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<Author>Fletcher, John</Author>
<Title>The Chances</Title>
<Edition>George Walton Williams, ed. The Dramatic Works in the Beaumont and Fletcher Canon. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979</Edition>
<Date>1617</Date>
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<div0 n=Prologue>
<milestone n=628>
<l n=1> Prologue.</l>
<l n=2> Aptnesse for mirth to all, this instant night</l>
<l n=3> Thalia hath prepar'd for your delight,</l>
<l n=4> Her choice and curious Viands, in each part,</l>
<l n=5> Season'd with rarities of wit, and Art;</l>
<l n=6> Nor feare I to be tax'd for a vaine boast,</l>
<l n=7> My promise will finde credit with the most,</l>
<l n=8> When they know Ingenuous Fletcher made it, hee</l>
<l n=9> Being in himselfe a perfect Comedie.</l>
<l n=10> And some sit here, I doubt not, dare averre,</l>
<l n=11> Living he made that house a Theater</l>
<l n=12> Which he pleas'd to frequent; and thus much we</l>
<l n=13> Could not but pay to his lovd memorie.</l>
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