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Show \"fl 4n h'-"fi"""‘"' e (164 to give an account of the battel, whilft th ftory was hot and new, and madea relation accurate, and diftintly, with all th pomp, andadvantage of the Theatre, wou' the Audience have fuffer' a Tumbler, o Baboon, a Bear, or Rope dancer to hav withdrawn their attention 5 or to have interrupted the Narratives tho' it had held a long as a Dramatick Reprefentation. No at that time wou'd they thank a bedy fo his quibbles, or wit out of feafon : Thi mans Feather, or that Captains Embroider ed Coat might not be touched upon but i e o it i a d lbfl dricoN AaAL - fates pe -~ petous for the hi a very thort Parentbhefis Swrafe It 1s meerly by the ill-chofen Subjedt, o the ill-adjufting it, that the Audience run a gadding after what is forreign, and fro the bufinefs. And when {ome fencelefs trifling tale, as that of Othello; or fom maogld, abusd, undigefted, interlarde Hiftory on our Stage impioufly aflumes th facred name of Tragedy, it is no wonder i the Theatre grow corrupt and fcandalous and Poetry from its Ancient Reputation an Dignity, is funk to the utmoft Contemp and Derifion Many have been offended with Ariffophane ol 10 They fr i po toe Com wou'd fare o tvn f S i i troduee or} e z‘"w . Miro |