 | The Parricide : Or, Innocence in Distress |  |
SCENE I.
SCENE, A Room in the Palace of Felix, a Table with Lights.Felix
Solus.
Eliza , Castor, wounded in the Garden!—
My Daughter there with Albert and the Husband!—
This wears a Face of Treason;—Damn'd, damn'd Guilt!
And I will search it to the bottom.—Hoa!
Who waits there?—Go send my Daughter to me.
[A Servant appears at the Door, and retires.
O fell Suspicion, rack not thus my Mind;
If I am wretched in an only Child,
Too soon Conviction will destroy my Peace;
And make me curse the Hour that gave me Birth;
Or that which crown'd my Hopes in Ariana's.
But see, she comes; and with a Face of Sorrow
That speaks, as one would think, a guiltless Soul.
But Looks are all deceitful; and the Eyes
Oft ill express the Motions of the Heart.
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