Agnes de Castro a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal by His Majesty's servants / written by a young lady.
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- Title
- Agnes de Castro a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal by His Majesty's servants / written by a young lady.
- Author
- Trotter, Catharine, 1679-1749.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for H. Rhodes ... R. Parker ... S. Briscoe ...,
- 1696.
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- Castro, Inês de, d. 1355 -- Drama.
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"Agnes de Castro a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal by His Majesty's servants / written by a young lady." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33540.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 9, 2025.
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CHARLES Earl of DORSET and MIDDLESEX. Lord Chamberlain of His Majesty's Houshold, And Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, &c.
MY LORD,
THIS little Off-spring of my early Muse was first Submitted to Your Lordship's Judgment, Whether it shou'd be Stifled in the Birth, or Pre∣serv'd to try its Fortune in the World; And since 'tis from Your Sentence it has ventur'd thus far, it now Claims a sort of Title to Your Lordships Pro∣tection, which it cou'd not have the least pretence to from its own Merit; But 'tis Your Lordships Character to Encourage all great Attempts, though Unsuccessful: This was indeed a Bold one for a Woman at my Years, but I wou'd not offer my little Experience, as a reason to be Pardon'd for not acquitting my self well, (for I think the Incapacity of producing any thing better, a very ill Excuse for exposing a Foolish Thing) if the same inconsi∣dering Youth might not excuse the rashness of the Undertaking; And I shall be much less Pardonable, if the next I bring upon the Stage has not a better Title to the Favour of the Town. This seems to promise another attempt, which shou'd not be ex∣pected from one who Conceals her Name, to shun that of Poctress. I wish I cou'd separate them here, for then I shou'd be proud to own my self to the World, with all Respect,
My Lord, Your Lordship's most Obliged, and most humble Servant.