Alon. To see Aurelia——see her instantly—— Nay by Heaven! I will: All Opposition's vain: For by th' avenging Power of Love I swear, Tho' in Bassino's Arms, I'll drag her thence, Only to cast her from my Sight for ever: Nor shall he live to triumph in my Shame. What tho' the Marriage Rites be not perform'd, Yet I may call her Wife. Her Father gave her to me: And her own Vows have fix'd my Heart in her's. Must then Alonzo be deny'd Admittance, Under that poor Pretence that she's not drest? Whilst base Bassino lies dissolv'd in Pleasures On her perfidious Breast——Oh! killing Thought! She makes my Name of Husband infamous, Even before the Priest has join'd our Hands. I'll in, and if th' Affront I tamely bear, May Heaven deny me at my latest Prayer. —— —— —— [Exeunt. SCENE IV. Ludovico's Lodgings. Ludovico solus. SCENE IV. Lud. Who waits? Enter Mountaine. Mount. Did you call, Sir? Lud. Mountaine, run to Signiora Ronquilla, and tell her I have done with her for ever, if she does not send this Evening the hundred Ducats she promised to lend me——And harkee, as you come back, acquaint Signiora Cornara I shall be busy To-morrow, and desire she will put off her Visit till another Day. —— [Knocking at the Door. Mount. Sir, there's somebody at the Door. Lud. See who 'tis.
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