Cleo. I guess the Grief the Parents must sustain.

Dor. It almost caus’d their Deaths; nor did kind Heaven

Supply them with another till long after,

Unhappy this was born:

Which just her Father liv’d to see, and dy’d. [Weeps.

Then she was Daughter, Son and Husband too,

To her afflicted Mother: But as I told you, Madam, I was then in my Prime—

Clar. Now, Madam, judge what her Despair must be,

Who is depriv’d of all her Joys in me. [Weeps.

Cleo. Francisca, see who it is that knocks so hastily. [One knocks.