The prologue to the last new play, A duke and no duke spoken by Mr. Jevon.

The prologue to the last new play, A duke and no duke spoken by Mr. Jevon.

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THE PROLOGUE To the laſt new Play A Duke and no Duke.

THE EPILOGUE,

§

THE PROLOGUE To the laſt new Play A Duke and no Duke.

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Spoken by Mr. Jevon.

Gallants,

WHo Would have thought to have ſeen ſo many here,

At ſuch a Rambling ſeaſon of the Year;

And what's more ſtrange? all Well and Sound to the Eye,

Pray Gentlemen forgive me if I Lye.

I thought this Seaſon to have turn'd Phyſician,

But now I ſee ſmall hopes in that condition:

Yet how if I ſhould hire a Black Flower'd Jump,

And plye at Iſlington, Doctor to Sadlers Pump.

But firſt let me Conſult old Erra Pater,

And ſee what he adviſes in the Matter.

Let's ſee—

Venus and Mars, I find in Aries are,

In the Ninth Houſe. a Damn'd dry Bobbing Year.

The price of Mutton, will run high 'tis thought,

And Vizard Masks will fall to ten a Groat.

The Moon's in Scorpio's Houſe or Capricorns,

Friends of the City govern well your Hornes:

Your Wives will have a mighty Trade this Quarter,

I find they'll never leave their Natural Charter.

For once take my Advice as a true Friend,

When they a Walk to the new Wells pretend,

If youl avoid your Sail, quick haſten after,

They uſe more wayes to Cool, than Drinking Water.

THE EPILOGUE,

Spoken by Mr. Haines.

TRapolin, ſuppos'd a Duke, in this place ſhows

Strange matters may depend on meer ſuppoſe.

One may ſuppoſe Masks chaſt lov'd Nonſenſe Witty,

No Flattery at Court, nor Whig i'th' City

[...] am by one i'th' World ſuppoſed Pretty.

Fantaſie digeſted unto Storms ſuppoſes,

Whereas you ſee no Lillies grow nor Roſes,

[...]o Masks for Beauty paſs that want their Noſes.

The Reverend Cityzen, Sixty and above,

That by poor inch of Candle buys his Love,

[Page] Suppoſes that his Son and Heir he Got,

But Wife could tell that ſhe ſuppoſes not.

The Trees by Roſamonds Pond, her Sins have known,

And tell-Tale Leaves, ſtill ſtick upon the Gown:

Whil'ſt the dull Sot, whilſt he's a Cuckold made,

Suppoſes ſhe's at Church Praying for Trade.

The Country Squire newly come to Town,

By Parents doom'd to a Lawyers daggl'd Gown.

ſuppoſes ſome Bright Angel he has gotten

In our Lewd Gallary, till proving Rotten:

His Study ſoon he leaves for Sweating Tubs,

And Cook and Littlton, for Doctor Hobs.

Nor had Dull Cit ſent Spouſe to Drink the Waters,

So found her helping to us Sons and Daughters.

Had he ſuppos'd when e're her Belly Swells,

There muſt be ſomething in't beſides the Wells.

Ther's no Man there had Married I'me afraid,

Had he not firſt ſuppos'd his Wife a Maid:

For 'tis Opinion muſt our Peace ſecure,

For no Experiment can do't I'me ſure.

In Paths of Love no Foot-ſteps e're were Trac'd,

All we can do is to ſuppoſe her Chaſt;

For Women are of that deep ſubtile kind,

The more we dive to Know, the leſs we find.

Ah Ladies! what ſtrange Fate ſtill Rules us Men?

For whil'ſt we Wiſely would eſcape the Gin,

A kind ſuppoſe ſtill draws the Wedlock in:

In all Affairs 'tis ſo, the Lawyers Baul,

And with damn'd Noiſe and Nonſenſe fill the Hall.

Suppoſing after Seven Years being a Drudge,

'Twill be his Fortune to be made a Judge.

The Parſon too that Prays againſt ill Weathers

That thumps the Cuſhion till he leaves no Feathers.

wou'd let his Flock I fear grow very Lean,

Without ſuppoſe at leaſt of being a Dean.

All things are helpt out by ſuppoſe, but Wit

That we cannot now ſuppoſe to get.

Unleſs a kind ſuppoſe your Minds poſſeſs,

For on that Charm depends our Play's Succeſs.

Then tho you like it not, Sirs don't Diſcloſe it,

But if you think it Bad, pray Good ſuppoſe it.

§

London, Printed by Geo. Croom, in Th [...]mes-ſtreet, over againſt Baynard's Caſtle, 1684.

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The prologue to the last new play, A duke and no duke spoken by Mr. Jevon.

Duffett, Thomas.

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1684

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A69875

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Wing D2451

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ESTC R40273

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46305

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— The prologue to the last new play, A duke and no duke spoken by Mr. Jevon., Duffett, Thomas., Cokain, Aston, Sir, 1608-1684. Duke and no duke., Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715., Jevon, Thomas, 1652-1688., Haines, Joseph, d. 1701..

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