The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro / A comedy, as it is now performing at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. From the French of M. de Beaumarchais

by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

(Exit.)

Crier. Clear the Court.

(Exeunt Guards, Counsellors, and Vassals.

Manent Don Guzman, Figaro, Marcelina and Dr. Bartholo.

Figaro. ’Tis this Furze-ball, this Fungus of a President that has lost me my Cause.

Guzman. I a F-F-Furze-ball and a F-F-Fungus!

Figaro. (Sits down dejected) I will never marry her.

Guzman. Thou mu-ust ma-arry her.

Figaro. What! Without the Consent of my noble Parents?