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Ere Times but ſuch as in preceding Day 
There d be no need for Garniture in Plays; 

A well wrought Scene wou'd of it (elf Invite, 

And that which gave Inſtruction, give Delight; 

As each wou'd kindly take the Muſes Treat, 1:2 0 
And without Bill of Fare fit down and Eat. WY 


But Innovation has your Taſte depray d. 
And Poets now deſpaix of being av d, dolmals 7G 
Unleſs ſome Dance ſupports em as they b | 
Or Song preſerves the Sickly Sons of Ink. 


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Elſe had we not done Tinos Merit wrong, 
And fun our Invitation out ſo long, . 
Promis d ſ ch t. mpting ; things upon our. Bills, 
And call'd you in by diat of Shake and Trill, | 
Fore'd, for your ur Sakes, our Auth 7 to abuſe, - 


ke ut luna. the! drbeniaslloſei Ci? | 


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For Sh let ackler: Sence poſſeſs your Breaſts, . | 
Make us not ever Tools to make you Gueſts, 
Not faſhionably Pamper your Diſeaſe, 
Or always be Irregular, to FOE. | 


Follies may take, and Trifles may go P 30 70 
As things novel to tfloſe that wear the 'Gown, | 7 e 
And Tumblers, and French Girls, and fam'd L hire 
May by Collegiate Eyes with Pleaſure ſeen, 
But you can ſee ne Folly that is new, 
Having ſo long the Nager in n your View. 


Let t other Houſe, who a Len Audience want. 


Apply themſelves to Learning's Sacred Font, 1 20 bb 0 


And like Old Miſtreſſes whoſe Charms are gone. ; 
Leave their Abode for Places more unknown, . 
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5 wen ſtand our Ground, your Pleaſures: to Purſue, 


Having the Men of Senſe in having you. hgh; . 


The stage's Dread, and yet the Stage's Pride, 


In this Bright Circle wie we Confide, te ; 


Oh! Miy ye ſtand for Ever on our Side. ; 

Our Claim muſt needs Superiour Inc reſt gain, 7 | 
Wher Judgments Triumph, and where Beauties Reign; * 
Where Claims like Yours affect our Sight and Soul, 
And we behold what, none ca can ſee that Strole. 


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EPILOG U E, . 
Theatre in the c Hay-hanker.: 


ND muſt this Houſe your want of 3 Mourn, 
And Majeſty's Domeſticks Bankrupts furn? | 


1 5 Moſt theſe Fam'd Walls for deathleſs Bards Renowa'd, , 


Neglected ſtand, and yield to Common Ground, 
Where Hoſtlers to good Manners give Offence, * 
And Grooms beat _— the Price of "OE agd Sence. 


F Forbid I 


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Forbid it ye that Wirz Dominion hols, of 


And Merit ſhou'd Eſtectm for being Old, n 


Sign not our Ruin with Subſcribing Hands, ' 
Nor build another While this Fabrick ſtands, * 
Look on it ſtill, our Theatre ſurvey, 
What is there not agrecable and Gay, 
Or Ornamental to ſet of a 9 
You cry, Vitruvian Rules are here tranſgreſs d, 


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And that it cannot bear an Artiſt's Teſt, 
That no Piazza opens to the Dome, 


Or ſhews the fam'd deſigns of Greece and Rome. 


But what is this to thofe who Judges fit, 


Not of the Stage's Building, but its Wit, 4 
Who at your Homes ſee Marble Columes riſe,” | 


And with high Guilded Roofs: may Glut your Eyes, 


We chuſe the Poet's, not the Paintef's Pen, 


And boaſt a Shakeſpear, tho?-we boaſt no Wren: 


Let are we not fo deſpicable thought, 
Zut your Surveyor borrows hence his Draught. 


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Hither your Architects you're pleas 'd to ſend, 1 
Who Copy out the Faults they cannot mend,” 

Who view the Meaſur d Ground with ſubtil Eyes, 
And take che very Model 4 deſpiſe. 

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wiſeaces we; wit fearful of a Storm, 

permit the Foe to lay the Siege okay 

Add to deſtroy us, furoiſh em wi Meu,” e 
By letting in their Spies to ſearch our Bb 
But Reformation muſt amend this Age, I 
And Fables be Reform'd into a Stage. 

Nobles will take their Seats where: Filth was laid, 


And Beauties. deign to Shine where Beaſts were fed, 
Ulle Hals Gueſts, who Cooſecrate the Ground,  ” 


And form a Temple where a Shed was found. 
ret ſhall we Hul ou beſt Endeavours uf, 

And Rival their Piazza) with our Muſe; 

Time may reſtore us to bur wonted State, 


And things recover their decay'd Eſteem, 


Valu d for what they are, not what they ſeem: 2 i 


And while by Rules of 4 Art they Building raiſe,.. 


Our r ſhall be 1 Plays.. oo; 
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? Bickerſtaff, in Qui AKE. 5 RD: 


Rom Harry's Daughter, and the Princeſs | . 
turn Petitioner. in Quaker's dreſs ; * 


Sent to Entreat your off yours to this dee, EE. 5 
Witltlhoocabe in Hal 1 Age. IT: 2515 & rx © 


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Lou on this Sect of -riper Years have. mird, c - | 
| 13 55 And will not ſurely frown uponge Child, OY 


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That may in time an artſul Siſte prove, „d 


Nr And Look, and Cant, and Sigh you into Lore. 1 1 
Shew that the Spirit with the Fleſh is frail, 5 or : 
And hear with Longing Ears an, Amotous Tail ; i — 47 


Carnal and Gay, like the Prophane.gnd Looſe. 1 


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- Since I have what may one Day be of, uſe,, - - M7 10 


Mild de your Thoughts, as Harmleſs f appear, 
And let no Barberous Woolley Harbour here, 15 IO 
e [Loſt © ee wit Perf Lal, * = 
And fall to Bullying you inſtead of Rome, e 
„„ ſhew ing Tudor Courage in his Blood, 
1 % | 1 wp, of & Ha,— and Storm, and r malte you Good. 
n — 1 — RRPIOW 7, 


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