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H E Stories on which this Piece is 
founded, are univerſally known, and 

have been treated of before, reſpeCtively, 
tho' never blended together. It is impoſſible 
to be very particular in the writing of Duos, 
Trios, &c. where Comic effects in Muſie 
are meant to be produced: In the Songs, 
the Author hopes he has been more cor- 
rect. He is well aware, that ſome of the 
Dialogue may be thought too low; but as 
his ſcenes are neceſſarily laid in humble life, 
he has been obliged, tho' careful to avoid 


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character. 


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' conſcious that when its kindneſs often 
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BOOZE, Mr. VzRnoNn. 


BELPHEGOR, Mr. BASTA. 
"'WHEATEAR, Mr. Moopy. 
Jusrics SOLEMN, Mr. Paxsoxs, 


C OLIN, Mr. Davizs. 
WOMEN. 
PHEBE, © Miſs SiMsoNv. 


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Songs, Choruſſes, SC. 


Cuno. 


OW free from remorſe, from vexation and ftriſe 
Are the labours, and ſports of the villagers life. 


 THRASHER. 
\ As we thraſh, 
Two women ſpinning. 
As we ſpin. 
T hree voices. i 
All our time is well ſpent, 


Cuoryus. 
And we reap the rich harveſt of health and content. 


Den. 


COLIN i PHE BE. 


No ſorrows we prove, 

No afflictions but love,, 
And thoſe pangs of the heart 
Mingle pleaſure with ſmart. 


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S EMI HORN UsS. 


- The ſong and the tale 


| Are our conſtant regale, | — 
Aud ſoften the toils of the — and "he flall. 


C nous, repeated. 
How free from remorſe,” &c,  - — 


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What a ſcolding I got t other day for the flow'r, 
Which kneeling you forc'd me to choole ; 


Tour look was fo tender I had not the pow'r, 
I had not the will to refuſe. 


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Ah treacherous Colin, that roſe-bud, I doubt 
A thorn in my boſom has deen z | 

While artful you ſtrove to adorn it without, 
You pilter'd it's peace from within, 


AIR, y COLIN. 
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In truth and tenderneſs ſecure, 
The pangs of abſence Pll endure : 
Content to quit my boſom's Queen, 
While honour chears the parting ſceue. 


For every lonely hour ſhall be 
Egmploy'd, my fair, to think on thee, 


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When morn invites to early toil, 
Thy love ſnall make my labour ſmile; 
When ev'ning calls to downy reſt f 


That hope ſhall ſooth my penſive breaſl. 
For ev'ry lonely, &c. 


AIR, 5 BOOZE. 


From morn to night with axe in hand, 
Here in the wood I take my ſtand 
KEE Without content, 
With ſweat of brow, 
My life is ſpent 
In bough, hough, hough. | 
(imitating the firokes of the axe.) 
But what with the bottle and the pitcher, | 
1 grow the richerz _/ 
At ſetting ſun | os 
When work is done, 
Homeward I] ſteer, 
But no comfort is there: 
A ſcolding wife, 
Ils the 2 of my life, 
Poor Booze, 
Who wou'd chooſe 
To be tied up like thee in ſuch a nooſe. 


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AIR, H BELPHEGOR. 


From this moment you will be 

Maſter of your deſtiny ; 

 Whartſoc'er to pleaſe is wanted 
Wiſh——your wiſhes ſhall be * 


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If for riches you pine, 
If you thirſt after pow'r, 
Each gift will be thine 
In the ſpace of an hour. 
Then make the beſt uſe of the boon I beſtow, 
Nor the favours of fortune by folly o'erthrow. 


AIR, 5 DAME DIN. 
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Each day all the work of the houſe I muſt dog 
I ſew, and I knit, and I ſpinz | 
I ſcrub, and I rub, and I bake, and I brew; 
The labour's all left for Dame Din. 


II. 


And while ev'ry comfort we cannot afford, 


On my children's account, I refuſe, 
My buſband as great and as drunk as a lord, 
Thinks the pleaſure is all for Sir Booze. 


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But you raſcal, you villain, you hang-dog, you ſot, 
No longer this plan FIl purſue ; 
For ſince family duties are daily forgot, 
Dame Din will have her pleaſures too. 


AIR, yy BOOZE. 


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In grave debate, 
They only prate, 
Who ſimple are and young; 
The learn'd and wiſe, 
When they adviſe. 0 
Look big - but hold their tongue. 
b * Thus 


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Thus female wit, [ 
Is ſeldom fit, 
Ass ſages oft have ſung, 
Therefore i in life, 
Ihe prudent wife . 
Should always hold her tongue. 


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DAM E DIN. 
Adieu to the village, 


To toil and to tillage 
Squire Booze and his lady 


WHEATEAR; ( ſpeaking.) 
Why what's all this ? Heydey | 


DA M E DIN, 
With ruffles and rings, 
And a thouſand fine things, 


As great as a queen, 
Madam Din will be ſeen; 


Wich a train at my tail — 


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WH EAT E AR. 
Lord what can ſhe ail. 


DAME DIN. 


In a coach III be drawn, 
There III loll, and Pll yawn; 
It's grand to be lazy: 


WH EAT EAR. 
She's certainly crazy. 
DAME 


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DAME DIN. 
Then I and my daughter,— 
(Pm burſting with laughter) 
Will live like the ladies in down, 


n Our friends and relations unknown. 
Ha! ha! hal ha! 


WHEATEAR. 
Hal ha! ha! hat” 
DAME DIN. 1 
O what delight, 
To be mix'd every ni he” 


Wich lords and fine >: nl 
To dance and cut Jones. 


Hal ha! ha! ha? hal—my lord I'm your ſervant; 


W HE ATEAR. 
Ha! ha] ha! ha ! ha Ik "_T your ſervant. 


AIR, 5 w HEATEAR. 


Was ſuch folly ever ſeen ; 
What can thele vagaries mean; 
Preſs'd and courted yeſterday, 
Laugh'd at and refuPd to-day ; 
But in vain we think to find, 
Reaſon in a woman's mind. 


Sooner I'll forget to plough, 
| Sooner fire my barley mow, 

[ Sooner fancy to procure, 
A Plenteous crops without manure, 
Than again expect to find 
Reaſon, in a woman's mind, 


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All the Craditors of BOOZE. 
MILLER. 


For five ſacks of barley, two buſhels of rye, 
In all ſeven pounds 


DAM E DIN. 
Is't right caſt up ? 


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MILLER, > 

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Al te” CREDITORS. | 

I'll be paid, ſo will I, fo will I, fo wilt, © | 
CONSTAHIII 


Hey, neighbours, what the devil is the matter ? 


Al te CREDITORS, 
My bill! my bill! my bill! L321 


CONSTABLE. 
Zounds, what a clatter ! 
Tis the huſband you ſhould ſeek. 


| CREDITORS, 
He's ſo drunk he cannot ſpeak, 


CONSTABLE. 
Or ſober, or drunk, to ſecure him ru vy. 


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CREDITORS, following * Wye 
Ill be ms; will 1—ſo will Iſo will 1 


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DAME DIN. 
What « care what care I—what care l. 


* DUET; „ COLIN and PHEBE, 


Ah! hapleſs Colin quit thy hold, 
For duty bids my heart be cold. 
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Sure Phebe's heart that love may prize; 
Which duty's ſelf ſhall authorize. 
BOT H.. 


'Alas ! how luckleſs i is our - aller 
Retire, retire—again they come. 


"CREDITORS. 

To ſtay we've no leiſure. 

5B OO Z E, (ia liguor.) 
I tell you a tr tr tr treaſure. 
* DAME DIN. 
Three treaſures, Bet: 
| BOOZE. 
"By; three... 


CONSTABLE. SN 


They're both certainly mad. 
CREDI T O R 8. 

Your goods we will ſeize, | 

£904>..% 5, 5 

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' CREDITORS. 


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CREDITOR $; 
Your tools, your apparel. 


Nan cr 
If you do, we ſhan't quarrel. 


CREDITORS and CHORUS. 
With every thing elſe that there is to be had. 
| wo MA N. | | 
Is't for this ſo long I've tarried, 
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Don't bear malice. 


CREDITORS. 
Io ajail you ſhall be carried. 


DAME DIN. 
You miſtake, tis to a palace. 


CREDITORS: 


Ev'ry day we'll hither come, 
Ev'ry day diſturb your home; 

Break your peace, and wound your pride, 
Till ev'ry wiſh is gratify'd, 


COLIN, in CHORUS 


Ev'ry day Ill hither come, 
Ev'ry day diſturb your home, 
Till Phebe yield a willing bride, 
And ev'ry wiſh is gratify d, | 
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PHEBE, in cHorugs 1005 
Ev'ry day will Colin come, 

Ev'ry day diſturb my home, 

Phebe till her love muſt 
Till * wiſh is gradiy'd. 


CONSTABLE, in CHORUS; 
Ev'ry day they'll hither come, 
þ _— day diſturb your home, 
your peace, and wound your pride; 
T ill wy 1-2 is d. 


DAME DIN, in CHORUS, 


E ry day you'll hither come, 
_ Ev'ry — ee our Ow * 
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'T ill ev'ry "wiſh? is gatify'd, | n 


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AIR, PHB. 


S yet in the morn of my youth, 
A patent's/advice'I revere; . . 
Bur, oh! while you cheriſh my truth, | 


Think my rr equally dear. 


II. 


Ky pa paſſion's not founded on whim, 

oung Colin fitſt taught it to'glow :! 

And the breatt which hach kindled for him, 
No warmth for another can know. | 


II. 
Sincere and reſpettfu 


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To Colin as conſtant Pll prove; 
For the heart that to duty is true, 
Will always: de faithful to love. 


IN. B. The funk Vojvi een 1. eee, 
A I R, 


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A1. DAME DIN. 


Novght ſo certain, , uy 

As a word and a blow, 
To regulate matters 

To manage the houſe, 

To qualify ſpouſe, 
They conquer who brandiſh the beſt — 


She that's quiet; and c’ 
Poor good-natur'd fool, 
What mortal will find out her motley 
In each ſtation of life. 22 
For maid, widow,'or wife, 
There's 2 like a woman of bit. 5 


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AIR. » WHEATEAR. 


Then away to | 
Where we'll ſcold © our ++ 
And a wedding 'twill be without pelf ; 
We'll have a ſack-poſlet, 
That nothing may croſs it, 
And I'll throw the ſtocking myſelf. 


Fal, lal, de ral, lal, &c. 


AIR, 3 BOOZE. 


They court, they careſs me, . 
They cringe, they addreſa me, /- 
3 morrow, friend, morrow 3 1801 
2 pe your hearty, Why ſo dul? 
Can 1 aſſiſt, my purſe i is full; 11A 
Ferchance you want to borrow, bre 


Though 


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Though virtue, when ſtarving, 
Is ſcarce worth preſerving, 

When once the pocket's heavy 3 © 
Tho? ſtain'd with guilt, and ank in vice, 
But ope the door, and in a trice, 

You'll have a crouded levee. 


*AIR, b WHEATEAR, 


Chear up, my friend, your cares defy, 
Your comforts now are budding + 
What huſband would not _ buy 

His quiet, for a pudding? 
Tho? winter checks the cifing crop, 
The ſpring we know is warmer; 
For brighter hours we live and hope, 
So ſays the Country Farmer. 


What matters now, fines Madam's dumb, 
If hence ſhe wear the breeches? 


From wife that's mute, no Ill can come, 
Then bear your loſs of riches. 

No —— let your looks betray; _ 
In mirth the ſureſt truſt is, A 


Swallow griefs, and nothing ſay 
So thinks TIES Country Juſtice, We 


AIR, & BELPHEGOR. 


Wiſely hath fate to man denied oo © 

That all his wants ſhould OED pts 44-4 
Could he his every(wiſh enjoy, gg 
Fruicion would' the end deſtroy. 4 


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Of wealth, of ſtate, of pow'r poſſeſt, 
Diſguſt would ſeize the ſated breaſt ; 
The mind a ſcene of tumult made, 
Would ſicken at the ſad parade. 


III. 


Then learn to prize your humble lot, 


Improve the little you have got; 
And when content appears in view, 
You'll own the devil _ pow true. 


RONDEAU ond Chorus; 0 


Free from the cares ide day wait 
To rend the boſoms of the great; 
Our riches and our joys ſnall be 
Deriv'd from health and induſtry. 


DAME Du. 


No more for fancied bliſs well roam, 
We'll ſigh for ſtate no more; 

And when we ſeek our humble home, 
Content ſhall ope the door. 


Thus happy i in the ruſtic cot; . f | 2 | 


Our labours well purfue; 
ne atno'gne's: brighter — 


Free from the cates, Gt. 


COLIN, 


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COLIN. 


Our ſwains no warlike weapons wield, 
No dire contentions know; 
With peaceful arms we grace the 


The cke and che plough. 


BOOZE. 


'And while we live the life we love, 
Amid the rural throng, * 

Our ſports ſhall our contentment prove, 
And this ſhall be the ſong. 


Free from the cares, &c. 


Chen the DEATH of Mr, BARRY. 


* me, Melpamene divine, | 

With chat Atliction droops thy Head ? 

« No Sorrow ſure can equal mine; | 

N. 5 My only „Carling Son is dead! — 
No e E2r11ke hin could melt the 


TS may a childleſs Moth ! | 

i Bury Bow | and tragic Art ic Art, 1 4 Le 
into One. 

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if the Mem of that — Trig edian, 79 
1 N BARRY: 


ET (ad 52 ene beſtow the Tear, | 
Ang _ 8 Chas o'er tuneful Bar- 


N ry * &er the Actors Hearſe; 
— That Tonges is nutte——which ſung your 
1 © Iwcereft Verſe: ; 
” Now ng your Myrtles, and your Laurefs' I 


And cloſe * with Honour, this laſt tragick Scene! . 
Good were his Eutrance his Exit fair 

Such as became at once the Man- the Play'r r. 
Drop the flow Curtain « 70 0 * approv'd, 
Ke tell re * d. 


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Appearance and Pravers in that new Character, 

that the Company knowing his Talent for 2 

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i Jan. 24- a : "AMTCUS. 


To Mrs. BARRY, __ laft Appearance in * , 
 Charater of ExrttuswiDa. 
| FAT all the Praiſe the Maſes can heſtq v 
On her; Fee {preags Ger Lowe ind 0 


Mae 
| Who c'er ede the Grace of Barry move, 


And Rtill repreſs'd the wiſhing Sigh of Love ? 


Ah! hear her ſpeak ! each ſofter Sigh's re- 


preſs'd, 
Arid all es Paſſion agitates the Breaſt. 


Tuer while our Boſoms feel bor e 


irre — Loss, and her preient afletling 
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"And 2 u ſtems amg we rung loſt ; 


he mighty Areſs touches Nature's Ney, 

And melts, amhlſt our Tears, gur Souls 3 

Thus have I ſcen A4urora's Form 3 1 N38 " 3x 
Rite beauteous from the Eaſt 


\ Day; 


Charn'dy. the Goddeſs we her Steps admire, 
Til! ch we glow, 'and fink beneath, her 


Fir 

Then, quick relieved, we fee the falling 
Shewer, 

We look to Heav'n, and bleſs the genial 
Power. 


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| But how for Big las can I ſhed a Tear? 4 
| When'real | Grief: the 1 d Boſom preſs, 
bo it raiſe Sighs 77 5 exp r 


In vain will Art —— Naare . | 
KH Nature for herſelf exhauſts he 


"The Tree cut'down to which ſhe clung and 


Behold the proplefs Woodbine hends to you 
| Your folf Fing Pow'r will L eds 


And though ſhe droops, may raiſe her oy 
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Fallen The SERAGLIO, performed lait 
| ga at Covent Garden Theatre, for the 
| THE Fable of this little Drama, however 
1 ſhort and fumple, is founded on ſuch 
Circumſtances as cannot be but pl te an 
humane Mind; and the Events are ſo well 
connected, and as fully explained as u neceſ- 
| fary Attention to the Mulic could poſfibiy 
| permit. The Characters, which are all En. | 
gliſh, except the Baſhaw and his Attend ants, 
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Abdallah, a Turkiſh Baſhaw, Mr. attoc ks. | 


Frederick, - Mx. => 
Mr. Reinhold. 
Mr. Dunſtall. |} 


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Goodwill, a Fiſherman, 


| Venture, —n — Mr. Quick. 
Williams, — Mr. Thompſon. 
Haflan, — Mr, Baker. 
Lydia, = — Miſs Brown. 
Polly, — Miſs Dayes, © 
[Curtis, — Mie. Green. 


Elmira, — — A Young Lady. 
The Piece opens with a2 pleaſing View of 
Goodwill's Cottage, by the Sea Sides near the 
Seraglio 3 the Family and Fiſhermen are em- 
ployed in their reſpective Duties. Polly is - 
mong them, who has left England in Search 
| of her Father, who is 2 Slave to the Baſhaw | 
| nd whom ſhe means to try to redeem by of- 
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fering herſelf to Captivity in his Stead. Fre- 
| derick then appears, (with the Ship's Crew) 
| who having had the Lady to whom he was be- 
trothed, torn from him by Violence, and 
alike condemned 7 comes determined 
to reſcue her, or loſe his Life in the Attempt. 

| He diſmiſſes all the Crew except Yeature, 

who is to accompany him in his wan "os 

Among the Sailgrs, Polly unexpectedly finds 
| Reef, (to whom her Father. had engaged to 
marry her) who with Reſolution natural to 
Britiſh Tar, reſolves to venture into the Se- 
| raglio, and redeem Polly's Father, even at the 

Expence of his own Liberty; Frederick makes 
the ſame Reſolution to get Sight of his Lydia. 
i They obtain a Means of doing this by « pri - 
vate Key, which Goodwill (he ſupplies che 
9 with Fiſh) has io his Poſſeſſion. | | 
Abdallah then appears in his Pavillion, ſur- 
rounded by his Captives and Attendants. He 

is deſcribed of a free and noble Diſpoſition ; ' 
but ſtricken with his new "Captive, Lydia, 
; ſolicits ker co return his Love, and poſſeſs thut 
Place in his Heart, which was once filled by 
; Elmira... Lydia, throu Com for El- 

mire's Sufferings, rejects his Offers with Diſ- 

dein, and mudizaree hor own Bfonge with hes 

beloved Prederick. The Jetter Endeavouring. 
* accompliſh-this Deſign by Night, is made 
. a Priſoner with his Attendant, Venture, Reef 
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open Violence. 


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