At your harsh nature, and your rugged usage,
On each side unbecoming son and father;
And yet the cause of both is to be found.
But, ere I farther shall proceed to speak,
Command your royal prisoner to be brought;
For I must be confronted with Ramirez,
And in his presence tell you wonderous things,
Which if he vouch not, let Ximena die.
Vera. I sent for him to hear his final doom,
And think he waits without.—