[52] In ridicule of this:—
"What new misfortunes do these cries presage?
1st Mess. Haste all you can, their fury to assuage:
You are not safe from their rebellious rage.
2nd Mess. This minute, if you grant not their desire,
They'll seize your person, and your palace fire."—
"Granada," part ii. p. 71.
[53] "Aglaura," and the "Vestal Virgin," are so contrived by a little alteration towards the latter end of them, that they have been acted both ways, either as tragedies or comedies.
[54] There needs nothing more to explain the meaning of this battle, than the perusal of the first part of the "Siege of Rhodes," which was performed in recitative music, by seven persons only: and the passage out of the "Playhouse to be Let."
[55] The "Siege of Rhodes" begins thus:—