*p1760 11 24 dl The Minor. ^As17601122^.*a1760 11 24 dl A Duke and no Duke. ^As17601003^.*d1760 11 24 dl I: <i>The Colliers</i>, ^as17601024^; II: <i>The Mad Doctor</i>, ^as17601014^.*c1760 11 24 dl Did I tell you that the Archbishop tried to hinder the <i>Minor</i> from being played at <i>Drury Lane</i>? For once the $Duke of Devonshire= was firm, and would only let him correct some passages, & even of those the Duke has restored some. One that the Prelate effaced was 'You snub-nosed son of a bitch.' $Foote= says he will take out a license to preach Sam Cant against Tom Cant. ($Walpole= to $Montagu=, 24 Nov.). [See also Duke of Devonshire's statement to $Garrick= concerning the alteration of some lines, <i>Private Correspondence</i>, ed. Boaden, I, 120. See <i>Gentlemen's Magazine</i>, p. 502: <i>Extracts from Christian and Critical remarks on a droll or interlude, call'd the Minor, said to be acted by authority; and Mr Foote's answer</i>. Ten columns of alternate attack and justification.]