Don Garcia (supposed dead) and Valdez father of Don Ordoño, and Guardian of Teresa di Monviedro. Don Garcia eldest son of the Marquis di Valdez, supposed dead, having been six years absent, and for the last three without any tidings of him. Teresa Senñora [_sic_] di Monviedro, an orphan lady, bequeathed by both Parents on their death-bed to the wardship of the Marquis, and betrothed to Don Garcia--Gulinaez a Moorish Chieftain and ostensibly a new Christian--Alhadra his wife. _MS. III._ For the Preface of _MS. I_, vide Appendices of this edition. LINENOTES: _Osorio A Tragedy_--Title] Osorio, a Dramatic Poem MS. II: Osorio, The Sketch of a Tragedy MS. III. ACT THE FIRST[519:1] SCENE--_The sea shore on the coast of Granada._ _VELEZ, MARIA._ _Maria._ I hold Osorio dear: he is your son, And Albert's brother. _Velez._ Love him for himself, Nor make the living wretched for the dead. _Maria._ I mourn that you should plead in vain, Lord Velez! But Heaven hath heard my vow, and I remain 5 Faithful to Albert, be he dead or living. _Velez._ Heaven knows with what delight I saw your loves; And could my heart's blood give him back to thee I would die smiling. But these are idle thoughts! Thy dying father comes upon my soul 10 With that same look, with which he gave thee to me: I held thee in mine arms, a powerless babe, While thy poor mother with a mute entreaty Fix'd her faint eyes on mine: ah, not for this, That I should let thee feed thy soul with gloom, 15 And with slow anguish wear away thy life, The victim of a useless constancy. I must not see thee wretched.