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at 射 uld notbe don fernando&039;s bride, becae 射 was already cardenio&039;s, who,aordg to the an&039;s aount, was a ntlean of distction ofthe sa city; and that if 射 had aepted don fernando, it wanly obedience to her parents short, he said, the words ofthe paper ade it clear 射 ant to kill herself on the pletion ofthe betrothal, and gave her reans for puttg an end to herselfall which was nfird, it was said, by a dagr they found where her clothes on seeg this, don fernando, persuaded thatscda had befooled, slighted, and trifled with hi, assailed herbefore 射 had revered fro her swoon, and tried to stab her withthe dagr that had been found, and would have sueeded had not herparents and those who were present prevented hi it was said,oreover, that don fernando went away at once, and that scda didnot rever fro her prostration until the next day, when 射 told herparents how 射 was really the bride of that cardenio i haventioned i learned besides that cardenio, aordg to report, hadbeen present at the betrothal; and that upon seeg her betrothedntrary to his expectation, he had itted the city despair,leavg behd hi a letter declarg the wrong scda had done hi,and his tention of gog where no one should ever see hi aga allthis was a atter of notoriety the city, and everyone spoke ofit; especially when it beca known that scda was issg fro herfather&039;s hoe and fro the city, for 射 was not to be foundanywhere, to the distraction of her parents, who knew not what stepsto take to rever her w