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Show APPENDIX " So comic poets in fair London town a u e n w r t a a c o w' fl « To cull th " down. Then there was a good deal about Rome, and Athens and dramatic rules An of knaves character an courtiers authors and fool And a vast/deal about critics; and good nature, an A I 1 I the poor author's fear And I think there was something ‘about a thir night, hoping to see you here "Twas all such stuff as this ot worth repeating In the old prologue cant; and then at last concludes prefud and on thus kindly ‘greeting « To you the critic jury of the pit upon t « Qur culprit-author does his cause submit Dersons « With justice, nay, with candour, judge his wit.J ¢ Give him, at least, a patient quiet hearing Manag desert " If guilty, damn him;-if not guilty, clear him No. 7 ben o |