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"When in the pride of valour forth he came.
And for my fake defied the bold Abdallah,
His iook (he feem'd a cherub in my eyes 1)
His voice (at every word my hofom y^^r-ft'd !)
Tranfported me fo much, that I forgot
His ftate and mine, and had well nigh fprung forth
To clafp my blooming hero in my arms.
, TERESA.
No \yonder that, Kis mother's foul vy^as moy'd:
His brave demeanor the fpe6latofs^hann'd. '
Valour, which fheds a' glory rouTid the head
Of age ahd ruggednefs ; how bright its 'beams
When in the lovely front of youth they Ihine !
ORMISINDA.
I've heard of flrange and perilous effays
To try the purenefs of fufpecled virtue.
I'll undergo whate'er can be devis'd.
By ordeal trial let my faith be prov'd.
Blindfold, barefooted, on the fmoaking foil.
With red hot plough-fhares fpread, Fli walkmywayj
Plunge in the boiling oil my naked arm.
But will not rifk my young Alonzo's life.
The Moorifli hoft hangs o'er our heads no more.
The heir of Spain £hali for himfelf be known,
Alonzo's fon.
TERESA. : :
He will not beallow'd
Alonzo's fon, nor yet the heir of Spain,
Whilft (lander's breath fullies his mother's fame.