STUDY XIII. 16;} 



Shake/pear *, which, undoubtedly, he would not 

 have failed to do, had Joan of Arc been an Englifh- 

 woman, might be wrought up into a patriotic 



Drama ; 



* The compliment here paid to Shake/pear is juftly merited ; 

 and how well he could have managed the ftory of the Maid of 

 Orleans, had he taken the incidents as St. -Pierre has ftated them, 

 and written with the partiality of a Frenchman, may beafcer- 

 tained by the mafterly touches which he a£lually has beftowed oa 

 this diftinguifhed charafter, in his Firfi: Part of Hewy VI. It 

 may afford fome amufement, to compare the above profe fketch, 

 by our Author, with the poetical painting of our own immortal 

 Bard, in the Drama now mentioned. I take the liberty 

 to tranfcribe only the fcene in which the audience is prepared 

 for her entrance, and that in which flie aftually makes her ap- 

 pearance. For the reft, the Reader is referred to the Play itfelf. 



H. H. 



Efiter tbe Bast AKT) OF Orleans /o //^^ Dauphin, Alençon, 

 am/ Reignier. 



Ba/l. Where's the Prince Dauphin? I have news for him. 



Dau. Baftard of Orleans, thrice welcome to us. 



Bajl. Methinks your looks are fad, your cheer appall'd ; 

 Hath the late overthrow wrought this offence ? 

 Be not difmay'd, for fuccour is at hand : 

 A holy maid hither with me I bring, 

 Which, by a vifion fent to her from Heaven, 

 Ordained is to raife this tedious liege, 

 And drive the Englifli forth the bounds of France. 

 The fpirit of deep prophecy {he hath. 

 Exceeding the nine Sibyls of old Rome ; 

 What's paft, and what's to come, flie can defcry. 

 Speak, fhall I call her in ? Believe my words, 

 For they are certain and infallible. 



^i z Dan. 



