in proportion to the rapidity of the current of cold air.

to be burnt by the common hangman, and himself to lose his ears.

The Italians are far from attempting to cast a blemish on the opera,

or to excommunicate Signor Senesino or Signora Cuzzoni. With regard

to myself, I could presume to wish that the magistrates would

suppress I know not what contemptible pieces written against the

stage. For when the English and Italians hear that we brand with

the greatest mark of infamy an art in which we excel; that we

excommunicate persons who receive salaries from the king; that we