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2. Lidia: Oh, Givanni,
What have you done! Sir, be a prince indeed
And pardon –
Duke: Stop, I order you. (to Giovanni)
I take you at your word – I banish you,
Dissmiss you from the order of succession
And leave you to your fate. (WATP, 264).
3. Marchesa: Dafne, stay!
I order you.
Count: I seek no pardon –
I only beg you to restrain your wrath
A little space, until you understand
This strange fatality that urged me on,
And made me seem disloyal. (WATP, 239).
4. Duke: Linda, sit here and listen – I, your prince, command it (WATP, 261).
5. Giovanni: I will excuse your tarring to the Duke.
Count: I thank Your Highness. (WATP, 213).
6. Count: Your grace is kind –
But pray reflect –
Duke: Is this your grattitude
For honours heaped on you?
Count: No, not – I pray you – very gladly
To serve you would I make this – sacrifice (WATP, 232).
7. Duke: Her heart is set
On wedding Dafne to Giovanni. You,
Marrying this girl, remove the obstacle
To that dear dream.
Count: True, true!
Duke: You hesitate?
I ask too much of you?
Count: No. I consent,
On the condition – that you undertake
To make my peace with Marchesa (WATP, 233)
8. Lidia: You, Captain Moro!
Count: I entreat your pardon (WATP, 241).
9. Giovanni: Lidia, let us fly,
Now, - on the instant! I renounce all claim to sovereignty, inherence – (WATP, 244).
10. I bid Your Grace adieu! I humbly beg
your license to return at dawn tomorrow
to Caromonte. (WATP, 252).
11. I beg of you, Señor,
Your license to examine that same toy
That dagger (WATP, 191).
12. Beatriz: I am his widow, and I claim for him
An honourable grave… (WATP, 192).
13. Pray you. Pardon me,
My lord, - if I mistake not, I address