Tuo drudo e mio rivale

English Libretto or Translation:

Grimoaldo
Him to safe custody – for you, now hear me,
be he your stallion, or your spouse, no matter.
Take him once more and clasp him to your
bosom, you’ve my consent to that, I shan`t dispute,
if these embraces lawful be or no,
but you shall take your farewell of them now,
and never meet again.
To Rodelinda
If he’s your spark, my rival he,
and if your spouse, my foe,
to me no matter, which he be,
he to the shades shall go.
A sacrifice to that embrace,
thy blood shall, sure, be spilt,
if `twas not chaste, or if it was,
still equal is the guilt.