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Bel-Imperia’s first love, Don Andrea, was killed in battle. But Don Andrea’s best friend Horatio captured the killer (Balthazar), and now Bel-Imperia is falling in love with Horatio. In this scene, Horatio and Bel-Imperia begin their romance. They have been left alone in the garden by Pedringano (Bel-Imperia’s servant), who is now reporting this relationship to her brother Lorenzo.
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Hor. What means my love?
Bel. I know not what myself;
And yet my heart foretells me some mischance.
Hor. Sweet, say not so; fair fortune is our friend,
And heav'ns have shut up day to pleasure us.
The stars, thou see'st, hold back their twinkling shine,
And Luna hides herself to pleasure us.
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