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11 DEDICATION'.
tlon at all the invidions arid odious appli-'
cations of the ftory of Roger Mortimer*
labfolutely difclaim the moft diftant allu-
fion", and I purpofely dedicate this Play
to your Lordlhip, becaufe hiftory does
not furnifli a more ftriking contraft, thaa
there is between the two Minifters in th(5
Reigns oi Edward the Third,zud of George the
^hird. The former Prince was held in the
moft abfolute flavery by his Mother and her
Miniftef, the firfl Nobles of England were
excluded from the King's Councils, and the
Minion difpofed of all places of profit and
truft. The King's Uncles did not retain the
ihadow of power and authority, but were
treated with infult, and the whole Royal
Family was deprelTed, and forced to depend
on the caprice of an infolent favourite. The
young King had been vidlorious over the
Scots, who were in that reign our cruel
enemies, but are happily in this our deareft
fi'iends. On every favourable opportunity,
either by the dillracftions in the public coun-
cils during a minority, or by the abfence of
the national troops, they had ravaged
England-
tlon at all the invidions arid odious appli-'
cations of the ftory of Roger Mortimer*
labfolutely difclaim the moft diftant allu-
fion", and I purpofely dedicate this Play
to your Lordlhip, becaufe hiftory does
not furnifli a more ftriking contraft, thaa
there is between the two Minifters in th(5
Reigns oi Edward the Third,zud of George the
^hird. The former Prince was held in the
moft abfolute flavery by his Mother and her
Miniftef, the firfl Nobles of England were
excluded from the King's Councils, and the
Minion difpofed of all places of profit and
truft. The King's Uncles did not retain the
ihadow of power and authority, but were
treated with infult, and the whole Royal
Family was deprelTed, and forced to depend
on the caprice of an infolent favourite. The
young King had been vidlorious over the
Scots, who were in that reign our cruel
enemies, but are happily in this our deareft
fi'iends. On every favourable opportunity,
either by the dillracftions in the public coun-
cils during a minority, or by the abfence of
the national troops, they had ravaged
England-
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| Description | An historical play. Dedicated to the Right Honourable John Earl of Bute |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.164(5) |
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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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