and which I likewiſe rejected, but was perſuaded to accept ſome very
little better, rather than ſeem obſtinate in not complying as well as
others, and yielded ſo far to the Neceſſity of the Time, as to Act under
a much leſs Salary than ſeveral other Performers on that Stage, and
ſubmitted to pay a Sum of Money for my Benefit, notwithſtanding I had
had one clear of all Expence for Nine Years before; an Advantage the
firſt Performers had been thought to merit for near Thirty Years, and
had grown into a Cuſtom.

When I was fixed at that Theatre I determined to Å¿tay there; I did, in
all things which related to my Profeſſon, ſubmit intirely to that
Manager's Direction, and, with the help of other principal Performers,
did greatly promote his Intereſt, as was evident from the Audiences
after we went to Act there; but I found, by his Behaviour to me, it was
deſigned I ſhould not continue with him, but return the next Seaſon to
_Drury-Lane._

The Agreements betwixt that Manager and me were verbal, but made before
two Gentlemen of Character and Fortune, on whom I muſt depend for the
fulfilling of them; they were for one Year. At the end of the
Acting-ſeaſon the Manager ſent an Office-keeper to me with ſome Salary
that was due, who required a Receipt in full; I told him a very great
Part of my Agreements were yet due, and requeſted to ſee the Manager,
who came and acknowledged them, and promiſed to bring one of the
Gentlemen who was preſsent at our Ingagements in a Day or two and pay me,
and then he Å¿aid he had done with me; but he has not paid me, nor have I
ever Å¿een him Å¿ince, or as much as heard from him.

It has always been a Cuſtom in Theatres, that if ever any Actor or
Actreſs was to be diſcharged, or their Allowance leſſen'd, they were