Excerpt from Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Vol. 9: Containing, the Beggar's Opera, by Mr. Gay, Achilles, by Mr. Gay, Polly, by Mr. Gay, The Gentle Shepherd, by Allan Ramsay, Comus, by John Milton

Pearly. A lazy dog! When I took him the time before I told him what he would come to if he did not mend his hand. This is death without reprieve: I may venture to book him: [writer.] for Tom Gagg forty pounds. Let Betty Sly know that I 'll fave her from tranfportation, for I can get more by her {laying in England.

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