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Prologue.

A sport , only for Christmas, is the Play
This hour presents t'you; to make you merry,
Is all th'ambition 'thas; and fullest aym
Bent at your smiles, to win it self a name:
And if your edge be not quite taken off,
Wearied with sports, I hope 'twill make you laugh.