To his obedience made his wishes stoop,
And now admitted, now excluded hope;
As lovers do, he saw a prospect fair,
And then so dark, he sank into despair.
The uncle grieved; he even told the youth
That he was sorry, and it seem’d a truth; 490
But, though it vex’d, it varied not his mind;
He bound himself, and would his nephew bind.
“I told him this, placed danger in his view,
Bade him be certain, bound him to be true;