Amb. Thou art by Nature more severe than I,

And if thou think’st our Honour satisfy’d,

I will endeavour to forget their Faults.

Ant. We humbly thank you, Sir, and beg your Blessing,

At least bestow it on Hippolyta;

For she was ever chaste, and innocent,

And acted only what became her Duty;

Since by a sacred Vow she was my Wife.

Amb. How cam’st thou then to treat her so inhumanly?

Ant. In pure revenge to Don Marcel her Brother,