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The Prologue.

Can horror haue an auditory? can
Man loue the spectacle of ruin'd man?
We fear'd we should haue beene alone, that hence,
The Actors should haue beene the Audience.
Are you not frighted yet? doe you not rise?
Can that inuite, which should dismay your eyes?
We shew neer murthers, and in that degree
Where Mariage is vnlawfull, then, the free
Progresse of crimes, by nimble Iustice met,
Æqually horrid, this we shew, but yet
Vnlesse your Courtesie, your Iudgement sway,
We suffer a worse torture, then we play.