Ne'er repine at your Confinement For your Children or your Wife Wisdom lies in true Resignment, Thro' the various Scenes of life; Every Island is a prison Strongly guarded by the Sea Kings & Princes for that Reason Prisoners are as well as we. Tune continues; but is Slower & Slower, till render'd as Dismal as possible. _Rake_ takes a Pistol from his Pocket, which only the Audience observe--he in great agitation of Mind goes off, & the Report of a Pistol is heard--at which they all stand aghast.--Pause awhile.-- _Enter Virtue._ _Recitative._ Thus does the baneful influence of Vice Onward to sure destruction man Entice; In time be warn'd--Hope liberty to see Benevolence & Pity'll set you free. _Chorus of Prisoners._ This let the Captive's Supplication be, May Virtue & Benevolence soon set us free, May we taste smiling liberty & tread her happy plain Where Virtue & Benevolence in Concord reign. _Recitative. Virtue._ Then Vice discard & follow Virtue's train View her Retreat & join her Sacred Strain. _Scene Changes._ _Scene 15^{th}_ Cloud Descends: _Liberty_ seated in the Center, with her Attributes; on her left hand a Vacant Seat which Virtue ascends, on her Right hand Benevolence, over whose head is a _Medalion_ of _The King_--over that of _Virtue_ one of the _Queen_. _Aerial Chorus._ Tho' Beauty & wealth may Unite, To dispell from each Bosom dull care 'Tis in vain to expect true delight, Unless Virtue's a Resident there. _Recitative. Virtue._ By Heav'n approv'd--by Liberty caress'd, The Truly Virtuous are the truly bless'd. _Full Chorus._ This let the Captives &c-- Finis * * * * * WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK MEMORIAL LIBRARY _UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES_ [Illustration] The Augustan Reprint Society PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT =The Augustan Reprint Society= PUBLICATIONS IN PRINT =1948-1950= 16. Henry Nevil Payne, _The Fatal Jealousie_ (1673). 18. "Of Genius," in _The Occasional Paper_, Vol. III. No. 10 (1719), and Aaron Hill, _Preface to The Creation_ (1720). 19. Susanna Centlivre, _The Busie Body_ (1709). 22. Samuel Johnson, _The Vanity of Human Wishes_ (1749), and two _Rambler_ papers (1750). 23. John Dryden, _His Majesties Declaration Defended_ (1681). =1951-1953= 26. Charles Macklin, _The Man of the World_ (1792).