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Love in a Village

Scene the first

A garden with statues, fountains, and flower-pots. Several arbours appear in the side-scenes.

Rossetta, Lucinda
 

[Air I]

Rossetta, Lucinda
Hope! thou nurse of young desire

Heigho Rossetta?

[Air II]

Rossetta
Whence can you inherit

And this is your advice?

[Air III]

Rossetta
My heart's my own, my will is free

Well, but my dear mad girl

[Air IV]

Lucinda
When once love's subtle poison gains
Lucinda, Rossetta ->
Scene the second
<- Young Meadows

Let me see, on the fifteenth of June

[Air V]

Young Meadows
Oh! had I been by fate decreed

Hah! who was it I had a glimpse

Scene the third
Young Meadows
<- Rossetta

Lucinda was certainly in the right

[Air VI]

Rossetta
Gentle youth, ah, tell me why
Young Meadows
Rossetta ->
Scene the fourth

This girl is a riddle

[Air VII]

Young Meadows
Still in hopes to get the better
Young Meadows ->
Scene the fifth

A hall in Justice Woodcock's house.

 
<- Hawthorn

[Air VIII]

Hawthorn
There was a jolly miller once

House here, house

Hawthorn
<- Justice Woodcock

Oh master Hawthorn!

[Air IX]

Hawthorn
Let gay ones and great
Scene the sixth
Hawthorn, Justice Woodcock
<- Hodge

Did your worship call, Sir?

[Air X]

Hawthorn
The honest heart, whose thoughts are clear
Hodge
Justice Woodcock, Hawthorn ->
Scene the seventh
Hodge
<- Lucinda

Hist, hist, Hodge!

[Air XI]

Hodge
Well, well, say no more
Lucinda
Hodge ->
Scene the eighth

How severe is my case?

[Air XII]

Lucinda
Cupid, god of soft persuasion
Lucinda ->
Scene ninth

A field with a stile.

 
<- Hodge, Margery

What does the wench follow me for?

Hodge, Margery
<- Young Meadows

Well, and what then?

[Air XIII]

Margery
How happy were my days, till now
Young Meadows, Hodge, Margery ->
Scene the tenth

A green with the prospect of a village, and the representation of a statute or fair.

<- Justice Woodcock, Hawthorn, Mrs. Deborah, Lucinda, Rossetta, Young Meadows, Hodge, Country people

This way, your worship, this way

[Air XIV]

Hawthorn
The court, and the city, fine folk may extol
Scene the eleventh
Justice Woodcock, Hawthorn, Mrs. Deborah, Lucinda, Rossetta, Young Meadows, Hodge, Country people
<- Servant men, Servant women, Gardener, House maid, Huntsman, Landry-maid, Footman, Cook-maid, Groom, Dairy-maid, Carter

Now your honour, now the sport will come

[Air XV]

Gardener, House maid, Huntsman, Landry-maid, Footman, Cook-maid, Groom, Dairy-maid, Carter, Chorus
Those who in gardens take delight
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