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thirteen on a side. When I went in I knew not what the play would be, but expected a ribbald farce, as usual; when, to my great surprise, I found it was an Italian tragedy called Tomiri, written by Padre Ringhieri. I had never seen one before, and was much pleased with the opening, but soon grew tired of the long speeches and declamations; they were past all bearing tedious.
Thomyris, Queen of the Amazons came on dressed in a very equivocal man- ner; for, in order to give her a martial look, she had her petticoats trussed up in front above her knees, which were very discernible through her black breeches. However strange this appeared to me, the audience clapped violently, as they did constantly at the worst and most ab- surd things in the piece. There was a great deal of religion in it, and such ana- chronisms, that they talked of J. C. and the Trinity, nor were Free-will and Predestination forgotten; and when Cy-
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