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ll shew it you. Bash: O with all my heart-- I long to See the Green Room; I have often heard of it-- they say the Actresses paint Prodigiously-- I shou'd like of all things to see them near. Sr. Con: Come Ladies if you please I'll Introduce you. Exeunt. Enter Pasquin. Pas: So there they go,-- the choice Spirits, the Infalibles, who preside at all Public Diversions; and on whom the Fate of Pasquin this Night depends. Hyd: Where is he, where is this Drawcansir } within Romp. This way Sir, on the Stage. } Hyd: (#_Running up to him with great Ceremony_#) Seignior Pasquin-- Drawcansir-- Censor of great Britain, your Satyrical Mightiness is welcome to London. and now Sir, as you and I are to be very intimate to night, pray, Sir, give me leave to have the Honour of introducing my self to you. Pas: Sir you do me great Honour. Hyd: I am Sir, for my Taste in Public Diversions, honoured with the facetious Appellation of the Town.-- but my real Name is Iack Hydra. for these many Years, Sir, I have been the North Star of the Pit; by which All Criticks have Steered their Iudgement: And am Sir at the Head of the Genii who direct the Public,-- We decide between contending Toasts, pass Iudgement upon Actors, damn, or encourage Authors; and are the Bucks, my dear, that I fancy will do for you to Night. Pas: Sir of the Infallibility and Power of the Town I am very well apprized; therefore I have invited you this Night, that my Proceedings may have the Sanction of your Approbation. for whatever the Town disapproves I shall my self Condemn. Hyd: But harkee Pasquin, prithy what is this Humbug. Bill of Yours about it; Why how the Devil will you gett off your Promise of the Pit, Boxes, and Galleries, performing their parts for their Diversion Pas: As the Politicious say Sir, you are a little premature in your Question. Puffing Sr: & the Drama have their Arcana's as well as Love or Politics. I'll engage the Pit, Boxes, and Galleries perform their parts to a Numerous and Polite Audience, and with Universal Applause. As soon as they shall hear the Cue depend upon it you'll hear them Speak. Hyd: Well Sir, Preliminaries being Settled I will now individually introduce, to your censorial Highness, the Genii who are to Sit upon you. Pas: Sir, I shall think my self highly honour'd in their Acquaintance. Omn: (#within#) Where is he, where is he? what, upon the Stage, ha, ha, ha. (#as they al
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