ehen and bring them
before mee to answere the said Offence, And for soe doeing this
shalbe yo'r sufficient Warr't. Given und'r my hand and seale this
12'th day of August, 1682.

To Henry Legatt Messenger

of His Mat'ties Chamber, etc.

[Footnote 36: Gould in _The Play House, a Satyr_, stung by Mrs.
Behn's success, derides that
clean piece of Wit
_The City Heiress_ by chaste _Sappho_ Writ,
Where the Lewd Widow comes with Brazen Face,
Just seeking from a Stallion's rank Embrace,
T' acquaint the Audience with her Filthy Case.
Where can you find a Scene for juster Praise,
In _Shakespear_, _Johnson_, or in _Fletcher's_ Plays?]

[Footnote 37: Publication was delayed. _Brooks' Impartial Mercury_,
Friday, 17 Nov., 1682, advertises: 'To be published on Monday
next, the last new play called _Romulus_.' The 4to is dated 1683.
A broad sheet, 1682, gives both Prologue 'spoken by Mrs. Butler,
written by Mrs. Behn,' and Epilogue 'spoken by the Lady Slingsby.'
The 4to gives 'Prologue, spoken by Mrs. Butler,' 'Epilogue, Writ by
Mrs. A. Behn. Spoken by Tarpeia.']

The lines particularly complained of ran as follows:

of all Treasons, mine was most accurst;
Rebelling 'gainst a KING and FATHER first.
A Sin, which Heav'n nor Man can e're forgive;
Nor could I _Act_ it with the face to live.
. . . . .
There's nothing can my Reputation save
With all the _True_, the _Loyal_ and the _Brave_;
Not my Remorse or death can Expiate
With them a Treason 'gainst the KING and State.

Coming from the mouth of the perjured Tarpeia they were of course winged
with point unmistakable. It is not probable, however, that either
authoress or actress was visited with anything more than censure and a
fright. In any case their detention[38] (if brought about) must have
been very shortliv'd, for the partizans of Monmouth, although noisy and
unquiet, were not really strong, and they met with the most effective
opposition at every turn.

[Footnote 38: Curtis' _Protestant Mercury_, August 12-6, 1682,
notices that both Lady Slingsby and Mrs. Behn have been ordered
into custody in respect of this Epilogue.]

In this same year the Whigs in spite of their utmost efforts signally
failed to suppress, and could only retard the production of Dryden and
Lee's excellent tragedy _The Duke of Guise_, first performed 4 December.
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