I therefore choose it. Well I know, his temper Is, like Almeyda's own, warm and ungovern'd. Frown not, my father, if I further add, Endear'd to christian laws, and christian manners, Almeyda were to both an easy convert. In cherishing this weakness, join to soothe Thy brother's disappointment. Constrain me to resign his heart's sole object.
Th'appointed moment comes to sign the treaty.
During this trying interval, Victoria, I had prepar'd myself to meet the King, And now with breathless fear impatient sought him. Well then I bow disdainful to my fate Yet have a care, Ramirez, thy proud heart May one day feel the pang that pierces mine. Gentle Almeyda govern these wild transports, Which ever warp your judgment Almeyda. Hadst thou, like me, been bosom'd among strangers, And giv'n thy soul in recompence for love, Then found thyself torn from this happy home, To waste a gaudy life in cold indifference, Like mine thy aching sense would swell to anguish, Like mine in tears would drown thee. Yet believe Alonzo's love unblemished as his honor, And rather praise than blame his sense of duty.