me waiting:--
Here, because 'tis force compels me
To go hence, for I, elsewhere,
Am away from my true centre.
Would to love the day had come,
And with it the dear, expected
Answer Cyprian may bring me,
Risking all upon that venture.

LELIUS [aside]. I have surely in that window
Heard a noise.

FLORUS [aside]. Some sound descends here
From that balcony.

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SCENE XII.

The Demon appears at a window in the house of LYSANDER.

LELIUS [aside]. A figure
Issues from it, whose dim presence
I distinguish.

FLORUS [aside]. Through the darkness
I can there perceive some person.

DEMON [aside]. For the many persecutions
O'er Justina's head impending,
Her pure honour to defame
Thus I make a bold commencement.
[He descends by a ladder.

LELIUS [aside]. But, O woe! what's this I witness!--

FLORUS [aside]. What do I see! Oh, wretched! wretched!--

LELIUS [aside]. From the balcony to the ground
The dark figure has descended.

FLORUS [aside]. From her house a man comes forth!--
Jealousy kill me not, preserve me,
'Till I discover who he is.

LELIUS [aside]. I will try to intercept him
And find out at once who thus
Tastes the bliss I've lost for ever.

[They advance with drawn swords to recognise
the person who has descended.

DEMON [aside]. Not alone Justina's fame
Do I by this act discredit,
But dissensions, perhaps murders,
Thus provoke. Ope, earth's dark centre,
And receive me, leaving here
This confusion
[He disappears between FLORUS and LELIUS, who meet together.

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SCENE XIII.

FLORUS and LELIUS.

LELIUS. Sir, whoever
You may be, it doth import me
To know who you are directly;
So at every risk I come here,
On this resolute quest determined.
Say who are you.

FLORUS. If the accident
Of my having been the observer
Of your secret love, compels you
To this valorous aggression,
More than it can you concern
Me to know, it doth concern me
To know you; for to be curious
Is far less than to be jealous.
Yes, by Heaven! for who is master
Of the house have I to learn here,
Who it is a