[Leoncio has been listening to all that passed between his friend Morandro and Lyra.
Leoncio.
Morandro, 'tis a fearful sacrifice
To make for her; and well dost thou declare
That lover's breast hath nought of cowardice.
Though from thy manliness and valour rare
Still more we hope to gain, yet much I fear
That Fate unkind will prove a miser there.
To Lyra's tale I gave a listening ear,
And know her dire extreme and dismal plight,