Let us imitate, as we are able, the quickness and easiness of Fletcher, without proposing him as a pattern to us, either in the redundancy of his matter, or the incor- 20 reetness of his language. MARRIAGE A LA MODE A COMEDY Quicquid sum ego, quamvis Infra LucUi censum ingenmmque, tamen me Cum magnis vixisse, invita fatebitur usque Invidia, et fragili quoerens illidere dentem, Offeridet solido. Leonidas, the rightful Prince, unTcnown. Argaleon, favorite to Polydamas. Hermogenes, foster father to Leonidas. EuBDLUs, Ms friend and companion. Rhodophil, captain of the guards. Amalthea, sister to Argaleon. Doralice, wife to Rhodophil. Melantha, an affected lady. Philotis, woman to Melantha. Beliza, woman to Doralice. Artemis, a court lady. TO THE EIGHT HONOEABLE THE EAEL OF EOCHESTEE. My Lord, I HUMBLY dedicate to your Lordship that poein of which you were pleas'd to appear an early patron, before it was acted on the stage. I may yet go farther, with your permission, and say that it receiv'd amendment from your noble hands ere it was fit to be presented. You may please likewise to remember with how much favor to the author, and indulgence to the play, you commended it to the view of his lilajesty, then at Windsor, and, by his approbation of it in writing, made way for its kind reception on the theater. In this dedication, 10 therefore, I may seem to imitate a. I am sure, if there be anything in this play wherein I have rais'd myself beyond the ordinary lowness of my comedies, I ought wholly to acknowledge it to the favor of being admitted into your Lordship's conversation. And not only I, who pretend not to this way, but the best comic writers of our age will join with me to acknowledge that they have copied the gallantries of courts, the delicacy of expression, and the decencies of behavior, from your Lordship, with, more success then if they had taken their models 20 from the court of France. But this, my Lord, will be no wonder to the world, which knows the excellency of your natural parts, and those you have acquir'd in a noble education. That which with more reason I admire, is that, being so absolute a courtier, you have not forgot either the ties of friendship, or the practice of generosityi In my little experience of a court (which, I confess, I desire not to improve), I have found in it much of interest, and more of detraction. Few men there have that assurance of a friend, as not to be made ridiculous by him when they are absent. And there is no such persecution as that of fools: they can never be considerable enough to 19. Our prices here! Or visit our site >> overpopulation essay More info about: write summary paragraph write a book report sample narrative essays how to make a reaction paper professional writers for hire buying essays custom essay paper psychological research papers
