thers: I never yet disobeyed him; in which I have had little merit; for his commands hitherto have only been to secure my own felicity.

Mr. Jes. Apres ma chere

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Clar. But now, Sir, I am under the shocking necessity of disobeying him, or being wretched for ever. Mr. Jes. Hem!

Clar. Our union is impossible-my present situation -the gloomy prospect before me-the inquietude of my mind

AIR.

Poor panting heart, ah! wilt thou ever
Throb within my troubled breast;

Shall I see the moment never
That is doom'd to give thee rest?

Cruel stars! that thus torment me,
Still I seek for ease in vain,
All my efforts but present me
With variety of pain.

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SCENE IX.

JESSAMY, JENKINS.

Mr. Jes. Who's there?

Jen. Do you call, Sir?

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Mr. Jes. Hark you, old gentleman! who are you
Jen. Sir, my name is Jenkins.

Mr. Jes. Oh! you are Sir John Flowerdale's st ward; a servant he puts confidence in.

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Jen. Sir, I have served Sir John Flowerdale ma years he is the best of masters; and, I believe, has some dependance on my attachment and fidelity

Mr. Jes. Then, Mr. Jenkins, I-shall condescend speak to you. Does your master know who I an Does he know, Sir, that I am likely to be a Peer Great Britain? That I have ten thousand pounds year; that I have passed through all Europe with d tinguished eclat; that I refused the daughter of My heer Van Slokenfolk, the great Dutch burgomaste and, that, if I had not had the misfortune of bei bred a protestant, I might have married the niece of present holiness the Pope, with a fortune of two hu dred thousand piasters ?

Jen. I am sure, Sir, my master has all the resp imaginable

Mr. Jes. Then, Sir, how comes he, after my she ing an inclination to be allied to his family; h comes he, I say, to bring me to his house to be fronted? I have let his daughter go; but, I think was in the wrong; for a woman that insults me, is more safe than a man. I have brought a Lady reason before now, for giving me saucy langua and left her male friends to revenge it.

Jen. Pray, good Sir, what's the matter?

Mr. Jes. Why, Sir, this is the matter, Sir-your master's daughter, Sir, has behaved to me with damn'd insolence, and impertinence: and you may tell Sir John Flowerdale, first, with regard to her, that I think she is a silly, ignorant, awkward, ill-bred Country puss.

Jen. Oh! Sir, for Heaven's sake

Mr. Jes. And, that with regard to himself, he is, in my opinion, an old, doating, ridiculous, country 'squire; without the knowledge of either men or things; and, that he is below my notice, if it were not to despise him.

Jen. Good Lord! Good Lord!

Mr. Jes. And, advise him and his daughter to keep out of my way; for, by gad, I will affront them, in the first place I meet them-And, if your master is for carrying things further; tell him, I fence better than any man in Europe.

AIR.

In Italy, Germany, France have I been;
Where princes I've liv'd with, where monarchs I've

seen,

The great have caress'd me,

The fair have address'd me,

Nay, smiles I have had from a queen.

And, now, shall a pert,

Insignificant flirt,

With insolence use me,

Presume to refuse me!

She fancies my pride will be hurt.

But tout au contraire,

I'm pleas'd I declare,

Quite happy, to think, I escape from the snare: Serviteur Mam'selle; my claim I withdraw. Hey, where are my people? Fal, lal, lal, lal la.

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JENKINS.

I must go and inform Sir John of what has happe ed; but, I will not tell him of the outrageous beh viour of this young spark; for he is a man of spir and would resent it. Egad, my own fingers itched be at him, once or twice; and, as stout as he is, fancy these old fists, would give him a bellyful. complains of Miss Clarissa: but she is incapable treating him in the manner he says. Perhaps, s may have behaved with some coldness towards hi and yet, that is a mystery to me too.

AIR.

We all say the man was exceedingly knowing,
And knowing most surely was he,

LIONEL AND CLARISSA.

Who found out the cause of the ebbing and flowing,
The flux and reflux of the sea,

Nor was he in knowledge far from it,
Who first mark'd the course of a comet ;
To what it was owing,

Its coming and going,

Its wanderings hither and thither ;

But the man that divines

A Lady's designs,

Their cause or effect,

In any respect,

Is wiser than both put together.

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SCENE XI.

Ebanges to Sir JOHN FLOWERDALE's Garden; with a View of a Canal, by Moon-light: the Side Scenes represent Box-hedges, intermixed with Statues and Flowering Shrubs. LIONEL enters, leading CLARISSA.

Lion. Hist-methought I heard a noise-should we be surprised together, at a juncture so critical, what might be the consequence--I know not how it but, at this the happiest moment of my life, I feel adamp, a tremor, at my heart

Clar. Then, what should I do? If you tremble, I ught to be terrified indeed, who have discovered