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    The Perjur'd Husband; or, The Adventures of Venice. A Tragedy
    The Perjur'd Husband; or, The Adventures of Venice. A Tragedy
    The Perjur'd Husband; or, The Adventures of Venice. A Tragedy
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    The Perjur'd Husband; or, The Adventures of Venice. A Tragedy

    By Susanna Centlivre

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    Release dateSep 16, 2022
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      The Perjur'd Husband; or, The Adventures of Venice. A Tragedy - Susanna Centlivre

      Susanna Centlivre

      The Perjur'd Husband; or, The Adventures of Venice. A Tragedy

      EAN 8596547361237

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      Perjur'd Husband

      Adventures of Venice .

      TRAGEDY.

      WORKS

      Mrs. CENTLIVRE.

      LONDON

      PROLOGUE.

      By a GENTLEMAN .

      Dramatis Personæ.

      Perjur'd Husband .

      Perjur'd Husband:

      Table of Contents

      OR, THE

      Adventures of Venice.

      Table of Contents

      A

      TRAGEDY.

      Table of Contents

      Drawn from

      THE

      WORKS

      Table of Contents

      OF THE CELEBRATED

      Mrs. CENTLIVRE.

      Table of Contents

      VOLUME ONE

      LONDON:

      Table of Contents

      Printed for J. Knapton, C. Hitch and L. Hawes,

      J. and R. Tonson, S. Crowder and Co. W. Bathoe,

      T. Lownds, T. Caslon, and G. Kearsly.

      M.DCC.LXI.

      THE

      PROLOGUE.

      Table of Contents

      By a GENTLEMAN.

      Table of Contents

      Spoken by Mrs. OLDFIELD.

      Dramatis Personæ.

      Table of Contents

      THE

      Perjur'd Husband.

      Table of Contents

      ACT I. SCENE I.

      The Curtains fly up, and discover a Mask in Pizalto's House. Pizalto, Lady Pizalta, Lucy; Ludovico talking to Lady Pizalta; Bassino and Aurelia talking together; Florella and other Maskers.

      A Spanish Entry.

      While the Dance is performing, enter Armando, and gives

      Bassino two Letters, which he opens and reads.

      Lady Pizalta and Lucy advance to the Front of the Stage.

      L. Piz. Oh! Lucy, I'm undone——

      That Stranger there has charm'd my Heart: I feel

      The Pow'r of conquering Love; quick, quickly tell me,

      What shall I do to ease this racking Passion?

      Lucy. Nay, Madam, I fancy your Passion has little Occasion for Lenitives; it blazes so violently at first, 'tis like to be soon extinguish'd.

      L. Piz. Dear Lucy, don't trifle with me; but contrive, imagine, do any thing, to bless thy Love-sick Mistress with the Sight of that dear Man: And as an Earnest of further Rewards, here, take this——[GivesheraRing.

      Lucy. Madam, I receive your Commands with much Joy, but your Present with more——[Aside.] I'll try what this projecting Brain can do, and if you step into the next Room, I'll soon give you an Account of my Proceedings. [ExitL.Pizalta.

      Bass. Ye Gods!

      What have I done, that you pursue me thus?

      Why did you e'er decree that I should wed

      A Wife I now must hate? Why did I see

      The bright Aurelia? Why am I thus torn

      'Twixt Love and Duty? Oh! what Pangs, what Torments

      My Soul endures! Oh! my Aurelia!

      [Exeunt omnes, but Lucy & Ludov.

      Lucy pulling Ludovico by the Sleeve.

      Lucy. Sir, Sir, one Word with you.

      Lud. Your Business——

      Lucy. May one ask you a civil Question, and be resolv'd?

      Lud. Hum—A civil Question, sayst thou? What's it, prithee, a Night's Lodging?

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