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THE CASE OF MRS. _CLIVE_

Submitted to the PUBLICK.


In order to put an End to ſome falſe Reports, which have been raiſed in
Relation to my not acting this Seaſon, as well as to beſpeak the Favour
of the Publick, I have, by the Advice of my Friends, ventured to addreſs
my Å¿elf to them, from whom I have received many and great Marks of
Favour, and whoſe further Protection I now ſtand in need of.

I know Appeals of this Nature, which relate to Diſputes that happen at a
Theatre, are by ſome thought preſuming and impertinent, ſuppoſing they
are too trifling to demand Attention: But, as I perſuade my ſelf that
Injuſtice and Oppreſſion are by no means thought Matters of Indifference
by any who have Humanity, I hope I Å¿hall not be thought to take too
great a Liberty. I am the more encouraged to hope this from Experience;
it having been obſerved, that thoſe Performers, who have had the
Happineſs to pleaſe on the Stage, and who never did any thing to offend
the Publick, whenever they have been injured by thoſe who preſided over