The Cid by Pierre Corneille
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to be feared, and which in this insult has served me for show, and not
for defence, go, abandon henceforth the most dishonored [_lit._ the last] of his race; pass, to avenge me, into better hands! Scene VI.--DON DIEGO and DON RODRIGO. _Don Diego._ Rodrigo, hast thou courage [_lit._ a heart]? _Don Rodrigo._ Any other than my father would have found that out instantly. _Don Diego._ Welcome wrath! worthy resentment, most pleasing to my grief! I recognize my blood in this noble rage; my youth revives in this ardor so prompt. Come, my son, come, my blood, come to retrieve my shame--come to avenge me! _Don Rodrigo._ Of what? _Don Diego._ Of an insult so cruel that it deals a deadly stroke against the honor of us both--of a blow! The insolent [man] would have lost his life for it, but my age deceived my noble ambition; and this sword, which my arm can no longer wield, I give up to thine, to avenge and punish. Go against this presumptuous man, and prove thy valor: it is only in blood that one can wash away such an insult; die or slay. Moreover, not to deceive thee, I give thee to fight a formidable antagonist [_lit._ a man to be feared], I have seen him entirely covered with blood and dust, carrying everywhere dismay through an entire army. I have seen by his valor a hundred squadrons broken; and, to tell thee |
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