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And lived a vagabond upon the earth,
Ere this had been! What was my name or worth?
But thou——

HENRIQUEZ.

Cease, cease! repent it not, sweet youth;

For all the friends on earth would not have done me
Such true and worthy service. [Exeunt.

SCENE II.

A royal Apartment. Enter Leonora and Friar.

FRIAR.

The king will from his council come ere long;

Then wait, I pray, and take a little respite
From this impatient fever of your mind.

LEONORA.

Take respite! this impatience! O good father!

Thou canst not know this agony, and speak'st
Like one secured from human misery.
Heaven grant me patience! I have need of it;
But it must come from heaven.

FRIAR.

See; now his Highness comes