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_ PROLOGUE
WHAT! arm'd for virtue, and not point the pen,
Brand the bold front of shameless guilty men,
Dash the proud gamester from his gilded car,
Bare the mean heart which lurks beneath a star,
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Shall I not strip the gilding off a knave,
Unplac'd, unpension'd, no man's heir, or slave?
I will, or perish in the gen'rous cause;
Hear this and tremble, ye who 'scape the laws;
Yes, while I live, no rich or noble knave,
Shall walk the world in credit to his grave;
To virtue only, and her friends, a friend,
The world beside may murmur, or commend.
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
Lord Chief Justice HAZLEROD,
Judge MEAGRE,
Brigadier HATEALL,
HUM HUMBUG, Esquire,
Sir SPARROW SPENDALL,
HECTOR MUSHROOM,--Col.
BEAU TRUMPS,
DICK, the Publican,
SIMPLE SAPLING, Esquire,
Monsieur de FRANCOIS,
CRUSTY CROWBAR, Esquire,
DUPE,--Secretary of State,
SCRIBLERIUS FRIBBLE,
Commodore BATEAU,
COLLATERALIS,--a new-made Judge.
Attended by a swarm of court sycophants, hungry harpies, and unprincipled danglers, collected from the neighbouring villages, hovering over the stage in the shape of locusts, led by Massachusettensis in the form of a basilisk; the rear brought up by Proteus, bearing a torch in one hand, and a powder-flask in the other. The whole supported by a mighty army and navy, from Blunderland, for the laudable purpose of enslaving its best friends. _
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