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SCENE III.

—A STREET IN SEVILLE.—NIGHT.
Enter the KING and DON DIEGO.
KING.
Has Enrique then departed?

DIEGO.
Yes, my lord, he went this morning
Forth from Seville.

KING.
I believe, that
With an arrogant presumption,
He imagined that he only
Could of all the world, defy me:—
And he went.....?

DIEGO.
To Consuegra,
I presume.

KING.
What! to the Infante
The Grand-Master there? their union
Will result in plotting vengeance
Against me.

DIEGO.
They are your brothers:
As their brother they must love thee,
As their king they must respect—
Bound by double bonds of nature
To obey thee.

KING.
And Enrique
Bringeth whom as his companion?

DIEGO.
Don Arías.

KING.
His old friend.

DIEGO.
Down the street there's music sounding.

KING.
Let us then approach it nearer;
What is sung, perchance may gently
Calm my mind.

DIEGO.
Sweet music ever
Is an antidote to ills.

MUSICIANS
sing within.
The Infante Don Enrique
Took his leave of the king to-day:
May God bring to a happy issue
Both his grief and his going away.

KING.
What a mournful voice! Diego,
At the street-end intercept them:—
He must not escape inquiry
Who such dark forebodings sings.

[Exeunt at opposite sides.