And one to whom my Soul is ty’d by Friendship;
—Yet what’s a Friend, a name above a Sister?
Is not her Honour mine?
And shall not I revenge the loss of it?
It is but common Justice.
But first I’ll try all gentle means I may,
And let him know that Cloris is my Sister;
And if he then persevere in his Crime,
I’ll lay my Interest and my Duty by,
And punish him, or with my Honour die.