* Outdoor setting. Left to right: Hughes Ball holding a check in one hand and a bag of money in the other ("Can you resist these golden charms ... "). A kneeling woman holds a broom or stick over which Mercandotti leaps ("The Ball is yours, lose not one moment to take the leap ... "). The young dancer, leaping in the air, reaches for the check ("Such tempting arms, to them I'll fly for life"). The Earl of Fife, generally believed to be Mercandotti's father, dances a jig ("I am glad you are gone, tol lol la ... ").
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1823
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