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Megrino doubts about her love. But then he declares his love to Caterina ("Ah questa volta io sento / Dolce la morte rendimi" / "Ah, this time I feel / Make the death sweet to me"). Then San Megrino, with the help of Arturo that provides him with a rope, flees from the window, just in time to avoid the Duke, who enters knocking down the door ("Ov'è desso?" / "Where is he?"). But Arturo and San Megrino have been discovered and now they are fighting against the guards of the Duke. Caterina, terrified, begs her husband to have mercy on them (aria: "Lascia in prima" / "Let at least"). But both Arturo and San Megrino are killed by the soldiers of the Duke. The Duke throws Caterina the handkerchief that aroused his suspects and Caterina curses him (finale: "Ah! m'uccidi" / "You are killing me").
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390:: "Non fuggirmi: in me destasti" / "Do not shun me: you aroused in me"). When they leave, Caterina loses a handkerchief; the Duke picks it up, but he thinks that it was lost by San Megrino going away and suspects that there can be a relation between him and the Duchess (
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