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Show A 1 < * » > P R O L O G U # Spoken by Capt, Griffin. ^Ot7 dread Reformers of an impious Ave T Tou awful Cat-a-nine-Tails to the Stage\ j* This once bejufi,. and in our Caufe engage.) To gam your favour, we your Rules obey, Anh treat you with a morat Piece to- day • So moral, wire afraid 'twill damn the Play. for tho y'ave long been leagued {as People tell) Treduce the Power exorbitant of Hell; No Troops you fend, ? abate it in this field, But leave us fiill expo id, to ftarve or yield. Tour Scouts indeed fometimes come ftealingw, T obfirve this formidable Camp of Sin, And whifper, if we'll pioufiy declare, What Aids you then will fend to help us thro the War To this we anfwer, We're a feeble State, And cannot well afford to love or hate So fhou'd not meddle much in your Debate. But fince your Caufe is good, thus far we'll go. When Portugal declares, we'll do fo too. Our Cafes, as we think, are much alike, And on the fame Conditions we fijou'd firike -, Send to their Aid a hundred Men of War, To ours at hundred Squadrons of the Fair ; % out your Wives and Daughters all around, f ^ mean wh'are fit for Service^ tight and found J And |