Epilogus -

As in a Feast, so in a Comedy ,
Two sences must be pleasd; in both the eye,
In feasts, the eye and taste must be invited,
In Comedies, the eye and eare delighted:
And he that onely seekes to please but eyther,
While both he doth not please, he pleaseth neyther.
What ever feast could every guest content,
When [as each] man each taste is different?
But lesse a Scene, where nought but as 'tis newer
Can please, where guests are more, and dishes fewer:
Yet in this thought, this thought the Author easd,
Who once made all, all rules, all never pleasd.
Faine would we please the best, if not the many,
And sooner will the best be pleasd then any:
Our rest we set in pleasing of the best,
So wish we you, what you may give us: Rest.
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