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RESTAURATION:

OR,

Right will take Place.

A

TRAGICOMEDY.

Written by GEORGE VILLIERS, late Duke of BUCKINGHAM.

From the Original Copy, never before Printed.

LONDON:

Printed in the Year MDCCXIV.

THE

PROLOGU E.

No

By the Duke of BUCKINGHAM.

Othing is harder in the World to do,
Than to quit what our Nature leads us to.
As this our Friend here proves, who, baving spent
His Time and Wealth for other Folks Content,
Tho' be fo much as Thanks could never get,
Cann't, for his Life, quite give it over yet;
But, ftriving ftill to pleafe you, hopes he may,
Without a Grievance, try to mend a Play.
Perhaps he wifh'd it might have been bis Fate
To lend a helping Hand to mend the State:
Tho' be conceives, as things have lately run,
Tis fomewhat hard at prefent to be done.
Well, let that pass, the Stars that rule the Rout,
Do what we can, I fee, muft whirl about :
But here's the Devil on't, that, come what will,
His Stars are fure to make him Lofer ftill.
When all the Polls together made a Din,
Some to put out, and others to put in,
And every where his Fellows got and got
From being nothing to be God knows what:
He, for the Public, needs would play a Game,
For which he has been trounc'd by public Fame
And to speak Truth, fo he deferv'd to be
For his dull clownish Singularity:
For when the Fashion is to break ones Truft,
Tis Rudeness then to offer to be Fuft.

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Dram

The King.

MEN.

Philander, true Heir to the Crown.
Thrafomond, Prince of Spain.
Cleon, A Lord.

Agremont, Gentlemen his Confederates.
Adelard,

A Spaniard, Governour to Prince Thrafomond.

WOME N.
VOM ME N.

Araminta, The King's Daughter.

Melefinda, {

A modeft Lady attending on the
Princess.

Alga, A wanton Court Lady.

Two other Court Ladies.

Daughter to Cleon, but difguifed like

Euphrofyne, {a Page, under the Name of Endymion.

SCENE Sicily.

THE

THE

Compleat WORKS

OF

GEORGE VILLIERS, Late Duke of Buckingham.

In Two Volumes.

VOL. I.

THE

RESTAURATION, &c.

Agr.

ACT I. SCENE I.

Cleon, Agremont and Adelard.

H

Ere's no Body come yet.

Cleon. They had Orders from the King to attend here. Befides it has been published, that no Officer fhould deny Admiffion to any Gentleman that defire to attend and hear. Agr. Can

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