THE PRINTERS haste calls on; I must not driue My time past @3Sixe,@1 though I begin at @3Fiue.@1 One houre I haue entire, and 'tis enough: Here are no @3Gipsie Iigges,@1 no @3Drumming stuffe, Dances,@1 or other @3Trumpery@1 to delight, Or take by common way the common sight. The AVTHOR of this POEM, as he dares To stand th' austerest Censure, so he cares As little what it is. His owne Best way Is, to be @3Iudge@1 and AVTHOR of his PLAY It is his @3Knowledge@1 makes him thus secure; Nor do's he write to please, but to endure. And (Reader) if you haue disburs'd a shilling To see this worthy STORY, and are willing To haue a large encrease, (if rul'd by me) You may a MARCHANT and a POET be. 'Tis granted for your twelue-pence you did sit, And @3See,@1 and @3Heare,@1 and @3Vnderstand@1 not yet. The AVTHOR (in a Christian pitty) takes Care of your good, and Prints it for your sakes: That such as will but venter Six-pence more, May @3Know,@1 what they but @3Saw@1 and @3Heard@1 before: 'Twill not be money lost, if you can reed, (Ther's all the doubt now); but your gains exceed If you can @3Vnderstand,@1 and you are made Free of the freest and the noblest trade. And in the way of POETRY, now adayes, Of all that are call'd @3Workes,@1 the best are PLAYES. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO SHAKESPEARE by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE LULLABY OF A LOVER by GEORGE GASCOIGNE THE BRIDE by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE THE VALLEY OF UNREST (2) by EDGAR ALLAN POE THE WOODSPURGE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI |