DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
| Lord Chief Justice Hazlerod, |
| Judge Meagre, |
| Brigadier Hateall, |
| Hum Humbug, Esquire, |
| Sir Sparrow Spendall, |
| Hector Mushroom,—Col. |
| Beau Trumps, |
| Dick, the Publican, |
| Simple Sapling, Esquire, |
| Monsieur de François, |
| Crusty Crowbar, Esquire, |
| Dupe,—Secretary of State, |
| Scriblerius Fribble, |
| Commodore Bateau, |
| Collateralis,—a new-made Judge. |
Attended by a swarm of court sycophants, hungry harpies, and unprincipled danglers, collected from the neighbouring villages, hovering over the stage in the shape of locusts, led by Massachusettensis in the form of a basilisk; the rear brought up by Proteus, bearing a torch in one hand, and a powder-flask in the other. The whole supported by a mighty army and navy, from Blunderland, for the laudable purpose of enslaving its best friends.
The
GROUP
A
Farce
ACT I.
Scene I. A little dark Parlour in Boston:
Guards standing at the door.