EPILOGUE,

Spoken by Mrs. BRACEGIRDLE, who play'd Lavinia,

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OU fee the tripping Dame could find no Favour,
Dearly he paid for Breach of good Behaviour,
Nor could her loving Husband's Fondness fave her.
Italian Ladies lead but fcurvy Lives,

There's dreadful dealing with Eloping Wives;
Thus 'tis, because thefe Husbands are obey'd
By Force of Laws, which for themselves they made.
With Tales of old Prefcriptions they confine,
The Right of Marriage-rule to their Male Line,
And Huff, and Domineer by Right Divine.
Had we the Pow'r, we'd make the Tyrants know,`
What 'tis to fail in Duties which they owe;
We'd teach the faunt'ring Squire, who loves to roam,
Forgetful of his own dear Spouse and Home ;
Who Snores at Night fupinely by her Side,``
'Twas not for this the Nuptial Knot was ty’d.
The plodding Petty-fogger, and the Cit,
Have learn'd at least this Modern way of Wit:
Each ill-bred, fenfeless Rogue, tho' ne'er fo dull,
Has th' Impudence to think his Wife a Fool;
He spends the Night, where merry Wags refort,
With joking Clubs, and Eighteen-Penny Port,
While fhe poor Soul's contented to regale,
By a fad Sea-cole Fire, with Wigs and Ale.

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Wel

Well may the Cuckold making Tribe find Grace,
And fill an abfent Husband's empty place :
If you would e'er bring Conftancy in Fashion,
You Men must first begin the Reformation.
Then fhall the Golden Age of Love return,
No Turtle for her wand'ring Mate shall mourn,
No Foreign Charms fhall caufe Domeftick Strife,
But ev'ry marry'd Man shall toaft his Wife;
Phillis fhall not be to the Country fent,

For Carnivals in Town to keep a tedious Lent:
Lampoons fhall ceafe, and envious Scandal die,
And all shall live in Peace, like my good Man and 1.

F.INI S.

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TRAGEDY,

Written by N. ROWE, Efq;

Stultorum Regum & Populorum continet æftus----
Rurfus quid Virtus, & quid Sapientia possit`
Utile propofuit Nobis exemplar Ulyffem.

Horat. Epift. Lib. 1. Epift. 2.

The THIRD EDITION.

LONDON:

Printed for J. T. and Sold by T. Jauncy, at the Angel without Temple-Bar. MDCCXX.