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THE FALL OF MORTIMER, ii
Lord Mount, Was ever Pride or Arrogance like
this ? [Jftde.
Mart. Nevilly What would thofe People have ?
Nevill. May it pleafe your Honour,
They are Inhabitants of the adjacent Corporations :
They all of them have Voices at Ele6lions,
And promife for the Parliaments to come
They will chufe none but what the Court (hall like.
Mort. 'Tis well, and we take Notice of their
Wifdom,
See that you give 'em WelcoiH.e, as becomes us :
Such Subjetts muft not want Encouragement,
And Mortimer be living.
Lord Mount, Unheard-of Impudence !
Sir ^ho. Dcla. My Lord, we are obferv'd — See
how he eyes us !
Nor are we fafe while we fland trifling here.
Lord Mou'rtt. Why let him eye us till his Eyes
grow ftifF.
His Looks may fright thofe who have Dependance
on him •,
For me, I flight the worfl: and befl: of him.
Mort. Hal What faid he ?
'Turr. Sir.
JMort. Lead on.
As he moves is met by Mountacute, who fronts
him 'itbey Jiare at each other, and joftle.
Ha ! joftled.
Lord Mount. I find the Man is greater than the
Room,
Sure elfe he might have ftrutted clear of me.
Mort. Thou art a fro ward Peer !
L. Mount. Thou art a vain one ! — Nay, frown
not, Mortimer!
Thy Terror's lofl: on me;
Look big upon thofe Bafiard Englijh Men,
Who tamely yield their Rights and Charters up.
And fwear to pick a Parliament— whg fell
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Lord Mount, Was ever Pride or Arrogance like
this ? [Jftde.
Mart. Nevilly What would thofe People have ?
Nevill. May it pleafe your Honour,
They are Inhabitants of the adjacent Corporations :
They all of them have Voices at Ele6lions,
And promife for the Parliaments to come
They will chufe none but what the Court (hall like.
Mort. 'Tis well, and we take Notice of their
Wifdom,
See that you give 'em WelcoiH.e, as becomes us :
Such Subjetts muft not want Encouragement,
And Mortimer be living.
Lord Mount, Unheard-of Impudence !
Sir ^ho. Dcla. My Lord, we are obferv'd — See
how he eyes us !
Nor are we fafe while we fland trifling here.
Lord Mou'rtt. Why let him eye us till his Eyes
grow ftifF.
His Looks may fright thofe who have Dependance
on him •,
For me, I flight the worfl: and befl: of him.
Mort. Hal What faid he ?
'Turr. Sir.
JMort. Lead on.
As he moves is met by Mountacute, who fronts
him 'itbey Jiare at each other, and joftle.
Ha ! joftled.
Lord Mount. I find the Man is greater than the
Room,
Sure elfe he might have ftrutted clear of me.
Mort. Thou art a fro ward Peer !
L. Mount. Thou art a vain one ! — Nay, frown
not, Mortimer!
Thy Terror's lofl: on me;
Look big upon thofe Bafiard Englijh Men,
Who tamely yield their Rights and Charters up.
And fwear to pick a Parliament— whg fell
E 2 Our
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Composite volume > Fall of Mortimer > (389) Page 11 |
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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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