Hip.  As from some steep and dreadful precipice
The frighted traveller casts down his eyes,
And sees the ocean at so great a distance,
It looks as if the skies were sunk below him;
Yet if some neighbouring shrub (how weak soe’er)
Peeps up, his willing eyes stop gladly there,
And seem to ease themselves, and rest upon it: 
So, in my desperate state, each little comfort
Preserves me from despair.  Gonsalvo strove not
With greater care to give away his Julia,
Than I have done to part with my Gonsalvo;
Yet neither brought to pass our hateful wish. 
Then, we may meet, since different ways we move,
Chasing each other in the maze of love. [Exit.

SCENE III.

Enter Don RODORICK, carried by two Servants.

1 Serv.  It was the only way that could be thought on, To get down by the ladder to the boat.

2 Serv.  You may thank me for that invention.

Rod.  What a noise is here, when the least breath’s As dangerous as a tempest.

2 Serv.  If any of those rogues should hear him talk, In what a case were we?

Rod.  O, patience! patience!—­ This ass brays out for silence.

Enter, at the other end, MANUEL, leading JULIA, GONSALVO, HIPPOLITO, and AMIDEO.

Gons.  Hark! what noise is that? go softly.

 [They meet on the middle of the stage.

Rod.  Who’s here?  I am betrayed! and nothing grieves me, But I want strength to die with honour.

Jul.  Roderick!  Is it thy voice, my love?—­Speak, and resolve me, Whether thou livest, or I am dead with thee?

Man.  Kill him, and force our way.

Rod.  Is Manuel there?  Hold up my arm, that I may make one thrust At him, before I die.

Gons.  Since we must fall, We’ll sell our lives as dearly as we can.

1 Serv.  And we’ll defend our master to the last. [Fight.

Enter Pirates, without their Captain.

1 Pirate.  What’s the meaning of this uproar?—­Quarrelling Amongst yourselves at midnight?

2 Pirate.  We are come in a fit time to decide the difference.

Man.  Hold, gentlemen! we’re equally concerned. [To RODORICK’S Servants. 
We for our own, you for your master’s safety;
If we join forces, we may then resist them,
If not, both sides are ruined.

1 Serv.  We agree.

Gons.  Come o’er on our side then. [They join.

1 Pirate.  A mischief on our captain’s drowsiness; We’re lost, for want of him! [They fight.

Gons.  Dear madam, get behind; while you are safe, We cannot be o’ercome. [To JULIA.

[They drive off the Pirates, and follow them off.  RODORICK remains on the ground.