Volume I Part 23 (2/2)

_h.e.l.l._ Nor hope to be believ'd. [He walks about, they follow.

_Ang._ Oh, perjur'd Man!

Is't thus you pay my generous Pa.s.sion back?

_h.e.l.l._ Why wou'd you, Sir, abuse my Lady's Faith?

_Ang._ And use me so inhumanly?

_h.e.l.l._ A Maid so young, so innocent--

_Will._ Ah, young Devil!

_Ang._ Dost thou not know thy Life is in my Power?

_h.e.l.l._ Or think my Lady cannot be reveng'd?

_Will._ So, so, the Storm comes finely on. [Aside.

_Ang._ Now thou art silent, Guilt has struck thee dumb.

Oh, hadst thou still been so, I'd liv'd in safety.

[She turns away and weeps.

_Will._ Sweetheart, the Lady's Name and House-- quickly: I'm impatient to be with her.-- [Aside to _h.e.l.lena_, looks towards _Angel._ to watch her turning; and as she comes towards them, he meets her.

_h.e.l.l._ So now is he for another Woman. [Aside.

_Will._ The impudent'st young thing in Nature!

I cannot persuade him out of his Error, Madam.

_Ang._ I know he's in the right,-- yet thou'st a Tongue That wou'd persuade him to deny his Faith. [In Rage walks away.

_Will._ Her Name, her Name, dear Boy-- [Said softly to _h.e.l.l._

_h.e.l.l._ Have you forgot it, Sir?

_Will._ Oh, I perceive he's not to know I am a Stranger to his Lady.

[Aside.

--Yes, yes, I do know-- but-- I have forgot the-- [_Angel._ turns.

--By Heaven, such early confidence I never saw.

_Ang._ Did I not charge you with this Mistress, Sir?

Which you denied, tho I beheld your Perjury.

This little Generosity of thine has render'd back my Heart.

[Walks away.

_Will._ So, you have made sweet work here, my little mischief; Look your Lady be kind and good-natur'd now, or I shall have but a cursed Bargain on't.

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