A COMEDY. AS IT IS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRE-ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. A NEW EDITION. BY FREDERICK REYNOLDS. LONDON: PRINTED FOR ☎, n. longman and o, rexs paterò NOSTER-ROW, SCENE-A SEA-PORT TOWN IN ENGLAND, TRINTED AT THE ANTI-JACOBIN PRESS, BY T. CROWDER, NO. 2, TEMPLE-LANE, WHITE FRIAKS, HOW TO GROW RICH: GROW HOW TO A COMEDY. ACT I. SCENE I.-An Apartment in SMALLTRADE'S Banking Houfe-Doors open in the Hall, and Clerks Jeen writing. Enter WARFORD and PLAINLY. PLAINLY. NAY, do not think me curious or impertinent, Mr. Warford-I have lived fo long with you and your uncle, that I cannot see you unhappy without enquiring the cause. Warford. My uncle is himself the caufe-his weakness and credulity will undo us all. Plainly. Excufe me, fir; but I'm afraid the young lady now on a vifit at our banking houfethe charming Lady Henrietta!-has fhe not made a very deep impreffion? B Warford. Warford. To confefs the truth, fhe has; and though from my inferior fituation in life, I can never afpire to the gaining of her affections, fhe may still have to thank me for faving her from ruin. Plainly. From ruin, fir! Warford. Ay; he is now on the very brink of it-When her father, Lord Orville, went abroad for his health, he gave her a fortune of eight thousand pounds, and left her to the care of her uncle, Sir Thomas Roundhead-At his country feat, Mr. Smalltrade met with her, and being banker to her father, he thought it his duty to invite her to his houfe. Plainly. And he had no fooner enter'd it, than fhe became acquainted with Sir Charles and Mifs Dazzle-I fufpect their infamous defigns. Warford. Yes, Plainly ;-when Mifs Dazzle has robb'd her of her fortune at the gaming table, Sir Charles is to attempt to deprive her of her honor-but if I don't fhame and expofe them! Oh! think of the heartfelt fatisfaction in faving fuch a woman as Lady Henrietta! 'Tis true, most of her fortune is already loft, and Sir Thomas is fo offended at her conduct, that (wanting an heir to his eftate) he has adopted his god-daughter, Rofa. Plainly. 'Sdeath! I wifh Sir Charles and his fifter were driven back to London-They are a difgrace to this, our fashionable fea-bathing town. Warford. What most I fear, is left my uncle fhou'd join their confederacy-I know it is their plan to lure him into partnership, and he is fo anxious to encrease his fortune, that under the |