Compete with him whose lofty name I wear.

[Exeunt.

Scene II.—A Room in Felix’s House.

Anna and Elvira.

Anna. Beside the charge of my own love, Elvira,

Whose crosses, I believe, will slay me soon,

My brother has confided to me at last

His passion for the Princess Nisida;

And, for he knows that I am near her heart,

Would have me whisper it into her ears;