University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Transcription Collection Penn Manuscript Collective 5-2018 Ms. Codex 238: The Foundling: A Tragedy Martin Earl Smith University of Pennsylvania Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.upenn.edu/manuscript_collective_transcription Part of the Bioethics and Medical Ethics Commons, Digital Humanities Commons, English Language and Literature Commons, European Languages and Societies Commons, and the History Commons Recommended Citation Smith, Martin Earl, "Ms. Codex 238: The Foundling: A Tragedy" (2018). Transcription Collection. 5. https://repository.upenn.edu/manuscript_collective_transcription/5 This paper is posted at ScholarlyCommons. https://repository.upenn.edu/manuscript_collective_transcription/5 For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Ms. Codex 238: The Foundling: A Tragedy Description The Foundling: A Tragedy. Both a raw and a critical transcription (edited for performance) of a play, composed c 1803-1810 by a Scottish teenager, discussing the issues of bastard children, abortion, honor, and the Scottish nobility. Disciplines Arts and Humanities | Bioethics and Medical Ethics | Digital Humanities | English Language and Literature | European Languages and Societies | History Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. This transcription is available at ScholarlyCommons: https://repository.upenn.edu/ manuscript_collective_transcription/5 The Foundling: A Tragedy Composed and written betwixt my sixteenth and eighteenth year Anonymous Edited for Performance by M. Earl Smith Dramatis Personae Sir John the Generous Belville, Sir John’s nephew Henry, Belville’s friend Medicum, a physician Servants Edwin & Conrad, two peasants Matilda, the Foundling Julia, Sir John’s niece and Belville’s sister Maria Act One, Scene One A Garden Enter Sir John the Generous Sir John: How sweet and pleasant is this morning scene! High in the heavens the tuneful lark doth soar, and with her notes delights the enraptured ear.