_Lubomirski ... in Lopez de Vega_. Parker (p. 9) is correct in tracing this impersonation of Plotwell's to Ravenscroft's _The Anatomist, or the Sham Doctor_; the same farce suggested the anxiety of the disguised gallants at the proposals to dissect them in Act V. Ravenscroft's play, first acted in 1696, was popular well into the 18th century and would be well known to the audience. No doubt our authors expected their play to be found infinitely funnier than Ravenscroft's in the comparable parts. It is. _Theatre Italien._ Parker (p. 14) says more explicitly that the mummy-crocodile scene is "all stole from a farce" in this collection. Gherardi, vol. VI, does have a farce of the title cited but the only trace of it in _Three Hours_ occurs in the brief joke on Antony and Cleopatra that Townley and Plotwell share on p. 185. A SUPPLEMENT TO THE WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE, Esq; CONTAINING, Such POEMS, LETTERS, _&c._ As are omitted in the Edition published by the Reverend Doctor _Warburton_: With the COMEDY of the THREE HOURS after MARRIAGE; And a KEY to the LETTERS: To which is added, (not in the _London_ Edition) A KEY to the THREE HOURS after MARRIAGE, And a LETTER giving an Account of the Origin of the Quarrel between CIBBER, POPE, and GAY. _DUBLIN:_ Printed for W. WHITESTONE, opposite _Dick's Coffee-House_, in _Skinner-Row_. M.DCC.LVIII. _Three Hours after_ MARRIAGE: A COMEDY. _Rumpatur, quisquis rumpitur invidia._ MART. ADVERTISEMENT. It may be necessary to acquaint the reader, that this play is printed exactly as it is acted. I must farther own the assistance I have receiv'd in this piece from two of my friends; who, tho' they will not allow me the honour of having their names join'd with mine, cannot deprive me of the pleasure of making this acknowledgment. JOHN GAY. PROLOGUE Spoke by MR. WILKS.