Peter Wilkins
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Excerpt from Peter Wilkins: Or, the Flying Islanders, a Melo-Dramatic Spectacle, in Two Acts Scene I. - The South Sea. At R. 2 E.the ribs of a vessel which is lying on her side, close to a rock of loadstone, which is stuck full of iron and metal of every description, as if forced by its attraction. The sun rising gives a brilliant tint to the rock; parts of masts, sails, barrels, ropes, &c., fill up the scene. The stage becomes light soon after the curtain rises. Enter Peter from the ship with a box an shoulder. Peter. [Throwing down box on stage.] Plague take that loadstone rock! Every crowbar, chain plate, staunching iron all sticking fast in it like quills on the back of the porcupine; and here stands Peter Wilkins, the only living biped on this isle, of all the ship´s crew, except honest John Adams, who clung to me like a true-hearted son of Neptune as he is, till we touched land. "Evil got, evil goes," says the old proverb: this comes of piracy. Piracy no, ´twas but a retaliation. When those Portuguese made prisoners of me and my companions, and set us to dig in their trenches like slaves, it was but natural to give them the slip when fortune gave us the opportunity. Honest Jack Adams, poor Phelim, and my cousin, Nicodemus Crowquill, were the only ones of all the ship´s crew that stuck by me till she went to shivers; and since that time, now eight and twenty days, have I explored this isle in a vain search for them; yet hope clings to me that they still live. The sea is studded with small islands - they were good swimmers, and their good fortune may have steered them to one. Adams. [Sings without, L. U. E.] - "Ay, well may we boast now," &c. Peter. There´s John Adams with our boat, always blithe, and carolling some ditty. Enter John Adams, L. U. E., singing, a rifle leather case in his hand. Peter. Well, John, returned for another cargo? John. Ay, Peter, another cargo of the De la Cruz - there she is, keel upwards, like a log skeleton in pickle, nothing left of her but ribs. She was kind to us to the last, and has left us all her lading, wine, spirits, and clothing in plenty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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