Car. No, thou hast made an absolute Conquest o’er me—and if that Beauty tempt me every hour, I shall still be the same I was the last.
Fran. Pray Heaven he be John.
Enter First Turk.
1st Turk. Most mighty Emperor, a Messenger from Cadiz has Letters for your Highness.
Car. Conduct him in; in this retreat of ours we use no State.
Enter Guzman, as himself, gives Carlos Letters.
Guz. Don Carlos, Governor of Cadiz, greets your Highness.
Carlos reads.
High and Mighty,
For seven Christian Slaves, taken lately by a Galley of yours, we offer you twice the number of Mahometans taken from you by us. —If this suffice not,—propose your Ransoms, and they shall be paid by Don Carlos, Governor of Cadiz.