ROMIERO: A TRAGEDY.
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So tell me truly what has brought thee back
To this disturbed and miserable house.
MAURICE.
That thou, and not Zorada, is the queen
Of my impassion'd heart?
BEATRICE.
He is convinced; but what doth it avail?
Some other fancy, yet I know not what,
Again possesses him. Therefore depart;
Quickly depart, nor linger longer here,
When thou hast told me wherefore thou art come.
MAURICE.
That Don Romiero—the occasion past,
Which has excited him to favour us—
May be remiss, or may repent his promise.
I therefore quickly turn'd my horse's head,
Nor drew I bridle till within the forest
I found me once again, close to the postern.
BEATRICE.
Thou may'st not speak to him.
MAURICE.
To keep Romiero stedfast in his promise.