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The Maids Tragedy Alter'd.
Were we but less indulgent to our faults,And patience had to cultivate our thoughts:Our Muse would flourish, and a nobler rageWould honour this, than did the Græcian Stage.Thus says our Author, not content to seeThat Others write as carlesly as He.Tho he pretends not to make things compleat;Yet to please You, he'd have the Poets sweat.In this old Play, what's new we have exprestIn rhiming Verse, distinguish'd from the rest:That, as the Roan its[errata 1]its hasty way does make,Not mingling Waters, thro Geneva's Lake:So having here the differeut stiles in view,You may compare the former with the new.If we less rudely shall the Knot unty,Soften the rigour of the Tragedy:And yet preserve each persons character:Then to the Other, This you may prefer.
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  1. ↑ Correction: its should be amended to his: detail
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