Classic Poem

Scene IX . Scene THE L AST .

Pickle (speaks the Prologue to the Puppet-Shew)
Courteous Spectators, see with your own Eyes,
Hear with your Ears; and there 's an end of Lies.

Pickle (beginning the Shew)
At Tables, Don! was ever such a Sot!
His Money squander'd, and his Wife forgot!
Haste, rise, reclaim thy poor distressed Beauty;
This Cudgel else shall ding thee into Duty.
. . . . .

Now listen Gallants. 'Tis Don Gayferos that speaks.
Thus clad in Steel I go to risk my Life.
To which his Servant says,
To bring home Peace, Sir?
No, replies Don Gayferos
To bring home my Wife.
. . . . .

The next Figure. Ladies, is his Cousin Roldan , who offers to assist him, and in these Words encourages him to the Undertaking:
Do, Cousin, what all worthy Knights should do;
Pride, Av'rice, Rapine, every Vice subdue.

Peter (speaks)

The Drift of Plays, by Aristotle 's Rules,
Is, what you've seen — — Exposing Knaves and Fools.