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p>_As many were not able to secure all the Acts of "A Comedy of Errors" owing to the editions having been exhausted, and as numerous friends have expressed a desire to secure it entire, the author has concluded to publish it, supplemented by four more recent compositions._
_With malice towards none and charity to all, this modest booklet is launched on the uncertain sea of literature._
_--Old Fogy._
_Manila, November 15th, 1914._
A COMEDY OF ERRORS
BY SPOKESHAVE
ACT I
Dramatis Personae
_Caesar_ . . . _Ruler of the State._
_Francos_ . . _Governor General of a Province._
_Quezox_ . . . _Resident Delegate from the Province._
_Page._
_Scene: Throne Room at the Capitol_
_Caesar:_ Most noble Francos, I greet thee heartily.
A function truly noble falls within thy grasp;
And thou wilt with it deal as only sages can.
The distant Isles are now crushed by the pow'r
Of ruthless tyrants, who on plunder bent,
Oppress a helpless, but a worthy race,
Which groans beneath a yoke of foreign make,
And hence it fitteth not the sable necks
On which it now, relentless, firmly rests.
'Tis well, we know, how, filled with visions vain, Our predecessor sought to stuff those minds With mental food fit only for those born To skins of whiter tint, and hence with grasp Of firmer structure, built by kindly Time, Who fashioned us in more ennobled mold; While power divine to cap the climax grand, With hand so deft, gave it its final touch.
These men with vision faint who planned so vain
Knew not the knightly thought bred in the south. The north winds chill and stunt the subtle power Which flourishes alone 'neath southern skies,
To read unerring from the page of truth
That God has fashioned some to mount aloft,
While o