And, could he pierce the depths where feeling works,

Would number e’en our agonies as crimes.

—Say, is this meet?

Gui. We deem’d these nuptials, lady,

Thy willing choice; but ’tis a joy to find

Thou’rt noble still. Fear not; by all our wrongs,

This shall not be.

Pro. Vittoria, thou art come

To ask our aid—but we have need of thine.

Know, the completion of our high designs