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PIETRO.

They call him Don Romiero.

SEBASTIAN (advancing hastily).

What said'st thou? Is he absent?

PIETRO.

He is, but his good lady will relieve you,

Ye need not fear for that.

SEBASTIAN.

We will not fear. Ye love that lady, then,

Who is, ye say, so good?

PIETRO.

How should we else? A very brute would love her.

SEBASTIAN.

Yes, thou say'st well; she was ev'n from her birth—

I mean, all ladies sprung from noble blood
Are, from their birth, to generous actions train'd;
At least, it should be so.

PIETRO.

And is so, friend; for I have oft observed

Good birth and breeding, as in my own lady.
With gracious kindness joined.

SEBASTIAN.

What is her name?

PIETRO.

Donna Zorada. Thou hast heard, belike,

How her poor father———