[DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.]
| PERSONS. | RELATIONS. | CHARACTERS. |
|---|---|---|
| Don Henrique, | In love with Camilla,but rejected. | Choleric, jealous, revengeful. |
| Don Carlos, | Near kinsman to DonHenrique. | A well-natured, moral gentleman. |
| Don Octavio, | In love with Porcia, but feigning to bein love with Camilla. | A valiant and accomplished cavalier. |
| Don Antonio, | Contracted to Porcia by proxy, before he saw her. | A soldier, haughty, and of exact honour. |
| Porcia, | Sister to Don Henrique. | Ingenious, constant, and severely virtuous. |
| Camilla, | Sister to Don Carlos. | Susceptible of love, but cautious of her honour. |
| Diego, | Servant to Octavio, bred a scholar. | A great coward, and a pleasant droll. |
| Flora, | Waiting-woman to Porcia. | Witty, contriving, and faithful to her mistress. |
| Ernesto, | Servants to Don Antonio. | |
| Sancho, | ||
| Silvio, | Servants to Don Henrique. | |
| Geraldo, | ||
| Pedro, | ||
| Bernardino, | ||
| Jago, | ||
| The Corregidor and Attendants.[39] | ||
The Scene, Seville.
THE ADVENTURES OF FIVE HOURS.[40]
[ACT I.]
Scene—Don Antonio's house.
Enter Don Henrique.
Don H. How happy are the men of easy phlegm,
Born on the confines of indifference:
Holding from nature the securest tenure,
The peaceful empire o'er themselves; which we,
Th' unhappy men of fire, without the aids
Of mighty reason or almighty grace,
Are all our lives contending for in vain,
'Tis evident, that solid happiness
Is founded on the conquest of our passions;
But since they are the favourites of sense,
Self-love bribes reason still in their defence:
Thus in a calm I reason; but when cross'd,
The pilot quits the helm, and I am toss'd.