The Author of the Prologue and Epilogue, would not
have publish'd them had it not been customary to print
them with the Play. He is very sensible that they can
have little or no Merit in the Reading, their Effect
wholly depending upon the Characters which speak
them, and the Novelty of introducing them. They
were likewise written at a very short Warning, for the
Author of the Play, had not provided these usual, and
therefore necessary, Parts of the Performance, which
Mr. Garrick thought proper to provide at all Events.
