Xim. If he be mad, be madness his excuse;

And pardon nature's error, not his own.

Vera. Ximena, you have fondled him to this:

I prophesied; and now 'tis come to pass.

Gar. Perhaps I interrupted him too rudely;

And, since I caused myself that ill reception,

Forgive our mutual faults.

Vera. You shall prevail;

Though he deserves not such an intercessor.—

[To Alph.] Retire, Alphonso, to your inmost lodgings,