VOLUME ONE

LONDON:

Printed for J. Knapton, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. and R. Tonson, S. Crowder and Co. W. Bathoe, T. Lownds, T. Caslon, and G. Kearsly. M.DCC.LXI.

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THE PROLOGUE.

By a GENTLEMAN.

Spoken by Mrs. OLDFIELD.

_Such dreadful Laws of late 'gainst Wit are made,_ _It dares not in the City show its Head._ _No Place is safe; each Cuckold turns Informer,_ _If we make merry--it must be in a Corner._ _And here's To-night, what doubly makes it sweet,_ _A private Table, and a Lady's Treat:_ _At her Reflections none can be uneasy,_ _When the kind Creature does her best to please ye._ _Humbly she sues, and 'tis not for your Glory_ _T'insult a Lady--when she falls before ye._ _But since no human Wit can stand the Test,_ _With_ Gorman! _and the_ Champion of the West! _She'll fill the Lists, and then you cannot slight her,_ (_With Honour safe_) _for she's_ a fair Inviter. _Expects no Favour, but at Honour's Call,_ _Defies the boldest_ Briton _of you all;_ _Whate'er's her Fate, she's sure to gain the Field,_ _For Women always conquer, when they yield._

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Dramatis Personæ.

MEN.

_Count_ Bassino, _a_ Savoyard, _married to_ } _Mr._ Mills. Placentia, _and in Love with_ Aurelia, } Armando, Bassino's _Friend_, _Mr._ Simpson. Alonzo, _a_ Venetian _Gentleman_, _betrothed } to_ Aurelia, } _Mr._ Thomas. Pizalto, _a Noble_ Venetian, _Mr._ Norris. Ludovico, _a_ Frenchman, _Mr._ Fairbank.

WOMEN.

Placentia, Bassino's _Wife_, _Mrs._ Kent. Aurelia, _a young_ Venetian _Lady, betrothed_ } _to_ Alonzo, _but in Love with_ } _Mrs._ Oldfield. Bassino, } Forella, _her Woman_, _Mrs._ Baker. _Lady_ Pizalta, Pizalto's _Wife_, _Mrs._ Moore. Lucy, _her Woman_, _Mrs._ Lucas.

_Maskers, Dancers, Singers, and Attendants._

SCENE, VENICE, in Carnival-Time.

THE PERJUR'D HUSBAND.