[3] From Sabin, I take the following: BARTON (A.) "The Disappointment; or, The Force of Credulity." A new American Comic Opera, of two Acts. By Andrew Barton, Esq. [Motto.] _New York, Printed in the year_ M, DCC, LXVIII. 8vo. pp. v., 58. P. t. Second edition, revised and corrected, with large additions, by the Author. _Philadelphia_, Francis Shallus, 1796. 12 mo. pp. iv., 94, p. 3801. [Sabin also notes that the Philadelphia Library copy is very rare, with MS Key to the characters, who were Philadelphians. Air No. iv is Yankee Doodle (1767).] [4] The Title-page runs as follows: The/Military Glory/of/Great-Britain,/an/Entertainment,/given by the late Candidates for/Bachelor's Degree,/At the close of the/Anniversary Commencement, held/in/Nassau-Hall/New-Jersey/September 29th, 1762./Philadelphia:/Printed by William Bradford, M, DCC, LXII. [Illustration: THE FALL OF BRITISH TYRANNY OR, AMERICAN LIBERTY _TRIUMPHANT_. THE FIRST CAMPAIGN. A _TRAGI-COMEDY_ OF FIVE ACTS, AS LATELY PLANNED AT THE ROYAL THEATRUM PANDEMONIUM, AT ST. JAMES'S. THE PRINCIPAL PLACE OF ACTION IN AMERICA. PUBLISH'D. ACCORDING TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT. Quis furor o cives! quae tanta licentia ferri? LUCAN. lib. 1. ver. 8. _What blind, detested madness could afford Such horrid license to the murd'ring sword?_ ROWE. _PHILADELPHIA:_ PRINTED BY STYNER AND CIST, IN SECOND-STREET, NEAR ARCH-STREET. M DCC LXXVI. FAC-SIMILE TITLE-PAGE OF THE FIRST EDITION] _THE DEDICATION_ To Lord Boston, Lord Kidnapper, and the innumerable and never-ending Clan of Macs and Donalds upon Donalds, and the Remnant of the Gentlemen Officers, Actors, Merry Andrews, strolling Players, Pirates, and Buccaneers in America. My Lords and Gentlemen: _Understanding you are vastly fond of plays and farces, and frequently exhibit them for your own amusement, and the laudable purpose of ridiculing your masters (the YANKEES, as you call 'em), it was expected you would have been polite enough to have favoured the world, or America at least (at whose expense you act them), with some of your play-bills, or with a sample of your composition._