Excerpt from Dramas, Vol. 1 of 2: Containing the Knight of Rhodes, the Advertisement, the Bandit, Tricks Upon TravellersOr the Dramas contained in these volumes, two, namely. Rxcuas, and Turcas upon Tasvsnuas, have been acted, and only the former of these was published. The terms of Mr. Arnold's licence being restricted to the perforrhance of Opera at the Lyceum Theatre, the author found himself under the necessity of introducing into his comedy of Tatcts upon tanalsns the prescribed number of songs, but as they did not please himself, he was apprehensive they might not, when stript of their musical accompaniments, prove more satisfactory to others: he therefore declined the immediate publication of the piece, and he now brings it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.