THE

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SUCCESSFUL MODERN PLAYS,

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THE THEATRES ROYAL, LONDON.

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MATILDA;

A

TRAGEDY,

IN FIVE ACTS.

AS PERFORMED AT THE

THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.

BY THE

AUTHOR OF THE EARL OF WARWICK,

VOL. VIII,

MATILDA.

ACT THE FIRST.

SCENE I

MATILDA's Tent, with a view of the distant country. Enter MATILDA and BERTHA.

Mat. I thank thee, gentle Bertha, for thy good

ness;

If aught could sooth the anguish of my soul,
Or raise it from the horrors of despair

To hope and joy, 'twould be thy gen'rous friend ship:

But I am sunk so deep in misery,

That comfort cannot reach me.

Ber. Talk not thus,

My sweet Matilda; innocence, like thine,
Must be the care of all-directing heav'n.

Already hath the interposing hand