Theod. Ha!

Aust. Does it shake thee?——Come, my Theodore,

Let not a gust of love-sick inclination

Root, like a sweeping whirlwind, from thy soul

All the fair growth of noble thoughts and virtue,

Thy mother planted in thy early youth;

Oh, rashly tread not down the promis'd harvest,

They toil'd to rear to the full height of honour!

Theod. Would I had liv'd obscure in penury,

Rather than thus!—Distraction!—Adelaide!