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The Prologue.
How 's this, The strange discovery, may some say,Tis likely we shall see some glorious Play
Of Christopher Columbus, and his brother,
Whose navigable paines did first discover
That unknowne world, thinking the far fetch'd sceane,
To be Peru, and th'Indies, but to weane
Your expectations from this golden dreame,
Our Author bad me tell you, that the scope
Of his intended travell's Æthiope,
There he begins, there ends, but as he passes
To and againe, toucheth at many places,
As Egypts fertile soile and learned Greece,
Yet as heroicke Jason sought the fleece
In divers coasts, but in the stately Ile
Of Colchos gate it by Medeas guile,
So he in Æthiopia setteth downe
The period of his plot, which but a frowne
Of yours will ruinate, your gracious eyes,
Raise to the height of Jasons enterprise.
The History is candid, crown'd with praise,
So let the play be too, our Poet prayes.
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