_Car_. A Pox upon’t, I went the wrong way to work, and courted the Daughter; but indeed my Father, the late Governour of _Cadiz_, whose Estate and Honour I now enjoy, was then living; and, fearing he would not consent to my Passion, I endeavoured to keep it secret, though sacred Vows had past between us two. _Ant_. Did she not tell you of this Marriage with old _Francisco_? _Car_. The night before, she did; but only by a Letter from her Window dropt; which when by the help of a dark Lanthorn, I had read, I was struck dead with Grief. [_Gives him the Letter_. _Ant_. [reads.] _Expect to morrow night to hear I’m dead, since the next Sun will guide me to a fatal Marriage with old_ Francisco. _Your_ Julia. _Car_. Judge, dear _Antonio_, my Surprize and Grief; A-while I stood unmov’d, thoughtless, and silent, But soon Rage wak’d me to new Life again; But what I said and did, I leave to raging Lovers, Like disappointed me, to guess and judge; She heard--and only answer’d me in Tears, Nor could I beg one tender Word from her, She sigh’d, and shut the Window too, and vanish’d. _Ant_. And she accordingly next day was married. _Car_. She was--and I have since endeavoured all the Arts and Ways I can to cuckold him; ‘tis now two months since the Wedding, and I hear he keeps her as close as a Relict, jealous as Age and Impotence can make him. She hitherto has been absent at _Sevil_, but Expectation of her Daughter-in-law’s Wedding with you has brought ‘em hither,--and, I ask your Pardon, _Antonio_, for raillying your Father-in-law that shall be, old _Francisco_. _Ant_. I hope you are mistaken, Sir. _Car_. How, are you not to marry his Daughter, _Isabella_? _Ant_. Not if I can help it, Sir,--the Honour you have done me in your Friendship to me, a Person so much above me in Title and Birth, makes me think it my Duty to conceal no part of my Heart to you,--Know then this _Isabella_, Daughter to old _Francisco_, and your Cuckold that shall be I hope, is, though fair, most ridiculously proud, vain and fantastical; as all of her Birth and Education, grown rich, are. _Car_. Prithee, what was her Birth?