RODERIGO: O! I have had
A glimpse of such a creature, that deserves
A temple! if thou lov'st her--and I blame thee not,
For who can look on her, and not give up
His life unto her service?--if thou lov'st her,
For pity's sake conceal her; let me not
As much as know her name, there's a temptation in't;
Let me not know her dwelling, birth, or quality,
Or anything that she calls hers, but thee;
In thee, my friend, I'll see her: and t' avoid
The surfeits and those rarities that tempt me,
So much I prize the happiness of friendship,
That I will leave the city. Speed me
For Salamanca; court my studies now
For physic 'gainst infection of the mind.
Here to live, and live
Without her, is impossible and wretched.
For heaven's sake, never tell her what I was,
Or that you know me! and when I find that absence
Hath lost her to my memory, I'll dare
To see ye again. Meantime, the cause that draws me
From hence shall be to all the world untold;
No friend but thou alone, for whose sake only
I undertake this voluntary exile,
Shall be partaker of my griefs: thy hand,
Farewell; and all the pleasures, joys, contents,
That bless a constant lover, henceforth crown thee
A happy bridegroom!