Excerpt from Polly: An Opera: Being the Second Part of the Beggar's OperaAfter Mr. Rich and I were agreed upon Terms and Conditions for bringing this Piece on the Stage, and that every thing was ready for a Rehearsal; the Lord Chamberlain sent an Order from the Country to prohibit Mr. Rich to suffer any Play to be rehears'd upon his Stage, till it had been first of all supervis'd by His Grace. As soon as Mr. Rich came from His Grace's Secretary (who had sent for him to receive the before mention'd Order) he came to my Lodgings, and acquainted me with the Orders he had received.Upon the Lord Chamberlain's coming to Town, I was confined by Sickness, but in four or five Days, I went abroad on purpose to wait on His Grace with a faithful and genuine Copy of this Piece, excepting the Errata's of the Transcriber.It was transcrib'd in great Haste by Mr. Stede the Prompter of the Playhouse, that it might be ready against His Grace's Return from the Country. As my Illness at that time would not allow me to read it over, I since find in it many small Faults, and here and there a Line or two omitted.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.