The farmer's wife: a comic opera, in three acts / Written by C. Dibdin, Jun. and performed, for the first time, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, February 1, 1814.
- Charles Isaac Mungo Dibdin
- Date:
- 1814
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The farmer's wife: a comic opera, in three acts / Written by C. Dibdin, Jun. and performed, for the first time, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, on Tuesday, February 1, 1814. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Robin. O, you mean that Don Quixote fellou', —I’ll mak a better out on’t than he, I warrant— I won’t mistake a win^-mill for a castle, though I may fancy Baronet’s back a corn-sheaf, and Peter’s head a tenpenny-nail; and this \the Cudgel] shall serve for both flail and hammer. Barn. (Thou art an honest fellow;-—go, and here’s something for the journey. [Gives money. Robin. Thank ye.—Oh 1 1 met Dr. Pother in a panic; and he be going wi’ me, to clear up his character, as he said; I never ax’d him how, for fear of setting him off wi’ one of his long stories— but I mun be off', for IMaster Cornflower’s a good fellow; he were a cordial to my heart, when my poor ould mother had her goods seized for rent, and he paid it all down for her, wi’ expenses; and shall I rest quietly in my bed, and see him clandestinely violated of his wife?—No! So, here I go; and if I catch the interlopers, if I don’t peg Peter and bang t’ Baronet, to their hearts’ delight, never trust me. [Buttons up his Coat, and strides off, flourishing his Cudgel. Barn. As I live, here is Captain Belton: would he had returned earlier, he might have prevented this. Enter Captain Belton. Capt. B. What, my old friend? ' Barn. Captain Belton ? Welcome home—yet, you are not going to the farm ? Capt. B. Where else should I go ? Barn. Come with me; there is a misunder¬ standing at the farm. Capt. B. Your look and manner declare some¬ thing I almost dread to hear.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30374790_0064.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
