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TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD,
The Humble Petition of the Horses lately employed at the Pavilion Theatre, &c. &c.
Humbly Sheweth,
That by your Petitioners strict obedience to the bridle hand and corresponding appiu, the NE PLUS UNTRA of the Equestrian Art, have long enjoyed the confidence of the nation. That your Petitioners are inexpressibly happy to find they are to act in a New Grand and Splendid Stage Spectacle, called THE TYRANT SARACEN, and THE NOBLE MOOR, on the large stage of the Theatre, Westminster Bridge, on Easter Monday next, April 15th, 1811; and in which, among other singular incidents, your Petitioners are to drop in battle on the Stage, without begin shot; die a theatrical death; imitate being slightly and dangerously wounded in the off and hind feet; to lie close on the earth, among brushwood, rocks, and marshy grounds; in ambuscade; rise and dash on the enemy in the highest pitch of animation by way of surprise. That your Petitioners seriously hope that the delineation which is the object of this prayer will have its due weight, by opening your eyes, that you and all our noble patrons and gallant warriors of this our native and happy isle may still see our little merit. Lastly, your Petitioners most humbly and respectfully request that you will send one or more of your excellent and accurate Reporters to the aforesaid Theatre, very early on next Monday evening, where they will see the Saracens and Moors, horse and foot, ready to commence their being prepared with extensive new-invented graduation platform, work, &c. and report the truth, and nothing but the truth, of what your most humble Petitioners in their humble endeavours to amuse to support your Petitioners in their humble endeavours to amuse this great Metropolis a thousand years, and we your Petitioners live to deserve it.—Signed in behalf of ourselves, and the rest of the Stud. The SARACENS and MOORS Chargers.
Theatre, Westminster Bridge,
April 13, 1811.
