. The London stage : a collection of the most reputed tragedies, comedies, operas, melo-dramas, farces and interludes ; accurately printed from acting copies, as performed at the Theatres Royal, and carefully collated and revised. .Tis he! avenging heaven! it is ray husband. Capt. Lord Davenantyour husband! complicatedmisery I Charles. Her husband, and my father ! Lady D. The horrid mystery is solved. Mar. Then, let me die; let my heart burst atonce, and bury me for ever in oblivion. Lady D. No ; whilst my arms, my friendship canuphold you, you shall never fall. Come from thebody, Charles: cea
. The London stage : a collection of the most reputed tragedies, comedies, operas, melo-dramas, farces and interludes ; accurately printed from acting copies, as performed at the Theatres Royal, and carefully collated and revised. .Tis he! avenging heaven! it is ray husband. Capt. Lord Davenantyour husband! complicatedmisery I Charles. Her husband, and my father ! Lady D. The horrid mystery is solved. Mar. Then, let me die; let my heart burst atonce, and bury me for ever in oblivion. Lady D. No ; whilst my arms, my friendship canuphold you, you shall never fall. Come from thebody, Charles: cease to contemplate that bloodyobject. Charles. Nay, but be silent—it is done—hesdead. I will be dumb, henceforth; but have somecare of me; for if ray reason fails, and not remem-bering he was my father, I should shock natureshearing with a curse, twill be the brains depra-vity, and not the hearts. Lady D. Alas ! unhappy friends, ray spirits willnot serve to give jou consolation; but let us pa-tiently await, and it will come from heaven : thesame dispensing hand, that to the blameless bosomdeals the wound, will, in its own good time, admi-nister the cure. l_Exeunt. OROONOKO; A TRAGEDY, IN FIVE ACTS.—BY THOMAS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR CAPTAIN DRIVER OROONOKO BLANDFORD ABOAN CHARACTERS. HOTMANSTANMOREJACK STANMOREDANIELPLANTERS Act v.—Scene 4. WIDOVlf LACKITTCHARLOTTE WELDONLUCY WELDONIMOINDASLAVES ACT I. Scene I. Enter CHARLOTTE Weldon, in mans clothes, following LuCY. Lucy. What will this come to ? what can it endin t You have persuaded me to leave dear England,and dearer London, the place of the world mostworthy living in, to follow you, a husband-hunting,into America: I thought husbands grew in theseplantations. Char. Why, so they do, as thick as orangesripening one under another. Week after week theydrop into some womans mouth. Tis but a littlepatience, spreading your .apron in expectation, andone of them will fall into your lap at last. Lucy. Ay, say you so, ind
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