12.
Lost Beauty, I will die,
But I will thee recover;
And that I die not instantly,
Shews me more perfect Lover:
For (my Soul gone before)
I live not now to live, but to deplore.
C. L.
[229] Claridiana, the Enchanted Queen, speaks this, and the following speech.
[230] Claridoro, rival to Felisbravo, speaks this.
[231] Addressed to Zelidaura.
[232] Soles of his feet.
[233] Allusion to the Tagus, and golden sands.