[Footnote 4: W. Matthews, "The Piracies of Macklin's _Love-a-la Mode_," _Review of English Studies_, X (1934), 311-18.] [Footnote 5: James T. Kirkman, _Memoirs of the Life of Charles Macklin, Esq._ (1799), II, 33. Kirkman quotes Macklin's letters both to his solicitor and to James Whitley of Leicester to stop all such pirated performances (II, 37-41).] [Footnote 6: John Rich's application to the Licenser indicates that "Mr. Macklin designs to have [the play] performed at his Benefit Night...."] 1752 Covent Garden Theatre. or Pasquin turn'd Drawcansir A Dramatic Satyr. Sr. This peice ent'd Covt. Garden Theatre or Pasquin turn'd Drawcansir Mr. Macklin designs to have perform'd on his Benefit Night wth the permission of his Grace the Duke of Grafton. To William Chetwyne Esq. I am Sr. yr humble Srvt Jno Rich Dramatis Personae Men. Pasquin. Marforio. Sir Eternal Grinn. Sir Conjecture Possitive. Sir Roger Ringwood. Bob: Smart. Solomon Common Sense Count Hunt bubble. Sr. Iohn Ketch. Hic & haec Scriblerus. Hydra. Women. Lady Lucy Lovit Miss Diana Singlelife Miss Brilliant. Miss Giggle. Miss Bashful. Scene. Covent Garden Theatre. Time an hour. Covent Garden Theatre Or Pasquin turn'd Drawcansir. Scene. The Stage, with a Rostrum on it. Enter Pasquin. Goes in the Rostrum. Pas: Nobles,-- Commons-- Beaux, Bells-- Wits, Critics,-- Bards & Bardlins,-- and ye my very good Friends of Common Sense,-- tho' last, not least in Merit,-- Greeting, and Patience to you all. I Seignior Pasquin, of the Quorum of Parnassus. Drawcansir and Censor of Great Britain, by my Bills and Advertisements, have Summoned You together this Night to hear a Public Examination of several Public Nusances, My Scene I have laid in the Common Theatre, which is my usual place of exposing those Knaves and Fools, who despise the Moral-- and those who are too great or too Subtle for the common Law, and as my whole design is new, I hope You, my Gracious Patrons, will not be Offended if I Assigne you a part in this Pasquinade, which is this,-- You are to Act as a Chorus to the whole. When you behold a Fool pleasantly exposed You are to laugh, if you please, not else;-- When a Knave is Satyrized with Spirit & Wit, You are to Applaud;-- and when Pasquin is dull you are to explode, which I Suppose will be the Chief of Your Part. But, before I Enter upon my Office of Public Censor, give me leave Gracious Patrons, as is my Custom, whenever I come, to give a short Sketch of my Character and Practice. I am known throughout the Globe, have been Caress'd in most of the Courts, lock'd up in most Prisons in Europe. The dexterity of my Flattery has introduced me to the Tables of the First Dons in Madrid one Day, and, the boldness of my Satyr, into the Inquisition next. I have Revel'd with the Princes of the Blood, and have made all Paris laugh at