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ROMIERO (seizing him by the throat).

Hell choke thy blasted breath, thou croaking fiend!

Thou darest not say 't was she.

DOMESTIC.

I did not say so, certainly.

ROMIERO.

Thou didst.

DOMESTIC

I spoke unwittingly; I will unsay it.

ROMIERO (casting him away from him with violence).

And be a damned liar for thy pains.

All that my darkest fancy had conceived!
Uncover'd shame, degrading infamy!—
Come quick, unstinted, terrible revenge!
If the base wantons live another hour,
I am as base as they.

GUZMAN.

Be not a maniac: think before thou act,—

Before thou do what cannot be undone.

ROMIERO.

Think ere I act! Cool, sober, gentle friend!

Had'st thou not better say, "Good Sir, be patient.
Thy wife is faithless, and her minion bless'd;
But pray, good Sir, be patient."—Oh, my heart!
The seat of life will burst ere it be done: