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<N 1>
<Y 1641>
<T GUARDIAN>
<A COWLEY, ABRAHAM>
<E PROLOGUE>
<D NONE>
<V UNIV>
<C AMAT>
<K COMM>
<S UNKNOWN>
<P UNKNOWN>
[[{Prologue to the Guardian}
{Before the Prince}]]
Who says the Times do Learning disallow?
'Tis false; 'twas never Honor'd so as now;
When you appear, Great Prince, our Night is done;
You are our Morning Star, and shall be' our Sun.
But our Scene's London now; and by the rout
We perish, if the Round-heads be about.
For now no ornament the Head must wear,
No Bays, no Mitre, not so much as Hair.
How can a Play pass safely, when we know
Cheapside Cross falls for making but a Show?
Our only Hope is this, that it may be
A Play may pass too, made Extempore.
Though other Arts poor and neglected grow,
They'll admit Poesie which was {always} so.
Besides, the Muses of late times have bin
Sanctifi'd by the Verse of M . . .
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Prologues and Epilogues of the Restoration (1642-1685), based
on the edition of the same name by Pierre Danchin (1980s, Nancy)
with additions for the period 1642-1660.
The following cocoa references appear at the head of each
prologue and epilogue (occasionally repeated in the middle if the
piece is especially long):
<N ...> Sequential number (pieces in rough chronological order)
<T ...> Title of play
<Y ...> Year of performance or publication (when unperformed)
<A ...> Author
<E ...> "EPILOGUE" or "PROLOGUE" as appropriate.
<D ...> Reference number in Danchin.
<V ...> Venue - eg. DG for Dorset Garden.
<C ...> Company.
<K ...> Kind of performance (PUB for public, COMM for Command etc)
<S ...> Speaker (ie name of actor or actress)*
<P ...> Part (when the actor or actress played a particular part)*
<B ...> "VERSE" or "PROSE" as appropriate.#
*These two references may be repeated in the body of the text when
the piece is in dialogue form.
#This reference is only included for . . .
