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The EPILOGUE, spoke by her that acts Barzana.
OƲR Poet fears he too much Blood has shed,
So I am come to shew I am not dead.
My Part, will all the wanton Masks displease;
That's half the Pit, and all the Galleries.
Rather than take into my Breast a Fair,
And brave young Lover, thrust a Dagger there!
You put your Bosomes to another use,
'Tis a vile Pagan Custome I produce.
Pagans may rather dye, than be debauch'd,
Good Christians Sin, to be well Kept and Coach'd.
Besides, to kill my self for Love, I fear
Will to you Sparks improbable appear,
Who in side Boxes daily crowd, and there
Plant all your murdering shot against the Fair
Four Teer of Beaus, o're one another plac'd,
And each one hopes to kill a Box at least.
And yet with all this terrible design,
Sink not one Heart, only the Playhouse Coyn.
How you look down with scorn on a Pit Beau?
The Wretch into his Grave does living go.
The Lord may have some Mercy on his Ghost,
Bus as for his poor Body, that's quite lost.
Now our side Boxes are a Smithfield grown,
Where Town and Country Nags for Sale are shown.
Where any Lady may her humour fit,
With a tall Palfry, or a little Tit.