Memoirs of Mr. John Tobin

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1820 edition. Excerpt: ... 1 ANALYSIS, BY JOHN TOBIN, OF LA GITANILLA DE MADRID, (The Gypsey of Madrid.) COMEDIA FAMOSA DE DON ANTONIO DE SOLIS. DRAMATIS PERSONS. Don Juan. Preciosa. Maldonado. Don Alonzo. Dona Isabei. Diego. Don Henrique. JUANA. Sancho. Don Pedro. Fabio. Martin-Julio. Gitanos. Musica Accompanamiento. This dramatic sketch is inserted, partly as a specimen of the author's style and spirit of analyzation, and partly because it affords a proof that, in 1804, the author despaired of seeing The Honey-moon represented. THE GYPSEY OF MADRID. ACT I. Enter Don Juan and Julio with a Miniature Picture. Julio. Como tan poco gustosa Fue la causa de venirte Alia dexaste al partirte 1 retrato de tu Eposa Don Juan. Quedose, Julio, olvidado Pero yo pienso que ha sido En este Caso el Olvido Diligencia del Cuidado. Jul. No es menester que publique Tu lengua, que eres ingrato. Don Juan. Dexa esso. This picture I must give to Don Henriquez, that by means of it he may the better follow my bride. Julio. To Don Henriquez, signor? The picture of Isabel? Don Juan. Come nearer to me, and you shall know the history of it. You know that I came to court--Julio. True, sir, in obedience to your father you left Salamanca for Seville; about which time, attentive, as he said, to your happiness, he engaged to marry you at this court to Donna Isabel de Oviedo, your cousin, whose picture you just now held in your hand. After receiving a thousand letters from your father, you resolved to come here, but determined not to marry the lady. Your friend Don Henrique accompanied you from Salamanca. Don Juan gives a long account of his having fallen violently in love with a gypsey since his arrival at Seville, (which the more confirmed his dislike to the match which his father had made for...