[Footnote 235: "Old Bachelor," act iv. sc. 4:--
"_Fondlewife._ Come kiss _Nykin_ once more, and then get you in--So--Get you in, get you in. By by.
_Lætitia._ By, _Nykin_. _Fondlewife._ By, Cocky. _Lætitia._ By, _Nykin_. _Fondlewife._ By, Cocky, by, by."]
[Footnote 236: Regarding Powell's playing in imitation of Betterton, Chetwood ("History of the Stage," p. 155) says: "Mr. _George Powel_, a reputable Actor, with many Excellencies, gave out, that he would perform the part of Sir _John Falstaff_ in the manner of that very excellent _English Roscius_, Mr. _Betterton_. He certainly hit his Manner, and Tone of Voice, yet to make the Picture more like, he mimic'd the Infirmities of Distemper, old Age, and the afflicting Pains of the Gout, which that great Man was often seiz'd with."]
"Quicquid agunt homines, votum, timor, ira, voluptas, Gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli." Juvenal, i. 85.]
[Footnote 238: That is, January, 1696. The cast was:--
"Love's last Shift; or, the Fool in Fashion."
SIR WILLIAM WISEWOUD .............. Mr. Johnson. LOVELESS .......................... Mr. Verbruggen. SIR NOVELTY FASHION ............... Mr. Cibber. ELDER WORTHY ...................... Mr. Williams. YOUNG WORTHY ...................... Mr. Horden. SNAP .............................. Mr. Penkethman. SLY ............................... Mr. Bullock. LAWYER ............................ Mr. Mills. AMANDA ............................ Mrs. Rogers. NARCISSA .......................... Mrs. Verbruggen. HILLARIA .......................... Mrs. Cibber. MRS. FLAREIT ...................... Mrs. Kent. AMANDA'S WOMAN .................... Mrs. Lucas.]
[Footnote 239: In the Dedication to this play Cibber says that "Mr. _Southern_'s Good-nature (whose own Works best recommend his Judgment) engaged his Reputation for the Success."]
[Footnote 240: Gildon praises this play highly in the "Comparison between the two Stages," p. 25:--
"_Ramble._ Ay, marry, that Play was the Philosopher's Stone; I think it did wonders.
_Sullen._ It did so, and very deservedly; there being few Comedies that came up to't for purity of Plot, Manners and Moral: It's often acted now a daies, and by the help of the Author's own good action, it pleases to this Day."]