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Show 72 The K E Y to Note 5. p. 22. 1. 16. Intrigue in a late Play. The loft Lady, by Sir Robert Stapled Note 6. p. 22. 1. 37. As fome tall Pine, which w e on JEtna find T ' have flood the Rage of many a boift'rous Wind, Feeling without, that Flames within do play, Which would confume his Root and Sap aw ay; H e fpreads his worried Arms unto the Skies, Silently grieves, all pale, repines and dies: So, fhrouded up, your bright Eye difappears. Break forth, bright fcorching Sun, and dry m y Tears. In Imitation of this Pajf. ' As fome fair Tulip, by a Storm oppreft, Shrinks up, and folds its filken Arms to reft ; And bending to the Blail, all pale and dead, Hears from within the W i n d £ng round its Head: So fhrouded up your Beauty difappears; Unveil, m y Love, and lay afide your Fears; The Storm that caus'd your Fright, is paft and gene. Conqueft of Granada, Part I. p. --. Note 7. p. 25. 1. 34. The whole State': turn d, &C. Such eafy Turns of State are frequent in our modern Plays ; where w e fee Princes dethion'd, and Governors ch;,ng'd, by very feeble Means, and en flight Occafions : parricularly in Marriage A-la-mode, a hay writ fince the filft Publication of this Farce. Where (to pafs by the Dulncfs of the State-part, the Obfcurity of the Ccmicl;, the near iblance Leonidas bears to our Prince Prettyman, being fometimes a King's Son, ibme-es a Shepherd's ; and not to queftion how Amaltka. to be a Princefs, her Brother, the King's grea Tavounte, being but a Lord) 'tis worth our while to ob- • eafily the f erce and jealous Ufurper is depofed, t Heir plac'd on the Throne ; and it is thus ' imaginary Princefs.. the REHEARSAL.' 73 Amalth. O h \ Gentlemen, if you have Loyalty, Or Courage, fhow it now : Leonidas, Broke on a fudden from his Guards, and fnatching A fword from one, his Back againft the Scaffold, Bravely defends himfelf; and owns aloud, He is our long-loft King, found for this moment; But, if your Valours help not, loft for ever. T w o of his Guards, mov'd by the Senfe of Virtue, Are turn'd for him ; and there they ftand at bay, Againft a Hoft of Foes. Marriage Ala-mode, p. 69. This fhews Mr. Bayes to be a Man of Conftancy, and firm to his Refolution, and not to be laugh'd out of his o wn Method ; agreeable to what he fays in the next Act ? As long as I know my Things are good, what care I what they fay. Note 8. p. 26. 1. 2. Hey day f hey day ! I know not what to do, nor what to fay. know not what to fay, or what to think ! I know not when I fleep, or when I wake ! Love and Friendplp, p. 46. M y Doubts and Fears m y Reafon do difmay ; I know not what to do, or what to fay. Pandora, p. 46. ACT III. P N o t e 1. page 28. line 26. R 1 N c E Prettyman, and Tom Thimble ; Failer; and Bibber his Taylor, in the Wild Gallant p. c, 6. Note 2. p. 29. 1. 15. Bayes. There's a Bob for the Court. Nay if that be all, there's no fuch Hafte. The Courtiers Rre not fo forward to pay their Debts. Wild Gallant, p. 9. Note 3. p. 29. 1. 20. Tom Thim. Ay, Sir, in your own C,in: You give me nothing but Words. *> Take |