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SCENE III.

CONSTANTIA, VELORA.
VELORA,
(entering hastily)
Now save thy son!
If pitying Heaven yet give thee time to save him!


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CONSTANTIA.
Haste! guide me to him! tell me what the danger!
Where is Sylveyra? what must I attempt?

VELORA.
Alas! I know not; all is doubt and horror:
I left the tyrant in Sylveyra's prison
Fiercely encountering the brave Carasco;
And may that faithful friend with noble vengeance
Repay our various wrongs.

CONSTANTIA.
Where was Sylveyra?
Was his arm raised against the life of Castro?
Can it be possible that Heaven permitted
So horrible a conflict! can my son,
Have drowned his honors in a father's blood!