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TO MY FRIEND, Will. Davenant.
I Crouded 'mongst the first, to see the Stage(Inspir'd by thee) strike wonder in our Age,By thy bright fancie dazled: Where each SceaneWrought like a charme, and forc't the Audience leaneTo th' passion of thy Pen: Thence Ladies went(Whose absence Lovers sigh'd for) to repentTheir unkind scorne; And Courtiers, who by artMade love before, with a converted hart,To wed those Virgins, whom they woo'd t'abuse;Both renderd Hymen's pros'lits by thy Muse. But others who were proofe 'gainst Love, did sitTo learne the subtle Dictats of thy Wit;And as each profited, tooke his degree,Master, or Batchelor, in Comedie.

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