he screened my life,
And this was my return.

III:3:53 ALAR.
What if I spare
Thy life even now? Wilt thou accord to me
The same devotion?

III:3:54 ORAN.
Yea; the life thou givest
Thou shouldst command.

III:3:55 ALAR.
If I, too, have a foe
Crossing my path and blighting all my life?

III:3:56 ORAN.
This sword should strive to reach him.

III:3:57 ALAR.
Him! thy bond
Shall know no sex or nation. Limitless
Shall be thy pledge. I'll claim from thee a life
For that I spare. How now, wilt live?

III:3:58 ORAN.
To pay
A life for that now spared.

III:3:59 ALAR.
Swear to thy truth;
Swear by Mahound, and swear by all thy gods,
If thou hast any; swear it by the stars,
In which we all believe; and by thy hopes
Of thy false paradise; swear it by thy soul,
And by thy sword!

III:3:60 ORAN.
I swear.

III:3:61 ALAR.
Arise and live.

THE END OF THE THIRD ACT.

ACT IV

SCENE 1

Interior of a Posada frequented by BRAVOs, in an obscure quarter of
Burgos. FLIX at the fire, frying eggs. Men seated at small tables
drinking; others lying on benches. At the side, but in the front of the
Scene, some Beggars squatted on the ground, thrumming a Mandolin; a
Gipsy Girl dancing.

IV:1:1 A BRAVO.
Come, mother, dost take us for Saracens? I say we are true
Christians, and so must drink wine.

IV:1:2 ANOTHER BRAVO.
Mother Flix is sour to-night. Keep the evil eye from the olla!

IV:1:3 3RD BRAVO.

[advancing to her]

Thou beauty of Burgos, what are dimples unless seen? Smile! wench.

IV:1:4 FLIX.
A frying egg will not wait for the King of Cordova.

IV:1:5 1ST BRAVO.
Will have her way. Graus knows a pretty wife's worth. A handsome
hostess is bad for the guest's purse.

IV:1:6 1ST BRAVO.

[rising]

Good companions