_Hip_. I will not tell you what my sorrows were,
To find you gone; but there was now no help.
Go back again, I durst not; but, in fine,
Thought best, as fast as my weak legs would bear me,
To come to Alicant, and find my sister,
Unknown to any else: But, being near
The city, I was seized upon by thieves,
From whom you rescued me.--The rest you know.
_Gons_. I know too much indeed for my repose.
_Enter Captain_.
_Capt_. Do you know me?
_Gons_. Now I look better on thee,
Thou seemest a greater villain than I thought thee.
_Jul_ 'Tis he!
_Hip_. That bloody wretch, that robbed us in
The woods.
_Gons_. Slave! darest thou lift thy hand against me?
Darest thou touch any one whom he protects,
Who gave thee life? But I accuse myself,
Not thee: The death of all these guiltless persons
Became my crime, that minute when I spared thee.
_Capt_. It is not all your threats can alter me
From what I have resolved.
_Gons_. Begin, then, first
With me.
_Capt_. I will, by laying here my sword.
[_Lays his sword at Gonsalvo's feet_.
_All_. What means this sudden change?
_Capt_. Tis neither new, nor sudden.--From that time
You gave me life, I watched how to repay it;
And Roderick's servant gave me speedy means
To effect my wish: For, telling me, his master
Meant a revenge on you, and on Don Manuel,
And then to seize on Julia, and depart,
I proffered him my aid to seize a vessel;
And having, by enquiry, found out yours,
Acquainted first the captain with my purpose,
To make a seeming mastery of the ship.
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