SCENE II.

_A Gallery of the Castle._

_Enter FERNANDO, ALPHONSO, and VICTORIA._

_Don Fer._ Give me joy, Alphonso; Father Benedick, in this dear and wished-for union, has this moment made me the happiest of mankind.

_Don Alph._ Then it is certain all you have told me of my Victoria?

_Vict._ True, indeed, Alphonso, that name really belongs to me.

_Don Alph._ No matter, as neither lineage, name, or fortune, caught my heart, let her forfeit all, she is still dear to her Alphonso.

_Don Fer._ Courage, Alphonso--I'll answer you shall be no exception to the general joy of this happy night.

_Don Alph._ Happy, indeed, if blest with my Lorenza.

AIR XVII.--ALPHONSO.

_Come, ye hours, with bliss replete,_ _Bear me to my charmer's feet!_ _Cheerless winter must I prove,_ _Absent from, the maid I love;_ _But the joys our meetings bring,_ _Show the glad return of spring._

[Exeunt.