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All the Characters to be perform’d by Persons
Of the Town for their Amusement.
Before the Play will be spoke, a New PROLOGUE.
Written for the occasion----At the End of the Fourth
Act, (by particular Desire) MR. GARRICK’s PROLOGUE
To BARBAROSSA will be spoke in the Character of a
COUNTRY Boy---And the Whole to conclude with an
OCCASIONAL EPILOGUE
No Person to be admitted without a Ticket, which may be had at the Rose, Bush
, King’s Head and Roebuck Inns. And at the Printing-Office….BOX Three Shillings,
PIT Two Shillings, GALLERY One Shilling.—
The Performance to begin PRECISELY at SIX o’Clock; and no Person whatever will
be admitted behind the scenes.
N.B. Such Ladies and Gentlemen who intend honouring the Performance of the Night
with their Presence in the Box, are required to give early Notice, and Places shall be
reserved for them.

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Mon 11 Feb
STOLEN or STRAYED, out of a Green called Pattin’s Ash Green, near the Town of
WOKINGHAM, Berks, a little BLACK PONY , about ten hands high, the Mark out
of his Mouth, a Hog mane, a cut Tail, crooked behind, and going in ambling pace
Also, a Dark-coloured GREY GELDING, near 14 hands high, coming five Years old,
with a large Head, a short dock’d Tail, and spragg’d. Any Person that can give
intelligence of the above Horses, or will bring them to EPHRAIM HOULTON, or
HENRY TRASH, of WOKINGHAM aforesaid, shall be paid all reasonable Charges,
and have a Reward to their Satisfaction.

WEREAS JOHN KEMP, Labourer has left his WIFE and FAMILY chargeable to the
Town of WOKINGHAM, Berks: Whoever will give intelligence of him to Messrs.
BECHER and TOGWELL, OVERSEERS of the Poor of the said Town, shall be
handsomely rewarded for their Trouble.
He is about 35 Years of Age; five Feet five Inches high; strait light-brown Hair;
grey Eyes; well set. And goes ankle out at Knees.

TO be SOLD, Three HOUSES pleasantly situated in the Town of WOKINGHAM;
two of the Houses joining together; with large Gardens to each; they stand on a
pleasant Spot of Ground, dry and healthy, and have fine springs of Water. The said
Houses may be converted to several Purposes, for any Business, or very pleasant to
erect a House for a small Family; one of the said Houses in good Repair, the other in
indifferent. As they stand together, they may advantageously improved. The third
House is new built, with a Yard behind it walled in, fit for a small Family; containing
one Passage to the Staircase, one Kitchen 14 by 16, a Parlour ditto, and three Bed-
Chambers, with a good Well of Water.
Enquire of Mr. THOMAS ROUND , or of ANTHONY HADLAND, Ironmonger,
near the Church, WOKINGHAM. N.B. All the Premises are Freehold, and subject to
a very small Quit-Rent.

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Mon 8 July
A SMALL FARM; consisting of a `Farm-House, Barn, Stable, and other convenient
Out-Houses, all in good repair; a Yard, Garden, Orchard, and about Twenty Acres of

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