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Methinks you all look here, as you would know,
Why we left London to attend on you.
I'th' first place, we could stay no longer there,
Because new Playes were both so bad, and dear,
We could not thrive o'th' trade: for each Wit now
Regards far more his Belly, than his Brow.
The second thing that made us to retire,
Alas, the Mercer's Books escap'd the Fire!
The third, the Gallants were so worn, they must
Not see a Play, unless it were on trust:
But with us Infidels that would not do;
Our Pit, and Women then they'd enter too,
And no admittance pay: But we were loth
—Cuckolds to be, and Beggars both.
Why we left London to attend on you.
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Because new Playes were both so bad, and dear,
We could not thrive o'th' trade: for each Wit now
Regards far more his Belly, than his Brow.
The second thing that made us to retire,
Alas, the Mercer's Books escap'd the Fire!
The third, the Gallants were so worn, they must
Not see a Play, unless it were on trust:
But with us Infidels that would not do;
Our Pit, and Women then they'd enter too,
And no admittance pay: But we were loth
—Cuckolds to be, and Beggars both.
But the grand mover of our forc'd retreat;
We were inspir'd by Prophecies and Fate.
Tho London the Metropolis be known;
York has the grandeur in reversion.
And Shipton's Prophecies may now prove true;
Since we have London left to wait on you.
We were inspir'd by Prophecies and Fate.
Tho London the Metropolis be known;
York has the grandeur in reversion.
And Shipton's Prophecies may now prove true;
Since we have London left to wait on you.
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