I have now finiſhed all I propoſed; I have ſhown in how aggravating a
manner, without any Reaſon aſſigned, and at a Time a very conſiderable
Sum of Money was owing to me, I have been turn'd out of _Covent-Garden_
Theatre. The Manager of _Drury-Lane,_ tho' he can't but know what juſt
Reaſons I had for quitting him, has never apply'd to me to return, nor
made the leaſt Excuſe for not paying my Arrears, tho' due ſo long, and
after promiſing Payment near a Year, notwithſtanding I have, for many
Years, not only endeavour'd, but Å¿ucceeded, in greatly promoting that
Manager's Intereſt, as is known to himſelf and his whole Company.

The Reaſon of my taking the Liberty to communicate theſe Things to the
Publick, is moſt earneſtly to interceed for their Favour and Protection,
from whom I have always met with great Generoſity and Indulgence: For,
as I have already declared, in a Letter publiſhed by me laſt Year in the
Daily Papers, that I had not a Fortune to Å¿upport me, independent of my
Profeſſion, I doubt not but it will appear, I have not made any
conſiderable Acquiſition to it ſince, having not received two Hundred
Pounds Salary for acting in Plays, Farces, and Singing; tho' other
Performers have received more than twice that Sum. I have, in
Conſideration of theſe Hardſhips, been promiſed the Protection of many
Ladies, to whom I have the Honour to be perſonally known, and will not
doubt the Concurrence of the Publick, in receiving my Performance in the
beſt manner I am, at preſent, capable of, which I ſhall always moſt
gratefully Acknowledge.

C. CLIVE

FINIS.