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The J o v i A L C R e wv 42
ACT III. SCENE L
SCENE The Fields.
Enter Amie, Rachel, and MericL
Am. TTERE's a Wedding with a Witnefs, and a Holiday
X JL w i tn a Hoigh. Let us out of the Noife, as we
love our Ears.
Rach. Yes, and here we may purfue our own Difcourfe,
and hear one another.
Mer. Concerning Springlove and your felf, Mrs. Amie ?
Am. Well, Ladies, my Confidence in you, that you are the
fame that you have protefted your felves to be, hath fo far won
upon me, that I confefs my felf well-affe&ed both to the
Mind and Perfbn of that Springlove ; and if he be (as fairly as
you pretend) a Gentleman, I fhall eafily difpence with For-
tune.
Rach. ^ Hfi j s a Gentleman, upon out Honours!
Am. How well that high Engagement fuits your Habits !
Rach. Our Minds and Blood are (till the fame.
Am. I have paft no Affiance to the other, that ftole me from
my Guardian, and the Match he wou'd have forc'd me to ;
from which I would have fled with any, or without a Guide.
Befides, to offer to marry me Under a Hedge, without a Book
or Ring, by the Chaplain of the Beggars Regiment, your Pa-
trico, only to fave Charges, was a Piece of Gallantry I (hail not
•afily excufe.
AIR

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Jovial crew
DescriptionA comic-opera. As it is acted at the Theatre-Royal, by His Majesty's servants. With the musick prefix'd to each song.
ShelfmarkGlen.149(3)
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Composite volume
DescriptionContaining The works of Mrs Davys: consisting of, plays, novels, poems, and familiar letters, and Silvia; or, the country burial. An opera, and The jovial crew. A comic-opera, and The cobler's opera
ShelfmarkGlen.149(1-4)
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Glen Collection of printed music
DescriptionScottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject.
Special collections of printed music
DescriptionThe Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi.