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SCENE VII.
Ximenes.How fares Giraldo?—I would speak with you.
Giraldo.
My Lord, I'm ever proud of conversation
With you.
Ximenes.
My life flows fast; my time is short;
Thou wilt not, now, refuse what I shall ask?
Giraldo.
Let Ximenes command; and I'll obey.
Ximenes.
Give me thy solemn word that thou wilt be,
To thy life's end, what thou hast always been,
Brave, honest, generous, temperate in thy pleasures.
Giraldo.
As Heaven omniscient hears our conference,
I'll be, to death, what thou requirest of me.
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Then I am satisfied, concerning thee.—
This is my oral will; and thou wilt find
Giraldo's name distinguished in another.
Farewell, my friend; be Providence thy guide:
Continue virtuous; and continue happy.
Giraldo.
My Lord, farewell. [Exit Ximenes.]
—Thou demigod on earth!
Thy kindness points my sword, and fires my arm!
[Exit Giraldo.
I wrote this scene, only to prepare the reader, or spectator, for the warm interest which the cardinal afterwards feels in the fate of Giraldo. By this scene, I think Ximenes is brought too soon on the stage, after his last departure from it; and it would have been more properly omitted, if the piece had been represented.
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