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Pedro Calderon de la Barca Quote

CLOTALDO. What then dost thou mean to do?ROSAURA. Kill the Duke.CLOTALDO. A gentle dame,Who no father's name doth know,Can she so much valour show?ROSAURA. Yes.CLOTALDO. What drives thee on?ROSAURA. My fame.CLOTALDO. Think that in the Duke thou'lt see . . . .ROSAURA. Honour all my wrath doth rouse.CLOTALDO. Soon thy king — Estrella's spouse.ROSAURA. No, by Heaven! it must not be.CLOTALDO. It is madness.ROSAURA. Yes, I see it.CLOTALDO. Conquer it.ROSAURA. I can't o'erthrow it.CLOTALDO. It will cost thee . . . .ROSAURA. Yes, I know it.CLOTALDO. Life and honour.ROSAURA. Well, so be it.CLOTALDO. What wouldst have?ROSAURA. My death.CLOTALDO. Take care!It is spite.ROSAURA. 'Tis honour's cure.CLOTALDO. 'Tis wild fire.ROSAURA. That will endure.CLOTALDO. It is frenzy.ROSAURA. Rage, despair.CLOTALDO. Can there then be nothing doneThis blind rage to let pass by?ROSAURA. No.

Pedro Calderon de la Barca

CLOTALDO. What then dost thou mean to do?ROSAURA. Kill the Duke.CLOTALDO. A gentle dame,Who no father's name doth know,Can she so much valour show?ROSAURA. Yes.CLOTALDO. What drives thee on?ROSAURA. My fame.CLOTALDO. Think that in the Duke thou'lt see . . . .ROSAURA. Honour all my wrath doth rouse.CLOTALDO. Soon thy king — Estrella's spouse.ROSAURA. No, by Heaven! it must not be.CLOTALDO. It is madness.ROSAURA. Yes, I see it.CLOTALDO. Conquer it.ROSAURA. I can't o'erthrow it.CLOTALDO. It will cost thee . . . .ROSAURA. Yes, I know it.CLOTALDO. Life and honour.ROSAURA. Well, so be it.CLOTALDO. What wouldst have?ROSAURA. My death.CLOTALDO. Take care!It is spite.ROSAURA. 'Tis honour's cure.CLOTALDO. 'Tis wild fire.ROSAURA. That will endure.CLOTALDO. It is frenzy.ROSAURA. Rage, despair.CLOTALDO. Can there then be nothing doneThis blind rage to let pass by?ROSAURA. No.

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