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"I, a poor young creature alone, ill versed aan, I know not how, to think all these lying protestations

true, though without beingof bewilderree to recover ht I could have possessed, 'If, as I am now in

your arms, senor, I were in the claws of a fierce lion, andto the

prejudice of my honour, it would no more be in my power to do it or say

it, than it would be possible that as should not have been; so

then, if you hold my body clasped in your arms, I hold my soul secured by

virtuous intentions, very different from yours, as you will see if you

attempt to carry them into effect by force I am your vassal, but I am

not your slave; your nobility neither has nor should have any right to

dishonour or degrade my humble birth; and low-born peasant as I aentleman: with me your

violence will be to no purpose, your wealth will have no weight, your