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With peace and virtue beaming？
ENSEMBLE
FREDERIC MABEL GIRLS
Did ever pirate Did ever maiden wake How beautifully blue
loathed From dream of homely the sky； etc。
Forsake his hideous duty；
mission To find her daylight
To find himself break
betrothed With such exceeding
To lady of position？ beauty？
RECITFREDERIC
Stay； we must not lose our senses；
Men who stick at no offences
Will anon be here！
Piracy their dreadful trade is；
Pray you； get you hence； young ladies；
While the coast is clear
（FREDERIC and MABEL retire）
GIRLS： No； we must not lose our senses；
If they stick at no offences
We should not be here！
Piracy their dreadful trade is
Nice companions for young ladies！
Let us disap。
（During this chorus the PIRATES have entered stealthily； and
formed in a semicircle behind the GIRLS。 As the GIRLS move
to go off； each PIRATE seizes a GIRL。 KING seizes EDITH and
ISABEL； SAMUEL seizes KATE。）
GIRLS： Too late！
PIRATES： Ha； ha！
GIRLS： Too late！
PIRATES： Ho； ho！
Ha； ha； ha； ha！ Ho； ho； ho； ho！
ENSEMBLE
（Pirates pass in front of （Girls pass in front of
Girls。） Pirates。）
PIRATES GIRLS
Here's a first…rate opportunity We have missed our opportunity
To get married with impunity； Of escaping with impunity；
And indulge in the felicity So farewell to the felicity
Of unbounded domesticity。 Of our maiden domesticity！
You shall quickly be We shall quickly be
parsonified； parsonified；
Conjugally matrimonified； Conjugally matrimonified；
By a doctor of divinity By a doctor of divinity；
Who is located in this Who is located in this
vicinity。 vicinity。
By a doctor of divinity； By a doctor of divinity；
Who resides in this vicinity； Who resides in this vicinity；
By a doctor； a doctor； a doctor By a doctor； a doctor； a doctor
of divinity； of divinity。 of divinity； of divinity。
RECIT
MABEL： （coming forward） Hold； monsters！ Ere your pirate
caravanserai
Proceed； against our will； to wed us all；
Just bear in mind that we are Wards in Chancery；
And father is a Major…General！
SAMUEL： （cowed） We'd better pause； or danger may befall；
Their father is a Major…General。
GIRLS： Yes； yes； he is a Major…General！
（The MAJOR…GENERAL has entered unnoticed； on the rock）
GENERAL： Yes； yes； I am a Major…General！
SAMUEL： For he is a Major…General！
ALL： He is！ Hurrah for the Major…General！
GENERAL： And it is； it is a glorious thing
To be a Major…General！
ALL： It is！ Hurrah for the Major…General！
Hurrah for the Major…General！
SONGMAJOR…GENERAL
I am the very model of a modern Major…General；
I've information vegetable； animal； and mineral；
I know the kings of England； and I quote the fights
historical
From Marathon to Waterloo； in order categorical；
I'm very well acquainted； too； with matters
mathematical；
I understand equations； both the simple and
quadratical；
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news；
With many cheerful facts about the square of the
hypotenuse。
ALL： With many cheerful facts； etc。
GENERAL： I'm very good at integral and differential calculus；
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous：
In short； in matters vegetable； animal； and mineral；
I am the very model of a modern Major…General。
ALL： In short； in matters vegetable； animal； and mineral；
He is the very model of a modern Major…General。
GENERAL： I know our mythic history； King Arthur's and Sir
Caradoc's；
I answer hard acrostics； I've a pretty taste for
paradox；
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus；
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous；
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and
Zoffanies；
I know the croaking chorus from the Frogs of
Aristophanes！
Then I can hum a fugue of which I've heard the music's
din afore；
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense
Pinafore。
ALL： And whistle all the airs； etc。
GENERAL： Then I can write a washing bill in
Babylonic cuneiform；
And tell you ev'ry detail of Caractacus's uniform：
In short； in matters vegetable； animal； and mineral；
I am the very model of a modern Major…General。
ALL： In short； in matters vegetable； animal； and mineral；
He is the very model of a modern Major…General。
GENERAL： In fact； when I know what is meant by 〃mamelon〃 and
〃ravelin〃；
When I can tell at sight a Mauser rifle from a javelin；
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more
wary at；
And when I know precisely what is meant by
〃commissariat〃；
When I have learnt what progress has been made in
modern gunnery；
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery…
…
In short； when I've a smattering of elemental strategy；
You'll say a better Major…General has never sat a gee。
ALL： You'll say a better Major…General； etc。
GENERAL： For my military knowledge； though I'm plucky and
adventury；
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the
century；
But still； in matters vegetable； animal； and mineral；
I am the very model of a modern Major…General。
ALL： But still； in matters vegetable； animal； and mineral；
He is the very model of a modern Major…General。
GENERAL： And now that I've introduced myself； I should like to
have some idea of what's g