_By his Well-wisher,_ _and obliged_ _Humble Servant_, Theo. Cibber. _Saturday, March_ _31st, 1733._ Persons in the Harlot's Progress. Harlequin, Mr. _Le Brun_. Beau _Mordecai_, Mr. _Stoppelaer_. Old Debauchee, Mr. _Berry_. Justice _Mittimus_, Mr. _Mullart_. Mons. _Poudre_, Mr. _Oates_. Constable, Mr. _Jones_. Keeper, Mr. _Burnet_. Porter, Mr. _Peploe_. _Pompey_, Y. _Grace_. Beadles, {Mr. _Gray_. {Mr. _Wright_. Miss _Kitty_, Miss _Raftor_. Madam _Decoy_, Mrs. _Mullart_. _Jenny_, Mrs. _Grace_. Bess _Brindle_, Mr. _Leigh_. Persons in the _Ridotto al' Fresco_. _Les Capricieux_ by Mr. _Essex_ and Miss _Robinson_. The _Hungarians_ by Mr. _Houghton_ and Mrs. _Walter_. The _Fingalians_ by Mr. _Lally_ Sen. and Miss _Mears_. _Scaramouch_, _Pierot_, and _Mezetin_ by Mr. _Lally_, Junior, Mr. _Tench_, and Mr. _Stoppelaer_. Ladies of Pleasure by Miss _Mann_, Miss _Atherton_ and Miss _Price_. The Marquis _de Fresco_ by Monsieur _Arlequin en Chien_. THE HARLOT'S PROGRESS; OR, THE _RIDOTTO AL' FRESCO_: AFTER the Overture, the Curtain rises;--the Scene represents an Inn; The Bawd, the Country Girl, the _Debauchee_ and the Pimp, all rang'd as they are in the _first Print_.--The Parson on the Right Hand, reading the Letter, soon goes off----while the Bawd is persuading the Girl to go along with her, Harlequin appears at the Window, and seeing the Country Girl, jumps down, and gets into a Trunk which belongs to her, while the Bawd sings. AIR I. What tho' I am a Country Lass. _Let Country Damsels plainly nice, In Home-spun Russet go, Sir; While, Frolick we, chearful as wise, More pleasing Transports know, Sir. They dull and coy, Refuse the Joy, All bashful void of Skill-a: We gay and free To each fond He Yield up our selves at Will-a._ _At last our Youth and Charms decay'd, Like old experienc'd Sinners, We follow the procuring Trade, And train up young Beginners. Thus ample Gains, Reward our Pains; Then mock not our Profession, Like Courtiers we, Secure the Fee, And laugh at the Transgression._