Therefore lay aside your Hopes of my Fortune, by my
being a Devotee, and tell me how you came acquainted with this
Belvile; for I perceive you knew Him before he came to Naples. Flor.
Yes, I knew him at the Siege of Pampelona, he was then a Colonel of
French Horse, who when the Town was ransack'd, nobly treated my
Brother and my self, preserving us from all Insolencies; and I must
own, (besides great Obligations) I have I know not what, that pleads
kindly for him about my Heart, and will suffer no other to enter- But
see my Brother. Enter Don Pedro, Stephano, with a Masquing Habit, and
Callis. Pedro. Good morrow, Sister. Pray, when saw you your Lover Don
Vincentio? Flor. I know not, Sir- Callis, when was he here? for I
consider it so little, I know not when it was. Pedro. I have a Command
from my Father here to tell you, you ought not to despise him, a Man
of so vast a Fortune, and such a Passion for you- Stephano, my things-
[Puts on his Masquing Habit. Flor. A Passion for me! 'tis more than
e'er I saw, or had a desire should be shown- I hate Vincentio, and I
would not have a Man so dear to me as my Brother follow the ill
Customs of our Country, and make a Slave of his Sister- And Sir, my
Father's Will, I'm sure, you may divert. Pedro. I know not how dear I
am to you, but I wish only to be rank'd in your Esteem, equal with the
English Colonel Belvile- Why do you frown and blush? Is there any
Guilt belongs to the Name of that Cavalier? Flor.
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