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Show 4-22 __ - :- p" But. my Lord, fought to have ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 ^ tron , and that in praiiing you ^ * ^ ^ \ 3 S r f 5 Goodnefs for the Dedication of .hi. to h. Ve avoided. I ftand in need ot all P"r accuuom a j jhou,d Play : which though, perhaps it be the Brf ° W ^ « & V ^ th> [muh]c ot being havUear'd you, for my Cr, tick, ,f I taj n o ' g ^ ^ i f t g Age, than in any ofthe m y l W o r . Wit feems to have ' ^ / ^ ^ V ' dvWriters becaufe fome of the Nobility, former; and People of my m e n « * • * « ^ J ^ P r a i S which Poefie could give and your Lordfhip in the ;, ft f ^ ^ ^ ^ M ^ ^ V V™ Lord,hiP in fo dan" you. But let thole who ^ ^ ^ f ^ ^ S f S I have lb much of Self-Intereft, as gerousa Quality: *°^J ™ ^ 7 l tele-Without defiling you fhould proceed to be content with reading^ who are wo. fled in a Duel, and ro a Scene or Pla v; with > * « « « » g f t S S & d L Y o J Lordfhip has but another ftep ^ d U 9 ^ ^ 1 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t a Tyrant, and opprefs our little to make, and from ^^L^ou I* Z e d hem. BuVthele my Loin, are Defigns, teTSKyTSitt S ^ y ^ t h e n the ^ King is contriving the Conqueft ofthe S ^ S Tis aI barren Triumph, which is not worth your Pains, and woud only rank him amongft your Slates, who is already, My Lordt Your Lordfltfs Mofl Obedient, And Moft Faithful Servant, JOHN DRYDEN* PROLOGUE. LOrd, how Reform'J and ghtiet are we grown,. Sir.ce all our Braves,andaBour Wits are gent! • now if free from Civil Wat: White Wig and Vizard make no longer1far. France, and the FUttfinvefwepttbeTovmfo clear, That wc can AH in Peace, and you civ Hc.;r. Twas a fad fight before they march''d from home,-* To fee our Warrtours in Red Wafttcoats, come, X With Hair tuck'd up, into our Tiring Room. y Hut 'twas more fad to bear their Lfi Adieu; The Women foPd, and fwore they would be true J And fo they were as long as e'er they ecu'd : -\ But powerful Guinnee cannot be withflood, X And thy were made cf Play-houfe Flefli and Blood. $ Fate did their Friends for double ufe ordain, -\ In Wars abroad, they grinning Honour gam, X Aid Miftreffes for all that ftay, maintain. y Now they are gone, V i dead Vacation here, For neither Friends nor Enemies appear. Poor pevfivt Funk noiv peeps e'r Flays begin} Sees the bare Bench, and darts not venture in: But manages her laft Half Crown with care, And trudges to tbe Mall on foot for Air. Our City Friends fo far will hardly come- They can take up with Pleafures nearer home; And fee gay Shows, and gawdy Scenes elfcwhcre : I For we prefume they feldom come to bear. , But they have now tan up a Glorious Trade, • And cutting Mvorcraft, ftruts in Alafquerade. i There's all our Hope, for we fhall fhow To day, A hlafquing Ball, to recommend our Play, Nay, to endear 'an more, and let 'em , We fcorn to const behind in Courtefie, We II follow the new Mode which they begin, And Treat 'em with a Room, and Couch within : For that's one way, howfer the PI ay fall fhort, T'oblige the Town, the City, and the Court. Terfons Kefrejented. M E N. Polydamas, Ufurperof Sicily. Leonidas, T h e Rightful Prince, u n k n o w n Mr. Kynafton. Argaleon, Favourite to Polydamas----- Mr. Lydall By M r . Winterfl)alf. Hermogenes, Fofter-Father to Leonidas Eubulits, his Friend and Companion - Rhodophil, Captain of the Guards Palamede, a Courtier _ •Mr. Cartwright. Mr. Wat fon. Mr. Mohun. Mr. Hart. WOMEN. Palmyra, Daughter to the Ufurper- Amaltha, Sifter to Argaleon -. Doralicc, W i f e to Rhodophil Melantha, an affe&ed Lady Philotis, W o m a n to Melantha Bclifa, W o m a n to Doralicc Artemis, a Court Lady* Scene, SIC I LIU. By, -Mrs. Coxe. -Mrs. James. - Mrs. Marfhall. - Mrs. Bowtell. -Mrs. Reeve. - M r s . Slade. -Mrs. Uphill. MARRIAGE 47 * MARRIAGE A-la-Mode. 1: ' £ tor. A C T I. S C E N E I. Walks near the Court. Enter Doralice and Beliza. BEliza bring the Lute into this Arbour: thc W a l k s are empty- 2 would try the Song the Princefs Amaltha bid m e learn. P^ f Thy go in, and Sin?, W H y ftjould a foolifh Marriage Fow, Which long ago was made, Oblige us to each other now When Paffion is decay'd? We lovd, and we lov'd, as long as we cou'd, Till our Love was lov'd out in tfs both: But our Marriage is dead, w h n th Pleafure is fled: 'Twos Pleafure firft made it an Oath. 2. If I have Pleafures for a Friend, And farther Love in flore, What Wrong has h whofe Joys did end, And who coiid give no more i "lis a Madnefs that he fhould be jealous of me, Or that Iftjoud bar him of another : For all we can gain, is to give our felves Pain, When neither can hinder the other. • Enter Palamede, in Riding Habit, and hears th Song. Re-enter Doralice and Beliza. Bel. Madam, a Stranger. Dor. I did not think to have had Witnefles of m y bad Singing. Pala. If I have err'd, Madam, I hope you'l pardon the Curiofity of a Stranger $ for I m a y well call m y felf fo, after five Years Abfence from the Court: But you have freed me from one Errour. Dor. What's that I befeech you > Pala. I thought good Voices and ill Faces, had been infeparable^, and fhat to be fair and fing well, had been only the Priviledge of Angels. Dor. And h o w many more of thefe fine things can you fay to m e > Pala. Very few, Madam 5 for if I fhould continue to fee you fome Hours longer, you look fo killingly, that I fhould be mute with Wonder. Dor. This will not give you the Reputation of a W i t with me : You travelling Monfieurs live upon the Stock you have got abroad, for the firft Day or two: To repeat with a good Memory, and apply with a good Grace, is all your Wit. And, commonly, your Gullets are few'a up, like Cormorants: W h en you have re-gorg'd what you have taken in, you are the I cane ft things in Nature. Pa% |
