Cora. I have.
High-Priest. Do you know this young man?
Cora. He is my husband.
High-Priest. Alonzo, do you know this woman?
Alonzo. She is my wife.
Xaira. You are both guilty—both must die.
High-Priest. Before we proceed to pass sentence upon you, an important duty remains to be discharged. In the name of our king, I am to announce favour to the party, who was solely the victim of seduction. Ataliba, the first-born of the sun, under whose dominion the kingdom of Quito flourishes, requires a free and ingenuous confession, which of you was the seducer, and which the seduced.
| Cora. It was I seduced him. | } | (Both speaking together.) |
| Alonzo. It was I seduced her. | } |
Cora. Do not believe him, he speaks falsely.