Countess to the quick. She seeks, + Alone or scantly tended, even now, + The palace gardens; eager to discover + A faithless husband, where she'll chance to find + One more devout. My steeds and servants wait + At the right post; my distant castle soon + Shall hold this peerless wife. Your resolute spirit + May aid me much. How say you, is it well + That we have met? + +IV:2:36 ORAN. + Right well. I will embark + Most heartily in this. + +IV:2:37 SIDO. + With me at once. + +IV:2:38 ORAN. + At once? + +IV:2:39 SIDO. + No faltering. You have learned and know + Too much to spare you from my sight, good Oran. + With me at once. + +IV:2:40 ORAN. + 'Tis urgent; well at once, + And I will do good service, or I'll die. + For what is life unless to aid the life + Has aided thine? + +IV:2:41 SIDO. + On then; with me no eye + Will look with jealousy upon thy step. + +[Exeunt both.] + + + + +SCENE 3 + + +A retired spot in the Gardens of the Palace. + +[Enter the COUNTESS.] + + +IV:3:1 COUN. + Is't guilt, that I thus tremble? Why should I + Feel like a sinner? I'll not dare to meet + His flashing eye. O, with what scorn, what hate + His lightning glance will wither me. Away, + I will away. I care not whom he meets. + What if he love me not, he shall not loathe + The form he once embraced. I'll be content + To live upon the past, and dream again + It may return. Alas! were I the false one, + I could not feel more humbled. Ah, he comes! + I'll lie, I'll vow I'm vile, that I came here + To meet another, anything but that + I dared to doubt him. What, my Lord Sidonia! + +[Enter SIDONIA.] + +IV:3:2 SIDO. + Thy servant and thy friend. Ah! gentle lady, + I deemed this unused scene and ill-timed hour + might render solace welcome. He'll not come; + Ho crossed the mountains, ere the set of sun, + Towards Briviesca. + +IV:3:3 COUN. + Holy Virgin, thanks! + Home, home! + +IV:3:4 SIDO. + And can a hearth neglected cause + Such raptures? + +IV:3:5 COUN. + I, and only I, neglect it; + My cheek is fire, that I should ever dare + To do this stealthy deed. + +IV:3:6 SIDO. + And yet I feel + I could do one as secret and more bold. + A moment, lady; do not turn away + With that cold look. + +IV:3:7 COUN. + My children wait me, sir; + Yet I would thank you, for you meant me kindness. + +IV:3:8 SIDO. + And mean it yet. Ah! beauteous Florimonde, + It is the twilight hour, when hearts are soft, + And mine is like the quivering light of eve; + I love thee! + +IV:3:9 COUN. + And for this I'm here, and he, + He is not false! O happiness! + +IV:3:10 SIDO. + Sweet lady -- + +IV:3:11 COUN. + My Lord Sidonia, I can pardon thee, + I am so joyful. + +IV:3:12 SIDO. + Nay, then. + +IV:3:13 COUN. + Unhand me, Sir! + +IV:3:14 SIDO. + But to embrace this delicate waist. Thou art mine: + I've sighed and thou hast spurned. What is not yielded + In war we capture. Ere a flying hour, + Thy hated Burgos vanishes. That voice; + What, must I stifle it, who fain would listen + For ever to its song? In vain thy cry, + For none are here but mine. + +[Enter ORAN.] + +IV:3:15 ORAN. + Turn, robber, turn -- + +IV:3:16 SIDO. + Ah! treason in the camp! Thus to thy heart. + +[They fight. ORAN beats off SIDONIA, they leave the scene fighting; +the COUNTESS swoons.] + +[Enter a procession with lighted torches, attending the Infanta SOLISA +from Mass.] + +IV:3:17 1ST USH. + A woman! + +IV:3:18 2ND USH. + Does she live + +IV:3:19 SOL. + What stops our course? + +[The Train ranging themselves on each side, the Infanta approaches +the COUNTESS.] + +IV:3:20 SOL. + Most strange and lovely vision! Does she breathe? + I'll not believe 'tis death. Her hand is cold, + And her brow damp; Griselda, Julia, maidens + Hither, and yet stand off; give her free air. + How shall we bear her home? Now, good Lorenzo, + You, and Sir Miguel, raise her; gently, gently. + Still gently, sirs. By heavens, the fairest face + I yet did gaze on! Some one here should know her. + 'Tis one that must be known. That's well; relieve + That kerchief from her neck; mind not our state; + I'll by her side; a swoon, methinks; no more, + Let's hope and pray! + +[They raise the body of the COUNTESS, and bear her away.] + +[Enter Count of LEON.] + +IV:3:21 LEON. + I'll fathom this same mystery, + If there be wit in Burgos. I have heard, + Before I knew the Court, old Nunez Leon + Whisper strange things -- and what if they prove true? + It is not exile twice would cure that scar. + I'll reach him yet. 'Tis likely he may pass + This way; 'tis lonely, and well suits a step + Would not be noticed. Ha! a man approaches; + I'll stand awhile aside. + +[Re-enter ORAN.] + +IV:3:22 ORAN. + Gone, is she gone! + Yet safe I feel. O Allah! thou art great! + The arm she bound, and tended with that glance + Of sweet solicitude, has saved her life, + And more than life. The dark and reckless villains! + O! I could curse them, but my heart is soft + With holy triumph. I'm no more an outcast. + And when she calls me, I'd not change my lot + To be an Emir. In their hall to-night + There will be joy, and Oran will have smiles. + This house has knit me to their fate by ties + Stronger than gyves of iron. + +IV:3:23 LEON. + Do I see + The man I seek? Oran! + +[ORAN turns, and recognising Leon, rushes and seizes him.] + +IV:3:24 ORAN. + Incarnate fiend, + Give her me, give her me! + +IV:3:25 LEON. + Off, ruffian, off! + +IV:3:26 ORAN. + I have thee and I'll hold thee. If I spare + Thy damned life, and do not dash thee down, + And trample on thee, fiend, it is because + Thou art the gaoler of a pearl of price + I cannot gain without thee. Now, where is she? + Now by thy life! + +IV:3:27 LEON. + Why, thou outrageous Moor, + Hast broken thy false prophet's rule, and so + Fell into unused drink, that thus thou darest + To flout me with thy cloudy menaces? + What mean'st thou, sir? And what have I withheld + From thy vile touch? By heavens, I pass my days + In seeking thy dusk corpse, I deemed well drilled + Ere this, but it awaits my vengeance. + +IV:3:28 ORAN. + Boy! + Licentious boy! Where is she? Now, by Allah! + This poniard to thy heart, unless thou tell'st me. + +IV:3:29 LEON. + Whom dost thou mean? + +IV:3:30 ORAN. + Thy comrade and thy crew + They all have fled. I left the Countess here. + She's gone. Thou fill'st her place. + +IV:3:31 LEON. + What Countess? Speak. + +IV:3:32 ORAN. + The Count Alarcos' wife. + +IV:3:33 LEON. + The Count Alarcos! + I'd be right glad to see him; but his wife + Concerns the Lord Sidonia. If he have played + Some Pranks here 'tis a fool, and he has marred + More than he'll ever make. My time's worth gems; + My knightly word, dusk Moor, I tell thee truth. + I will forget these jest, but we must meet + This night at my palace. + +IV:3:34 ORAN. + I'll see her first. + +[Exit ORAN.] + +IV:3:35 LEON. + Is it the Carnival? What mummery's this? + What have I heard? One thing alone is clear. + We must be rid of Oran. + + + + +SCENE 4 + + +A Chamber in the Palace. +The Countess ALARCOS lying on a Couch, +the Infanta kneeling at her side; +MAIDENS grouped around. A PHYSICIAN and the PAGE. + + +IV:4:1 SOL. + Didst ever see so fair a skin? Her bodice + Should still be loosened. Bring the Moorish water, + Griselda, you. They are the longest lashes! + They hang upon her cheek. Doctor, there's warmth; + The blood returns? + +IV:4:2 PHY. + But slowly. + +IV:4:3 SOL. + Beauteous creature! + She seems an angel fallen from some star. + 'Twas well we passed. Untie that kerchief, Julia; + Teresa, wave the fan. There seems a glow + Upon her cheek, what but a moment since + Was like a sculptured saint's. +IV:4:4 PHY. + She breathes. + +IV:4:5 SOL. + Hush, hush! + +IV:4:6 COUN. + And what is this? where am I? + +IV:4:7 SOL. + With thy friends. + +IV:4:8 COUN. + It is not home. + +IV:4:9 SOL. + If kindness make a home, + Believe it such. + +[The PHYSICIAN signifies silence.] + + Nay lady, not a word, + Those lips must now be closed. I've seen such eyes + In pictures, girls. + +IV:4:10 PHY. + Methinks she'll sleep. + +IV:4:11 SOL. + 'Tis well. + Maidens, away. I'll be her nurse; and, doctor, + Remain within. + +[Exeunt PHYSICIAN and MAIDENS.] + + Know you this beauteous dame? + +IV:4:12 PAGE. + I have heard minstrels tell that fays are found + In lonely places. + +IV:4:13 SOL. + Well, she's magical. + She draws me charm-like to her. Vanish, imp, + And see our chamber still. + +[Exit PAGE.] + + It is the hour + Alarcos should be here. Ah! happy hour, + That custom only makes more strangely sweet! + His brow has lost its cloud. The bar's removed + To our felicity; time makes amends + To patient sufferers. + +[Enter COUNT ALARCOS.] + + Hush, my own love, hush! + +[SOLISA takes his hand and leads him aside.] + + So strange an incident! the fairest lady! + Found in our gardens; it would seem a swoon; + Myself then passing; hither we have brought her; + She is so beautiful, you'll almost deem + She bears some charmed life. You know that fays + Are found in lonely places. + +IV:4:14 ALAR. + In thy garden! + Indeed 'tis strange! The Virgin guard thee, love. + I am right glad I'm here. Alone to tend her, + 'Tis scarcely wise. + +IV:4:15 SOL. + I think when she recovers, + She'll wave her wings and fly. + +IV:4:16 ALAR. + Nay, for one glance! + In truth you paint her bright. + +IV:4:17 SOL. + E'en now she sleeps. + Tread lightly, love; I'll lead you. + +[SOLISA cautiously leads ALARCOS to the couch; +as they approach it, the COUNTESS opens her eyes and shrieks.] + +IV:4:18 COUN. + Ah! 'tis true, + Alarcos +[relapses into a swoon.] + +IV:4:19 ALAR. + Florimonde! + +IV:4:20 SOL. + Who is this lady? + +IV:4:21 ALAR. + It is my wife. + +IV:4:22 SOL. + +[flings away his arms and rushes forward.] + + -- Not mad! + Virgin and Saints be merciful; not mad! + O spare my brain one moment; 'tis his wife. + I'm lost: she is too fair. The secret's out + Of sick delays. He's feigned; he has but feigned. + +[Rushing to Alarcos.] + + Is that thy wife? and I? and what am I? + A trifled toy, a humoured instrument? + To guide with glozing words, vilely cajole + With petty perjuries? Is that thy wife? + Thou said'st she was not fair, thou did'st not love her: + Thou lied'st. O, anguish, anguish! + +IV:4:23 ALAR. + By the cross, + My soul is pure to thee. I'm wildered quite. + How came she here + +IV:4:24 SOL. + As she shall ne'er return. + Now, Count Alarcos, by the cross thou swearest + Thy faith is true to me. + +IV:4:25 ALAR. + Ay, by the cross, + +IV:4:26 SOL. + Give me thy dagger. + +IV:4:27 ALAR. + Not that hand or mine. + +IV:4:28 SOL. + Is this thy passion! + +[Takes his dagger.] + + Thus I gain the heart + I should despise. + +[Rushes to the couch.] + +IV:4:29 COUN. + What's this I see? + +IV:4:30 ALAR. + +[seizing the Infanta's upraised arm] + + A dream + A horrid dream, yet but a dream. + + +THE END OF THE FOURTH ACT. + + + + +ACT V + + +SCENE 1 + + +Exterior of the Castle of Alarcos in the valley of Arlanzon. + +[Enter the COUNTESS.] + + +V:1:1 COUN. + I would recall the days gone by, and live + A moment in the past; if but to fly + The dreary present pressing on my brain, + Woe's omened harbinger. In exiled love + The scene he drew so fair! Ye castled crags, + The sunbeam plays on your embattled cliffs, + And softens your stern visage, as his love + Softened our early sorrows. But my sun + Has set for ever! Once we talked of cares + And deemed that we were sad. Men fancy sorrows + Until time brings the substance of despair, + And then their griefs are shadows. Give me exile! + It brought me love. Ah! days of gentle joy, + When pastime only parted us, and he + Returned with tales to make our children stare; + Or called my lute, while, round my waist entwined, + His hand kept chorus to my lay. No more! + O, we were happier than the happy birds; + And sweeter were our lives than the sweet flowers; + The stars were not more tranquil in their course, + Yet not more bright! The fountains in their play + Did most resemble us, that as they flow + Still sparkle! + +[Enter ORAN.] + + Oran, I am very sad. + +V:1:2 ORAN. + Cheer up, sweet lady, for the God of all + Will guard the innocent. + +V:1:3 COUN. + Think you he'll come + To visit us? Methinks he'll never come. + +V:1:4 ORAN. + He's but four leagues away. This vicinage + Argues a frequent presence. + +V:1:5 COUN. + But three nights -- + Have only three nights past? It is an epoch + Distant and dim with passion. There are seasons + Feelings crowd on so, time not flies but staggers; + And memory poises on her burthened plumes + To gloat upon her prey. Spoke he of coming? + +V:1:6 ORAN. + His words were scant and wild, and yet he murmured + That I should see him. + +V:1:7 COUN. + I've not seen him since + That fatal night, yet even that glance of terror -- + I'd hail it now. O, Oran, Oran, think you + He ever more will love me? Can I do + Aught to regain his love? They say your people + Are learned in these questions. Once I thought + There was no spell like duty -- that devotion + Would bulwark love for ever. Now, I'd distil + Philtres, converse with moonlit hags, defile + My soul with talismans, bow down to spirits, + And frequent accursed places, all, yea all -- + I'd forfeit all -- but to regain his love. + +V:1:8 ORAN. + There is a cloud now rising in the west, + In shape a hand, and scarcely would its grasp + Exceed mine own, it is so small; a spot, + A speck; see now again its colour flits! + A lurid tint; they call it on our coast + 'The hand of God;' I for when its finger rises + From out the horizon, there are storms abroad + And awful judgments. + +V:1:9 COUN. + Ah! it beckons me. + +V:1:10 ORAN. + Lady! + +V:1:11 COUN. + Yes, yes, see now the finger moves + And points to me. I feel it on my spirit. + +V:1:12 ORAN. + Methinks it points to me -- + +V:1:13 COUN. + To both of us. + It may be so. And what would it portend? + My heart's grown strangely calm. If there be chance + Of storms, my children should be safe. Let's home. + + + + +SCENE 2 + +An illuminated Hall in the Royal Palace at Burgos; +in the background Dancers. + +Groups of GUESTS passing. + + +V:2:1 1ST GUEST. + Radiant! + +V:2:2 2ND GUEST. + Recalls old days. + +V:2:3 3RD GUEST. + The Queen herself + Ne'er revelled it so high! + +V:2:4 4TH GUEST. + The Infanta beams + Like some bright star! + +V:2:5 5TH GUEST. + And brighter for the cloud + A moment screened her. + +V:2:6 6TH GUEST. + Is it true 'tis over + Between the Count Sidonia and the Lara? + +V:2:7 1ST GUEST. + A musty tale. The fair Alarcos wins him. + Where's she to-night? + +V:2:8 2ND GUEST. + All on the watch to view + Her entrance to our world. + +V:2:9 3RD GUEST. + The Count is here. + +V:2:10 4TH GUEST. + Where? + +V:2:11 3RD GUEST. + With the King; at least a moment since. + +V:2:12 2ND GUEST. + They say she's ravishing. + +V:2:13 4TH GUEST. + Beyond belief! + +V:2:14 3RD GUEST. + The King affects him much. + +V:2:15 5TH GUEST. + He's all in all. + +V:2:16 6TH GUEST. + Yon Knight of Calatrava, who is he? + +V:2:17 1ST GUEST. + Young Mendola. + +V:2:18 2ND GUEST. + What he so rich? + +V:2:19 1ST GUEST. + The same. + +V:2:20 2ND GUEST. + The Lara smiles on him. + +V:2:21 1ST GUEST. + No worthier quarry + +V:2:22 3RD GUEST. + Who has the vacant Mastership? + +V:2:23 4TH GUEST. + I'll back + The Count of Leon. + +V:2:24 3RD GUEST. + Likely; he stands well + With the Lord Admiral. + +[They move away.] + +[The Counts of SIDONIA and LEON come forward.] + +V:2:25 LEON. + Doubt as you like, + Credulity will come, and in good season. + +V:2:26 SIDO. + She is not here that would confirm your tale. + +V:2:27 LEON. + 'Tis history, my Sidonia. Strange events + Have happened, stranger come. + +V:2:28 SIDO. + I'll not believe it. + And favoured by the King! What can it mean? + +V:2:29 LEON. + What no one dares to say. + +V:2:30 SIDO. + A clear divorce. + O that accursed garden! But for that -- + +V:2:31 LEON. + 'Twas not my counsel. Now I'd give a purse + To wash good Oran in Arlanzon's wave; + The dusk dog needs a cleansing. + +V:2:32 SIDO. + Hush! here comes + Alarcos and the King. + +[They retire: the KING and COUNT ALARCOS advance.] + +V:2:33 KING. + Solisa looks + A Queen. + +V:2:34 ALAR. + The mirror of her earliest youth + Ne'er shadowed her so fair! + +V:2:35 KING. + I am young again, + Myself to-night. It quickens my old blood + To see my nobles round me. This goes well. + 'Tis Courts like these that make a King feel proud. + Thy future subjects, cousin. + +V:2:36 ALAR. + Gracious Sire, + I would be one. + +V:2:37 KING. + Our past seclusion lends + A lustre to this revel. + +[The KING approaches the Count of LEON; SOLISA advances to ALARCOS.] + +V:2:38 SOL. + Why art thou grave? + I came to bid thee smile. In truth, to-night + I feel a lightness of the heart to me + Hath long been strange. + +V:2:39 ALAR. + 'Tis passion makes me grave. + I muse upon thy beauty. Thus I'd read + My oppressed spirit, for in truth these sounds + Jar on my humour. + +V:2:40 SOL. + Now my brain is vivid + With wild and blissful images. Canst guess + What laughing thought unbidden, but resistless, + Plays o'er my mind to-night? Thou canst not guess: + Meseems it is our bridal night. + +V:2:41 ALAR. + Thy fancy + Outruns the truth but scantly. + +V:2:42 SOL. + Not a breath. + Our long-vexed destinies -- even now their streams + Blend in one tide. It is the hour, Alarcos: + There is a spirit whispering in my ear, + The hour is come. I would I were a man + But for a rapid hour. Should I rest here, + Prattling with gladsome revellers, when time, + Steered by my hand, might bring me to a port + I long had sighed to enter? But, alas! + These are a woman's thoughts. + +V:2:43 ALAR. + And yet I share them. + +V:2:44 SOL. + Why not to-night? Now, when our hearts are high, + Our fancies glowing, pulses fit for kings, + And the whole frame and spirit of the man + Prepared for daring deeds? + +V:2:45 ALAR. + And were it done -- + Why then 'twere not to do. + +V:2:46 SOL. + The mind grows dull, + Dwelling on method of its deeds too long. + Our schemes should brood as gradual as the storm; + Their acting should be lightning. How far is't? + +V:2:47 ALAR. + An hour. + +V:2:48 SOL. + Why it wants two to midnight yet. + O could I see thee but re-enter here, + Ere yet the midnight clock strikes on my heart + The languish of new hours -- I'd not ask thee + Why I had missed the mien, that draws to it ever + My constant glance. There'd need no speech between us; + For I should meet -- my husband. + +V:2:49 ALAR. + 'Tis the burthen + Of this unfilled doom weighs on my spirit. + Why am I here? My heart and face but mar + This festive hall. To-night, why not to-night? + The night will soon have past: then 'twill be done. + We'll meet again to-night. + +[Exit ALARCOS.] + + + + +SCENE 3 + + +A Hall in the Castle of ALARCOS; +in the back of the Scene a door leading to another Apartment. + + +V:3:1 ORAN. + Reveal the future, lightnings! Then I'd hail + That arrowy flash. O darker than the storm + Cowed as the beasts now crouching in their caves, + Is my sad soul. Impending o'er this house, + I feel some bursting fate, my doomed arm + In vain would ward, + +[Enter a MAN AT ARMS.] + + How now, hast left thy post? + +V:3:2 MAN. + O worthy Castellan, the lightnings play + Upon our turrets, that no human step + Can keep the watch. Each forky flash seems missioned + To scathe our roof, and the whole platform flows + With a blue sea of flame. + +V:3:3 ORAN. + It is thy post. + No peril clears desertion. To thy post. + Mark me, my step will be as prompt as thine; + I will relieve thee. + +[Exit MAN AT ARMS.] + + Let the mischievous fire + Wither this head. O Allah! grant no fate + More dire awaits me. + +[Enter the COUNT ALARCOS.] + + Hah! the Count! My lord, + In such a night! + +V:3:4 ALAR. + A night that's not so wild + As this tempestuous breast. How is she, Oran? + +V:3:5 ORAN. + Well. + +V:3:6 ALAR. + Ever well. + +V:3:7 ORAN. + The children -- + +V:3:8 ALAR. + Wine, I'm wearied, + The lightning scared my horse; he's galled my arm. + Get me some wine. + +[Exit ORAN.] + + The storm was not to stop me. + The mind intent construes each natural act + To a personal bias, and so catches judgments + In every common course. In truth the flash, + Though it seemed opening hell, was not so dreadful + As that wild glaring hall. + +[Re-enter ORAN with a goblet and flagon.] + + Ah! this re-mans me! + I think the storm has lulled. Another cup. + Go see, good Oran, how the tempest speeds. + +[Exit ORAN.] + + An hour ago I did not dare to think + I'd drink wine more. + +[Re-enter ORAN.] + +V:3:9 ORAN. + The storm indeed has lulled + As by a miracle; the sky is clear, + There's not a breath of air; and from the turret + I heard the bell of Huelgas. + +V:3:10 ALAR. + Then 'twas nothing. + My spirit vaults! Oran, thou dost remember + The night that we first met? + +V:3:11 ORAN. + 'Tis graven deep + Upon my heart. + +V:3:12 ALAR. + I think thou lov'st me, Oran? + +V:3:13 ORAN. + And all thy house. + +V:3:14 ALAR. + Nay, thou shalt love but me. + I'll no divisions in the hearts that are mine. + +V:3:15 ORAN. + I have no love but that which knits me to thee + With deeper love. + +V:3:16 ALAR. + I found thee, Oran, what -- + I will not say. And now thou art, good Oran, + A Prince's Castellan. + +V:3:17 ORAN. + I feel thy bounty. + +V:3:18 ALAR. + Thou shalt be more. But serve me as I would, + And thou shalt name thy meed. + +V:3:19 ORAN. + To serve my lord + Is my sufficient meed. + +V:3:20 ALAR. + Come hither, Oran, + Were there a life between me and my life, + And all that makes that life a thing to cling to, + Love, Honour, Power, ay, what I will not name + Nor thou canst image -- yet enough to stir + Ambition in the dead -- I think, good Oran, + Thou would'st not see me foiled? + +V:3:21 ORAN. + Thy glory's dearer + Than life to me. + +V:3:22 ALAR. + I knew it, I knew it. + Thou shalt share all; thy alien blood shall be + No bar to thy preferment. Hast thou brothers? + I'll send for them. An aged sire, perchance? + Here's gold for him. Count it thyself. Contrive + All means of self-enjoyment. To the full + They shall lap up fruition. Thou hast, all have, + Some master wish which still eludes thy grasp, + And still's the secret idol of thy soul; + 'Tis gained. And only if thou dost, good Oran, + What love and duty prompt. + +V:3:23 ORAN. + Count on my faith, + I stand prepared to prove it. + +V:3:24 ALAR. + Good, good, Oran. + It is an hour to midnight? + +V:3:25 ORAN. + The moon is not + Within her midnight bower, yet near. + +V:3:26 ALAR. + So late! + The Countess sleeps? + +V:3:27 ORAN. + She has long retired. + +V:3:28 ALAR. + She sleeps, + O, she must wake no more! + +V:3:29 ORAN. + Thy wife! + +V:3:30 ALAR. + It must + Be done, ere yet the Castle chime shall tell + Night wanes. + +V:3:31 ORAN. + Thy wife! God of my fathers! none + Can do this deed! + +V:3:32 ALAR. + Upon thy hand it rests. + The deed must fall on thee. + +V:3:33 ORAN. + I will not do it. + +V:3:34 ALAR. + Thine oath, thine oath! Hast thou forgot thine oath? + Thou owest me a life, and now I claim it. + What, hast thou trifled with me? Hast thou fooled + With one whose point was at thy throat? Beware! + Thou art my slave, and I have branded thee + With this infernal ransom! + +V:3:35 ORAN. + I am thy slave, + And I will be thy slave, and all my days + Devoted to perdition. Not for gold + Or worldly worth; to cheer no aged parent, + Though I have one, a mother; not to bask + My seed within thy beams; to feed no passions + And gorge no craving vanity; but because + Thou gavest me life, and led to that which made + That life for once delicious. O, great sir, + The King's thy foe? Surrounded by his guards + I would waylay him. Hast thou some fierce rival? + I'll pluck his heart out. Yea! there is no peril + I'd not confront, no rack I'll not endure, + No great offence commit, to do thee service -- + So thou wilt spare me this, and spare thy soul + This unmatched sin. + +V:3:36 ALAR. + I had exhausted suffering + Ere I could speak to thee. I claim thine oath. + +V:3:37 ORAN. + One moment, yet one moment. This is sudden + As it is terrible. + +V:3:38 ALAR. + The womb is ripe, + And thou art but the midwife of the birth + I have engendered. + +V:3:39 ORAN. + Think how fair she is, + How gracious, how devoted! + +V:3:40 ALAR. + Need I thee + To tell me what she is! + +V:3:41 ORAN. + Thy children's mother. + +V:3:42 ALAR. + Would she were not! Another breast should bear + My children. + +V:3:43 ORAN. + Thou inhuman bloody man -- + It shall not be, it cannot, cannot be. + I tell thee, tyrant, there's a power abroad + E'en now that crashes thee. The storm that raged + Blows from a mystic quarter. 'Tis the hand + Of Allah guides the tempest of this night. + +V:3:44 ALAR. + Thine oath, thine oath! + +V:3:45 ORAN. + Accursed be the hour + Thou sparedst my life! + +V:3:46 ALAR. + Thine oath, I claim thine oath. + Nay, Moor, what is it? 'Tis a life, and thou + Hast learnt to rate existence at its worth. + A life, a woman's life! Why, sack a town, + And thousands die like her. My faithful Oran, + Come let me love thee, let me find a friend + When friends can prove themselves. It's not an oath + Vowed in our sunshine ease, that shows a friend; + 'Tis the tempestuous mood like this, that calls + For faithful service. + +V:3:47 ORAN. + Hah! the Emir's blood + Cries for this judgment. It was sacred seed. + +V:3:48 ALAR. + It flowed to clear thine honour. Art thou he + That honour loved so dearly. that he scorned + Betrayal of a foe, although that foe + Had changed him to a bravo? + +V:3:49 ORAN. + Let me kiss + Thy garment's hem, and grovel it thy feet -- + I pray, I supplicate -- my lord, my lord -- + Absolve me from that oath! + +V:3:50 ALAR. + I had not thought + To claim it twice. It seems I lacked some judgment + In man, to deem that honour might be found + In hired stabbers. + +V:3:51 ORAN. + Hah! I vowed to thee + A life for that which thou didst spare -- 'tis well. + The debt is paid. + +[Stabs himself and falls.] + +[Enter the COUNTESS from the inner Chamber.] + +V:3:52 COUN. + I cannot sleep -- my dreams are full of woe! + Alarcos! my Alarcos! Hah! dread sight! + Oran! + +V:3:53 ORAN. + O, spare her; 'tis no sacrifice + If she be spared. + +V:3:54 COUN. + Wild words! Thou dost not speak. + O, speak, Alarcos! speak! + +V:3:55 ORAN. + His voice is death. + +V:3:56 COUN. + Ye Saints uphold me now, for I am weak + And lost. What means this? Oran dying! Nay -- + Alarcos! I'm a woman. Aid me, aid me. + Why's Oran thus? O, save him, my Alarcos! + Blood! And why shed? Why, let us staunch his wounds. + Why are there wounds? He will not speak. Alarcos, + A word, a single word! Unhappy Moor! + Where is thy hurt? +[Kneels by ORAN.] + +V:3:57 ORAN. + That hand! This is not death; + 'Tis Paradise. + +[Dies.] + +V:3:58 ALAR. + +[advancing in soliloquy] + + He sets me great examples. + 'Tis easier than I deemed; a single blow + And his bold soul has fled. His lavish life + Enlists me in quick service. Quit that dark corpse; + He died as did become a perjured traitor. + +V:3:59 COUN. + To whom, my lord? + +V:3:60 ALAR. + To all Castille perchance. + Come hither, wife. Before the morning breaks + A lengthened journey waits thee. Art prepared? + +V:3:61 COUN. + +[springing to ALARCOS] + + I will not go. Alarcos, dear Alarcos, + Thy look is terrible! What mean these words? + Why should'st thou spare me? Why should Oran die? + The veil that clouds thy mind -- I'll rend it. Tell me -- + Yea! I'll know all. A power supports me now -- + Defies even thee. + +V:3:62 ALAR. + A traitor's troubled tongue + Disturbs thy mind. I tell thee, thou must leave + This castle promptly. + +V:3:63 COUN. + Not to Burgos -- say + But that. I will not go. That fatal woman -- + Her shadow's on thy soul. + +V:3:64 ALAR. + No, not to Burgos. + 'Tis not to Burgos that thy journey tends. + The children sleep? + +V:3:65 COUN. + Spite of the storm. + +V:3:66 ALAR. + Go -- kiss them. + Thou canst not take them with thee. To thy chamber -- + Quick to thy chamber. + +[The COUNTESS as if about to speak, but ALARCOS stops her.] + + Nay, time presses, wife. + +[The COUNTESS slowly re-enters her Chamber.] + +V:3:67 ALAR. + I am alone -- with Death. And will she look + Serene as this? The visage of a hero + Stamped with a martyred end! Thou noble Moor! + What if thy fate were mine! Thou art at rest: + No dark fulfilment waits o'er thee. The tomb + Hath many charms. + +[The COUNTESS calls.] + +V:3:68 COUN. + Alarcos! + +V:3:69 ALAR. + Ay, anon. + Why did she tell me that she lived? Methought + It was all past. I came to confront death; + And we have met. This sacrificial blood -- + What, bears it no atonement? 'Twas an offering + Fit for the Gods. + +[The midnight bell.] + + She waits me now; her hand + Extends a diadem; my achieveless arm + Would wither at her scorn. 'Tis thus, Solisa, + I gain thy heart and realm! + +[ALARCOS moves hastily to the Chamber, which he enters; +the stage for some seconds is empty; a shriek is then heard; +ALARCOS re-appears, very pale, and slowly advances to the front of the stage.] + + 'Tis over and I live. I heard a sound; + Was't Oran's spirit? + I'll not rest here, and yet I dare not back. + The bodies? Nay, 'tis done -- I'll not shrink now. + I have seen death before. But is this death? + Methinks a deeper mystery. Well, 'tis done. + There'll be no hour so dark as this. I would + I had not caught her eye. + +[A trumpet sounds.] + + The Warder's note! + Shall I meet life again? + +[Another trumpet sounds.] + +[Enter the SENESCHAL.] + +V:3:70 SEN. + Horsemen from Court. + +V:3:71 ALAR. + The Court! I'm sick at heart. Perchance she's eager, + And cannot wait my coming. + +[Enter two COURTIERS.] + + Well, good sirs! + +V:3:72 1ST COURT. + Alas, my lord. + +V:3:73 ALAR. + I live upon thy words. + What now? + +V:3:74 1ST COURT. + We have rode post, my lord. + +V:3:75 ALAR. + Bad news + Flies ever. 'Tis the King? + +V:3:76 1ST COURT. + Alas! + +V:3:77 ALAR. + She's ill. + My horse, my horse there! + +V:3:78 1ST COURT. + Nay, my lord, not so. + +V:3:79 ALAR. + Why then I care for nought. + +V:3:80 1ST COURT. + Unheard-of horror! + The storm, the storm -- + +V:3:81 ALAR. + I rode in it. + +V:3:82 1ST COURT. + Methought + Each flash would fire the Citadel; the flame + Wreathed round its pinnacles, and poured in streams + Adown the pallid battlements. Our revellers + Forgot their festival, and stopped to gaze + On the portentous vision. When behold! + The curtained clouds re-opened, and a bolt + Came winged from the startling blue of heaven, + And struck -- the Infanta! + +V:3:83 ALAR. + There's a God of Vengeance. + +V:3:84 1ST COURT. + She fell a blighted corpse. Amid the shrieks + Of women, prayers of hurrying multitudes, + The panic and the stir we sought for thee; + The King's overwhelmed. + +V:3:85 ALAR. + My wife's at least a Queen, + She reigns in Heaven. The King's o'erwhelmed -- poor man + Go tell him, sirs, the Count Alarcos lived + To find a hell on earth; yet thus he sought + A deeper and a darker. + +[Falls.] + + +- The End - + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Count Alarcos, by Benjamin Disraeli + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNT ALARCOS *** + +This file should be named ctlrc10.txt or ctlrc10.zip +Corrected EDITIONS of our eBooks get a new NUMBER, ctlrc11.txt +VERSIONS based on separate sources get new LETTER, ctlrc10a.txt + +Produced by K. 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Be sure to check the +\par copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing +\par this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. +\par +\par This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project +\par Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the +\par header without written permission. +\par +\par Please read the "legal small print," and other information about the +\par eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is +\par important information about your specific rights and restrictions in +\par how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a +\par donation to Project Gutenberg, and how to get involved. +\par +\par +\par **Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts** +\par +\par **eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since 1971** +\par +\par *****These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers!***** +\par +\par +\par Title: Count Alarcos +\par A Tragedy +\par +\par Author: Benjamin Disraeli +\par +\par Release Date: February, 2005 [EBook #7487] +\par [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] +\par [This file was first posted on May 9, 2003] +\par +\par Edition: 10 +\par +\par Language: English +\par +\par Character set encoding: ASCII +\par +\par *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNT ALARCOS *** +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par Produced and Indexed by K. Kay Shearin +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }\pard \s15\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\b\f1\fs24 COUNT ALARCOS: +\par A TRAGEDY}{\f1 +\par +\par +\par by Benjamin Disraeli +\par +\par +\par }\pard\plain \qj \li720\ri720\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin720\lin720\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\i\f1\cgrid0 +As there is no historical authority for the events of the celebrated Ballad on which this Tragedy is founded, I have fixed upon the thirteenth century for the period of their occurrence. At that time the kingdom of Castille had recently obtained that sup +remacy in Spain which led, in a subsequent age, to the political integrity of the country. Burgos, its capital, was a magnificent city; and then also arose that masterpiece of Christian architecture, its famous Cathedral. +\par +\par This state of comparative refinem +ent and civilisation permitted the introduction of more complicated motives than the rude manners of the Ballad would have authorised; while the picturesque features of the Castillian middle ages still flourished in full force; the factions of a powerful +nobility, renowned for their turbulence, strong passions, enormous crimes, profound superstition. +\par }\pard \qj \li720\ri720\nowidctlpar\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin720\lin720\itap0 {\i\f1\cgrid0 \tab }{\f3\fs28\cgrid0 \'44}{\f3\fs24\cgrid0 \'2e +\par }\pard \qj \li720\ri720\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin720\lin720\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 London: }{\i\f1\cgrid0 May}{\f1\cgrid0 , 1839 +\par }\pard \qj \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\i\f1\cgrid0 DRAMATIS PERSON\'c6 +\par }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par +\par }\pard \ql \li2880\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin2880\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE KING OF CASTILLE.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }{\b\f1\cgrid0 COUNT ALARCOS}{\f1\cgrid0 , a Prince of the Blood. +\par }{\b\f1\cgrid0 COUNT OF SIDONIA.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }{\b\f1\cgrid0 COUNT OF LEON. +\par PRIOR OF BURGOS. +\par ORAN, }{\f1\cgrid0 a Moor. +\par }{\b\f1\cgrid0 FERDINAND, }{\f1\cgrid0 a }{\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }{\b\f1\cgrid0 GUZMAN}{\f1\cgrid0 }{\b\f1\cgrid0 JACA, }{\f1\cgrid0 a BRAVO. +\par }{\b\f1\cgrid0 GRAUS}{\f1\cgrid0 , the Keeper of a Posada. +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 ______ +\par +\par }\pard \ql \li2430\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin2430\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOLISA, }{\f1\cgrid0 Infanta of Castille, only child of the King. +\par }{\b\f1\cgrid0 FLORIMONDE, }{\f1\cgrid0 Countess Alarcos. +\par }{\b\f1\cgrid0 FLIX}{\f1\cgrid0 , a Hostess. +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 ______ +\par +\par Courtiers, Pages, Chamberlains, Bravos, and Priests. +\par ______ +\par +\par Time -- the 13th Century. +\par Scene -- Burgos, the capital of Castille, and its vicinity. +\par +\par +\par ACT I +\par +\par +\par SCENE 1 +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 A Street in Burgos; the Cathedral in the distance. +\par }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter}{\f1\cgrid0 Two Courtiers.] +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 +{\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The Prince of Hungary dismissed? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 +{\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Indeed\line \tab So runs the rumour. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 +{\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Why the spousal note\line \tab Still floats upon the air! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 +{\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Myself this morn\line \tab Beheld the Infanta's entrance, as she threw,\line \tab Proud as some hitless barb, her haughty glance\line \tab On + our assembled chiefs. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 +{\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The Prince was there? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 +{\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Most royally; nor seemed a man more fit\line \tab To claim a kingdom for a dower. He looked\line \tab Our Gadian Hercules, as the advancing peers +\line \tab Their homage paid. I followed in the train\line \tab Of Count Alarcos, with whose ancient house\line \tab My fortunes long have mingled. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 +{\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis the same,\line \tab But just returned? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 +{\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Long banished from the Court;\line \tab And only favoured since the Queen's decease,\line \tab His ancient foe. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 +{\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A very potent Lord? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Near to the throne; too near perchance for peace.\line \tab +You're young at Burgos, or indeed 'twere vain\line \tab To sing Alarcos' praise, the brightest knight\line \tab That ever waved a lance in Old Castille. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab You followed in his train? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And as we passed,\line \tab Alarcos bowing to the lowest earth,\line \tab +The Infanta swooned; and pale as yon niched saint,\line \tab From off the throned step, her seat of place,\line \tab Fell in a wild and senseless agony. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Sancta Maria! and the King -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls1\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls1\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Uprose\line \tab And bore her from her maidens, then broke up\line \tab +The hurried Court; indeed I know no more,\line \tab For like a turning tide the crowd pressed on,\line \tab And scarcely could I gain the grateful air.\line \tab Yet on the Prado's walk came smiling by\line \tab The Bishop of Ossuna; as he passed\line +\tab He clutched my cloak, and whispered in my ear,\line \tab 'The match is off.' +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter}{\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.] +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls2\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Hush! hush! a passenger. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls2\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Most noble Cavaliers, I pray, inform me\line \tab Where the great Count Alarcos holds his quarter. + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls2\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab In the chief square. His banner tells the roof;\line \tab Your pleasure with th +e Count, my gentle youth? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls2\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I were a sorry messenger to tell\line \tab My mission to the first who asks its aim. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls2\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The Count Alarcos is my friend and chief. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls2\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Then better reason I should trusty be,\line \tab For you can be a witness to my trust. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls2\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab A forward youth! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls2\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A page is ever pert +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls2\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls2\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Ay! ever pert is youth that baffles age. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.] +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls3\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls3\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The Count is married? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls3\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls3\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab To a beauteous lady;\line \tab And blessed with a fair race. A happy man\line \tab +Indeed is Count Alarcos. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 A trumpet sounds.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls4\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart26\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls4\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Prithee, see;\line \tab Passes he now? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls4\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart26\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls4\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Long since. Yon banner tells\line \tab The Count Sidonia. Let us on, and view\line +\tab The passage of his pomp. His Moorish steeds,\line \tab They say, are very choice. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exeunt}{\f1\cgrid0 Two Courtiers.] +\par +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par SCENE 2. +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 A Chamber in the Palace of Alarcos. The COUNTESS seated and +\par working at her tapestry; the COUNT pacing the Chamber. +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab You are disturbed, Alarcos? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis the stir\line \tab And tumult of this morn. I am not used\line \tab To Courts. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I know not why, it is a name\line \tab That makes me tremble. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Tremble, Florimonde,\line \tab Why should you tremble? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Sooth I cannot say.\line \tab Methinks the Court but little suits my kind;\line \tab +I love our quiet home. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab This is our home, +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab When you are here. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I will be always here. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Thou canst not, sweet Alarcos. Happy hours,\line \tab When we were parted but to hear thy horn +\line \tab Sound in our native woods! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Why, this is humour!\line \tab We're courtiers now; and we must smile and smirk. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Methinks your tongue is gayer than your glance.\line \tab The King, I hope, was gracious? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Were he not,\line \tab My frown's as prompt as his. He was most gracious. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Something has chafed thee? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab What should chafe me, child,\line \tab And when should hearts be light, if mine be dull?\line +\tab Is not mine exile over? Is it nought\line \tab To breathe in the same house where we were born,\line \tab And sleep where slept our fathers? Should that chafe? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Yet didst then leave my side this very morn,\line \tab And with a vow this day should ever count +\line \tab Amid thy life most happy; when we meet\line \tab Thy brow is clouded. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Joy is sometimes grave,\line \tab And deepest when 'tis calm. And I am joyful\line \tab +If it be joy, this long forbidden hall\line \tab Once more to pace, and feel each fearless step\line \tab Tread on a baffled foe. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Hast thou still foes +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I trust so; I should not be what I am,\line \tab Still less what I will be, if hate did not\line +\tab Pursue me as my shadow. Ah! fair wife,\line \tab Thou knowest not Burgos. Thou hast yet to fathom\line \tab The depths of thy new world. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I do recoil\line \tab As from some unknown woo, from this same world.\line \tab +I thought we came for peace. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Peace dwells within\line \tab No lordly roof in Burgos. We have come\line \tab For triumph. + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab So I share thy lot, Alarcos,\line \tab All feelings are the same. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My Florimonde,\line \tab I took thee from a fair and pleasant home\line \tab +In a soft land, where, like the air they live in,\line \tab Men's hearts are mild. This proud and fierce Castille\line \tab Resembles not thy gentle Aquitaine,\line \tab More than the eagle may a dove, and yet\line \tab +It is my country. Danger in its bounds\line \tab Weighs more than foreign safety. But why speak\line \tab Of what exists not? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And I hope may never! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And if it come, what then? This chance shall find me\line \tab Not unprepared. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab But why should there be danger?\line \tab And why should'st thou, the foremost prince of +Spain,\line \tab Fear or make foes? Thou standest in no light\line \tab Would fall on other shoulders; thou hast no height\line \tab To climb, and nought to gain. Thou art complete;\line \tab The King alone above thee, and thy friend. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab So I would deem. I did not speak of fear. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Of danger? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab That's delight, when it may lead\line \tab To mighty ends. Ah, Florimonde! thou art too pure; +\line \tab Unsoiled in the rough and miry paths\line \tab Of ibis same trampling world; unskilled in heats\line \tab Of fierce and emulous spirits. There's a rapture\line \tab In the strife of factions, that a woman's soul\line \tab +Can never reach. Men smiled on me to-day\line \tab Would gladly dig my grave; and yet I smiled,\line \tab And gave them coin as ready as their own,\line \tab And not less base. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And can there be such men,\line \tab And canst thou live with them? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 30\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ay! and they saw\line \tab Me ride this morning in my state again;\line \tab +The people cried 'Alarcos and Castille!'\line \tab The shout will dull their feasts. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 31\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab There was a time\line \tab Thou didst look back as on a turbulent dream\line \tab +On this same life. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 32\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I was an exile then.\line \tab This stirring Burgos has revived my vein.\line \tab +Yea, as I glanced from off the Citadel\line \tab This very morn, and at my feet outspread\line \tab Its amphitheatre of solemn towers\line \tab And groves of golden pinnacles, and marked\line \tab Turrets of friends and foes; or traced the range,\line +\tab Spread since my exile, of our city's walls\line \tab Washed by the swift Arlanzon: all around\line \tab The flash of lances, blaze of banners, rush\line \tab Of hurrying horsemen, and the haughty blast\line \tab +Of the soul-stirring trumpet, I renounced\line \tab My old philosophy, and gazed as gazes\line \tab The falcon on his quarry! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 33\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls5\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls5\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Jesu grant\line \tab The lure will bear no harm! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 A trumpet sounds.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 34\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls6\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart34\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls6\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Whose note is that?\line \tab I hear the tramp of horsemen in the court;\line \tab +We have some guests. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 35\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls6\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart34\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls6\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Indeed! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter}{\f1\cgrid0 the COUNT OF SIDONIA }{\i\f1\cgrid0 and the}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNT OF LEON.] +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 36\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My noble friends,\line \tab My Countess greets ye! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 37\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And indeed we pay\line \tab To her our homage. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 38\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Proud our city boasts\line \tab So fair a presence. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 39\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Count Alarcos' friends\line \tab Are ever welcome here. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 40\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab No common wife.\line \tab Who welcomes with a smile her husband's friends. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 41\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Indeed a treasure! When I marry, Count,\line \tab I'll claim your counsel. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 42\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis not then your lot? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 43\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Not yet, sweet dame; tho' sooth to say, full often\line \tab I dream such things may be. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 44\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Your friend is free? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 45\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And values freedom: with a rosy chain\line \tab I still should feel a captive. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 46\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Noble Leon\line \tab Is proof against the gentle passion, lady,\line \tab +And will ere long, my rapier for a gage,\line \tab Marry a scold. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 47\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab In Burgos now, methinks,\line \tab Marriage is scarce the mode. Our princess frowns,\line +\tab It seems, upon her suitors. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 48\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Is it true\line \tab The match is off? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 49\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis said. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 50\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The match is off\line \tab You did not tell me this strange news, Alarcos. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 51\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Did he not tell you how -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 52\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls7\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart36\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls7\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab In truth, good sirs,\line \tab My wife and I are somewhat strangers here,\line \tab +And things that are of moment to the minds\line \tab That long have dwelt on them, to us are nought. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 To the}{\f1\cgrid0 Countess.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par \tab There was a sort of scene to-day at Court;\line \tab The Princess fainted: we were all dismissed,\line \tab Somewhat abruptly; but, in truth, I deem\line \tab These rumours have no source but in the tongues\line \tab Of curious idlers. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 53\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Faith, I hold them true.\line \tab Indeed they're very rife. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 54\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Poor man, methinks\line \tab His is a lot forlorn, at once to lose\line \tab +A mistress and a crown! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 55\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Yet both may bring\line \tab Sorrow and cares. But little joy, I ween,\line \tab +Dwells with a royal bride, too apt to claim\line \tab The homage she should yield. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 56\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I would all wives\line \tab Hold with your Countess in this pleasing creed. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 57\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab She has her way: it is a cunning wench\line \tab That knows to wheedle. Burgos still maintains +\line \tab Its fame for noble fabrics. Since my time\line \tab The city's spread. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 58\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ah! you're a traveller, Count.\line \tab And yet we have not lagged. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 59\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The Infanta, sirs,\line \tab Was it a kind of swoon? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 60\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Old Lara lives\line \tab Still in his ancient quarter? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 61\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab With the rats\line \tab That share his palace. You spoke, Madam? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 62\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab She\line \tab Has dainty health, perhaps? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 63\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab All ladies have.\line \tab And yet as little of the fainting mood\line \tab +As one could fix on -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 64\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Mendola left treasure? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 65\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Wedges of gold, a chamber of sequins\line \tab Sealed up for ages, flocks of Barbary sheep\line +\tab Might ransom princes, tapestry so rare\line \tab The King straight purchased, covering for the price\line \tab Each piece with pistoles. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 66\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Is she very fair +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 67\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab As future queens must ever be, and yet\line \tab Her face might charm uncrowned. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 68\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab It grieves me much\line \tab To hear the Prince departs. 'Tis not the first\line \tab +Among her suitors +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 69\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Your good uncle lives -- \line \tab Nunez de Leon? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 70\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab To my cost, Alarcos;\line \tab He owes me much. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 71\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Some promises his heir\line \tab Would wish fulfilled. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 72\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab In Gascony, they said,\line \tab Navarre had sought her hand. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 73\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls8\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart53\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls8\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab He loitered here\line \tab But could not pluck the fruit: it was too high.\line \tab +Sidonia threw him in a tilt one day.\line \tab The Infanta has her fancies; unhorsed knights\line \tab Count not among them. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter}{\f1\cgrid0 a CHAMBERLAIN }{\i\f1\cgrid0 who whispers}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNT ALARCOS.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 74\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls9\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart74\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls9\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Urgent, and me alone\line \tab Will commune with! A Page! Kind guests, your pardon,\line +\tab I'll find you here anon. My Florimonde,\line \tab Our friends will not desert you, like your spouse. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 ALARCOS.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 75\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls9\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart74\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls9\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab My Lords, will see our gardens? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 76\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls9\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart74\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls9\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab We are favoured.\line \tab We wait upon your steps. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 77\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls9\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart74\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls9\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And feel that roses\line \tab Will spring beneath them. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 78\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls9\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart74\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls9\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab You are an adept, sir,\line \tab In our gay science. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 79\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls9\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart74\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls9\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Faith, I stole it, lady,\line \tab From a loose Troubadour Sidonia keeps\line \tab +To write his sonnets. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exeunt omnes}{\f1\cgrid0 .] +\par +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par SCENE 3 +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 A Chamber. +\par }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter}{\f1\cgrid0 ALARCOS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 and}{\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.] +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls10\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls10\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Will you wait here, my Lord? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls10\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls10\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I will, sir Page. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The Bishop of Ossuna: what would he?\line \tab He scents the prosperous ever. Ay! they'll cluster\line \tab +Round this new hive. But I'll not house them yet.\line \tab Marry, I know them all; but me they know,\line \tab As mountains might the leaping stream that meets\line \tab The ocean as a river. Time and exile\line \tab +Change our life's course, but is its flow less deep\line \tab Because it is more calm? I've seen to-day\line \tab Might stir its pools. What if my phantom flung\line \tab A shade on their bright path? 'Tis closed to me\line \tab Although + the goal's a crown. She loved me once;\line \tab Now swoons, and now the match is off. She's true.\line \tab But I have clipped the heart that once could soar\line \tab High as her own! Dreams, dreams! And yet entranced,\line \tab +Unto the fair phantasma that is fled,\line \tab My struggling fancy clings; for there are hours\line \tab When memory with her signet stamps the brain\line \tab With an undying mint; and these were such,\line \tab When high Ambition and enraptured Love, +\line \tab Twin Genii of my daring destiny,\line \tab Bore on my sweeping life with their full wing,\line \tab Like an angelic host: +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 In the distance enter a lady veiled.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Is this their priest?\line \tab Burgos unchanged I see. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Advancing towards her.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A needless veil\line \tab To one prophetic of thy charms, fair lady.\line \tab And yet they fall on an ungracious eye. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Withdraws the veil.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Solisa! +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Yes! Solisa; once again\line \tab O say Solisa! let that long lost voice\line \tab +Breathe with a name too faithful! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Oh! what tones,\line \tab What mazing sight is this! The spellbound forms\line \tab +Of my first youth rise up from the abyss\line \tab Of opening time. I listen to a voice\line \tab That bursts the sepulchre of buried hope\line \tab Like an immortal trumpet. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thou hast granted,\line \tab Mary, my prayers! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Solisa, my Solisa! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Thine, thine, Alarcos. But thou: whose art thou? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Within this chamber is my memory bound;\line \tab I have no thought, no consciousness beyond\line +\tab Its precious walls. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thus did he look, thus speak,\line \tab When to my heart he clung, and I to him\line \tab +Breathed my first love -- and last. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Alas! alas!\line \tab Woe to thy Mother, maiden. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab She has found\line \tab That which I oft have prayed for. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab But not found\line \tab A doom more dark than ours. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I sent for thee,\line \tab To tell thee why I sent for thee; yet why,\line \tab +Alas! I know not. Was it but to look\line \tab Alone upon the face that once was mine?\line \tab This morn it was so grave. O! was it woe,\line \tab Or but indifference, that inspired that brow\line \tab That seemed so cold and stately? Was it hate? +\line \tab O! tell me anything, but that to thee\line \tab I am a thing of nothingness. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O spare!\line \tab Spare me such words of torture. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Could I feel\line \tab Thou didst not hate me, that my image brought\line \tab +At least a gentle, if not tender thoughts,\line \tab I'd be content. I cannot live to think,\line \tab After the past, that we should meet again\line \tab And change cold looks. We are not strangers, say\line \tab At least we are not strangers? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Gentle Princess -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Call me Solisa; tho' we meet no more\line \tab Call me Solisa now. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thy happiness -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab O! no, no, no, not happiness, at least\line \tab Not from those lips. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Indeed it is a name\line \tab That ill becomes them. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Yet they say, thou'rt happy,\line \tab And bright with all prosperity, and I\line \tab +Felt solace in that thought. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Prosperity!\line \tab Men call them prosperous whom they deem enjoy\line \tab +That which they envy; but there's no success\line \tab Save in one master-wish fulfilled, and mine\line \tab Is lost for ever. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Why was it? O, why\line \tab Didst thou forget me? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Never, lady, never -- \line \tab But ah! the past, the irrevocable past -- \line \tab +We can but meet to mourn. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab No, not to mourn\line \tab I came to bless thee, came to tell to thee\line \tab +I hoped that thou wert happy. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Come to mourn.\line \tab I'll find delight in my unbridled grief:\line \tab +Yes! let me fling away at last this mask,\line \tab And gaze upon my woe. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O, it was rash,\line \tab Indeed 'twas rash, Alarcos; what, sweet sir,\line \tab +What, after all our vows, to hold me false,\line \tab And place this bar between us! I'll not think\line \tab Thou ever loved'st me as thou did'st profess,\line \tab And that's the bitter drop. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Indeed, indeed -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I could bear much, I could bear all, but this\line \tab My faith in thy past love, it was so deep, +\line \tab So pure, so sacred, 'twas my only solace;\line \tab I fed upon it in my secret heart,\line \tab And now e'en that is gone. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 30\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Doubt not the past,\line \tab 'Tis sanctified. It is the green fresh spot\line \tab +In my life's desert. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 31\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab There is none to thee\line \tab As I have been? Speak, speak, Alarcos, tell me\line \tab +Is't true? Or, in this shipwreck of my soul,\line \tab Do I cling wildly to some perishing hope\line \tab That sinks like me? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 32\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The May-burst of the heart\line \tab Can bloom but once; and mine has fled, not faded.\line +\tab That thought gave fancied solace, ah, 'twas fancy,\line \tab For now I feel my doom. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 33\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thou hast no doom\line \tab But what is splendid as thyself. Alas!\line \tab +Weak woman, when she stakes her heart, must play\line \tab Ever a fatal chance. It is her all,\line \tab And when 'tis lost, she's bankrupt; but proud man\line \tab Shuffles the cards again, and wins to-morrow\line \tab What pays his present forfeit. + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 34\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab But alas!\line \tab What have I won? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 35\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A country and a wife. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 36\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab A wife! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 37\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A wife, and very fair, they say.\line \tab She should be fair, who could induce thee break +\line \tab Such vows as thine. O! I am very weak.\line \tab Why came I here? Was it indeed to see\line \tab If thou could'st look on me? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 38\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My own Solisa. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 39\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Call me not thine; why, what am I to thee\line \tab That thou should'st call me thine? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 40\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Indeed, sweet lady,\line \tab Thou lookest on a man as bruised in spirit,\line \tab +As broken-hearted, and subdued in soul,\line \tab As any breathing wretch that deems the day\line \tab Can bring no darker morrow. Pity me!\line \tab And if kind words may not subdue those lips\line \tab So scornful in their beauty, be they touched\line +\tab At least by Mercy's accents! Was't a crime,\line \tab I could not dare believe that royal heart\line \tab Retained an exile's image? that forlorn,\line \tab Harassed, worn out, surrounded by strange aspects\line \tab +And stranger manners, in those formal ties\line \tab Custom points out, I sought some refuge, found\line \tab At least companionship, and, grant 'twas weak,\line \tab Shrunk from the sharp endurance of the doom\line \tab +That waits on exile, utter loneliness! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 41\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab His utter loneliness! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 42\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And met thy name,\line \tab Most beauteous lady, prithee think of this,\line \tab +Only to hear the princes of the world\line \tab Were thy hot suitors, and that one would soon\line \tab Be happier than Alarcos. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 43\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab False, most false,\line \tab They told thee false. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 44\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab At least, then, pity me,\line \tab Solisa! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 45\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ah! Solisa, that sweet voice,\line \tab Why should I pity thee? 'Tis not my office.\line +\tab Go, go to her that cheered thy loneliness,\line \tab Thy utter loneliness. And had I none?\line \tab Had I no pangs of solitude? Exile!\line \tab O! there were moments I'd have gladly given \line \tab My crown for banishment. A wounded heart\line +\tab Beats freer in a desert; 'tis the air\line \tab Of palaces that chokes it. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 46\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Fate has crossed,\line \tab Not falsehood, our sweet loves. Our lofty passion\line \tab +Is tainted with no vileness. Memory bears\line \tab Convulsion, not contempt; no palling sting\line \tab That waits on base affections. It is something\line \tab To have loved thee; and in that thought I find\line \tab +My sense exalted; wretched though I be. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 47\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Is he so wretched? Yet he is less forlorn\line \tab Than when he sought, what I would never seek, +\line \tab A partner in his woe! I'll ne'er believe it;\line \tab Thou art not wretched. Why, thou hast a friend,\line \tab A sweet companion in thy grief to soothe\line \tab Thy loneliness, and feed on thy bright smiles,\line \tab +Thrill with thine accents, with impassioned reverence\line \tab Enclasp thine hand, and with enchained eyes\line \tab Gaze on thy glorious presence. O, Alarcos!\line \tab Art thou not worshipped now? What, can it be,\line \tab +That there is one, who walks in Paradise,\line \tab Nor feels the air immortal? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 48\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Let my curse\line \tab Descend upon the hour I left thy walls, \line \tab My father's town! + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 49\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My blessing on thy curse!\line \tab Thou hast returned, thou hast returned, Alarcos? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 50\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab To despair. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 51\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Yet 'tis not the hour he quitted\line \tab Our city's wall, it is the tie that binds him\line +\tab Within those walls my lips would more denounce,\line \tab But ah, that tie is dear! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 52\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Accursed be\line \tab The wiles that parted us; accursed be\line \tab The ties that sever us + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 53\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thou'rt mine. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 54\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls11\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart3\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls11\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab For ever.\line \tab Thou unpolluted passion of my youth,\line \tab +My first, my only, my enduring love! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 They embrace.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par +\par [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter}{\f1\cgrid0 FERDINAND, }{\i\f1\cgrid0 the}{\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 55\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls12\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart55\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls12\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Lady, a message from thy royal father;\line \tab He comes -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 56\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls12\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart55\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls12\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Springing from the arms of Alarcos}{\f1\cgrid0 .] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My father! word of fear! Why now\line \tab To cloud my light? I had forgotten fate;\line \tab +But he recalls it. O my bright Alarcos!\line \tab My love must fly. Nay, not one word of care;\line \tab Love only from those lips. Yet, ere we part,\line \tab Seal our sweet faith renewed. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 57\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls13\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart57\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And never broken. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 Alarcos.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 58\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls13\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart57\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls13\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Why has he gone? Why did I bid him go?\line \tab And let this jewel I so daring plucked\line +\tab Slip in the waves again? I'm sure there's time\line \tab To call him back, and say farewell once more.\line \tab I'll say farewell no more; it was a word\line \tab Ever harsh music when the morrow brought\line \tab +Welcomes renewed of love, No more farewells.\line \tab O when will he be mine! I cannot wait,\line \tab I cannot tarry, now I know he loves me;\line \tab Each hour, each instant that I see him not,\line \tab Is usurpation of my right. O joy!\line \tab +Am I the same Solisa, that this morn\line \tab Breathed forth her orison with humbler spirit\line \tab Than the surrounding acolytes? Thou'st smiled,\line \tab Sweet Virgin, on my prayers. Twice fifty tapers\line \tab +Shall burn before thy shrine. Guard over me\line \tab O! mother of my soul, and let me prosper\line \tab In my great enterprise! O hope! O love!\line \tab O sharp remembrance of long baffled joy!\line \tab Inspire me now. +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par SCENE 4. +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 The }{\f1\cgrid0 KING; }{\i\f1\cgrid0 the}{\f1\cgrid0 INFANTA. +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I see my daughter? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Sir, your duteous child. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Art thou indeed my child? I had some doubt\line \tab I was a father. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab These are bitter words. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Even as thy conduct. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Then it would appear\line \tab My conduct and my life are but the same. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I thought thou wert the Infanta of Castille,\line \tab Heir to our realm, the paragon of Spain +\line \tab The Princess for whose smiles crowned Christendom\line \tab Sends forth its sceptred rivals. Is that bitter?\line \tab Or bitter is it with such privilege,\line \tab And standing on life's vantage ground, to cross\line \tab +A nation's hope, that on thy nice career\line \tab Has gaged its heart? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Have I no heart to gage?\line \tab A sacrificial virgin, must I bind\line \tab +My life to the altar, to redeem a state,\line \tab Or heal some doomed People? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Is it so?\line \tab Is this an office alien to thy sex?\line \tab +Or what thy youth repudiates? We but ask\line \tab What nature sanctions. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Nature sanctions Love;\line \tab Your charter is more liberal. Let that pass.\line \tab +I am no stranger to my duty, sir,\line \tab And read it thus. The blood that shares my sceptre\line \tab Should be august as mine. A woman loses\line \tab In love what she may gain in rank, who tops\line \tab Her husb +and's place; though throned, I would exchange\line \tab An equal glance. His name should be a spell\line \'b7\tab To rally soldiers. Politic he should be;\line \tab And skilled in climes and tongues; that stranger knights\line \tab +Should bruit on, high Castillian courtesies.\line \tab Such chief might please a state? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Fortunate realm! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And shall I own less niceness than my realm?\line \tab No! I would have him handsome a god;\line +\tab Hyperion in his splendor, or the mien\line \tab Of conquering Bacchus, one whose very step\line \tab Should guide a limner, and whose common words\line \tab Are caught by Troubadours to frame their songs!\line \tab +And O, my father, what if this bright prince\line \tab Should I have a heart as tender as his soul\line \tab Was high and peerless? If with this same heart\line \tab He loved thy daughter? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Close the airy page\line \tab Of thy romance; such princes are not found\line \tab +Except in lays and legends! yet a man\line \tab Who would become a throne, I found thee, girl;\line \tab The princely Hungary. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A more princely fate,\line \tab Than an unwilling wife, he did deserve. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Yet wherefore didst thou pledge thy troth to him? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And wherefore do I smile when I should sigh?\line \tab And wherefore do I feed when I would fast? +\line \tab And wherefore do I dance when I should pray?\line \tab And wherefore do I live when I should die?\line \tab Canst answer that, good Sir? O there are women\line \tab The world deem mad, or worse, whose life but seems\line \tab +One vile caprice, a freakish thing of whims\line \tab And restless nothingness; yet if we pierce\line \tab The soul, may be we'll touch some cause profound\line \tab For what seems causeless. Early love despised,\line \tab +Or baffled, which is worse; a faith betrayed,\line \tab For vanity or lucre; chill regards,\line \tab Where to gain constant glances we have paid\line \tab Some fearful forfeit: here are many springs,\line \tab Unmarked by shallow eyes, and some, or all +\line \tab Of these, or none, may prompt my conduct now -- \line \tab But I'll not have thy prince. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My, gentle child -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I am not gentle. I might have been once;\line \tab But gentle thoughts and I have parted long; +\line \tab The cause of such partition thou shouldst know\line \tab If memories were just. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Harp not, I pray,\line \tab On an old sorrow. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Old! he calls it old!\line \tab The wound is green, and staunch it, or I die. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Have I the skill? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Why! art thou not a King?\line \tab Wherein consists the magic of a crown\line \tab +But in the bold achievement of a deed\line \tab Would scare a clown to dream? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I'd read thy thought. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Then have it; I would marry. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab It is well;\line \tab It is my wish. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And unto such a prince\line \tab As I've described withal. For though a prince\line \tab +Of Fancy's realm alone, as thou dost deem,\line \tab Yet doth he live indeed. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab To me unknown. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab O! father mine, before thy reverend knees\line \tab Ere this we twain have knelt. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Forbear, my child;\line \tab Or can it be my daughter doth not know\line \tab +He is no longer free? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 30\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The power that bound him,\line \tab That bondage might dissolve? To holy church\line \tab +Thou hast given great alms? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 31\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab There's more to gain thy wish,\line \tab If more would gain it; but it cannot be,\line \tab +Even were he content. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 32\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab He is content. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 33\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Hah! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 34\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab For he loves me still. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 35\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I would do much\line \tab To please thee. I'm prepared to bear the brunt\line \tab +Of Hungary's ire; but do not urge, Solisa,\line \tab Beyond capacity of sufferance\line \tab My temper's proof. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 36\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Alarcos is my husband,\line \tab Or shall the sceptre from our line depart.\line \tab +Listen, ye saints of Spain, I'll have his hand,\line \tab Or by our faith, my fated womb shall be\line \tab As barren as thy love, proud King. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 37\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thou'rt mad!\line \tab Thou'rt mad! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 38\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Is he not mine? Thy very hand,\line \tab Did it not consecrate our vows? What claim\line +\tab So sacred as my own? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 39\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab He did conspire -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 40\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab 'Tis false, thou know'st 'tis false: against themselves\line \tab Men do not plot +: I would as soon believe\line \tab My hand could hatch a treason 'gainst my sight,\line \tab As that Alarcos would conspire to seize\line \tab A diadem I would myself have placed\line \tab Upon his brow. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 41\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls14\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls14\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 taking her hand}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Nay, calmness. Say 'tis true\line \tab He was not guilty, say perchance he was not -- +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 42\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Perchance, O! vile perchance. Thou know'st full well,\line \tab +Because he did reject her loose desires\line \tab And wanton overtures -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 43\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Hush, hush, O hush! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 44\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The woman called my mother -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 45\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Spare me, spare -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 46\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Who spared me?\line \tab Did not I kneel, and vouch his faith, and bathe\line \tab +Thy hand with my quick tears, and clutch thy robe\line \tab With frantic grasp? Spare, spare indeed? In faith\line \tab Thou hast taught me to be merciful, thou hast, -- \line \tab Thou and my mother! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 47\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ah! no more, no more!\line \tab A crowned King cannot recall the past,\line \tab +And yet may glad the future. She thou namest,\line \tab She was at least thy mother; but to me,\line \tab Whate'er her deeds, for truly, there were times\line \tab Some spirit did possess her, such as gleams\line \tab +Now in her daughter's eye, she was a passion,\line \tab A witching form that did inflame my life\line \tab By a breath or glance. Thou art our child; the link\line \tab That binds me to my race; thou host her place\line \tab +Within my shrined heart, where thou'rt the priest\line \tab And others are unhallowed; for, indeed,\line \tab Passion and time have so dried up my soul,\line \tab And drained its generous juices, that I own\line \tab +No sympathy with man, and all his hopes\line \tab To me are mockeries. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 48\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ah! I see, my father,\line \tab That thou will'st aid me! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 49\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thou canst aid thyself.\line \tab Is there a law to let him from thy presence?\line \tab +His voice may reach thine ear; thy gracious glance\line \tab May meet his graceful offices. Go to.\line \tab Shall Hungary frown, if his right royal spouse\line \tab Smile on the equal of her blood and state,\line \tab Her gentle cousin? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 50\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And is this thine aid! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 51\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab What word has roughed the brow, but now confiding\line \tab In a fond father's love? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 52\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Alas! what word?\line \tab What have I said? what done? that thou should'st deem\line \tab +I could do this, this, this, that is so foul,\line \tab My baffled tongue deserts me. Thou should'st know me,\line \tab Thou hast set spies on me. What! have they told thee\line \tab I am a wanton? I do love this man\line \tab +As fits a virgin's heart. Heaven sent such thoughts\line \tab To be our solace. But to act a toy\line \tab For his loose hours, or worse, to find him one\line \tab Procured for mine, grateful for opportunities\line \tab Co +ntrived with decency, spared skillfully\line \tab From claims more urgent; not to dare to show\line \tab Before the world my homage; when he's ill\line \tab To be away, and only share his gay\line \tab And lusty pillow; to be shut out from all\line \tab +That multitude of cares and charms that waits\line \tab But on companionship; and then to feel\line \tab These joys another shares, another hand\line \tab These delicate rites performing, and thou'rt remembered,\line \tab +In the serener heaven of his bliss,\line \tab But as the transient flash: this is not love;\line \tab This is pollution. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 53\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Daughter, I were pleased\line \tab My cousin could a nearer claim prefer\line \tab +To my regard. Ay, girl, 'twould please me well\line \tab He were my son, thy husband; but what then?\line \tab My pleasure and his conduct jar; his fate\line \tab Baulks our desire. He's married and has heirs. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 54\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Heirs, didst thou say heirs? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 55\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab What ails thee? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 56\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Heirs, heirs? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 57\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Thou art very pale! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 58\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The faintness of the morn\line \tab Clings to me still; I pray thee, father, grant\line \tab +Thy child one easy boon. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 59\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab She has to speak\line \tab But what she wills. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 60\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Why, then, she would renounce\line \tab Her heritage; yes, place our ancient crown\line \tab +On brows it may become. A veil more suits\line \tab This feminine brain; in Huelgas' cloistered shades\line \tab I'll find oblivion. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 61\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Woe is me! The doom\line \tab Falls on our house. I had this daughter left\line \tab +To lavish all my wealth on and my might.\line \tab I've treasured for her; for her I have slain\line \tab My thousands, conquered provinces, betrayed,\line \tab Renewed, and broken faith. She was my joy;\line \tab +She has her mother's eyes, and when she speaks\line \tab Her voice is like Brunhalda's. Cursed hour,\line \tab That a wild fancy touched her brain to cross\line \tab All my great hopes! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 62\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My father, my dear father,\line \tab Thou call'dst me fondly, but some moments past,\line +\tab Thy gentle child. I call my saint to witness\line \tab I would be such. To say I love this man\line \tab Is shallow phrasing. Since man's image first\line \tab Flung its wild shadow on my virgin soul,\line \tab I +t has borne no other reflex. I know well\line \tab Thou deemest he was forgotten; this day's passion\line \tab Passed as unused confrontment, and so transient\line \tab As it was turbulent. No, no, full oft,\line \tab +When thinking on him, I have been the same.\line \tab Fruitless or barren, this same form is his,\line \tab Or it is God's. My father, my dear father,\line \tab Remember he was mine, and thou didst pour\line \tab Thy blessing on our heads! O God, O God! +\line \tab When I recall the passages of love\line \tab That have ensued between me and this man,\line \tab And with thy sanction, and then just bethink\line \tab He is another's, O it makes me mad.\line \tab Talk not to me of sceptres: can she rule\line +\tab Whose mind is anarchy? King of Castille,\line \tab Give me the heart that thou didst rob me of!\line \tab The penal hour's at hand. Thou didst destroy\line \tab My love, and I will end thy line -- thy line\line \tab That is thy life. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 63\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Solisa, I will do all\line \tab A father can, -- a father and a King. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 64\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Give me Alarcos! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 I:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 65\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls15\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb I:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls15\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Hush, disturb me not;\line \tab I'm in the throes of some imaginings\line \tab A human voic +e might scare. +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par +\par END OF THE FIRST ACT. +\par +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par ACT II +\par +\par +\par SCENE 1 +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 A Street in Burgos. +\par }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter the}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNT OF SIDONIA }{\i\f1\cgrid0 and the}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNT OF LEON.] +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Is she not fair? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab What then? She but fulfils\line \tab Her office as a woman. For to be\line \tab +A woman and not fair, is, in my creed,\line \tab To be a thing unsexed. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Happy Alarcos!\line \tab They say she was of Aquitaine, a daughter\line \tab +Of the De Foix. I would I had been banished. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Go and plot then. They cannot take your head,\line \tab For that is gone. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab But banishment from Burgos\line \tab Were worse than fifty deaths. O, my good Leon,\line +\tab Didst ever see, didst ever dream could be,\line \tab Such dazzling beauty? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Dream! I never dream;\line \tab Save when I've revelled over late, and then\line \tab +My visions are most villanous; but you,\line \tab You dream when you're awake. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Wert ever, Leon,\line \tab In pleasant Aquitaine? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O talk of Burgos;\line \tab It is my only subject -- matchless town,\line \tab +Where all I ask are patriarchal years\line \tab To feel satiety like my sad friend. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab 'Tis not satiety now makes me sad;\line \tab So check thy mocking tongue, or cure my cares. + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Absence cures love. Be off to Aquitaine. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I chose a jester for my friend, and feel\line \tab His value now. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab You share the lover's lot\line \tab When you desire and you despair. What then?\line \tab +You know right well that woman is but one,\line \tab Though she take many forms, and can confound\line \tab The young with subtle aspects. Vanity\line \tab Is her sole being. Make the myriad vows\line \tab +That passionate fancy prompts. At the next tourney\line \tab Maintain her colours 'gainst the two Castilles\line \tab And Aragon to boot. You'll have her! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Why!\line \tab This was the way I woo'd the haughty Lara,\line \tab +But I'll not hold such passages approach\line \tab The gentle lady of this morn. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Well, then,\line \tab Try silence, only sighs and hasty glances\line \tab +Withdrawn as soon as met. Could'st thou but blush:\line \tab But there's no hope. In time our sighs become\line \tab A sort of plaintive hint what hopeless rogues\line \tab Our stars have made us. Would we had but met\line \tab +Earlier, yet still we hope she'll spare a tear\line \tab To one she met too late. Trust me she'll spare it;\line \tab She'll save this sinner who reveres a saint.\line \tab Pity or admiration gains them all.\line \tab You'll have her! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls16\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls16\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Well, whate'er the course pursued,\line \tab Be thou a prophet! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Ente}{\f1\cgrid0 r ORAN.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls17\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart16\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls17\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Stand, Senors, in God's name. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls17\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart16\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls17\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Or the devil's.\line \tab Well, what do you want? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls17\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart16\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls17\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Many things, but one\line \tab Most principal. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls17\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart16\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls17\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And that's -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls17\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart16\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls17\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab A friend. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls17\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart16\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls17\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab \tab You're right\line \tab To seek one in the street, he'll prove as true\line \tab +As any that you're fostered with. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls17\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart16\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls17\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab In brief,\line \tab I'm as you see a Moor; and I have slain\line \tab +One of our princes. Peace exists between\line \tab Our kingdom and Castille; they track my steps.\line \tab You're young, you should be brave, generous you may be.\line \tab I shall be impaled. Save me! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls17\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart16\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls17\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Frankly spoken.\line \tab Will you turn Christian? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls17\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart16\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls17\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Show me Christian acts,\line \tab And they may prompt to Christian thoughts. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls17\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart16\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls17\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Although\line \tab The slain's an infidel, thou art the same.\line \tab +The cause of this rash deed? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls17\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart16\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls17\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I am a soldier,\line \tab And my sword's notched, sirs. This said Emir struck me.\line +\tab Before the people too, in the great square\line \tab Of our chief place, Granada, and forsooth,\line \tab Because I would not yield the way at mosque.\line \tab His life has soothed my honour: if I die,\line \tab +I die content; but with your gracious aid\line \tab I would live happy. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls17\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart16\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls17\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab You love life? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls17\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart16\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls17\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Most dearly. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls17\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart16\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls17\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Sensible Moor, although he be impaled\line \tab For mobbing in a mosque. I like this fellow; +\line \tab His bearing suits my humour. He shall live\line \tab To do more murders. Come, bold infidel,\line \tab Follow to the Leon Palace; and, sir, prithee\line \tab Don't stab us in the back. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exeunt omnes.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par SCENE 2 +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 Chamber in the Palace of}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNT ALARCOS. +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 At the back of the Scene the Curtains of a large Jalousie withdrawn}{\f1\cgrid0 . +\par +\par [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNT ALARCOS.] +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab 'Tis circumstance makes conduct; life's a ship,\line \tab +The sport of every wind. And yet men tack\line \tab Against the adverse blast. How shall I steer,\line \tab Who am the pilot of Necessity?\line \tab But whether it be fair or foul, I know not;\line \tab Sunny or terrible. Why let her wed him?\line +\tab What care I if the pageant's weight may fall\line \tab On Hungary's ermined shoulders, if the spring\line \tab Of all her life be mine? The tiar'd brow\line \tab Alone makes not a King. Would that my wife\line \tab +Confessed a worldlier mood! Her recluse fancy\line \tab Haunts still our castled bowers. Then civic air\line \tab Inflame her thoughts! Teach her to vie and revel,\line \tab Find sport in peerless robes, the pomp of feasts\line \tab +And ambling of a genet -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 A serenade is heard.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Hah! that voice\line \tab Should not be strange. A tribute to her charms.\line +\tab 'Tis music sweeter to a spouse's ear\line \tab Than gallants dream of. Ay, she'll find adorers.\line \tab Or Burgos is right changed. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [Enter the COUNTESS.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Listen, child. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Again the serenade is heard.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab 'Tis very sweet. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab It is inspired by thee. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Alarcos! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Why dost look so grave? Nay, now,\line \tab There's not a dame in Burgos would not give +\line \tab Her jewels for such songs. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Inspired by me! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And who so fit to fire a lover's breast?\line \tab He's clearly captive. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O! thou knowest I love not\line \tab Such jests, Alarcos. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Jest! I do not jest.\line \tab I am right proud the partner of my state\line \tab +Should count the chief of our Castillian knights\line \tab Among her train. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I pray thee let me close\line \tab These blinds. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Poh, poh! what, baulk a serenade?\line \tab 'Twould be an outrage to the courtesies\line +\tab Of this great city. Faith! his voice is sweet. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Would that he had not sung! It is a sport\line \tab In which I find no pastime. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Marry, come,\line \tab It gives me great delight. 'Tis well for thee,\line \tab +On thy first entrance to our world, to find\line \tab So high a follower. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Wherefore should I need\line \tab His following? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Nought's more excellent for woman,\line \tab Than to be fixed on as the cynosure\line \tab +Of one whom all do gaze on. 'Tis a stamp\line \tab Whose currency, not wealth, rank, blood, can match;\line \tab These are raw ingots, till they are impressed\line \tab With fashion's picture. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Would I were once more\line \tab Within our castle! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Nursery days! The world\line \tab Is now our home, and we must worldly be,\line \tab +Like its bold stirrers. I sup with the King.\line \tab There is no feast, and yet to do me honour,\line \tab Some chiefs will meet. I stand right well at Court,\line \tab And with thine aid will stand e'en better. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Mine!\line \tab I have no joy but in thy joy, no thought\line \tab +But for thy honour, and yet, how to aid\line \tab Thee in these plans or hopes, indeed, Alarcos,\line \tab Indeed, I am perplexed. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Art not my wife?\line \tab Is not this Burgos? And this pile, the palace\line \tab +Of my great fathers? They did raise these halls\line \tab To be the symbols of their high estate,\line \tab The fit and haught metropolis of all\line \tab Their force and faction. Fill them, fill them, wife,\line \tab +With those who'll serve me well. Make this the centre\line \tab Of all that's great in Burgos. Let it be\line \tab The eye of the town, whereby we may perceive\line \tab What passes in his heart: the clustering point\line \tab +Of all convergence. Here be troops of friends\line \tab And ready instruments. Wear that sweet smile,\line \tab That wins a partisan quicker than power;\line \tab Speak in that tone gives each a special share\line \tab In thy regard, and what is general +\line \tab Let all deem private. O! thou'lt play it rarely. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I would do all that may become thy wife. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I know it, I know it. Thou art a treasure, Florimonde,\line \tab And this same singer -- thou +hast not asked his name.\line \tab Didst guess it? Ah! upon thy gentle cheek\line \tab I see a smile. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My lord -- indeed -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thou playest\line \tab Thy game less like a novice than I deemed.\line \tab +Thou canst not say thou didst not catch the voice\line \tab Of the Sidonia? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My good lord, indeed\line \tab His voice to me is as unknown as mine\line \tab +Must be to him. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls18\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls18\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Whose should the voice but his,\line \tab Whose stricken sight left not thy face an instant, +\line \tab But gazed as if some new-born star had risen\line \tab To light his way to paradise? I tell thee,\line \tab Among my strict confederates I would count\line \tab This same young noble. He is a paramount chief;\line \tab +Perchance his vassals might outnumber mine,\line \tab Conjoined we're adamant. No monarch's breath\line \tab Makes me again an exile. Florimonde,\line \tab Smile on him; smiles cost nothing; should he judge\line \tab +They mean more than they say, why smile again;\line \tab And what he deems affection, registered,\line \tab Is but chaste Mockery. I must to the citadel.\line \tab Sweet wife, good-night. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 ALARCOS.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls19\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart26\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls19\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O! misery, misery, misery!\line \tab Must we do this? I fear there's need we must,\line +\tab For he is wise in all things, and well learned\line \tab In this same world that to my simple sense\line \tab Seems very fearful. Why should men rejoice,\line \tab They can escape from the pure breath of heaven\line \tab +And the sweet franchise of their natural will,\line \tab To such a prison-house? To be confined\line \tab In body and in soul; to breathe the air\line \tab Of dark close streets, and never use one's tongue\line \tab But for some measured phrase tha +t hath its bent\line \tab Well gauged and chartered; to find ready smiles\line \tab When one is sorrowful, or looks demure\line \tab When one would laugh outright. Never to be\line \tab Exact but when dissembling. Is this life?\line \tab +I dread this city. As I passed its gates\line \tab My litter stumbled, and the children shrieked\line \tab And clung unto my bosom. Pretty babes!\line \tab I'll go to them. O! there is innocence\line \tab Even in Burgos. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNTESS.] +\par +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par SCENE 3 +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 +\par A Chamber in the Royal Palace. The}{\f1\cgrid0 INFANTA SOLISA }{\i\f1\cgrid0 alone}{\f1\cgrid0 . +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I can but think my father will be just\line \tab And see us righted. O 'tis only honest,\line +\tab The hand that did this wrong should now supply\line \tab The sovereign remedy, and balm the wound\line \tab Itself inflicted. He is with him now;\line \tab Would I were there, unseen, yet seeing all!\line \tab But ah! no cunning arras could conceal +\line \tab This throbbing heart. I've sent my little Page,\line \tab To mingle with the minions of the Court,\line \tab And get me news. How he doth look, bow eat,\line \tab What says he and what does, and all the haps\line \tab +Of this same night, that yet to me may bring\line \tab A cloudless morrow. See, even now he comes. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter the}{\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Prithee what news? Now tell me all, my child,\line \tab +When thou'rt a knight, will I not work the scarf\line \tab For thy first tourney! Prithee tell me all. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab O lady mine, the royal Seneschal\line \tab He was so crabbed, I did scarcely deem\line \tab +I could have entered. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Cross-grained Seneschal!\line \tab He shall repent of this, my pretty Page;\line \tab +But thou didst enters? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I did so contrive. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Rare imp! And then? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Well, as you told me, then\line \tab I mingled with the Pages of the King.\line \tab +They're not so very tall; I might have passed\line \tab I think for one upon a holiday. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab O thou shalt pass for better than a page\line \tab But tell me, child, didst see my gallant Count? + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab On the right hand -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Upon the King's right hand? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Upon the King's right hand, and there were also -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Mind not the rest; thou'rt sure on the right hand? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Most sure; and on the left -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ne'er mind the left,\line \tab Speak only of the right. How did he seem?\line \tab +Did there pass words between him and the King?\line \tab Often or scant? Did he seem gay or grave?\line \tab Or was his aspect of a middle tint,\line \tab As if he deemed that there were other joys\line \tab Not found within that chamber? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Sooth to say,\line \tab He did seem what he is, a gallant knight.\line \tab +Would I were such! For talking with the King,\line \tab He spoke, yet not so much but he could spare\line \tab Words to the other lords. He often smiled,\line \tab Yet not so often, that a limner might\line \tab Describe his mien as jovial. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis himself!\line \tab What next? Will they sit long? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I should not like\line \tab Myself to quit such company. In truth,\line \tab +The Count of Leon is a merry lord.\line \tab There were some tilting jests, I warrant you,\line \tab Between him and your knight. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O tell it me! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The Count Alarcos, as I chanced to hear,\line \tab For tiptoe even would not let me see,\line +\tab And that same Pedro, who has lately come\line \tab To Court, the Senor of Montilla's son,\line \tab He is so rough, and says a lady's page\line \tab Should only be where there are petticoats. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Is he so rough? He shall be soundly whipped.\line \tab But tell me, child, the Count Alarcos -- + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Well,\line \tab The Count Alarcos -- but indeed, sweet lady,\line \tab +I do not wish that Pedro should be whipped. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab He shall not then be whipped -- speak of the Count. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The Count was showing how your Saracen\line \tab Doth take your lion captive, thus and thus: +\line \tab And fashioned with his scarf a dexterous noose\line \tab Made of a tiger's skin: your unicorn,\line \tab They say, is just as good. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Well, then Sir Leon -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Why then your Count of Leon -- but just then\line \tab Sancho, the Viscount of Toledo's son, +\line \tab The King's chief Page, takes me his handkerchief\line \tab And binds it on my eyes, he whispering round\line \tab Unto his fellows, here you see I've caught\line \tab A most ferocious cub. Whereat they kicked,\line \tab +And pinched, and cuffed me till I nearly roared\line \tab As fierce as any lion, you be sure. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Rude Sancho, he shall sure be sent from Court!\line \tab My little Ferdinand -- thou hast incurred +\line \tab Great perils for thy mistress. Go again\line \tab And show this signet to the Seneschal,\line \tab And tell him that no greater courtesy\line \tab Be shown to any guest than to my Page.\line \tab This from myself -- or I perchance will send, +\line \tab Shall school their pranks. Away, my faithful imp,\line \tab And tell me how the Count Alarcos seems. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I go, sweet lady, but I humbly beg\line \tab Sancho may not be sent from Court this time. + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls20\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls20\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Sancho shall stay. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I hope, ere long, sweet child,\line \tab Thou too shalt be a page unto a King.\line \tab +I'm glad Alarcos smiled not overmuch;\line \tab Your smilers please me not. I love a face\line \tab Pensive, not sad; for where the mood is thoughtful,\line \tab The passion is most deep and most refined.\line \tab Gay t +empers bear light hearts -- are soonest gained\line \tab And soonest lost; but he who meditates\line \tab On his own nature, will as deeply scan\line \tab The mind he meets, and when he loves, he casts\line \tab His anchor deep. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Re-enter}{\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Give me the news. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls21\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart28\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls21\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The news!\line \tab I could not see the Seneschal, but gave\line \tab +Your message to the Pages. Whereupon\line \tab Sancho, the Viscount of Toledo's son,\line \tab Pedro, the Senor of Montilla's son,\line \tab The young Count of Almeira, and -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls21\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart28\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls21\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My child,\line \tab What ails thee? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 30\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls21\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart28\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls21\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O the Viscount of Jodar,\line \tab I think he was the very worst of all;\line \tab +But Sancho of Toledo was the first. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 31\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls21\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart28\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls21\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab What did they? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 32\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls21\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart28\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls21\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Las, no sooner did I say\line \tab All that you told me, than he gives the word,\line +\tab 'A guest, a guest, a very potent guest,'\line \tab Takes me a goblet brimful of strong wine\line \tab And hands it to me, mocking, on his knee.\line \tab This I decline, when on his back they lay\line \tab Your faithful Page, nor set me on my legs +\line \tab Till they had drenched me with this fiery stuff,\line \tab That I could scarcely see, or reel my way\line \tab Back to your presence. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 33\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls21\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart28\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls21\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Marry, 'tis too much\line \tab E'en for a page's license. Ne'er you mind,\line \tab +They shall to Prison by to-morrow's dawn.\line \tab I'll bind this kerchief round your brow, its scent\line \tab Will much revive you. Go, child, lie you down\line \tab On yonder couch. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 34\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls21\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart28\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls21\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I'm sure I ne'er can sleep\line \tab If Sancho of Toledo shall be sent\line \tab +To-morrow's dawn to prison. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 35\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls21\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart28\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls21\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Well, he's pardoned. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 36\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls21\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart28\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls21\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Also the Senor of Montilla's son, +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 37\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls21\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart28\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls21\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab He shall be pardoned too. Now prithee sleep. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 38\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls21\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart28\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls21\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The young Count of Almeira -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 39\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls21\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart28\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls21\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O no more.\line \tab They all are pardoned. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 40\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls21\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart28\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls21\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I do humbly pray\line \tab The Viscount of Jodar be pardoned too. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 SOLISA.] +\par +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par SCENE 4 +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 A Banquet; the}{\f1\cgrid0 KING }{\i\f1\cgrid0 seated; on his right}{\f1\cgrid0 ALARCOS. +\par SIDONIA, LEON, }{\i\f1\cgrid0 the}{\f1\cgrid0 ADMIRAL OF CASTILLE, }{\i\f1\cgrid0 and other}{\f1\cgrid0 LORDS. +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 Groups of}{\f1\cgrid0 PAGES, CHAMBERLAINS, }{\i\f1\cgrid0 and}{\f1\cgrid0 SERVING-MEN. +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls22\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls22\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 The KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Would'st match them, cousin, 'gainst our barbs? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls22\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls22\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Against\line \tab Our barbs, Sir! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls22\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls22\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Eh, Lord Leon, you can scan\line \tab A courser's points? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls22\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls22\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O, Sir, your travellers\line \tab Need fleeter steeds than we poor shambling folks\line +\tab Who stay at home. To my unskilful sense,\line \tab Speed for the chase and vigour for the tilt,\line \tab Meseems enough. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls22\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls22\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 '\line \tab \tab If riders be as prompt. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls22\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls22\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Our tourney is put off, or please your Grace,\line \tab +I'd try conclusions with this marvellous beast,\line \tab This Pegasus, this courser of the sun,\line \tab That is to blind us all with his bright rays\line \tab And cloud our chivalry. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls22\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls22\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My Lord Sidonia,\line \tab You're a famed judge: try me this Cyprus wine;\line \tab +An English prince did give it me, returning\line \tab From the holy sepulchre. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls22\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls22\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Most rare, my liege,\line \tab And glitters like a gem! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls22\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls22\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab It doth content\line \tab Me much, your Cyprus wine. Lord Admiral,\line \tab +Hast heard the news? The Saracens have fled\line \tab Before the Italian galleys. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls22\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls22\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE ADMIRAL OF CASTILLE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab No one guides\line \tab A galley like your Pisan. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls22\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls22\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The great Doge\line \tab Of Venice, sooth, would barely veil his flag\line \tab To Pisa. + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls22\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls22\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ADM.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Your Venetian hath his craft.\line \tab This Saracenic rent will surely touch\line \tab +Our turbaned neighbours? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls22\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls22\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab To the very core,\line \tab Granada's all a-mourning. Good, my Lords,\line \tab +One goblet more. We'll give our cousin's health.\line \tab Here's to the Count Alarcos. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls22\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls22\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 OMNES.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab To the Count Alarcos. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 The Guests rise, pay their homage to the KING, and are retiring.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls23\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls23\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Good night, Lord Admiral; my Lord of Leon,\line \tab My Lord Sidonia, and my Lord of Lara,\line +\tab Gentle adieus; to you, my Lord, and you,\line \tab To all and each. Cousin, good night -- and yet\line \tab A moment rest awhile; since your return\line \tab I've looked on you in crowds, it may become us\line \tab To say farewell alone. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 The}{\f1\cgrid0 KING }{\i\f1\cgrid0 waves his hand to the}{\f1\cgrid0 + SENESCHAL -- }{\i\f1\cgrid0 the Chamber is cleared.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls23\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls23\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Most gracious Sire,\line \tab You honour your poor servant. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls23\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls23\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Prithee, sit.\line \tab This scattering of the Saracen, methinks,\line \tab +Will hold the Moor to his truce? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls23\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls23\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab It would appear\line \tab To have that import. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls23\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls23\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Should he pass the mountains,\line \tab We can receive him. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls23\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls23\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Where's the crown in Spain\line \tab More prompt and more prepared? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls23\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls23\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Cousin, you're right.\line \tab We flourish. By St. James, I feel a glow\line \tab +Of the heart to see you here once more, my cousin;\line \tab I'm low in the vale of years, and yet I think\line \tab I could defend my crown with such a knight\line \tab On my right hand. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls23\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls23\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Such liege and land would raise\line \tab Our lances high. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls23\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls23\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab We carry all before us.\line \tab Leon reduced. the crescent paled in Cordova,\line \tab +Why, if she gain Valencia, Aragon\line \tab Must kick the beam. And shall she gain Valencia?\line \tab It cheers my blood to find thee by my side;\line \tab Old days, old days return, when thou to me\line \tab Wert as the apple of mine eye. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls23\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls23\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My liege,\line \tab This is indeed most gracious. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls23\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls23\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Gentle cousin,\line \tab Thou shalt have pause to say that I am gracious.\line \tab +O! I did ever love thee; and for that\line \tab Some passages occurred between us once,\line \tab That touch my memory to the quick; I would\line \tab Even pray thee to forget them, and to hold\line \tab I was most vilely practised on, my mind\line \tab +Poisoned, and from a fountain, that to deem\line \tab Tainted were frenzy. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls23\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls23\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Falling on his knee, and taking the}{\f1\cgrid0 KING's }{\i\f1\cgrid0 hand.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My most gracious liege,\line \tab This morn to thee I did my fealty pledge.\line \tab +Believe me, Sire, I did so with clear breast,\line \tab And with no thought to thee and to thy line\line \tab But fit devotion. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls24\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart27\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls24\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O, I know it well,\line \tab I know thou art right true. Mine eyes are moist\line \tab +To see thee here again. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls24\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart27\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls24\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab It is my post,\line \tab Nor could I seek another. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls24\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart27\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls24\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thou dost know\line \tab That Hungary leaves us? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 30\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls24\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart27\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls24\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I was grieved to hear\line \tab There were some crosses. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 31\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls24\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart27\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls24\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Truth, I am not grieved.\line \tab Is it such joy this fair Castillian realm,\line \tab +This glowing flower of Spain, be rudely plucked\line \tab By a strange hand? To see our chambers filled\line \tab With foreign losels; our rich fiefs and abbeys\line \tab The prey of each bold scatterling, that finds\line \tab +No heirship in his country? Have I lived\line \tab And laboured for this end, to swell the sails\line \tab Of alien fortunes? O my gentle cousin,\line \tab There was a time we had far other hopes!\line \tab I suffer for my deeds. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 32\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls24\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart27\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls24\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab We must forget,\line \tab We must forget, my liege. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 33\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls24\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart27\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls24\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Is't then so easy?\line \tab Thou hast no daughter. Ah! thou canst not tell\line \tab +What 'tis to feel a father's policy\line \tab Hath dimmed a child's career. A child so peerless!\line \tab Our race, though ever comely, veiled to her.\line \tab A palm tree in its pride of sunny youth\line \tab +Mates not her symmetry; her step was noticed\line \tab As strangely stately by her nurse. Dost know,\line \tab I ever deemed that winning smile of hers\line \tab Mournful, with all its mirth? But ah! no more\line \tab +A father gossips; nay, my weakness 'tis not.\line \tab 'Tis not with all that I would prattle thus;\line \tab But you, my cousin, know Solisa well,\line \tab And once you loved her. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 34\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls24\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart27\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls24\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Rising.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Once! O God!\line \tab Such passions are eternity. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 35\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Advancing.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab What then,\line \tab Shall this excelling creature, on a throne\line \tab +As high as her deserts, shall she become\line \tab A spoil for strangers? Have I cause to grieve\line \tab That Hungary quit us? O that I could find\line \tab Some noble of our land might dare to mix\line \tab His equal blood with our Castillian seed! +\line \tab Art thou more learned in our pedigrees?\line \tab Hast thou no friend, no kinsman? Must this realm\line \tab Fall to the spoiler, and a foreign graft\line \tab Be nourished by our sap? +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 36\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Alas! alas! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 37\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Four crowns; our paramount Castille, and Leon,\line \tab Seviglia, Cordova, the future hope +\line \tab Of Murcia, and the inevitable doom\line \tab That waits the Saracen; all, all, all;\line \tab And with my daughter! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 38\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ah! ye should have blasted\line \tab My homeward path, ye lightnings! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 39\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Such a son\line \tab Should grudge his sire no days. I would not live\line \tab +To whet ambition's appetite. I'm old;\line \tab And fit for little else than hermit thoughts.\line \tab The day that gives my daughter, gives my crown:\line \tab A cell's my home. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 40\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O, life, I will not curse thee\line \tab Let hard and shaven crowns denounce thee vain; +\line \tab To me thou wert no shade! I loved thy stir\line \tab And panting struggle. Power, and pomp, and beauty\line \tab Cities and courts, the palace and the fane,\line \tab The chace, the revel, and the battle-field, \line \tab +Man's fiery glance, and woman's thrilling smile,\line \tab I loved ye all. I curse not thee, O life!\line \tab But on my start; confusion. May they fall\line \tab From out their spheres, and blast our earth no more\line \tab +With their malignant rays, that mocking placed\line \tab All the delight of life within my reach,\line \tab And chained me film fruition. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 41\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Gentle cousin,\line \tab Thou art disturbed; I fear these words of mine,\line \tab +Chance words ere I did say to thee good night,\line \tab For O, 'twas joy to see thee here again,\line \tab Who art my kinsman, and my only one,\line \tab Have touched on some old cares for both of us.\line \tab And yet the world has many charms for thee; +\line \tab Thou'rt not like us, and thy unhappy child\line \tab The world esteems so favoured. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 42\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ah, the world\line \tab III estimates the truth of any lot.\line \tab +Their speculation is too far and reaches\line \tab Only externals, they are ever fair.\line \tab There are vile cankers in your gaudiest flowers,\line \tab But you must pluck and peer within the leaves\line \tab To catch the pest. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 43\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Alas! my gentle cousin,\line \tab To hear thou hast thy sorrows too, like us,\line \tab +It pains me much, and yet I'll not believe it,\line \tab For with so fair a wife -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 44\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Torture me not,\line \tab Although thou art a King. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 45\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My gentle cousin,\line \tab f spoke to solace thee. We all do hear\line \tab +Thou art most favoured in a right fair wife.\line \tab We do desire to see her; can she find\line \tab A friend becomes her better than our child? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 46\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab My wife? would she were not! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 47\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I say so too,\line \tab Would she were not! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 48\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ah me! why did I marry? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 49\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Truth, it was very rash. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 50\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Who made me rash?\line \tab Who drove me from my hearth, and sent me forth\line \tab +On the unkindred earth? With the dark spleen\line \tab Goading injustice, that 'tis vain to quell,\line \tab Entails on restless spirits. Yes, I married,\line \tab As men do oft, from very wantonness;\line \tab To tamper with a destiny that's cross, +\line \tab To spite my fate, to put the seal upon\line \tab A balked career, in high and proud defiance\line \tab Of hopes that yet might mock me, to beat down\line \tab False expectation and its damned lures,\line \tab +And fix a bar betwixt me and defeat. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 51\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab These bitter words would rob me of my hope,\line \tab That thou at least wert happy. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 52\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Would I slept\line \tab With my grey fathers! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 53\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And my daughter too!\line \tab O most unhappy pair! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 54\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab There is a way.\line \tab To cure such woes, one only. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 55\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis my thought. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 56\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab No cloister shall entomb this life; the grave\line \tab Shall be my refuge, +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 57\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Yet to die were witless,\line \tab When Death, who with his fatal finger taps\line \tab +At princely doors, as freely as he gives\line \tab His summons to the serf, may at this instant\line \tab Have sealed the only life that throws a shade\line \tab Between us and the sun. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 58\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab She's very young. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 59\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And may live long, as I do hope she will;\line \tab Yet have I known as blooming as she die, +\line \tab And that most suddenly. The air of cities\line \tab To unaccustomed lungs is very fatal;\line \tab Perchance the absence of her accustomed sports,\line \tab The presence of strange faces, and a longing\line \tab +For those she has been bred among: I've known\line \tab This most pernicious: she might droop and pine,\line \tab And when they fail, they sink most rapidly.\line \tab God grant she may not; yet I do remind thee\line \tab +Of this wild chance, when speaking of thy lot.\line \tab In truth 'tis sharp, and yet I would not die\line \tab When Time, the great enchanter, may change all,\line \tab By bringing somewhat earlier to thy gate\line \tab A doom that must arrive. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 60\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Would it were there! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 II:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 61\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls25\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb II:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls25\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab 'Twould be the day thy hand should clasp my daughter's,\line \tab +That thou hast loved so Ion; 'twould be the day\line \tab My crown, the crown of all my realms, Alarcos,\line \tab Should bind thy royal brow. Is this the morn\line \tab Breaks in our chamber? Why, I did but mean\line \tab +To say good night unto my gentle cousin\line \tab So long unseen. O, we have gossiped, coz,\line \tab So cheering dreams! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exeunt.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par +\par +\par END OF THE SECOND ACT. +\par +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par ACT III +\par +\par +\par SCENE 1 +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 Interior of the Cathedral of Burgos. +\par The High Altar illuminated; +\par in the distance, various Chapels lighted, and in each of which Mass is celebrating: +\par in all directions groups of kneeling Worshippers. +\par Before the High Altar the Prior of Burgos officiates, attended by his Sacerdotal Retinue. +\par In the front of the Stage, opposite to the Audience, a Confessional. +\par The chanting of a solemn Mass here commences; as it ceases, +\par }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter}{\f1\cgrid0 ALARCOS.] +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Would it were done! and yet I dare not say\line \tab +It should be done. O, that some natural cause,\line \tab Or superhuman agent, would step in,\line \tab And save me from its practice! Will no pest\line \tab Descend upon her blood? Must thousands die\line \tab Daily, and her charmed li +fe be spared? As young\line \tab Are hourly plucked from out their hearths. A life!\line \tab Why, what's a life? A loan that must return\line \tab To a capricious creditor; recalled\line \tab Often as soon as lent. I'd wager mine\line \tab +To-morrow like the dice, were my blood pricked.\line \tab Yet now,\line \tab When all that endows life with all its price,\line \tab Hangs on some flickering breath I could puff out,\line \tab I stand agape. I'll dream 'tis done: what then?\line \tab +Mercy remains? For ever, not for ever\line \tab I charge my soul? Will no contrition ransom,\line \tab Or expiatory torments compensate\line \tab The awful penalty? Ye kneeling worshippers,\line \tab That gaze in silent ecstacy before\line \tab +Yon flaming altar, you come here to bow\line \tab Before a God of mercy. Is't not so? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [ALARCOS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 walks towards the High Altar and kneels.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par +\par [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 A Procession advances front the back of the Scene, singing a solemn Mass, +\par and preceding the Prior of Burgos, who seats himself in the Confessional +\par his Train filing of on each side of the Scene: +\par the lights of the High Altar are extinguished, but the Chapels remain illuminated.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Within this chair I sit, and hold the keys\line \tab +That open realms no conqueror can subdue,\line \tab And where the monarchs of the earth must fain\line \tab Solicit to be subjects: Heaven and Hades,\line \tab Lands of Immortal light and shores of gloom.\line \tab Eternal as the chorus of their wail, +\line \tab And the dim isthmus of that middle space,\line \tab Where the compassioned soul may purge its sins\line \tab In pious expiation. Then advance\line \tab Ye children of all sorrows, and all sins,\line \tab +Doubts that perplex, and hopes that tantalize,\line \tab All the wild forms the fiend Temptation takes\line \tab To tamper with the soul! Come with the care\line \tab That eats your daily life; come with the thought\line \tab +That is conceived in the noon of night,\line \tab And makes us stare around us though alone;\line \tab Come with the engendering sin, and with the crime\line \tab That is full-born. To counsel and to soothe,\line \tab I sit within this chair. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [ALARCOS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 advances and kneels by the Confessional.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O, holy father\line \tab My soul is burthened with a crime. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My son,\line \tab The church awaits thy sin. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab It is a sin\line \tab Most black and terrible. Prepare thine ear\line \tab +For what must make it tremble. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thou dost speak\line \tab To Power above all passion, not to man. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab There was a lady, father, whom I loved,\line \tab And with a holy love, and she loved me\line +\tab As holily. Our vows were blessed, if favour\line \tab Hang on a father's benediction. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Her\line \tab Mother? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab She had a mother, if to bear\line \tab Children be all that makes a mother: one\line \tab +Who looked on me, about to be her child,\line \tab With eyes of lust. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And thou? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O, if to trace\line \tab But with the memory's too veracious aid\line \tab +This tale be anguish, what must be its life\line \tab And terrible action? Father, I abjured\line \tab This lewd she-wolf. But ah! her fatal vengeance\line \tab Struck to my heart. A banished scatterling\line \tab I wandered on the earth. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thou didst return? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And found the being that I loved, and found\line \tab Her faithful still. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And thou, my son, wert happy? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Alas! I was no longer free. Strange ties\line \tab +Had bound a hopeless exile. But she I had loved,\line \tab And never ceased to love, for in the form,\line \tab Not in the spirit was her faith more pure,\line \tab She looked upon me with a glance that told\line \tab +Her death but in my love. I struggled, nay,\line \tab 'Twas not a struggle, 'twas an agony.\line \tab Her aged sire, her dark impending doom,\line \tab And the overwhelming passion of my soul:\line \tab My wife died suddenly. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And by a life\line \tab That should have shielded hers? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Is there hope of mercy?\line \tab Can prayers, can penances, can they avail?\line \tab +What consecration of my wealth, for I'm rich,\line \tab Can aid me? Can it aid me? Can endowments?\line \tab Nay, set no bounds to thy unlimited schemes\line \tab Of saving charity. Can shrines, can chauntries,\line \tab +Monastic piles, can they avail? What if\line \tab I raise a temple not less proud than this,\line \tab Enriched with all my wealth, with all, with all?\line \tab Will endless masses, will eternal prayers,\line \tab Redeem me from perdition? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab What, would gold\line \tab Redeem the sin it prompted? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab No, by Heaven!\line \tab No, Fate had dowered me with wealth might feed\line \tab A +ll but a royal hunger. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And alone\line \tab Thy fatal passion urged thee +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Hah! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Probe deep\line \tab Thy wounded soul. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis torture: fathomless\line \tab I feel the fell incision. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab There is a lure\line \tab Thou dost not own, and yet its awful shade\line \tab +Lowers in the back-ground of thy soul: thy tongue\line \tab Trifles the church's ear. Beware, my son,\line \tab And tamper not with Paradise. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A breath,\line \tab A shadow, essence subtler far than love:\line \tab +And yet I loved her, and for love had dared\line \tab All that I ventured for this twin-born lure\line \tab Cradled with love, for which I soiled my soul.\line \tab O, father, it was Power. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And this dominion\line \tab Purchased by thy soul's mortgage, still is't thine? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Yea, thousands bow to him, who bows to thee. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Thine is a fearful deed. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O, is there mercy? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 30\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Say, is there penitence? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 31\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab How shall I gauge it?\line \tab What temper of contrition might the church\line \tab +Require from such a sinner? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 32\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Is't thy wish,\line \tab Nay, search the very caverns of thy thought,\line \tab +Is it thy wish this deed were now undone? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 33\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Undone, undone! It is; O, say it were,\line \tab And what am I? O, father, wer't not done, +\line \tab I should not be less tortured than I'm now;\line \tab My life less like a dream of haunting thoughts\line \tab Tempting to unknown enormities. The sun\line \tab Would rise as beamless on my darkened days,\line \tab +Night proffer the same torments. Food would fly\line \tab My lips the same, and the same restless blood\line \tab Quicken my harassed limbs. Undone! undone!\line \tab I have no metaphysic faculty\line \tab To deem this deed undone. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 34\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thou must repent\line \tab This terrible deed. Look through thy heart. Thy wife,\line +\tab There was a time thou lov'dst her? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 35\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I'll not think\line \tab There was a time. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 36\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And was she fair? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 37\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab A form\line \tab Dazzling all eyes but mine. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 38\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And pure? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 39\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab No saint\line \tab More chaste than she. Her consecrated shape\line \tab +She kept as 'twere a shrine, and just as full\line \tab Of holy thoughts; her very breath was incense,\line \tab And all her gestures sacred as the forms\line \tab Of priestly offices! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 40\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I'll save thy soul.\line \tab Thou must repent that one so fair and pure,\line \tab +And loving thee so well -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 41\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Father, in vain.\line \tab There is a bar betwixt me and repentance.\line \tab And yet -- + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 42\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ay, yet -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 43\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The day may come, I'll kneel\line \tab In such a mood, and might there then be hope? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 44\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PRIOR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab We hold the keys that bind and loosen all:\line \tab But penitence alone is mercy's portal. +\line \tab The obdurate soul is doomed. Remorseful tears\line \tab Are sinners' sole ablution. O, my son,\line \tab Bethink thee yet, to die in sin like thine;\line \tab Eternal masses profit not thy soul,\line \tab +Thy consecrated wealth will but upraise\line \tab The monument of thy despair. Once more,\line \tab Ere yet the vesper lights shall fade away,\line \tab I do adjure thee, on the church's bosom\line \tab Pour forth thy contrite heart. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 45\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls26\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls26\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A contrite heart!\line \tab A stainless hand would count for more. I see\line \tab +No drops on mine. My head is weak, my heart\line \tab A wilderness of passion. Prayers, thy prayers! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [ALARCOS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 rises suddenly and exit.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par SCENE 2 +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 Chamber in the Royal Palace. +\par }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 The}{\f1\cgrid0 INFANTA }{\i\f1\cgrid0 seated in despondency; the}{\f1\cgrid0 KING }{\i\f1\cgrid0 standing by her side.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Indeed, 'tis noticed. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Solitude is all\line \tab I ask; and is it then so great a boon? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Nay, solitude's no princely appanage.\line \tab Our state's a pedestal, which men have raised +\line \tab That they may gaze on greatness. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A false idol,\line \tab And weaker than its worshippers. I've lived\line \tab +To feel my station's vanity. O, Death,\line \tab Thou endest all! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thou art too young to die,\line \tab And yet may be too happy. Moody youth\line \tab +Toys in its talk with the dark thought of death,\line \tab As if to die were but to change a robe.\line \tab It is their present refuge for all cares\line \tab And each disaster. When the sere has touched\line \tab +Their flowing locks, they prattle less of death,\line \tab Perchance think more of it. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Why, what is greatness?\line \tab Will't give me love, or faith, or tranquil thoughts?\line +\tab No, no, not even justice. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis thyself\line \tab That does thyself injustice. Let the world\line \tab +Have other speculation than the breach\line \tab Of our unfilled vows. They bear too near\line \tab And fine affinity to what we would,\line \tab Ay, what we will. I would not choose this moment,\line \tab Men brood too curiously upon the cause\line +\tab Of the late rupture, for the cause detected\line \tab May bar the consequence. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A day, an hour\line \tab Sufficed to crush me. Weeks and weeks pass on\line \tab +Since I was promised right. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Take thou my sceptre\line \tab And do thyself this right. Is't, then, so easy? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Let him who did the wrong, contrive the means\line \tab Of his atonement. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab All a father can,\line \tab I have performed. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ah! then there is no hope.\line \tab The Bishop of Ossuna, you did say\line \tab +He was the learnedest clerk of Christendom,\line \tab And you would speak to him? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab What says Alarcos? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I spoke not to him since I first received\line \tab His princely pledge. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Call on him to fulfil it. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Can he do more than kings? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Yes, he alone;\line \tab Alone it rests with him. This learn from me.\line \tab +There is no other let. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I learn from thee\line \tab What other lips should tell me. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Girl, art sure\line \tab Of this same lover? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O! I'll never doubt him. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And yet may be deceived. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab He is as true\line \tab As talismanic steel. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Why, then thou art,\line \tab At least thou should'st be, happy. Smile, Solisa;\line \tab +For since the Count is true, there is no bar.\line \tab Why dost not smile? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I marvel that Alarcos\line \tab Hath been so mute on this. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab But thou art sure\line \tab He is most true. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Why should I deem him true?\line \tab Have I found truth in any? Woe is me,\line \tab I fee +l as one quite doomed. I know not why\line \tab I ever was ill-omened. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Listen, girl;\line \tab Probe this same lover to the core; 'tmay be,\line \tab +I think he is, most true; he should be so\line \tab If there be faith in vows, and men ne'er break\line \tab The pledge its profits them to keep. And yet -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And what? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab To be his Sovereign's cherished friend,\line \tab +And smiled on by the daughter of his King,\line \tab Why that might profit him, and please so much,\line \tab His wife's ill humour might be borne withal. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 30\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab You think him false? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 31\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls27\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls27\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I think he might be true:\line \tab But when a man's well placed, he loves not change. + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter at the back of the Scene Count}{\f1\cgrid0 ALARCOS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 disguised. +\par He advances, dropping his Hat and Cloak.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Ah, gentle cousin, all our thoughts were thine. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 32\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls28\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls28\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I marvel men should think. Lady, I'll hope\line \tab Thy thoughts are like thyself, most fair. + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 33\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls28\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls28\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Her thoughts\line \tab Are like her fortunes, lofty, but around\line \tab +The peaks cling vapours. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 34\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls28\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls28\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Eagles live in clouds,\line \tab And they draw royal breath. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 35\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls28\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls28\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I'd have her quit,\line \tab This strange seclusion, cousin. Give thine aid\line \tab +To festive purposes. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 36\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls28\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls28\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A root, an egg,\line \tab Why there's a feast with a holy mind. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 37\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls28\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls28\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab If ever\line \tab I find my seat within a hermitage,\line \tab I'll think the same. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 38\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls28\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls28\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab You have built shrines, sweet lady? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 39\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls28\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls28\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab What then, my lord? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 40\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls28\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls28\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Why then you might be worshipped,\line \tab If your image were in front; I'd bow down +\line \tab To anything so fair. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 41\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls28\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls28\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Dost know, my cousin,\line \tab Who waits me now? The deputies from Murcia.\line \tab +The realm is ours, +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 whispers him}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab is thine. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 42\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls29\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls29\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab The church has realms\line \tab Wider than both Castilles. But which of them\line +\tab Will be our lot; that's it. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 43\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls29\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls29\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Mine own Solisa,\line \tab They wait me in my cabinet; +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 aside to her}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Bethink thee\line \tab With whom all rests. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit the}{\f1\cgrid0 KING.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 44\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab You had sport to-day, my lord?\line \tab The King was at the chace. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 45\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I breathed my barb. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 46\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab They say the chace hath charm to cheer the spirit, +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 47\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab 'Tis better than prayers. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 48\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Indeed, I think I'll hunt.\line \tab You and my father seem so passing gay. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 49\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Why this is no confessional, no shrine\line \tab Haunted with presaged gloom. I should be gay +\line \tab To look at thee and listen to thy voice;\line \tab For if fair pictures and sweet sounds enchant\line \tab The soul of man, that are but artifice,\line \tab How then am I entranced, this living picture\line \tab +Bright by my side, and listening to this music\line \tab That nature gave thee. What's eternal life\line \tab To this inspired mortality! Let priests\line \tab And pontiffs thunder, still I feel that here\line \tab Is all my joy. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 50\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ah! why not say thy woe?\line \tab Who stands between thee and thy rights but me?\line +\tab Who stands between thee and thine ease but me?\line \tab Who bars thy progress, brings thee cares, but me?\line \tab Lures thee to impossible contracts, goads thy faith\line \tab To mad performance, welcomes thee with sighs,\line \tab +And parts from them with tears? Is this joy? No!\line \tab I am thine evil genius. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 51\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Say my star\line \tab Of inspiration. This reality\line \tab +Baffles their mystic threats. Who talks of cares?\line \tab Why, what's a Prince, if his imperial will\line \tab Be bitted by a priest! There's nought impossible.\line \tab Thy sighs are sighs of love, and all thy tears\line \tab But affl +uent tenderness. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 52\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab You sing as sweet\line \tab As did the syrens; is it from the heart,\line \tab +Or from the lips, that voice? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 53\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Solisa! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 54\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Ay!\line \tab My ear can catch a treacherous tone; 'tis trained\line \tab To perf +idy. My Lord Alarcos, look me\line \tab Straight in the face. He quails not. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 55\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O my soul,\line \tab Is this the being for whose love I've pledged\line \tab +Even thy forfeit! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 56\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Alarcos, dear Alarcos,\line \tab Look not so stern! I'm mad; yes, yes, my life\line \tab +Upon thy truth; I know thou'rt true: he said\line \tab It rested but with thee; I said it not,\line \tab Nor thought it. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 57\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Lady! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 58\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Not that voice! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 59\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I'll know\line \tab Thy thought; the King hath spoken? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 60\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Words of joy\line \tab And madness. With thyself alone he says\line \tab It rests. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 61\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Nor said he more? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 62\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab It had found me deaf,\line \tab For he touched hearings quick. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 63\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thy faith in me\line \tab Hath gone. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 64\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I'll doubt our shrined miracles\line \tab Before I doubt Alarcos. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 65\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab He'll believe thee,\line \tab For at this moment he has much to endure,\line \tab +And that he could not. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 66\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And yet I must choose\line \tab This time to vex thee. O, I am the curse\line \tab +And blight of the existence, which to bless\line \tab Is all my thought! Alarcos, dear Alarcos,\line \tab I pray thee pardon me. I am so wretched:\line \tab This fell suspense is like a frightful dream\line \tab Wherein we fall from + heights, yet never reach\line \tab The bottomless abyss. It wastes my spirit,\line \tab Wears down my life, gnaws ever at my heart,\line \tab Makes my brain quick when others are asleep,\line \tab And dull when theirs is active. O, Alarcos,\line \tab +I could lie down and die. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 67\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls30\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart44\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls30\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Advancing in soliloquy.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Asleep, awake,\line \tab In dreams, and in the musing moods that wait\line \tab On unfulfilled purposes, I've done it;\line +\tab And thought upon it afterwards, nor shrunk\line \tab From the fell retrospect. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 68\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls31\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart68\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls31\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab He's wrapped in thought;\line \tab Indeed his glance was wild when first he entered,\line +\tab And his speech lacked completeness. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 69\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls31\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart68\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls31\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab How is it then,\line \tab The body that should be the viler part,\line \tab +And made for servile uses, should rebel\line \tab 'Gainst the mind's mandate, and should hold its aid\line \tab Aloof from our adventure? Why the sin\line \tab Is in the thought, not in the deed; 'tis not\line \tab The body pays the penalty, the soul +\line \tab Must clear that awful scot. What palls my arm?\line \tab It is not pity; trumpet-tongued ambition\line \tab Stifles her plaintive voice; it is not love,\line \tab For that inspires the blow! Art thou Solisa? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 70\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls31\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart68\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls31\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I am that luckless maiden whom you love. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 71\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls31\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart68\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls31\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab You could lie down and die. Who speaks of death?\line \tab +There is no absolution for self-murder.\line \tab Why 'tis the greater sin of the two. There is\line \tab More peril in't. What, sleep upon your post\line \tab Because you are wearied? No, we must spy on\line \tab +And watch occasions. Even now they are ripe.\line \tab I feel a turbulent throbbing at my heart\line \tab Will end in action: for there spiritual tumults\line \tab Herald great deeds. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 72\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls31\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart68\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls31\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab It is the church's scheme\line \tab Ever to lengthen suits. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 73\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls31\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart68\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls31\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The church? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 74\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls31\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart68\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls31\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Ossana\line \tab Leans much to Rome. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 75\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls31\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart68\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls31\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And how concerns us that? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 76\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls31\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart68\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls31\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab His Grace spoke to the Bishop, you must know? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 77\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls31\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart68\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls31\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Ah, yes! his Grace, the church, it is our friend.\line \tab +And truly should be so. It gave our griefs,\line \tab And it should bear their balm. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 78\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls31\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart68\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls31\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Hast pardoned me\line \tab That I was querulous? But lovers crossed\line \tab +Wrangle with those that love them, as it were,\line \tab To spite affection. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 79\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls31\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart68\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls31\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab We are bound together\line \tab As the twin powers of the storm. Very love\line \tab +Now makes me callous. The great bond is sealed;\line \tab Look bright; if gloomy, mortgage future bliss\line \tab For present comfort. Trust me 'tis good 'surance.\line \tab I'll to the King. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exeunt both.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par SCENE 3 +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 A Street in Burgos. +\par }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter the}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNT OF LEON, }{\i\f1\cgrid0 followed by}{\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.] +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls32\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls32\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab He has been sighing like a Sybarite\line \tab These six weeks past, and now he sends to me\line +\tab To hire my bravo. Well, that smacks of manhood.\line \tab He'll pierce at least one heart, if not the right one.\line \tab Murder and marriage! which the greater crime\line \tab A schoolman may decide. All arts exhausted,\line \tab +His death alone remains. A clumsy course.\line \tab I care not. Truth, I hate this same Alarcos,\line \tab I think it is the colour of his eyes,\line \tab But I do hate him; and the royal ear\line \tab Lists coldly to me since this same return.\line +\tab The King leans wholly on him. Sirrah Moor,\line \tab All is prepared? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls32\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls32\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And prompt. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls32\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls32\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab 'Tis well; no boggling;\line \tab Let it be cleanly done. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls32\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls32\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A stab or two,\line \tab And the Arlanzon's wave shall know the rest. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls32\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls32\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I'll have to kibe his heels at Court, if you fail. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls32\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls32\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab There is no fear. We have the choicest spirits\line \tab In Burgos. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls32\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls32\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Goodly gentlemen! you wait\line \tab Their presence? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls32\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls32\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Here anon. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls32\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls32\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Good night, dusk infidel,\line \tab They'll take me for an Alguazil. At home\line \tab +Your news will reach me. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls32\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls32\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And were all your throats cut,\line \tab I would not weep. O, Allah, let them spend\line \tab +Their blood upon themselves! My life he shielded,\line \tab And now exacts one at my hands; we're quits\line \tab When this is closed. That thought will grace a deed\line \tab Otherwise graceless. I would break the chain\line \tab That binds me + to this man. His callous eye\line \tab Repels devotion, while his reckless vein\line \tab Demands prompt sacrifice. Now is't wise this?\line \tab Methinks 'twere wise to touch the humblest heart\line \tab Of those that serve us? In maturest plans +\line \tab There lacks that finish, which alone can flow\line \tab From zealous instruments. But here are some\line \tab That have no hearts to touch. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter Four}{\f1\cgrid0 BRAVOs.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab How now, good senors.\line \tab I cannot call them comrades; you're exact,\line \tab +As doubtless ye are brave. You know your duty? +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart11\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And will perform it, or my name is changed,\line \tab And I'm not Guzman Jaca. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart11\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab You well know\line \tab The arm you cross is potent? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart11\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab All the steel\line \tab Of Calatrava's knights shall not protect it. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart11\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 3RD BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And all the knights to boot. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart11\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 4TH BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A river business. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart11\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The safest sepulchre. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart11\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 4TH BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A burial ground\line \tab Of which we are the priests, and take our fees;\line \tab +I never cross a stream, but I do feel\line \tab A sense of property. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart11\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab You know the signal:\line \tab And when I boast I've friends, they may appear\line \tab +To prove I am no braggart. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart11\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab To our posts\line \tab It shall be cleanly done, and brief. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart11\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab No oaths,\line \tab No swagger. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart11\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 3RD BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Not a word; but all as pleasant\line \tab As we were nobles like himself. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls33\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart11\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls33\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 4TH BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis true, sir;\line \tab You deal with gentlemen. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exeunt}{\f1\cgrid0 BRAVOs.] +\par +\par [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNT ALARCOS.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls34\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls34\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The moon's a sluggard,\line \tab I think, to-night. How now, the Moor that dodged\line +\tab My steps at vespers. Hem! I like not this.\line \tab Friends beneath cloaks; they're wanted. Save you, sir? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls34\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls34\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And you, sir? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls34\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls34\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Not the first time we have met,\line \tab Or I've no eye for lurkers. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls34\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls34\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I have tasted\line \tab Our common heritage, the air, to-day;\line \tab +And if the selfsame beam warmed both our bloods,\line \tab What then? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls34\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls34\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Why nothing; but the sun has set,\line \tab And honest men should seek their hearths. + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls34\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls34\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I wait\line \tab My friends. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 The}{\f1\cgrid0 BRAVOs }{\i\f1\cgrid0 rush in, and assault}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNT ALARCOS, }{\i\f1\cgrid0 who, +\par dropping his Cloak, shows his Sword already drawn, and keeps them at bay}{\f1\cgrid0 .] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab So, so! who plays with princes' blood?\line \tab No sport for varlets. Thus and thus, I'll teach ye\line \tab +To know your station. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls35\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart29\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls35\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ah! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 30\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls35\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart29\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls35\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Away! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 31\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls35\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart29\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls35\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 3RD BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab \tab Fly, fly! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 32\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls35\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart29\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls35\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 4TH BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab No place for quiet men. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 The }{\f1\cgrid0 BRAVOs }{\i\f1\cgrid0 run off.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 33\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls36\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart33\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls36\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A little breath\line \tab Is all they have cost me, tho' their blood has stained\line +\tab My damask blade. And still the Moor! What ho!\line \tab Why fliest not like thy mates? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 34\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls36\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart33\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls36\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Because I wait\line \tab To fight. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 35\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls36\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart33\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls36\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Rash caitiff! knowest thou who I am? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 36\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls36\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart33\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls36\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab One who I heard was brave, and now has proved it. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 37\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls36\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart33\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls36\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Am I thy foe? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 38\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls36\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart33\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls36\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab No more than all thy race. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 39\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls36\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart33\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls36\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Go, save thy life. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 40\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls36\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart33\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls36\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Look to thine own, proud lord. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 41\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls36\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart33\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls36\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Perdition catch thy base-born insolence. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 They fight: after a long and severe encounter,}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par ALARCOS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 disarms}{\f1\cgrid0 ORAN, }{\i\f1\cgrid0 who falls wounded.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 42\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Be brief, dispatch me. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 43\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Not a word for mercy? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 44\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Why should'st thou give it? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 45\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis not merited,\line \tab Yet might be gained. Who set thee on to this?\line \tab +My sword is at thy throat. Give me his name,\line \tab And thine shall live. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 46\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I cannot. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 47\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab What, is life\line \tab So light a boon? It hangs upon this point.\line \tab +Bold Moor, is't then thy love to him who fees thee\line \tab Makes thee so faithful? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 48\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab No; I hate him. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 49\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab What\line \tab Restrains thee, then? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 50\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The feeling that restrained\line \tab My arm from joining stabbers -- Honour. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 51\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Humph!\line \tab An overseer of stabbers for some ducats.\line \tab And is that honour? + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 52\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Once he screened my life,\line \tab And this was my return. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 53\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab What if I spare\line \tab Thy life even now? Wilt thou accord to me\line \tab +The same devotion? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 54\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Yea; the life thou givest\line \tab Thou shouldst command. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 55\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab If I, too, have a foe\line \tab Crossing my path and blighting all my life? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 56\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab This sword should strive to reach him. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 57\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Him! thy bond\line \tab Shall know no sex or nation. Limitless\line \tab +Shall be thy pledge. I'll claim from thee a life\line \tab For that I spare. How now, wilt live? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 58\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab To pay\line \tab A life for that now spared. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 59\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Swear to thy truth;\line \tab Swear by Mahound, and swear by all thy gods,\line \tab +If thou hast any; swear it by the stars,\line \tab In which we all believe; and by thy hopes\line \tab Of thy false paradise; swear it by thy soul,\line \tab And by thy sword! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 60\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I swear. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 III:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 61\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls37\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart42\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb III:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls37\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Arise and live. +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par +\par THE END OF THE THIRD ACT. +\par +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par ACT IV +\par +\par +\par SCENE 1 +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 Interior of a Posada frequented by}{\f1\cgrid0 BRAVOs}{\i\f1\cgrid0 , in an obscure quarter of Burgos.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par FLIX }{\i\f1\cgrid0 at the fire, frying eggs. Men seated at small tables drinking; others lying on benches. +\par At the side, but in the front of the Scene, some Beggars squatted on the ground, thrumming a Mandolin; +\par a Gipsy Girl dancing.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls38\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls38\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 A BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab +Come, mother, dost take us for Saracens? I say we are true Christians, and so must drink wine. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls38\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls38\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ANOTHER BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Mother Flix is sour to-night. Keep the evil eye from the olla! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls38\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls38\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 3RD BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 advancing to her}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Thou beauty of Burgos, what are dimples unless seen? Smile! wench. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls39\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart4\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls39\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 FLIX.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab A frying egg will not wait for the King of Cordova. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls39\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart4\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls39\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab +Will have her way. Graus knows a pretty wife's worth. A handsome hostess is bad for the guest's purse. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls39\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart4\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls39\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.\line }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 rising}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Good companions make good company. Graus, Graus! another flagon. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls40\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart7\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls40\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Of the right Catalan. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls40\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart7\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls40\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 3RD BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Nay, for my omelette. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls40\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart7\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls40\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 FLIX.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Hungry men think the cook lazy. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter}{\f1\cgrid0 GRAUS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 with a Flagon of wine.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls41\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart10\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls41\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab 'Tis mine. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls41\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart10\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls41\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab No, mine. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls41\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart10\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls41\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab We'll share. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls41\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart10\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls41\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab No, each man his own beaker; he who shares has the worst half. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls41\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart10\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls41\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 3RD BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 to}{\f1\cgrid0 FLIX, }{\i\f1\cgrid0 who brings the omelette}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab An egg and to bed. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls42\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls42\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 GRAUS.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Who drinks, first chinks. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls42\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls42\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab +The debtor is stoned every day. There will be water-work to-morrow, and that will wash it out. You know me? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls42\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls42\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 GRAUS.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab In a long journey and a small inn, one knows one's company. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls42\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls42\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Come, I'll give, but I won't share. Fill up. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls42\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls42\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 GRAUS.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab That's liberal; my way; full measure but prompt pezos; I loathe your niggards. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls42\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls42\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab As the little tailor of Campillo said, who worked for nothing, and found thread. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [To the other BRAVO.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Nay, I'll not refuse; we know each other. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls43\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart21\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls43\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab We've seen the stars together. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls43\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart21\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls43\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 AN OLD MAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Burgos is not what it was. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls43\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart21\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls43\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 5TH BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 waking}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Sleep ends and supper begins. The olla, the olla, Mother Flix; +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 shaking a purse}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab there's the dinner bell. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls44\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls44\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab That will bring courses. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls44\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls44\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab An ass covered with gold has more respect than a horse with a pack-saddle. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls44\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls44\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 5TH BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab How for that ass? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls44\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls44\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Nay, the sheep should have his belly full who quarrels with his mate. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls44\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls44\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 5TH BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab But how for that ass? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls44\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls44\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 A FRIAR.\line }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 advancing}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Peace be with ye, brethren! A meal in God's name. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 30\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls45\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart30\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls45\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 5TH BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Who asks in God's name, asks for two. But how for that ass? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 31\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls45\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart30\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls45\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 FLIX.\line }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 bringing the olla}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Nay, an ye must brawl, go fight the Moors. 'Tis a peaceable house, and we sleep quiet o' nights. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 32\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 5TH BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Am I an ass? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 33\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 FLIX.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab He is an ass who talks when he might eat. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 34\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 5TH BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab +A Secadon sausage! Come, mother, I'm all peace; thou'rt a rare hand. As in thy teeth, comrade, and no more on't +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 35\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab When I will not, two cannot quarrel. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 36\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 OLD MAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Everything is changed for the worse. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 37\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 FRIAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab For the love of St. Jago, senors; for the love of St. Jago! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 38\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 5TH BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab When it pleases not God, the saint can do little. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 39\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Nay, supper for all, and drink's the best meat. Some have sung for it, some dan +ced. There is no fishing for trout in dry breeches. You shall preach. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 40\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 FRIAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Benedicite, brethren -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 41\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Nay, no Latin, for the devil's not here. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 42\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And prithee let it be as full of meat as an egg; for we do many deeds, love not many words. + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 43\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 FRIAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Thou shalt not steal. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 44\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab He blasphemes. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 45\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 FRIAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab But what is theft? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 46\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Ay! there it is. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 47\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 FRIAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab +The tailor he steals the cloth, and the miller he steals the meal; is either a thief? 'tis the way of trade. But what if our trade be to steal? Why then our work is to cut purses; to cut purses is to follow our bu +siness; and to follow our business is to obey the King; and so thieving is no theft. And that's probatum, and so, amen. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 48\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 5TH BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Shall put thy spoon in the olla for that. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 49\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And drink this health to our honest fraternity. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 50\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls46\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart32\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls46\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 OLD MAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I have heard sermons by the hour; this is brief; every thing falls off. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter a}{\f1\cgrid0 PERSONAGE }{\i\f1\cgrid0 masked and cloaked.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 51\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls47\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart51\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls47\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.\line }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 to his Companions}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab See'st yon mask? +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 52\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls47\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart51\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls47\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab 'Tis strange. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 53\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls47\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart51\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls47\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 GRAUS.\line }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 to}{\f1\cgrid0 FLIX] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Who is this? +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 54\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls48\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart54\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls48\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 FLIX.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The fool wonders, the wise man asks. Must have no masks here. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 55\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls48\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart54\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls48\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 GRAUS.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab An obedient wife commands her husband. Business with a stranger, title enough. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Advancing and addressing the Mask.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Most noble Senor Mask. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 56\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Well, fellow! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 57\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 GRAUS.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab +Hem; as it may be. D'ye see, most noble Senor Mask, that 'tis an orderly house this, frequented by certain honest gentlemen, that take their siesta, and eat a fried egg after their day's work, and so are not ashamed to show their faces. Ahem! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 58\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab As in truth I am in such villanous company. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 59\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 GRAUS.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Wheugh! but 'tis not the first ill word +that brings a blow. Would'st sup indifferently well here at a moderate rate, we are thy servants. My Flix hath reputation at the frying-pan, and my wine hath made lips smack; but here, senor, faces must be uncovered. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 60\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Poh! poh! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 61\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 GRAUS.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Nay, then, I will send some to you shall gain softer words. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 62\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Why, what's this? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 63\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Our host is an honest man, and has friends. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 64\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 5TH BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Let me finish my olla, and I will discourse with him. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 65\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke. I come here on business, and with you all. + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 66\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Carraho! and who's this? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 67\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab One who knows you, th +ough you know not him. One whom you have never seen, yet all fear. And who walks at night, and where he likes. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 68\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The devil himself! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 69\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab It may be so. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 70\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Sit by me, Friar, and speak Latin. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 71\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab There is a man missing in Burgos, and I will know where he is. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 72\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 OLD MAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab There were many men missing in my time. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 73\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls49\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart56\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls49\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Dead or alive, I care not; but land or wate +r, river or turf, I will know where the body is stowed. See +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 shaking a purse}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab here is eno' to point all the poniards of the city. You shall have it to drink his health. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 74\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls50\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart74\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls50\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 A BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab How call you him? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 75\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls50\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart74\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls50\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Oran, the Moor. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 76\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls50\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart74\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls50\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.\line }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Jumping from his seat and approaching the Stranger.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab My name is Guzman Jaca; my hand was in that business. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 77\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab With the Moor and three of your comrades? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 78\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The same. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 79\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And how came your quarry to fly next day? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 80\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab +Very true; 'twas a bad business for all of us. I fought like a lion; see, my arm is still bound up; but he had advice of our visit; and no sooner +had we saluted him, than there suddenly appeared a goodly company of twelve serving-men, or say twelve to fifteen -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 81\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab You lie; he walked alone. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 82\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Very true; and if I am forced to speak the whole truth +, it was thus. I fought like a lion; see, my arm is still bound up; but I was not quite his match alone, for I had let blood the day before, and my comrades were taken with a panic, and so left me in the lurch. And now you have it all. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 83\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And Oran? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 84\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab He fled at once. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 85\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Come, come, Oran did not fly. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 86\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Very true. We left him alone with the Count. And now you have it all. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 87\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Had he slain him, the body would have been found. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 88\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab +Very true. That's the difference between us professional performers, and you mere amateurs; we never leave the bodies. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 89\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And you can tell me nothing of him? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 90\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab +No, but I engage to finish the Count, any night you like now, for I have found out his lure. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 91\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab How's that? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 92\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Every evening, about an hour after sunset, he enters by a private way the citadel. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 93\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Hah! what more? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 94\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab He is stagged; there is a game playing, but what I know not. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 95\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Your name is Guzman Jaca? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 96\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The same. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 97\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Honest fellow! there's gold for you. You know nothing of Oran? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 98\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST BRAVO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Maybe he has crawled to some place wounded. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 99\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls51\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart77\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls51\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab To die like a bird. Look after him. If I wish more, I know + where to find you. What ho, Master Host! I cannot wait to try your mistress's art to-night; but here's my scot for our next supper. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit THE UNKNOWN.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par SCENE 2 +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 A Chamber in the Palace of Alarcos. +\par }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 The}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNTESS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 and}{\f1\cgrid0 SIDONIA. +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Lady, you're moved: nay, 'twas an idle word. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab But was it true? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And yet might little mean. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab That I should live to doubt! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab But do not doubt;\line \tab Forget it, lady. You should know him well;\line \tab +Nay, do not credit it. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab He's very changed.\line \tab I would not own, no, not believe that change,\line \tab +I've given it every gloss that might confirm\line \tab My sinking heart. Time and your tale agree;\line \tab Alas! 'tis true. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I hope not; still believe\line \tab It is not true. Would that I had not spoken!\line \tab +It was unguarded prate. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab You have done me service:\line \tab Condemned, the headsman is no enemy,\line \tab +Bat closes suffering. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Yet a bitter doom\line \tab To torture those you'd bless. I have a thought.\line \tab +What if this eve you visit this same spot,\line \tab That shrouds these meetings? If he's wanting then,\line \tab The rest might prove as false. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab He will be there,\line \tab I feel he will be there. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab We should not think so,\line \tab Until our eyes defeat our hopes. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O Burgos,\line \tab My heart misgave me when I saw thy walls!\line \tab +To doubt is madness, yet 'tis not despair,\line \tab And that may be my lot. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The palace gardens\line \tab Are closed, except to master-keys. Here's one,\line \tab +My office gives it me, and it can count\line \tab Few brethren. You will be alone. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Alas!\line \tab I dare not hope so. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Well, well, think of this;\line \tab Yet take the key. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O that it would unlock\line \tab The heart now closed to me! To watch his ways\line \tab +Was once my being. Shall I prove the spy\line \tab Of joys I may not share? I will not take\line \tab That fatal key. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis well; I pray you, pardon\line \tab My ill-timed zeal. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Indeed, I should be grateful\line \tab That one should wish to serve me. Can it be?\line +\tab 'Tis not two months, two little, little months,\line \tab You crossed this threshold first; Ah! gentle air,\line \tab And we were all so gay! What have I done?\line \tab What is all this? so sudden and so strange?\line \tab +It is not true, I feel it is not true;\line \tab 'Tis factious care that clouds his brow, and calls\line \tab For all this timed absence. His brain's busy\line \tab With the State. Is't not so? I prithee speak,\line \tab And say you think it. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab You should know him well;\line \tab And if you deem it so, why I should deem\line \tab +The inference just. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Yet if he were not there,\line \tab How happy I should sleep! there is no peril;\line \tab +The garden's near; and is there shame? 'Tis love\line \tab Makes me a lawful spy. He'll not be there,\line \tab And then there is no prying. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Near at hand,\line \tab Crossing the way that bounds your palace court,\line \tab +There is a private portal. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls52\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls52\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab If I go,\line \tab He will not miss me. Ah, I would he might!\line \tab +So very near; no, no; I cannot go;\line \tab And yet I'll take the key. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Takes the key.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Would thou could'st speak,\line \tab Thou little instrument, and tell me all\line \tab +The secrets of thy office! My heart beats;\line \tab 'Tis my first enterprise; I would it were\line \tab To do him service. No, I cannot go;\line \tab Farewell, kind sir; indeed I am so troubled,\line \tab I must retire. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNTESS.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thy virtue makes me vile;\line \tab And what should move my heart inflames my soul.\line +\tab O marvellous world, wherein I play the villain\line \tab From very love of excellence! But for him,\line \tab I'd be the rival of her stainless thoughts\line \tab And mate her purity. Hah! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter}{\b\i\f1\cgrid0 }{\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My noble lord! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The Moor! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Your servant. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Here! 'tis passing strange.\line \tab How's this? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The accident of war, my lord.\line \tab I am a prisoner. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab But at large, it seems.\line \tab You have betrayed me +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 30\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Had I chosen that,\line \tab I had been free and you not here. I fought,\line \tab +And fell in single fight. Why spared I know not,\line \tab But that the lion's generous. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 31\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Will you prove\line \tab Your faith +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 32\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Nay, doubt it not. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 33\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab You still can aid me. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 34\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I am no traitor, and my friends shall find\line \tab I am not wanting. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 35\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Quit these liberal walls\line \tab Where you're not watched. In brief, I've coined a tale +\line \tab Has touched the Countess to the quick. She seeks,\line \tab Alone or scantly tended, even now,\line \tab The palace gardens; eager to discover\line \tab A faithless husband, where she'll chance to find\line \tab +One more devout. My steeds and servants wait\line \tab At the right post; my distant castle soon\line \tab Shall hold this peerless wife. Your resolute spirit\line \tab May aid me much. How say you, is it well\line \tab That we have met? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 36\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Right well. I will embark\line \tab Most heartily in this. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 37\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab With me at once. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 38\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab At once? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 39\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab No faltering. You have learned and know\line \tab +Too much to spare you from my sight, good Oran.\line \tab With me at once. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 40\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis urgent; well at once,\line \tab And I will do good service, or I'll die.\line \tab +For what is life unless to aid the life\line \tab Has aided thine? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 41\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls53\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls53\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab On then; with me no eye\line \tab Will look with jealousy upon thy step. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exeunt both.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par SCENE 3 +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 A retired spot in the Gardens of the Palace. +\par }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter the}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNTESS.] +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls54\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls54\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Is't guilt, that I thus tremble? Why should I\line \tab +Feel like a sinner? I'll not dare to meet\line \tab His flashing eye. O, with what scorn, what hate\line \tab His lightning glance will wither me. Away,\line \tab I will away. I care not whom he meets.\line \tab +What if he love me not, he shall not loathe\line \tab The form he once embraced. I'll be content\line \tab To live upon the past, and dream again\line \tab It may return. Alas! were I the false one,\line \tab +I could not feel more humbled. Ah, he comes!\line \tab I'll lie, I'll vow I'm vile, that I came here\line \tab To meet another, anything but that\line \tab I dared to doubt him. What, my Lord Sidonia! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter}{\f1\cgrid0 SIDONIA.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls54\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls54\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Thy servant and thy friend. Ah! gentle lady,\line \tab +I deemed this unused scene and ill-timed hour\line \tab might render solace welcome. He'll not come;\line \tab Ho crossed the mountains, ere the set of sun,\line \tab Towards Briviesca. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls54\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls54\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Holy Virgin, thanks!\line \tab Home, home! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls54\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls54\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And can a hearth neglected cause\line \tab Such raptures? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls54\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls54\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I, and only I, neglect it;\line \tab My cheek is fire, that I should ever dare\line \tab +To do this stealthy deed. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls54\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls54\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And yet I feel\line \tab I could do one as secret and more bold.\line \tab +A moment, lady; do not turn away\line \tab With that cold look. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls54\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls54\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My children wait me, sir;\line \tab Yet I would thank you, for you meant me kindness. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls54\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls54\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And mean it yet. Ah! beauteous Florimonde,\line \tab +It is the twilight hour, when hearts are soft,\line \tab And mine is like the quivering light of eve;\line \tab I love thee! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls54\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls54\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And for this I'm here, and he,\line \tab He is not false! O happiness! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls54\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls54\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Sweet lady -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls54\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls54\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab My Lord Sidonia, I can pardon thee,\line \tab I am so joyful. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls54\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls54\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Nay, then. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls54\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls54\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Unhand me, Sir! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls54\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls54\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab But to embrace this delicate waist. Thou art mine:\line \tab +I've sighed and thou hast spurned. What is not yielded\line \tab In war we capture. Ere a flying hour,\line \tab Thy hated Burgos vanishes. That voice;\line \tab What, must I stifle it, who fain would listen\line \tab +For ever to its song? In vain thy cry,\line \tab For none are here but mine. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter }{\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls55\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls55\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Turn, robber, turn -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls55\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart15\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls55\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Ah! treason in the camp! Thus to thy heart. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 They fight. }{\f1\cgrid0 ORAN }{\i\f1\cgrid0 beats off}{\f1\cgrid0 SIDONIA, }{\i\f1\cgrid0 +they leave the scene fighting; the}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNTESS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 swoons.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par +\par [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter a procession with lighted torches, attending the Infanta}{\f1\cgrid0 SOLISA }{\i\f1\cgrid0 from Mass.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls56\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart17\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls56\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST USH.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab A woman! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls56\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart17\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls56\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND USH.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Does she live +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls56\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart17\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls56\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab What stops our course? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 The Train ranging themselves on each side, the Infanta approaches the}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNTESS.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls57\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart20\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls57\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Most strange and lovely vision! Does she breathe?\line \tab +I'll not believe 'tis death. Her hand is cold,\line \tab And her brow damp; Griselda, Julia, maidens\line \tab Hither, and yet stand off; give her free air.\line \tab How shall we bear her home? Now, good Lorenzo,\line \tab +You, and Sir Miguel, raise her; gently, gently.\line \tab Still gently, sirs. By heavens, the fairest face\line \tab I yet did gaze on! Some one here should know her.\line \tab 'Tis one that must be known. That's well; relieve\line \tab +That kerchief from her neck; mind not our state;\line \tab I'll by her side; a swoon, methinks; no more,\line \tab Let's hope and pray! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 They raise the body of the}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNTESS, }{\i\f1\cgrid0 +and bear her away.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par +\par [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter Count of}{\f1\cgrid0 LEON.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls57\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart20\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls57\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I'll fathom this same mystery,\line \tab If there be wit in Burgos. I have heard,\line +\tab Before I knew the Court, old Nunez Leon\line \tab Whisper strange things -- and what if they prove true?\line \tab It is not exile twice would cure that scar.\line \tab I'll reach him yet. 'Tis likely he may pass\line \tab +This way; 'tis lonely, and well suits a step\line \tab Would not be noticed. Ha! a man approaches;\line \tab I'll stand awhile aside. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Re-enter}{\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls58\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart22\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls58\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Gone, is she gone!\line \tab Yet safe I feel. O Allah! thou art great!\line \tab The + arm she bound, and tended with that glance\line \tab Of sweet solicitude, has saved her life,\line \tab And more than life. The dark and reckless villains!\line \tab O! I could curse them, but my heart is soft\line \tab +With holy triumph. I'm no more an outcast.\line \tab And when she calls me, I'd not change my lot\line \tab To be an Emir. In their hall to-night\line \tab There will be joy, and Oran will have smiles.\line \tab +This house has knit me to their fate by ties\line \tab Stronger than gyves of iron. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls58\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart22\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls58\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Do I see\line \tab The man I seek? Oran! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [ORAN }{\i\f1\cgrid0 turns, and recognising Leon, rushes and seizes him}{\f1\cgrid0 .] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls59\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls59\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Incarnate fiend,\line \tab Give her me, give her me! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls59\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls59\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Off, ruffian, off! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls59\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls59\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I have thee and I'll hold thee. If I spare\line \tab Thy damned life, and do not dash +thee down,\line \tab And trample on thee, fiend, it is because\line \tab Thou art the gaoler of a pearl of price\line \tab I cannot gain without thee. Now, where is she?\line \tab Now by thy life! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls59\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls59\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Why, thou outrageous Moor,\line \tab Hast broken thy false prophet's rule, and so\line +\tab Fell into unused drink, that thus thou darest\line \tab To flout me with thy cloudy menaces?\line \tab What mean'st thou, sir? And what have I withheld\line \tab From thy vile touch? By heavens, I pass my days\line \tab In seeking thy dusk corp +se, I deemed well drilled\line \tab Ere this, but it awaits my vengeance. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls59\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls59\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Boy!\line \tab Licentious boy! Where is she? Now, by Allah!\line \tab +This poniard to thy heart, unless thou tell'st me. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls59\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls59\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Whom dost thou mean? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 30\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls59\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls59\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thy comrade and thy crew\line \tab They all have fled. I left the Countess here.\line +\tab She's gone. Thou fill'st her place. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 31\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls59\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls59\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab What Countess? Speak. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 32\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls59\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls59\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The Count Alarcos' wife. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 33\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls59\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls59\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The Count Alarcos!\line \tab I'd be right glad to see him; but his wife\line \tab +Concerns the Lord Sidonia. If he have played\line \tab Some Pranks here 'tis a fool, and he has marred\line \tab More than he'll ever make. My time's worth gems;\line \tab My knightly word, dusk Moor, I tell thee truth.\line \tab I will forget +these jest, but we must meet\line \tab This night at my palace. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 34\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls59\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart24\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls59\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I'll see her first. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 35\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls60\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart35\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls60\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Is it the Carnival? What mummery's this?\line \tab +What have I heard? One thing alone is clear.\line \tab We must be rid of Oran. +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par SCENE 4 +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 A Chamber in the Palace. +\par The Countess}{\f1\cgrid0 ALARCOS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 lying on a Couch, +\par the Infanta kneeling at her side}{\f1\cgrid0 ; +\par MAIDENS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 grouped around. A }{\f1\cgrid0 PHYSICIAN }{\i\f1\cgrid0 and the }{\f1\cgrid0 PAGE. +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls61\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls61\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Didst ever see so fair a skin? Her bodice\line \tab Should still be +loosened. Bring the Moorish water,\line \tab Griselda, you. They are the longest lashes!\line \tab They hang upon her cheek. Doctor, there's warmth;\line \tab The blood returns? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls61\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls61\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PHY.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab But slowly. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls61\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls61\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Beauteous creature!\line \tab She seems an angel fallen from some star.\line \tab +'Twas well we passed. Untie that kerchief, Julia;\line \tab Teresa, wave the fan. There seems a glow\line \tab Upon her cheek, what but a moment since\line \tab Was like a sculptured saint's. +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls61\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls61\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PHY.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab She breathes. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls61\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls61\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Hush, hush! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls61\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls61\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And what is this? where am I? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls61\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls61\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab With thy friends. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls61\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls61\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab It is not home. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls61\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls61\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab If kindness make a home,\line \tab Believe it such. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 The}{\f1\cgrid0 PHYSICIAN }{\i\f1\cgrid0 signifies silence.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Nay lady, not a word,\line \tab Those lips must now be closed. I've seen such eyes\line \tab In pictures, girls. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls62\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart10\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls62\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PHY.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Methinks she'll sleep. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls62\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart10\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls62\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab 'Tis well.\line \tab Maidens, away. I'll be her nurse; and, doctor,\line \tab +Remain within. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exeunt}{\f1\cgrid0 PHYSICIAN }{\i\f1\cgrid0 and}{\f1\cgrid0 MAIDENS.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Know you this beauteous dame? +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls63\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart12\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls63\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I have heard minstrels tell that fays are found\line \tab In lonely places. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls63\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart12\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls63\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Well, she's magical.\line \tab She draws me charm-like to her. Vanish, imp,\line \tab +And see our chamber still. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 PAGE.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab It is the hour\line \tab Alarcos should be here. Ah! happy hour,\line \tab That custom only makes more strangely sweet! +\line \tab His brow has lost its cloud. The bar's removed\line \tab To our felicity; time makes amends\line \tab To patient sufferers. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNT ALARCOS.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Hush, my own love, hush! +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [SOLISA }{\i\f1\cgrid0 takes his hand and leads him aside.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab So strange an incident! the fairest lady!\line \tab Found in our gardens; it would seem a swoon;\line \tab +Myself then passing; hither we have brought her;\line \tab She is so beautiful, you'll almost deem\line \tab She bears some charmed life. You know that fays\line \tab Are found in lonely places. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls64\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart14\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls64\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab In thy garden!\line \tab Indeed 'tis strange! The Virgin guard thee, love.\line \tab +I am right glad I'm here. Alone to tend her,\line \tab 'Tis scarcely wise. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls64\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart14\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls64\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I think when she recovers,\line \tab She'll wave her wings and fly. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls64\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart14\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls64\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Nay, for one glance!\line \tab In truth you paint her bright. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls64\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart14\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls64\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab E'en now she sleeps.\line \tab Tread lightly, love; I'll lead you. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [SOLISA }{\i\f1\cgrid0 cautiously leads}{\f1\cgrid0 ALARCOS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 to the couch; +\par as they approach it, the}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNTESS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 opens her eyes and shrieks.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls65\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart18\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls65\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ah! 'tis true,\line \tab Alarcos +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 relapses into a swoon.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls65\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart18\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls65\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Florimonde! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls65\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart18\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls65\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Who is this lady? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls65\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart18\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls65\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab It is my wife. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls65\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart18\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls65\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 flings away his arms and rushes forward.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab -- Not mad!\line \tab Virgin and Saints be merciful; not mad!\line \tab O spare my brain one moment; 'tis his wife.\line +\tab I'm lost: she is too fair. The secret's out\line \tab Of sick delays. He's feigned; he has but feigned. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Rushing to Alarcos.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Is that thy wife? and I? and what am I?\line \tab A trifled toy, a humoured instrument?\line \tab +To guide with glozing words, vilely cajole\line \tab With petty perjuries? Is that thy wife?\line \tab Thou said'st she was not fair, thou did'st not love her:\line \tab Thou lied'st. O, anguish, anguish! +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls66\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls66\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab By the cross,\line \tab My soul is pure to thee. I'm wildered quite.\line \tab +How came she here +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls66\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls66\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab As she shall ne'er return.\line \tab Now, Count Alarcos, by the cross thou swearest\line +\tab Thy faith is true to me. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls66\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls66\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ay, by the cross, +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls66\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls66\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Give me thy dagger. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls66\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls66\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Not that hand or mine. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls66\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart23\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls66\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Is this thy passion! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Takes his dagger.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thus I gain the heart\line \tab I should despise. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Rushes to the couch.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls67\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart29\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls67\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab What's this I see? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 IV:4:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 30\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls67\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart29\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb IV:4:\'b6}}\faauto\ls67\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 seizing the Infanta's upraised arm}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab A dream\line \tab A horrid dream, yet but a dream. +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par +\par THE END OF THE FOURTH ACT. +\par +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par ACT V +\par +\par +\par SCENE 1 +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exterior of the Castle of Alarcos in the valley of Arlanzon. +\par }{\f1\cgrid0 +\par [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter the}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNTESS.] +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls68\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls68\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I would recall the days gone by, and live\line \tab A moment in the past; if but to fly\line \tab +The dreary present pressing on my brain,\line \tab Woe's omened harbinger. In exiled love\line \tab The scene he drew so fair! Ye castled crags,\line \tab The sunbeam plays on your embattled cliffs,\line \tab And softens your stern visage, as his love +\line \tab Softened our early sorrows. But my sun\line \tab Has set for ever! Once we talked of cares\line \tab And deemed that we were sad. Men fancy sorrows\line \tab Until time brings the substance of despair,\line \tab +And then their griefs are shadows. Give me exile!\line \tab It brought me love. Ah! days of gentle joy,\line \tab When pastime only parted us, and he\line \tab Returned with tales to make our children stare;\line \tab O +r called my lute, while, round my waist entwined,\line \tab His hand kept chorus to my lay. No more!\line \tab O, we were happier than the happy birds;\line \tab And sweeter were our lives than the sweet flowers;\line \tab +The stars were not more tranquil in their course,\line \tab Yet not more bright! The fountains in their play\line \tab Did most resemble us, that as they flow\line \tab Still sparkle! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter}{\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Oran, I am very sad. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls68\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls68\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Cheer up, sweet lady, for the God of all\line \tab Will guard the innocent. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls68\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls68\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Think you he'll come\line \tab To visit us? Methinks he'll never come. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls68\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls68\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab He's but four leagues away. This vicinage\line \tab Argues a frequent presence. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls68\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls68\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab But three nights -- \line \tab Have only three nights past? It is an epoch\line \tab +Distant and dim with passion. There are seasons\line \tab Feelings crowd on so, time not flies but staggers;\line \tab And memory poises on her burthened plumes\line \tab To gloat upon her prey. Spoke he of coming? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls68\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls68\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab His words were scant and wild, and yet he murmured\line \tab That I should see him. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls68\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls68\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I've not seen him since\line \tab That fatal night, yet even that glance of terror -- \line +\tab I'd hail it now. O, Oran, Oran, think you\line \tab He ever more will love me? Can I do\line \tab Aught to regain his love? They say your people\line \tab Are learned in these questions. Once I thought\line \tab +There was no spell like duty -- that devotion\line \tab Would bulwark love for ever. Now, I'd distil\line \tab Philtres, converse with moonlit hags, defile\line \tab My soul with talismans, bow down to spirits,\line \tab And frequent accursed places, + all, yea all -- \line \tab I'd forfeit all -- but to regain his love. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls68\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls68\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab There is a cloud now rising in the west,\line \tab In shape a hand, and scarcely would its grasp +\line \tab Exceed mine own, it is so small; a spot,\line \tab A speck; see now again its colour flits!\line \tab A lurid tint; they call it on our coast\line \tab 'The hand of God;' I for when its finger rises\line \tab +From out the horizon, there are storms abroad\line \tab And awful judgments. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls68\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls68\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ah! it beckons me. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls68\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls68\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Lady! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls68\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls68\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Yes, yes, see now the finger moves\line \tab And points to me. I feel it on my spirit. + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls68\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls68\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Methinks it points to me -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:1:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls68\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:1:\'b6}}\faauto\ls68\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab To both of us.\line \tab It may be so. And what would it portend?\line \tab +My heart's grown strangely calm. If there be chance\line \tab Of storms, my children should be safe. Let's home. +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par SCENE 2 +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 An illuminated Hall in the Royal Palace at Burgos; +\par in the background Dancers.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 Groups of }{\f1\cgrid0 GUESTS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 passing.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Radiant! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Recalls old days. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 3RD GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab The Queen herself\line \tab Ne'er revelled it so high! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 4TH GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The Infanta beams\line \tab Like some bright star! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 5TH GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And brighter for the cloud\line \tab A moment screened her. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 6TH GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Is it true 'tis over\line \tab Between the Count Sidonia and the Lara? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab A musty tale. The fair Alarcos wins him.\line \tab Where's she to-night? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab All on the watch to view\line \tab Her entrance to our world. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 3RD GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab The Count is here. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 4TH GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Where? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 3RD GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab With the King; at least a moment since. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab They say she's ravishing. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 4TH GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Beyond belief! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 3RD GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The King affects him much. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 5TH GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab He's all in all. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 6TH GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Yon Knight of Calatrava, who is he? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Young Mendola. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab What he so rich? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab The same. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 2ND GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The Lara smiles on him. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab No worthier quarry +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 3RD GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Who has the vacant Mastership? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 4TH GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I'll back\line \tab The Count of Leon. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls69\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls69\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 3RD GUEST.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Likely; he stands well\line \tab With the Lord Admiral. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 They move away.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 The Counts of}{\f1\cgrid0 SIDONIA }{\i\f1\cgrid0 and}{\f1\cgrid0 LEON }{\i\f1\cgrid0 come forward.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls70\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart25\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls70\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Doubt as you like,\line \tab Credulity will come, and in good season. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls70\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart25\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls70\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab She is not here that would confirm your tale. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls70\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart25\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls70\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab 'Tis history, my Sidonia. Strange events\line \tab Have happened, stranger come. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls70\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart25\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls70\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I'll not believe it.\line \tab And favoured by the King! What can it mean? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls70\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart25\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls70\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab What no one dares to say. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 30\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls70\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart25\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls70\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A clear divorce.\line \tab O that accursed garden! But for that -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 31\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls70\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart25\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls70\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 LEON.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab 'Twas not my counsel. Now I'd give a purse\line \tab To wash good Oran in Arlanzon's wave;\line +\tab The dusk dog needs a cleansing. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 32\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls70\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart25\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls70\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SIDO.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Hush! here comes\line \tab Alarcos and the King. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 They retire: the}{\f1\cgrid0 KING }{\i\f1\cgrid0 and}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNT ALARCOS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 advance.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 33\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls71\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart33\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls71\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Solisa looks\line \tab A Queen. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 34\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls71\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart33\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls71\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The mirror of her earliest youth\line \tab Ne'er shadowed her so fair! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 35\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls71\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart33\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls71\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I am young again,\line \tab Myself to-night. It quickens my old blood\line \tab +To see my nobles round me. This goes well.\line \tab 'Tis Courts like these that make a King feel proud.\line \tab Thy future subjects, cousin. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 36\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls71\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart33\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls71\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Gracious Sire,\line \tab I would be one. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 37\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls71\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart33\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls71\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 KING.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Our past seclusion lends\line \tab A lustre to this revel. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 The}{\f1\cgrid0 KING }{\i\f1\cgrid0 approaches the Count of}{\f1\cgrid0 LEON; SOLISA }{\i\f1\cgrid0 advances to}{ +\f1\cgrid0 ALARCOS.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 38\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls72\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart38\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls72\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Why art thou grave?\line \tab I came to bid thee smile. In truth, to-night\line \tab +I feel a lightness of the heart to me\line \tab Hath long been strange. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 39\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls72\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart38\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls72\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis passion makes me grave.\line \tab I muse upon thy beauty. Thus I'd read\line \tab +My oppressed spirit, for in truth these sounds\line \tab Jar on my humour. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 40\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls72\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart38\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls72\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Now my brain is vivid\line \tab With wild and blissful images. Canst guess\line \tab +What laughing thought unbidden, but resistless,\line \tab Plays o'er my mind to-night? Thou canst not guess:\line \tab Meseems it is our bridal night. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 41\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls72\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart38\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls72\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thy fancy\line \tab Outruns the truth but scantly. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 42\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls72\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart38\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls72\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Not a breath.\line \tab Our long-vexed destinies -- even now their streams\line \tab +Blend in one tide. It is the hour, Alarcos:\line \tab There is a spirit whispering in my ear,\line \tab The hour is come. I would I were a man\line \tab But for a rapid hour. Should I rest here,\line \tab Prattling with gladsome revellers, when time, +\line \tab Steered by my hand, might bring me to a port\line \tab I long had sighed to enter? But, alas!\line \tab These are a woman's thoughts. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 43\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls72\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart38\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls72\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And yet I share them. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 44\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls72\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart38\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls72\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Why not to-night? Now, when our hearts are high,\line \tab +Our fancies glowing, pulses fit for kings,\line \tab And the whole frame and spirit of the man\line \tab Prepared for daring deeds? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 45\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls72\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart38\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls72\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab And were it done -- \line \tab Why then 'twere not to do. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 46\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls72\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart38\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls72\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The mind grows dull,\line \tab Dwelling on method of its deeds too long.\line \tab +Our schemes should brood as gradual as the storm;\line \tab Their acting should be lightning. How far is't? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 47\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls72\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart38\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls72\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab An hour. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 48\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls72\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart38\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls72\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SOL.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Why it wants two to midnight yet.\line \tab O could I see thee but re-enter here,\line \tab +Ere yet the midnight clock strikes on my heart\line \tab The languish of new hours -- I'd not ask thee\line \tab Why I had missed the mien, that draws to it ever\line \tab My constant glance. There'd need no speech between us;\line \tab +For I should meet -- my husband. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:2:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 49\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls72\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart38\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:2:\'b6}}\faauto\ls72\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis the burthen\line \tab Of this unfilled doom weighs on my spirit.\line \tab +Why am I here? My heart and face but mar\line \tab This festive hall. To-night, why not to-night?\line \tab The night will soon have past: then 'twill be done.\line \tab We'll meet again to-night. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 ALARCOS.] +\par +\par \sect }\sectd \psz1\linex0\endnhere\sectdefaultcl \pard\plain \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par SCENE 3 +\par +\par +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 A Hall in the Castle of }{\f1\cgrid0 ALARCOS; +\par }{\i\f1\cgrid0 in the back of the Scene a door leading to another Apartment}{\f1\cgrid0 . +\par +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 1\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls73\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls73\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Reveal the future, lightnings! Then I'd hail\line \tab +That arrowy flash. O darker than the storm\line \tab Cowed as the beasts now crouching in their caves,\line \tab Is my sad soul. Impending o'er this house,\line \tab I feel some bursting fate, my doomed arm\line \tab In vain would ward, +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter a }{\f1\cgrid0 MAN AT ARMS.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab How now, hast left thy post? +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 2\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls73\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls73\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 MAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab O worthy Castellan, the lightnings play\line \tab Upon our turrets, that no human step\line \tab +Can keep the watch. Each forky flash seems missioned\line \tab To scathe our roof, and the whole platform flows\line \tab With a blue sea of flame. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 3\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls73\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart1\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls73\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab It is thy post.\line \tab No peril clears desertion. To thy post.\line \tab +Mark me, my step will be as prompt as thine;\line \tab I will relieve thee. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 MAN AT ARMS.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Let the mischievous fire\line \tab Wither this head. O Allah! grant no fate\line \tab More dire awaits me. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter the}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNT ALARCOS.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Hah! the Count! My lord,\line \tab In such a night! +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 4\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls74\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart4\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls74\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A night that's not so wild\line \tab As this tempestuous breast. How is she, Oran? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 5\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls74\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart4\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls74\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Well. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 6\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls74\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart4\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls74\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ever well. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 7\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls74\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart4\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls74\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab The children -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 8\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls74\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart4\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls74\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab \tab Wine, I'm wearied,\line \tab The lightning scared my horse; he's galled my arm. +\line \tab Get me some wine. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The storm was not to stop me.\line \tab The mind intent construes each natural act\line \tab +To a personal bias, and so catches judgments\line \tab In every common course. In truth the flash,\line \tab Though it seemed opening hell, was not so dreadful\line \tab As that wild glaring hall. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Re-enter}{\f1\cgrid0 ORAN }{\i\f1\cgrid0 with a goblet and flagon.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Ah! this re-mans me!\line \tab I think the storm has lulled. Another cup.\line \tab +Go see, good Oran, how the tempest speeds. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Exit}{\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab An hour ago I did not dare to think\line \tab I'd drink wine more. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Re-enter}{\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 9\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The storm indeed has lulled\line \tab As by a miracle; the sky is clear,\line \tab +There's not a breath of air; and from the turret\line \tab I heard the bell of Huelgas. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 10\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Then 'twas nothing.\line \tab My spirit vaults! Oran, thou dost remember\line \tab +The night that we first met? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 11\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab 'Tis graven deep\line \tab Upon my heart. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 12\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I think thou lov'st me, Oran? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 13\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab And all thy house. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 14\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Nay, thou shalt love but me.\line \tab I'll no divisions in the hearts that are mine. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 15\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I have no love but that which knits me to thee\line \tab With deeper love. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 16\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I found thee, Oran, what -- \line \tab I will not say. And now thou art, good Oran,\line +\tab A Prince's Castellan. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 17\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I feel thy bounty. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 18\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Thou shalt be more. But serve me as I would,\line \tab And thou shalt name thy meed. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 19\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab To serve my lord\line \tab Is my sufficient meed. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 20\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Come hither, Oran,\line \tab Were there a life between me and my life,\line \tab +And all that makes that life a thing to cling to,\line \tab Love, Honour, Power, ay, what I will not name\line \tab Nor thou canst image -- yet enough to stir\line \tab Ambition in the dead -- I think, good Oran,\line \tab Thou would'st not see me foiled? + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 21\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thy glory's dearer\line \tab Than life to me. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 22\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I knew it, I knew it.\line \tab Thou shalt share all; thy alien blood shall be\line \tab +No bar to thy preferment. Hast thou brothers?\line \tab I'll send for them. An aged sire, perchance?\line \tab Here's gold for him. Count it thyself. Contrive\line \tab All means of self-enjoyment. To the full\line \tab +They shall lap up fruition. Thou hast, all have,\line \tab Some master wish which still eludes thy grasp,\line \tab And still's the secret idol of thy soul;\line \tab 'Tis gained. And only if thou dost, good Oran,\line \tab What love and duty prompt. + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 23\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Count on my faith,\line \tab I stand prepared to prove it. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 24\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Good, good, Oran.\line \tab It is an hour to midnight? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 25\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The moon is not\line \tab Within her midnight bower, yet near. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 26\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab So late!\line \tab The Countess sleeps? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 27\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab She has long retired. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 28\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab She sleeps,\line \tab O, she must wake no more! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 29\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thy wife! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 30\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab It must\line \tab Be done, ere yet the Castle chime shall tell\line \tab Night wanes. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 31\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thy wife! God of my fathers! none\line \tab Can do this deed! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 32\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Upon thy hand it rests.\line \tab The deed must fall on thee. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 33\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I will not do it. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 34\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Thine oath, thine oath! Hast thou forgot thine oath?\line \tab +Thou owest me a life, and now I claim it.\line \tab What, hast thou trifled with me? Hast thou fooled\line \tab With one whose point was at thy throat? Beware!\line \tab Thou art my slave, and I have branded thee\line \tab With this infernal ransom! + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 35\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I am thy slave,\line \tab And I will be thy slave, and all my days\line \tab +Devoted to perdition. Not for gold\line \tab Or worldly worth; to cheer no aged parent,\line \tab Though I have one, a mother; not to bask\line \tab My seed within thy beams; to feed no passions\line \tab And gorge no craving vanity; but because\line +\tab Thou gavest me life, and led to that which made\line \tab That life for once delicious. O, great sir,\line \tab The King's thy foe? Surrounded by his guards\line \tab I would waylay him. Hast thou some fierce rival?\line \tab +I'll pluck his heart out. Yea! there is no peril\line \tab I'd not confront, no rack I'll not endure,\line \tab No great offence commit, to do thee service -- \line \tab So thou wilt spare me this, and spare thy soul\line \tab This unmatched sin. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 36\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I had exhausted suffering\line \tab Ere I could speak to thee. I claim thine oath. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 37\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab One moment, yet one moment. This is sudden\line \tab As it is terrible. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 38\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The womb is ripe,\line \tab And thou art but the midwife of the birth\line \tab +I have engendered. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 39\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Think how fair she is,\line \tab How gracious, how devoted! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 40\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Need I thee\line \tab To tell me what she is! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 41\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thy children's mother. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 42\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Would she were not! Another breast should bear\line \tab My children. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 43\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thou inhuman bloody man -- \line \tab It shall not be, it cannot, cannot be.\line \tab +I tell thee, tyrant, there's a power abroad\line \tab E'en now that crashes thee. The storm that raged\line \tab Blows from a mystic quarter. 'Tis the hand\line \tab Of Allah guides the tempest of this night. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 44\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Thine oath, thine oath! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 45\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Accursed be the hour\line \tab Thou sparedst my life! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 46\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Thine oath, I claim thine oath.\line \tab Nay, Moor, what is it? 'Tis a life, and thou\line +\tab Hast learnt to rate existence at its worth.\line \tab A life, a woman's life! Why, sack a town,\line \tab And thousands die like her. My faithful Oran,\line \tab Come let me love thee, let me find a friend\line \tab +When friends can prove themselves. It's not an oath\line \tab Vowed in our sunshine ease, that shows a friend;\line \tab 'Tis the tempestuous mood like this, that calls\line \tab For faithful service. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 47\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Hah! the Emir's blood\line \tab Cries for this judgment. It was sacred seed. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 48\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab It flowed to clear thine honour. Art thou he\line \tab That honour loved so dearly. that he scor +ned\line \tab Betrayal of a foe, although that foe\line \tab Had changed him to a bravo? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 49\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Let me kiss\line \tab Thy garment's hem, and grovel it thy feet -- \line \tab +I pray, I supplicate -- my lord, my lord -- \line \tab Absolve me from that oath! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 50\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I had not thought\line \tab To claim it twice. It seems I lacked some judgment\line \tab +In man, to deem that honour might be found\line \tab In hired stabbers. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 51\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls75\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart9\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls75\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Hah! I vowed to thee\line \tab A life for that which thou didst spare -- 'tis well.\line +\tab The debt is paid. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Stabs himself and falls.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter the}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNTESS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 from the inner Chamber.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 52\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls76\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart52\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls76\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I cannot sleep -- my dreams are full of woe!\line \tab Alarcos! my Alarcos! Hah! dread sight! +\line \tab Oran! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 53\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls76\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart52\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls76\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab O, spare her; 'tis no sacrifice\line \tab If she be spared. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 54\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls76\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart52\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls76\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Wild words! Thou dost not speak.\line \tab O, speak, Alarcos! speak! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 55\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls76\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart52\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls76\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab His voice is death. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 56\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls76\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart52\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls76\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Ye Saints uphold me now, for I am weak\line \tab +And lost. What means this? Oran dying! Nay -- \line \tab Alarcos! I'm a woman. Aid me, aid me.\line \tab Why's Oran thus? O, save him, my Alarcos!\line \tab Blood! And why shed? Why, let us staunch his wounds.\line \tab +Why are there wounds? He will not speak. Alarcos,\line \tab A word, a single word! Unhappy Moor!\line \tab Where is thy hurt? +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Kneels by}{\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 57\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls77\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart57\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls77\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ORAN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab That hand! This is not death;\line \tab 'Tis Paradise. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Dies.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 58\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls77\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart57\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls77\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 advancing in soliloquy}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab He sets me great examples.\line \tab 'Tis easier than I deemed; a single blow\line +\tab And his bold soul has fled. His lavish life\line \tab Enlists me in quick service. Quit that dark corpse;\line \tab He died as did become a perjured traitor. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 59\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls77\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart57\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls77\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab To whom, my lord? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 60\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls77\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart57\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls77\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab To all Castille perchance.\line \tab Come hither, wife. Before the morning breaks\line +\tab A lengthened journey waits thee. Art prepared? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 61\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls77\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart57\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls77\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 springing to}{\f1\cgrid0 ALARCOS] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I will not go. Alarcos, dear Alarcos,\line \tab Thy look is terrible! What mean these words?\line \tab +Why should'st thou spare me? Why should Oran die?\line \tab The veil that clouds thy mind -- I'll rend it. Tell me -- \line \tab Yea! I'll know all. A power supports me now -- \line \tab Defies even thee. +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 62\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls78\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart62\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls78\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab A traitor's troubled tongue\line \tab Disturbs thy mind. I tell thee, thou must leave\line +\tab This castle promptly. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 63\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls78\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart62\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls78\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Not to Burgos -- say\line \tab But that. I will not go. That fatal woman -- \line \tab +Her shadow's on thy soul. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 64\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls78\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart62\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls78\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab No, not to Burgos.\line \tab 'Tis not to Burgos that thy journey tends.\line \tab +The children sleep? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 65\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls78\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart62\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls78\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Spite of the storm. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 66\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls78\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart62\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls78\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Go -- kiss them.\line \tab Thou canst not take them with thee. To thy chamber -- +\line \tab Quick to thy chamber. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 The}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNTESS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 as if about to speak, but}{\f1\cgrid0 ALARCOS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 stops her.}{ +\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Nay, time presses, wife. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 The}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNTESS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 slowly re-enters her Chamber.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 67\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls79\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart67\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls79\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab I am alone -- with Death. And will she look\line \tab Serene as this? The visage of a hero +\line \tab Stamped with a martyred end! Thou noble Moor!\line \tab What if thy fate were mine! Thou art at rest:\line \tab No dark fulfilment waits o'er thee. The tomb\line \tab Hath many charms. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 The}{\f1\cgrid0 COUNTESS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 calls.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 68\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls79\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart67\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls79\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 COUN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Alarcos! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 69\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls79\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart67\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls79\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Ay, anon.\line \tab Why did she tell me that she lived? Methought\line \tab +It was all past. I came to confront death;\line \tab And we have met. This sacrificial blood -- \line \tab What, bears it no atonement? 'Twas an offering\line \tab Fit for the Gods. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 The midnight bell.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab She waits me now; her hand\line \tab Extends a diadem; my achieveless arm\line \tab +Would wither at her scorn. 'Tis thus, Solisa,\line \tab I gain thy heart and realm! +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [ALARCOS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 moves hastily to the Chamber, which he enters; +\par the stage for some seconds is empty; a shriek is then heard;}{\f1\cgrid0 +\par ALARCOS }{\i\f1\cgrid0 re-appears, very pale, and slowly advances to the front of the stage.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab 'Tis over and I live. I heard a sound;\line \tab Was't Oran's spirit?\line \tab I'll not rest here, and yet I dare not back. +\line \tab The bodies? Nay, 'tis done -- I'll not shrink now.\line \tab I have seen death before. But is this death?\line \tab Methinks a deeper mystery. Well, 'tis done.\line \tab There'll be no hour so dark as this. I would\line \tab +I had not caught her eye. +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 A trumpet sounds.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab The Warder's note!\line \tab Shall I meet life again? +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Another trumpet sounds.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par +\par [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter the }{\f1\cgrid0 SENESCHAL.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 70\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls80\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart70\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls80\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 SEN.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Horsemen from Court. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 71\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls80\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart70\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls80\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab The Court! I'm sick at heart. Perchance she's eager,\line \tab And cannot wait my coming. + +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Enter two}{\f1\cgrid0 COURTIERS.] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Well, good sirs! +\par +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 72\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls81\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart72\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls81\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Alas, my lord. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 73\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls81\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart72\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls81\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I live upon thy words.\line \tab What now? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 74\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls81\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart72\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls81\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab We have rode post, my lord. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 75\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls81\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart72\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls81\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Bad news\line \tab Flies ever. 'Tis the King? +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 76\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls81\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart72\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls81\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Alas! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 77\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls81\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart72\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls81\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab She's ill.\line \tab My horse, my horse there! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 78\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls81\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart72\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls81\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Nay, my lord, not so. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 79\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls81\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart72\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls81\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab Why then I care for nought. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 80\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls81\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart72\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls81\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab Unheard-of horror!\line \tab The storm, the storm -- +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 81\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls81\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart72\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls81\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab I rode in it. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 82\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls81\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart72\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls81\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab \tab Methought\line \tab Each flash would fire the Citadel; the flame\line \tab +Wreathed round its pinnacles, and poured in streams\line \tab Adown the pallid battlements. Our revellers\line \tab Forgot their festival, and stopped to gaze\line \tab On the portentous vision. When behold!\line \tab +The curtained clouds re-opened, and a bolt\line \tab Came winged from the startling blue of heaven,\line \tab And struck -- the Infanta! +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 83\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls81\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart72\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls81\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab There's a God of Vengeance. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 84\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls81\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart72\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls81\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 1ST COURT.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab She fell a blighted corpse. Amid the shrieks\line \tab +Of women, prayers of hurrying multitudes,\line \tab The panic and the stir we sought for thee;\line \tab The King's overwhelmed. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlcont\ilvl0\ls0\pnrnot0\pndec }\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par {\pntext\pard\plain\b\f1\fs20\cf6\cgrid0 \hich\af1\dbch\af0\loch\f1 V:3:\hich\f1 \'b6\loch\f1 85\tab}}\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\jclisttab\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200{\*\pn \pnlvlbody\ilvl0\ls81\pnrnot0 +\pndec\pncf6\pnf1\pnfs20\pnstart72\pnindent360\pnsp120 {\pntxtb V:3:\'b6}}\faauto\ls81\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\f1\cgrid0 ALAR.}{\f1\cgrid0 \line \tab \tab My wife's at least a Queen,\line \tab +She reigns in Heaven. The King's o'erwhelmed -- poor man\line \tab Go tell him, sirs, the Count Alarcos lived\line \tab To find a hell on earth; yet thus he sought\line \tab A deeper and a darker. +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 [}{\i\f1\cgrid0 Falls.}{\f1\cgrid0 ] +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par }\pard\plain \s15\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \f2\fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1 +\par }\pard \s15\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\f14\fs32 \'9a}{\b\f1\fs24 The End }{\f14\fs32 \'9b +\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx1440\tx2880\tx4320\tx5760\tx7200\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\f1\cgrid0 +\par +\par +\par }{\f2\cgrid0 End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Count Alarcos, by Benjamin Disraeli +\par +\par *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUNT ALARCOS *** +\par +\par This file should be named ctlrc10.txt or ctlrc10.zip +\par Corrected EDITIONS of our eBooks get a new NUMBER, ctlrc11.txt +\par VERSIONS based on separate sources get new LETTER, ctlrc10a.txt +\par +\par Produced by K. 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