What was the poor Duke to do, between his promise to Henry and the pleading of Mary?
He did what every other man with a heart in his breast and warm blood in his veins would have done, he cast prudence to the winds and secretly married the woman he loved.
[Footnote 188: _L.

and P._, ii., 134, 138, 163.] [Footnote 189: _Ven.

Cal._, ii., 574.] [Footnote 190: _L.

and P._, ii., 70, 85, 114.] [Footnote 191: _Ven.

Cal._, ii., 594; _L.