The rose and the ring; or, The history of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo; a fireside pantomime for great and small children . bles of the king-dom to pay him homage. So long as Valoroso gave them plenty ofballs at court, plenty of money, and lucrative places, the Paflagoniannobility did not care who was king; and as for the people in thoseearly times, they were equally indifferent. The Prince Giglio, by rea-son of his tender age at his royal fathers death, did not feel the lossof his crown and empire. As long as he had plenty of toys and sweet-meats, a holiday five times a week, and a horse an
The rose and the ring; or, The history of Prince Giglio and Prince Bulbo; a fireside pantomime for great and small children . bles of the king-dom to pay him homage. So long as Valoroso gave them plenty ofballs at court, plenty of money, and lucrative places, the Paflagoniannobility did not care who was king; and as for the people in thoseearly times, they were equally indifferent. The Prince Giglio, by rea-son of his tender age at his royal fathers death, did not feel the lossof his crown and empire. As long as he had plenty of toys and sweet-meats, a holiday five times a week, and a horse and gun to go outshooting when he grew a little older, and, above all, the company ofhis darling cousin, the kings only child, poor Giglio was perfectly con-tented ; nor did he erivy his uncle the royal robes and sceptre, thegreat, hot, uncomfortable throne of state, and the enormous, cumber-some crown in which that monarch appeared from morning till Valorosos portrait has been left to us, and I think you will agreewith me that he must have been sometimes rather tired of his velvet. HERE BEHOLD THE MONARCH Sit,. and his diamonds, and his ermine, and his irrandour. I shouldnt liketo sit in that stifling robe with such a thing as that on my head. • WITH HER MAJESTY OPPOSITE. IlllilillJi 13
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