THE following Scenes were written with no other View than to serve Mr. Wood∣ward last Year at his Benefit; and to expose a Set of People, (the Daffodils) whom the Au∣thor thinks more prejudicial to the Community, than the various Characters of Bucks, Bloods,Flashes and Fribbles, which have by Turns in∣fested the Town, and been justly ridicul'd upon the Stage. He expects no Mercy from the Cri∣tics: But the more indulgent Public, perhaps, will excuse his Endeavours to please them, when they shall know, that the Performance was plan'd, written, and acted in less than a Month.0