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A L O N Z O. <9
Could not command a more implieit faith
Than thou from me haft gain'd. What think'ft
thou, Hamet ?
Is he not greatly wrong*d ?
HAMET.
By Allah ! yes.
The voice of truth and innocence is bold,
And never yet could guilt that tone afTume.
I take my leave impatient to return.
And fatisfy my friends that this brave youth
Was not th' aggreffor.
KING.
I expedb no lels
From gen'rous Hamet.
[Exit Hamet and Moors,]
KING.
Tell me, wondrous Youth !
For much 1 long to know ; what is thy name ?
Who are thy parents ? Since the Moor prevail'd.
The cottage and the cave have oft' conceal'd
From hoftile hate the nobleft blood of Spain ♦,
Thy fpirit fpeaks for thee. Thou art a flioot
Of fome illuftrious ftock, fome noble houfe
Whofe fortunes with their falling country fell,
YOUTH.
Alberto is my name. I draw my birch
From Catalonia ; in the mountains there
D 2 My
Could not command a more implieit faith
Than thou from me haft gain'd. What think'ft
thou, Hamet ?
Is he not greatly wrong*d ?
HAMET.
By Allah ! yes.
The voice of truth and innocence is bold,
And never yet could guilt that tone afTume.
I take my leave impatient to return.
And fatisfy my friends that this brave youth
Was not th' aggreffor.
KING.
I expedb no lels
From gen'rous Hamet.
[Exit Hamet and Moors,]
KING.
Tell me, wondrous Youth !
For much 1 long to know ; what is thy name ?
Who are thy parents ? Since the Moor prevail'd.
The cottage and the cave have oft' conceal'd
From hoftile hate the nobleft blood of Spain ♦,
Thy fpirit fpeaks for thee. Thou art a flioot
Of fome illuftrious ftock, fome noble houfe
Whofe fortunes with their falling country fell,
YOUTH.
Alberto is my name. I draw my birch
From Catalonia ; in the mountains there
D 2 My
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| Description | A tragedy. In five acts. As it is performed at the Theatre- Royal, Drury-Lane. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.164(2) |
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| Description | Containing How to grow rich: a comedy, and Alonzo. A tragedy, and The highland fair; or, union of the clans. An opera, and Mary, Queen of Scots, a tragedy, and The fall of Mortimer. An historical play. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.164(1-5) |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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