The true Tragedy of Herod and Antipater With the Death of faire Marriam. According to Iosephvs, the learned and famous Iewe |
The Prologve.
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The Prologve.
Times eldest Daughter (Truth) presents our Play;And, from forgotten Monuments of Clay,
Cals vp th'Heroicke Spirits of old Times,
Fam'd then as well for Vertues as blacke Crimes;
And with Her owne Tongue, and owne Phrase, to tell
The Actions they haue done; or ill, or well.
Iosephvs th'ancient Writer, with a Pen
Lent by the Muses, giues new life to Men,
Who breath'd such Tragicke Accents forth toth' Eare
Of Hebrew Armies, which you now shall heare;
Please you to sit attentiue: Wit hath runne
In a Zodaicall Circle, like the Sunne,
Through all Invention; which is growne so poore
Shee can shew nought, but what ha's beene before:
Yet Reuerend History, which vpon the Stage
Hath oft beene heard speake; hopes, euen for Her Age,
Your strong hands will support Her; Shee must liue
Now by no heate, but what your beames doe giue:
To gaine which (though Her Scœnes seeme graue and hie)
Shee heere and there with a loose wing doth flye;
Striuing to make you merry: No other Bayes
She reaches at, but this; your Loues, your Praise.
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