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“Yes, Don Alfonso! husband now no more,

If ever you indeed deserved the name,

Is ’t worthy of your years?⁠—you have threescore⁠—

Fifty, or sixty, it is all the same⁠—

Is ’t wise or fitting, causeless to explore

For facts against a virtuous woman’s fame?

Ungrateful, perjured, barbarous Don Alfonso,

How dare you think your lady would go on so?