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Richard Leveridge [1716], The comick masque of Pyramus and Thisbe. As it is Perform'd at the Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn Fields (Printed for W. Mears [etc.], London) [word count] [S36300].

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SCENE I. A Garden. Enter Wall.

Wall.
In this same Interlude it doth befal,
That I, (Starveling by Name,) present a Wall:
And such a Wall as I would have you think,
That had in it a Cranny, Hole, or Chink,
Through which, the Lovers Pyramus and Thisbe
Did whisper often very secretly.

The wretched Sighs, and Groans,
The rueful Sobs and Moans,
With Pity I
Have seen, and now Condole—
I'll now Comply,
And give Assistance
Without Resistance,
If they will hie
To my whisp'ring Hole.
This Loam, this Rough-cast, and this Stone doth show,
That I am that same Wall, the Truth is so:
And this the Cranny is, right, and sinister,
Through which the fearful Lovers are to whisper:

Crot.
Who would desire Lime and Hair to sing better?

Gam.
This is the most Musical Partition I ever heard.

Sem.

My Friend Crotchet: This is nothing to what we have abroad, and by degrees I am in hopes to bring our dull English to this polite Taste.

But see!
Pyramus draws near the Wall. Silence.

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Richard Leveridge [1716], The comick masque of Pyramus and Thisbe. As it is Perform'd at the Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn Fields (Printed for W. Mears [etc.], London) [word count] [S36300].