That Almahide may sigh you set her free.

_Enter_ ZULEMA.

_Zul._ Of five tall towers which fortify this town,
All but the Alhambra your dominion own:
Now, therefore, boldly I confess a flame,
Which is excused in Almahide's name.
If you the merit of this night regard,
In her possession I have my reward.

_Almanz._ She your reward! why, she's a gift so great,
That I myself have not deserved her yet;
And therefore, though I won her with my sword,
I have, with awe, my sacrilege restored.

_Zul._ What you deserve
I'll not dispute, because I do not know;
This only I will say, she shall not go.

_Almanz._ Thou, single, art not worth my answering:
But take what friends, what armies thou canst bring;
What worlds; and, when you are united all,
Then will I thunder in your ears,--She shall.

_Zul._ I'll not one tittle of my right resign.--
Sir, your implicit promise made her mine;
When I, in general terms, my love did show,
You swore our fortunes should together go.