A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15 — John Shaqi
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15Dodsley, Robert
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A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 15
Dodsley, Robert
English drama
+Fran.+ I see all's well, and may he sleep profoundly--
The sooner, madam, you are abed the better.
+Blan.+ Would once my fears were over, that my rage
Might have its course.
+Fran.+ I shall not stop it,
But after it has had its full career
'Twill pause, I hope, and reason find an ear. [_Exeunt._
_Scene changes to the room in the inn. Enter +Don
Fernando+ and +Fabio+._
+Don F.+ Is he gone out?
+Fab.+ No, sir, not as yet;
But seeing the servant he had sent abroad
Newly return'd, I listen'd at his door,
And heard him plainly give him this account--
That he had found Don Julio Rocca's house,
And having knock'd a good while at the door,
Answer was made him without opening it,
Don Julio's not at home; whereat Don Pedro
Impatient rose, and, calling for his cloak
And sword, he swore he'd rather wait himself
Till midnight at his door, than lose a night
In such a pressing business.--This I thought
Fit to acquaint you with, and that he spake
Doubtfully of his returning to lodge here.
+Don F.+ You have done well, but must do better yet,
In following him, and being sure to lose
No circumstance of what he does.
+Fab.+ To dog him possibly might be observ'd,
This moonlight, by his servant; but since, sir,
We're certain whither he goes, my best course
(I think) will be to go out the back-way,
And place myself beforehand in some porch
Near Julio's house, where I may see and hear
What passes, and then do as I shall see cause.
+Don F.+ 'Tis not ill thought on; but how late soever
Your return be, I shall expect to see you,
Before we go to bed.
+Fab.+ I shall not fail. [_Exeunt._
_Scene changes to +Donna Blanca's+ antechamber. Enter
+Francisca+, and goes to the hanging where +Don Zancho+ and
+Chichon+ are hid._
+Fran.+ Ho! trusty servant with his faithful master!
Come out; the balcony's open, lose no time,
Julio's abed, and fast asleep ere this--
There's nobody in the street, it is so light
One may discover a mile; therefore be quick.
[_+Don Zancho+ and +Chichon+ come out from behind the
hanging, and follow her, as leading to the balcony._
[_Exeunt._
[_And soon after +Don Zancho+ and +Chichon+ appear as in
the balcony, and +Francisca's+ head as peeping out of
the door into it._
_Scene changes to the prospect of Valencia. Enter +Fabio+ as in
the street, and settling himself in a porch._
+Fab.+ Here is a porch, as if 'twere built on purpose.
[+Fabio+, _looking up, perceives them in the balcony._
Ha! here's a vision that I little dreamt of.
Stand close, Fabio, and mum!
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