136 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1790. 
My lovely mate’s to no excefs inclin’d, 
Her name the faithful index of her mind ; 
But my friend’s fpoufe is quite au fait at jilting ; 
Her fav’rite {port, two rival lovers tilting. 
Twas boldly ventur’d, faith !—but come what will, 
Three thoufand pounds a year may gild the pill. 
; Well, we may boaft, yet ftill the fair, with eafe, 
Can wind us mighty men which way they pleafe: 
Late rav’d the colonel, « Woman’s form’d to vex !”* 
Behold him now the champion of the fex ; 
Ready, in their defence, to yield his life ; 
J almoft think he’d rifque it for his wife: 
Hence—that the honey-moon’s but young, ’tis plain, 
He'll alter ftrangely ere ’tis in the wane. 
Confefs, ye fair, this foldier pleafes you ; 
You’ve /een him brave—and therefore £now him true; 
For cowards only wrong the facred trutft, 
- But the drave /pirit pares not be unjutft. 
Oft has one tender plaint, one deep-drawn figh, 
One anxious tear, diftream’d from beauty’s eye, 
Diffolv’d to infant tendernefs the heart a 
Which, undifmay’d, fuftain’d the Roman’s part; 
And, ’mid th’ enfanguin’d field of honour, rofe 
Sternly fuperior to a hoft of foes ; 
While the pale coward fhrinks from manly ftrife, 
And proves 4is courage on his helplefs wife. 
But tho’ my friend’s the Aero of the play, 
He muft not bear the honour a// away! 
With 4im our whole dramatic band agree, 
dn pratie, and practice too—of conftancy. 
He’s true to love, but Clincher * is as true, 
As fteady to his with of pleafing you. 
Kindly indulgent too, yourfelves, ere-while, 
Amply repaid Scrué’s + efforts with a fmile; 
And in good humour, fure, you'll conftant be; 
And Chacher, tlien, here finds the Fubilee ! 
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t But fhould you fcan us with too nice an eye, 
And, judging hardly, all applaufe deny; 
Againit your natures, fickle prove,—and frown, 
Where we had hop’d your favour would be fhown; 
Still, ftill, will every heart exulting join 
In conffant fealty to the BRUNSWICK line. 
* Lord Barrymore himfelf performed the part of Beau Clincher. 
+ The lat theatrical reprefentation at Wargrave was “ The Beaux Stratagem,”” 
in which his lordfhip played Scrub. 
t The laft fix lines were written for the evening on which his Royal Highnefs 
the Prince of Wales honoured the performance with his prefence. - 
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