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BEP(F.770.071
24 Dec 1770:22 (1839)
The public being desirous of seeing the piece that was stuck
up at the door of the Town-House, for which a proclamation
has been issued offering a reward for the discovery of the
author or writer; and as in Edes & Gill's paper it is
said,"we are told [the said paper] was taken verbatim from a
play called Venice preserved, and that Mr. Otway was
actually the author of it,"--We shall insert a copy of that
that was posted up, and also the lines from Otway, whereby
our readers may judge for themselves.
To see the sufferings of my fellow
Townsmen and own my self a man, to
See the court cheat the injurd people
With a shew of justice which yet we
Near can taste of. . . [5 more lines]
Tyrants.
From Otway's Venice Preserv'd: Or a Plot Discover'd.
Act I. Scene I.
To see the sufferings of my fellow creatures,
And own myself a man: To see our senators
Cheat the deluded people with a shew
Of liberty, which yet they ne're must taste of
. . . [9 more lines]
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