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Show •B B P R O LO G UE Written by the Honourable CharksBoyle, Efq; OUR Bard refolv'd to auit this wicked Town. And all Toettck Offices lay down-, M the weak Brother was drawn in again, And a caft Miftrefs tempted him to Sin. Thus many a cautions Gallant in this Throng, May wed, when old, whom he debauch'd when ymf- Thus the repenting fair Ones vow in vain horn Cards, from Love, fom Scandal to refrain • lor, Eafter over, they relapfe again. * ft write well's hard: But I appeal to/all, lit not much harder not to write at all ? Some Men muft write for Writing's their Difeafe, And every Toet's fure one Man to pleafe. Some meddling Coxcombs, rather than fit ftill And perfectly do nothing, muft do III. Some are with bufie Dulnefi fo o'er-run>> Ihe) feem defign'd by Heav'n to tea^e the Town ret when thefe Fools have fpawn'd feme fickly flay, m have fo many greater Fools than they, mHI pack a erowded Audience the Third Day* ms Poet has no fly inveigling Arts • ^ tp to gain, but he'll not fteal your Hearts. «»Mufe is ruftick, and perhaps too plain, m Men offqueamifh Taftet to entertain: •fc none but Dutchejfes will dnign to toaft, d Favours only from front Boxes boaft. v's all Grimace: When Appetites are good, !!the Drefi co*rfi> the Air and Manners rude, 2IVrh U*?ith "bkfe* &efh md Blood. - « **fim,s of pleafmg all the Nation, wjo debmh'd with Whims of Reformation. M 3 H^as T |