I was that day shown to twelve sets of company, and as often forced to act over again the same fopperies, till I was half dead with weariness and vexation;

• 那天我一共表演了十二场，常常被迫一遍又一遍地重复那些舞刀弄枪的把戏，累得我有气无力，苦不堪言。