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To the same vpon the Arraignement of his Comœdie.

The Court once set, straightwayes a Iurie went
Vpon thy Comœdie, was fully bent
To finde it guiltie, though the King did sit
As Iudge himselfe that day, and cleared it.
If so, then let the foule-mouth'd World condemne
Thy Innocent Piece, shew that thou canst contemne
And slight the false Inditements which they bring
To cast it, since tis quitted by the King,
And all the Comicke Lawes; which not transgrest,
Why should'st thou be condemn'd, lesse to be prest?
That th'benefit o'th Booke, which wont to saue
From suffering, thou suffering thus may'st haue.