Hurlothrumbo : $b or, The super-naturalJohnson, Samuel
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Hurlothrumbo : $b or, The super-natural
Johnson, Samuel
English drama -- 18th century
_Hurlo._ Oh ’tis from _Darony_! _Make me the next Man to the Crown, if I
desert the King_; how can I do that? Why did he not ask me to murder my
dearest Friend, curse the Deity, or debauch a Man’s Wife, and separate
their Souls eternal? _It will preserve a great deal of Blood_, that’s
true. _So long as_ Theorbeo _stays, thy Honour wears like a Garment_:
may be so; I’ll consider of this.
[_Exit_ Hurlo.
_Enter_ Darony _and_ Urlandenny.
[_Guns fire at a distance._
_Daro._ They’re punctual to the time.
_Urlan._ True, my Lord.
_Daro._ This is the Place we’ll fix our Standard; now the Guns are
discharg’d, the Men from every end of the City with a Shout will come to
this Place, and stir not you an Inch till _Lomporhomock_ enters the
City. Who comes there?
_Enter_ Temo.
_Temo._ A Friend and Servant of thine.
_Urlan._ What is thy Name, and thy Business here in the Dead of Night?
_Temo._ My Name is _Temo_; as to my Business, ’tis secret.
_Urlan._ You are the famous Inchanter; can you tell us what Adventures
will happen, the cause of the Guns firing thus early?
_Temo._ ’Tis the first Volly of a mighty War; this Morning exactly at
two the Battle will be rehears’d first in the _Elysian_ Fields.
_Urlan._ Is it not possible for me to see it?
_Temo._ ’Tis possible.
_Urlan._ Accept of this Purse of Guineas; let me see, the time is now
expired.
[Temo _stamps, a Spirit rises up, and gives him a
Talisman_.
_Temo._ You shall, my Lord; hold this firm to your right Eye: tell me
what you see.
_Urlan._ I see the _Elysian_ World, ’tis light as Noon of Day, and all
us Mortals act in yonder Climes: I see myself, I see _Hurlothrumbo_;
_Hurlo_ kisses a Lass; the Spirits smile; I stir my Hand, it moves
yonder. _Mars_ stands in the Element, and beholds the People; they
divide, and make two separate Armies; Death stalks among the Croud,
marking his own Appointed. Oh! he makes towards me! oh! he’ll touch me;
take it I’ll see no more.
[_A shout behind the Scenes, Fire and Sword! Fire and
Sword! rise quickly._
_Daro._ This is _Puny_’s House, the Miser, break it open.
_Urlan._ Forbear, forbear he’ll rise and open the Door; fall back, he
comes.
_Daro._ I’ll go head the Mob, break open the King’s Treasury, and
satisfy their Thirst with Gold; then will I take possession of his
Person, and his Crown.
[_Exeunt._
_Enter_ Puny.
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