Bu^L  ^^  OOD  morrowy  and  well  met.    How

V-T        have  you  done,
Siacc  lift  wc  faw  in  France  ?

I  Mr*  Scecvens  obicrvet,  that  ^i>  IVUliam  Sands  was  created  Lord  Studs  about  this  time,  but  is  here
intTuduccd  among  the  pcrfona  of  tbe  drama,  as  a  diliin£l  character.  Sir  IVilliam  has  not  a  (mgle
fpoccb  afiigocd  to  hims  and,  to  make  the  blunder  the  greater,  is  brought  on  after  Lord  Sands  has  aJ.
rcadf  asMie  bis  appearance.  >  Alluding  to  the/ools  and  buffoons,  introduced  for  the  generality  in
the  plays  a  iiule  before  our  author's  tiinc  ;  and  ot  whom  be  has  U,i\  us  a  fmall  talle  in  his  own.
I  i.  c  preund.    «  i.  c*  an  unure^  admirer,


Nor.  I  tlunk  your  grace :
Healthful ;  and  ever  fmce  a  freth  ^  admirer
Of  what  1  faw  there.
Buik.  An  untimely  ague
Stay'd  me  a  prifoner  in  my  cliambcr,  wheri
Thofe  fons  of  glory,  iliofc  two  lights  of  men.
Met  in  the  vale  of  Aide.
Nor,  *Twixt  Guines  and  Arde :


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SHAKSPEARE's    PLAYS.
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I  wai  then  prefftnt,  faw  tlicm  fcl-jtc  on  horfcsback  ;
Beheld  them,  when  they  lighted,  how  they  clung
In  their  embmcement,  as  they  c^rew  teg«Ui«rf.
Which  had  the>',  wh.it   four  thrua'd  ones  could

have  weijjh'd
Such  a  compounded  one  ?

Bii(k.  All  the  whole  time
I  was  my  chambci-*s  priioacr,

Nor.  Then  you  loft
The  view  of  carth.ly  glory  :  Men  might  fay.
Till  this  tima,  pomp  was  fingle  ;  but  now  marry *d
To  one  alx^ve  itielf.     Eacli  following  day
Became  the  next  day's  maftcr,  'till  the  lall


Btck-Jht  devil  fpeed  him  ♦  no  man*;  pjm  is
frcc'd
From  his  ambitious  ftnger.     Wh;it  had  he
To  do  in  thcfc  fierce  *•  vanities  ?  1  wonder.
