Madam_, I am intrenching
upon your Patience, while I detain you in a place you have so long
abandon'd. I am fallen upon a Subject, which 'tis difficult not to say
much of: but I shall no longer interrupt your better Thoughts, than
while I beg Pardon for this Trouble, who am,

_Madam_,
Your very Humble Servant.
Jan. 10th.
1704.

A / Representation / of the / Impiety & Immorality / of the / English
Stage, / with / Reasons for putting a Stop thereto: / and some Questions
Addrest to / those who frequent the Play-/ Houses. / London, / Printed,
and are to be Sold by J. Nutt / near Stationers-Hall, 1704 / [enclosed
within double frame of rules]

Collation: A8 B4. Pp. [ 1-] 24. P. [1] title, as above; p. [2]
blank; pp. 3-24 text.

Three editions were issued in 1704. If we take the author's words
literally, the pamphlet was written between the "Great Storm" of
November 26, 1703 and the day of fasting decreed by Queen Anne for
January 19, 1704. According to Arthur Bedford ('The Evil and Danger of
Stage Plays' ... London, 1706) the pamphlet was published "At the Time
of the Fast ..."

Colton Storm

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Editors of the Augustan Reprint Society wish to thank the following
people for assistance rendered during the first year of the society's
publication:

Mr. Warner G. Rice, Director of the Library, University of
Michigan.
Mr. Stanley Pargellis, Director of the Newberry Library, Chicago.
Mr. William Jackson, Director of the Houghton Library, Harvard
University.
Mr. R. B. Downs, Director of the Library, University of Illinois.
Mr. Leslie Bliss, Director of the Henry E. Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Mr. Colton Storm, Curator of Manuscripts and Maps, William L.
Clements Library, University of Michigan.
Miss Ella M. Hymans, Curator of Rare Books, General Library,
University of Michigan.
Alvina Woodford, Photostat Department, General Library, University
of Michigan.
Cal Markham, Edwards Bros., Ann Arbor.

The Augustan Reprint Society

announces its schedule of publications for the _SECOND YEAR_