The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq.: in Verse And Prose
The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq.: in Verse And Prose
Edmund Waller
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In this old play, vohafs nevo voe have exprefi In rhiming verfe, difUnguish^d from the reft ; That, as the Rhone its hafty voay does make, (Not mingling voaters) thro^ Geneva's lake : So, having here the different ftyles in vievo, Tou may compare the former voith the nevi. If PROLOGUE. If^t lefs rudely shall the kntt unty. Soften the rigor of the Tragedy^ And yet prefemje each perforis cbaraSer i Theny to the other, this you wmy prefer, *Tis left to you : the Boxes, and the Pii, Are fwWeign jud...ges of this fort ofwi. In other things the knowing artifts mmy Judge better than the people: but, a PUt^^ (Made fw delight, and for no other ufej If you approve it not, has no excufe. [ 203 ] THE MAID'S TRAGEDY. A C T V. jFw/f r E V A D N E , tvsti a Page of honor. EvADNE. AM I N T O R loft, it were as vain a thing. As 'tis prodigious, to betray the King. Compell'd by threats, to take that bloody oath. And the aft ill I am abfolv'd by oath. This ifland left, with pity PU look down On the King's love, and fierce Me l a n t i us, frovm.
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