I should not thus receive him, nor detract

From such high actions. Let me tell you, sir,

(For I, who felt his arm, can best report him)

There lives not one, who breathes this vital air,

That e'er could boast, he made Ramirez bend,

Before Alphonso undertook the task.

Vera. Confederacy again! How they enhance

Their mutual worth, and bandy fame betwixt them,

Into each other's hand!— [Looks on Ramirez, and starts back.

What's this I see?