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72 MARY Q.UEEN of SCOTS,
LADY DOUGLAS.
You fee
The fad remains of her poor family.
HUNTINGDON.
You are, at befl, but ufelefs, idle lliew ;
Perhaps employ'd for fuperltitious ufe ;
Retire ! —
LADY DOUGLAS.
You cannot mean to hinder us
From this laft, wretched office ? —
HUNTINGDON.
Nay, begone !
B E T O N.
Infernal favage ! —
LADY DOUGLAS.
Yet have mercy, Lords !
Oh ! you are far more gentle, Shrewfbury !
Drive not her few, poor, faithful maids from her j
Let them receive her blelling, and behold
Their dying Miftrefs' looks, and clofe her eyes.
In pity, nay, in decency, comply ;
Is't fit the perfon of a royal Queen
Shou'd lie a mangled and unheeded corfe.
Without her maids to fhroud thofe precious limbs,
Which kneeling Princeffes were proud to adorn?
6 H R E W S B U R Y.
'Tis not in nature to refift the claim.
Enter Mary from her Oratory^ drcjjed. gorgsoujiy^
with a Crojs and Beads.
MARY.
This world to me is as a thing that's pafl: ;
A bur-
LADY DOUGLAS.
You fee
The fad remains of her poor family.
HUNTINGDON.
You are, at befl, but ufelefs, idle lliew ;
Perhaps employ'd for fuperltitious ufe ;
Retire ! —
LADY DOUGLAS.
You cannot mean to hinder us
From this laft, wretched office ? —
HUNTINGDON.
Nay, begone !
B E T O N.
Infernal favage ! —
LADY DOUGLAS.
Yet have mercy, Lords !
Oh ! you are far more gentle, Shrewfbury !
Drive not her few, poor, faithful maids from her j
Let them receive her blelling, and behold
Their dying Miftrefs' looks, and clofe her eyes.
In pity, nay, in decency, comply ;
Is't fit the perfon of a royal Queen
Shou'd lie a mangled and unheeded corfe.
Without her maids to fhroud thofe precious limbs,
Which kneeling Princeffes were proud to adorn?
6 H R E W S B U R Y.
'Tis not in nature to refift the claim.
Enter Mary from her Oratory^ drcjjed. gorgsoujiy^
with a Crojs and Beads.
MARY.
This world to me is as a thing that's pafl: ;
A bur-
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Composite volume > Mary, Queen of Scots, a tragedy > (356) Page 72 |
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| Description | As performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. By the Honourable John St. John. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.164(4) |
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| Description | Containing How to grow rich: a comedy, and Alonzo. A tragedy, and The highland fair; or, union of the clans. An opera, and Mary, Queen of Scots, a tragedy, and The fall of Mortimer. An historical play. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.164(1-5) |
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| Description | Scottish 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. |
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| Description | The 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. |
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