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    fo * relief in this distress to Feli&a * skip , Kindred , Goods or liichtb , blit they successively renounce aftd forsake him . In this disconsolate * fat 6 he betakes himself to Good-Deeds ^ who , after upbraiding him with his tang neglect of b £ r , introduces him to her sister

    Kfiotcfedgc ^ and she leads him to the hol y man Confession , who appoints him penance ; this he infiicts upon himself on the stage , $ nd then withdraws to receive the sacraments of the priest . On his return , he begins to wax faint , and after Strength , Beauty , Dwcretion and Five . Wits , ( the five

    senses ^ taken their nrial leave of him , gradually expires on the stage ; Good-Deeds still accompanying him to the last .

    Then an aungelt descends to sing His requiem , and the epilogue is spoken t > y a person called Doctozir who recapitulates the whole anrf delivers the moral . — -

    T * fcis memorial men may rrave in mind , Ye licarfcrs , take it of worth , old and ¦>• • ' yoiing , And forsak , e Pride * for he deceiveth you T in the end , A& 4 remember Beauty , FHve-JVits , $ ¦«» - Strength and Discretion *

    They all , at last , do Every-Man forsake ; $ * ve his G < M > d-Deeds , these doth he take ; But beware , for , and they be small , ndfaG God he hath bo help at all . ( Pp . % 3 O—13 Z . ) Mr . Perfey , in another place , remarks how the author' of this !

    Morality u takes occasion to infalcate great reverence fo f old iMother Church arid he * fcuperstitions , " and instanced " hjShigh encomiums on the priesthood . "—^ Jicre is no emperor , king , duke , ne baron ,

    TJrmt of God hath commission , ' & § bath the Jeas £ priest in the world God hath T i ^ o them more ptftve r given 1 ? htoto any angel ; that U in heaven ,

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    With fi ^ re VKords can co ^« edFatB ^ i : > t GodVbody ^ ? WfWW ^ % - An 4 nandietn hx ^ Makeif between hi * hands- ' * The priest ' - ' bintfeth and ti ^ Utfdetk ^ Hl sfeands ^ •¦ •¦ .- ' :. / r . > . L > - ^ ' BothiB ^ arLh ao < J in heayfln . * x ^ n ir Thpu ministers . all the sacraments ?^ Ten , Though we kissM thy feel ; ^ tho ^^ ert 1 j ¦ i

    worthy 5 *' ^ _ : - ' . j ^ .- --i Thou arc the surgeon that cureth . sib deadly ; . . . . -.: Ath , , ) Ji 0 ^ No remedy rqajr we fi ^ 4 uja ^^ ^ 9 ^' - T But alone on priesthood . - ^ - * -God gave priest that dignite , x J

    And letteth iiiem in his stead Among as ¦ fce > ¦ . ' ¦ . , . ' " :-v ;; i ; : O ' Thus be ihey above angels ip degree , , •• fn . 114 . ) In the second part of | iais 'Kssay , the ^ utlior descrffei ^ •* the fondness of olir ancestors To £

    dfnmatic . cxKibitibnf'of tli ^^ i faj ' and sh < rvv 5 frorn V the I ^ oi ^ iitp * berland-H ^ us ^ b ^ J d Boofc ^ rJl 512 j 5 > that " Rly Lardfd"vi Ch < % 1 eyT ^ Tn Household ' ' vvert ^ accttslutn ed to t 6 play the Play or the Itqtitojiife 1

    npori cristytimnes day ,, atiti Mtne Play Of i tht 2 Resurrection o ^ on csturday in . the mornyn ^ e ^ in ray lordis chapell befor his : lord s ^ i ^ * and for each had * 'i ' n ¦ tenr ^ fflle * x * . " ( i . 135 . ) •* The ddty oriai . nail / s ^ rabart for tbeatrical a » i ' * < ' f "" 'ftlcS hibitipn , appears to . hav ^ be $ n Sunday ; probably because tti . e

    first xiramati'C pieceswei ^ &t * djt m ligibus crasL Dart * Sgr ^ ri | rt of Queen Elizabeth s ^ v ^ gn , the playbdus ^ a ^ were anly ^ l ic ^ ns ^^ Tto be opened on that day /^ p . 151 . ) The ^ ditet oT thiT ^ KibliAAtt ^' was not epptent to , f ^^ ftr ^ J ^ re antiquarians , He appears to mve

    had a bigher object , even to mark the pvd £ re ** ' ' d' ( tHUi frVfr ? a ^ h ^ pur-, 6 uitsthe riddt irri * ortibflofJ ? f ^ s the secoAti b 66 k ot Wtifflul volume , cffnir 6 en » eS ^ iffcP ^ A Ballkcf 6 f Liitb ^ r , tHM Pi ) Mp a cnrdimi wd « Kf ^ fta ^ aTO / . ' it * t't&m f ' * . - * 'v : ioi wtoftibH

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 68, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/4/