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Show R O L O G U E, Spoken by Mrs, Bracegirdle. The Epjile "Dedicatory. ... A .h*„ who are to k n o w you very little, and they, wno « i find I have faid nothing. You are nfing„ the World, and every Creature is the better! you, that's near you ; and as Juvenal fays of Emperor, Sat. 7. Materiamque ttbt vejha )Vi zewtia autrit. I may fpeak of your Virtues,,;, eood Qualities, tho' you won't allow me to k W H E N mce a v°»M*« * « Name,. Witnefs to the World of the frequent Occafe 1 L,t him Wriu vM>or iU> '>" M '*» 'fim • you havefound out to employ'em. If <b*Z^ TIZ^F******* fity with Friendlhip, Learning with found fcf/f' «hJ»f*Wh*< »"* *• I*** rue Wit, and Humour, with good Nature, £ * f / f " ' "»*""»»MM AccompMiments to qualifie a < ^ m * & ^ ^ ' f t ^ & ^ A C C O m p i m u n c m H ™ $me cavtl at the Stile, and feme the Attors -, Patron, I a m fure I have lit right in Mr. flf* mond. I have reafon to think I have made}* my Friend ; and you fhall have reafon to beli that you have fecur'd m e to be, right or wrong, we pafs for 'Malefactors* me well-bred Perfons carp at the. Decor urn, As if they bore the Drawing-Room before 'em. Sometimes your foft refpeBful Spark difcovers, Our Ladies are too coming to their Lovers j t ' they who ftill purfue, but ne'er enjoy, every cafe expect a Siege of Troy, There are fome others too who offer Battel, And with their T,me, and Place, maul Ariftotle; what they mean, and afttr fome Grimace, " > tell you, Twelve's the Time ; and for the Place, t Chocolate- Houfe, at the Looking Glafs. pleafe fuch fudges, feme have tir'd their Brahs, M almoft had their Labour for their Pahs• After a Twelve-month vainly fpent m Plotting, Mefe metledCriticks cry 'tis good for Nothing ; $M wifer Authors turn their Plots upon you, And Fiot to purpofe when they get your Mony. SIR, . Tour Humble Servant, T, SOUTHER Dramatis |