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To my knowne friend Mr
Shirley vpon his Comedy the Gratefull seruant. |
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To my knowne friend Mr Shirley vpon his Comedy the Gratefull seruant.
VVho would writ well for the abused stageWhen only swelling word do please the age
And malice is thought wit, to make 't appeare
They iudge they mis-interpret what they heare.
Rough Poems now vsurpe the name of good
And are admired but neuer vnderstood
Thee and thy straines I vindicate, whose pen
Wisely disdaines to iniucelines, or men,
Thou hast prepared dainties for each tast,
And art by all that know thy muse embrac'd
Let purblind critticks still endure this curse
To see good playes and euer like the worse.
Jo. Hall.
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