Volume the First: Diplomatic Display Oxford Bodleian Library, MS.Don.e.7.
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The Dining Parlour.Miſs Fitzgerald at top. Lord Fitzgerald atbottom. Company ranged on each side.Servants waiting.
Scene the 2d
Cloe. I shall trouble Mr Stanly for a Little of the, fried Cow heel & Onion.
Stanly. Oh Madam, there is a secret pleasurein helping so amiable a Lady–––.
Lady H. I aſsure you my Lord, Sir Aurthurnever touches wine; but howeverSophy will toſs off a bumper I amsure
to oblige your Lordship.
Lord F. Elder wine or Mead, Miſs Hampton?
Sophy. If it is equal to you Sir, I shouldprefer some warm ale
with a toast and a nutmeg.1
Footnotes
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- Immediately before 'nutmeg' a letter is obliterated by cross-hatching ['a'?]. Back to context...
