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PG-P.754.073
27 Jun 1754:22,23 (1331)
On Monday night last the Provok'd Husband, with Miss in her
Teens, were acted at the new Theatre, in Water-street, when
the following farewel epilogue was spoken by Mrs. Hallam.
Oft thankless slaves for favours humbly ask,
But to be grateful is a nobler task:
That task to-night be ours --and thus to you,
Our generous friends, we pay the tribute due;
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Our * Latin motto speaks it I am told,
That here the world in miniature you see,
And all mankind are play'rs as well as we.
* Pointing to the motto on the front of the stage, viz.
Totus Mundus agit Histrionem.
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