Wit & humour > Gentle shepherd

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While midft the various gifts that gracious heav’n.
Bounteous to thee, with righteous hand has given;
Let this, O Eglintoun, delight thee moft,
T’ enjoy that Innocence the world has loft.
W. H.
The PERSONS.
ME N.
Sir WILLIAM WORTHY.
P A TIE, the Gentle Shepherd, in love 'with Peggy.
ROGER, a rich young Shepherd, in love 'with Jenny.
SYMON
’ £ two old Shepherds,Tenants /fi 5/> William.
G L AUD, 3
BAULDY, a Hynd engag'd <with Neps,
WOMEN.
PEGGY, thought to be Claud’/ Neice.
JENNY, Claud’s only Daughter.
M A U S E, an old Woman, fuppofed to be a Witch.
E L S P A, Symon’/ Wife.
MADGE, Claud’/ Sifter.
SCENE, a Shepherd's Village and Fields fome few
Miles from Edinburgh.
Time of A&ion within twenty-four Hours.