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.