| Lord Chief Justice Hazlerod, | | Judge Meagre, | | Brigadier Hateall, | | Hum Humbug, Esquire, | | Sir Sparrow Spendall, | | Hector Mushroom,—Col. | | Beau Trumps, | | Dick, the Publican, | | Simple Sapling, Esquire, | | Monsieur de FranÇois, | | Crusty Crowbar, Esquire, | | Dupe,—Secretary of State, | | Scriblerius Fribble, | | Commodore Bateau, | | Collateralis,—a new-made Judge. | Attended by a swarm of court sycophants, hungry harpies, and unprincipled danglers, collected from the neighbouring villages, hovering over the stage in the shape of locusts, led by Massachusettensis in the form of a basilisk; the rear brought up by Proteus, bearing a torch in one hand, and a powder-flask in the other. The whole supported by a mighty army and navy, from Blunderland, for the laudable purpose of enslaving its best friends. The
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