the outlaw.
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Enter Helvitio.
L. Isabel. Welcome, my dear, dear brother!
But not a moment may'st thou stay with me;
I fear that spies are lurking near this spot.
My jewels I have here collected for you—
No other treasures hath your Isabella.
Hel. E'en keep them then to deck thy pretty self.—
Nay, I'll not rob thee, love.
L. Isabel. Stay, stay, Helvitio.
My father holds my rich domain for me;
And if thou could'st but find some trusty hand
To bear this little billet to him safely,
It will procure the sum thou dost require.
But, oh! dear brother! think on thy wild life.
[Helvitio takes the letter.
Hel. My prison'd bird, thou singest very sweetly,—
Yet may I not list to thy mournful song.
Farewell, and seek a gay and gilded cage
Ere some wild prowler of the desert catch thee.
[Exit Helvitio
But not a moment may'st thou stay with me;
I fear that spies are lurking near this spot.
My jewels I have here collected for you—
No other treasures hath your Isabella.
Hel. E'en keep them then to deck thy pretty self.—
Nay, I'll not rob thee, love.
L. Isabel. Stay, stay, Helvitio.
My father holds my rich domain for me;
And if thou could'st but find some trusty hand
To bear this little billet to him safely,
It will procure the sum thou dost require.
But, oh! dear brother! think on thy wild life.
[Helvitio takes the letter.
Hel. My prison'd bird, thou singest very sweetly,—
Yet may I not list to thy mournful song.
Farewell, and seek a gay and gilded cage
Ere some wild prowler of the desert catch thee.
[Exit Helvitio
