THE MODERN THEATRE; A COLLECTION OF SUCCESSFUL MODERN PLAYS, AS ACTED AT THE THEATRES ROYAL, LONDON. PRINTED FROM THE PROMPT BOOKS UNDER THE AU- MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS. HE WOU'D BE A SOLDIER. ENGLAND PRESERVED. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND RBOWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1811. MATILDA; A TRAGEDY, IN FIVE ACTS. AS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. BY THE AUTHOR OF THE EARL OF WARWICK, VOL. VIII, MATILDA. ACT THE FIRST. SCENE I MATILDA's Tent, with a view of the distant country. Enter MATILDA and BERTHA. Mat. I thank thee, gentle Bertha, for thy good ness; If aught could sooth the anguish of my soul, To hope and joy, 'twould be thy gen'rous friend ship: But I am sunk so deep in misery, That comfort cannot reach me. Ber. Talk not thus, My sweet Matilda; innocence, like thine, Already hath the interposing hand |