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SCENE II.
A Street.Enter Silvio.
Silvio.
Here she must pass, here throngs admiring Spain,
To Gaze upon the Excellence it boasts of:
It Smil'd upon me yesterday, and with a Comfortable glance,
Gave me a promise of a Blooming hope:
Particularly she return'd my Complement,
The Haughty Don that led her Look'd disturb'd,
Grudging the mighty favour she bestow'd;
In all the Publick Entertainments too,
She has seem'd pleas'd with what I still perform'd;
And by her eyes has given me often notice,
She would discourse me if she knew but how;
Sure She'l be angry with my fix'd observance,
For I shall gaze with such amazement on her;
My Strict admiring may appear Idolatrous.
Enter Severall Dons.
How the Crowd Swells and like Encreasing waves
Each backward Gallant presses his foregoer.
Enter Carlos leading Dorothea, Feliciana after her, the Gallants all bow in their turn: Dorothea drops her Glove, Silvio takes it up.
Madam your Glove.
Dor.
Nay, keep it Sir, and this, you have made 'em both your own
by touching one, I scorn to wear what
[She pulls off her Glove and flings it down.
Car.
Stranger, you're sawcy.
Sil.
Spaniard, you're happy.
Car.
Madam, you are too much i'th' Sun:
Sil.
If this be not Encouragement, I'm Stupid,
Design'd by Heav'n purely design'd, I saw it,
Perceiv'd how her disdain was Counterfeited,
And how my Sullen Rival Interpos'd betwixt
Me and her Eyes; up you Blessed present, here
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In 'em, it sticks; A Letter by my Soul directed to me,
Sure the Contents contains Felicity.
[opens it and reads.
Sir,
You
have Committed an Error dangerous, tho' unwillingly, and your Ignorance
may prove as fatall to us, as your self. Therefore be at the Porch
of St. Gregory at Eight this Evening, from whence you shall be Conducted
to one who will inform you better—if you dare venture—fail not—
Oh Love, be Just in what thou seem'st to incline.
And this bless'd day shall be for ever thine.
[Exit.
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