Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love · chunk 66 of 66
Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1600 [1600-1601] (Annals) satire · Children of the Chapel (second) unassigned nearest T9 Theatre talk: prologues, poets and playe · 479 words
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We do approve thy censure, beloved CRITES. Which MERCURY, thy true propitious friend, (A deity, next JOVE, beloved of us) Will undertake to see exactly done: And for this service of discovery Performed by thee, in honour of our name, We vow to guerdon it with such due grace, As shall become our bounty, and thy place. Princes, that would their people should do well, Must at themselves begin, as at the head; For men, by their example, pattern out Their imitations, and regard of laws: A virtuous Court a world to virtue draws. From spanish shrugs, french faces, smirks, irps, and all affected humours. Good MERCURY defend us. From secret friends, sweet servants, loves, doves, and such fantastic humours. Good MERCURY defend us. From stabbing of arms, flapdragons, healths, whiffs, and all such swaggering humours. Good MERCURY defend us. From waving of fans, coy glances, glicks, cringes, and all such simpering humours. Good MERCURY defend us. From making love by attorney, courting of puppets, and paying for new acquaintance. Good MERCURY defend us. From perfumed dogs, monkeys, sparrows, dildoes, and parachitoes. Good MERCURY defend us. From wearing bracelets of hair, shoe-ties, gloves, garters, and rings with poesies. Good MERCURY defend us. From pargeting, painting, slicking, glazing, and renewing old riveled faces. Good MERCURY defend us. From squiring to tilt-yards, playhouses, pageants, and all such public places. Good MERCURY defend us. From entertaining one gallant to gull another, and making fools of either. Good MERCURY defend us. From belying ladies' favours, noblemen's countenance, coining counterfeit employments, vainglorious taking to them other men's services, and all self-loving humours. Good MERCURY defend us. NOw each one dry his weeping eyes, And to the well of knowledge haste; Where purged of your maladies, You may of sweeter waters taste: And, with refined voice, report The grace of CYNTHIA, and her court. GEntles, be't known to you, since I went in I am turned rhymer; and do thus begin. The Author (jealous, how your sense doth take His travails) hath enjoined me to make Some short, and ceremonious epilogue; But if I yet know what, I am a rogue. He ties me to such laws, as quite distract My thoughts; and would a year of time exact. I neither must be faint, remiss, nor sorry, Sour, serious, confident, nor peremptory: But betwixt these. Let's see; to lay the blame Upon the Children's action, that were lame. To crave your favour, with a begging knee, Were to distrust the writer's faculty. To promise better at the next we bring, Prorogues disgrace, commends not any thing. Stiffly to stand on this, and proudly approve The play, might tax the maker of self-love. I'll only speak, what I have heard him say; by (—) 'tis good, and if you liked, you may. Ecce rubet quidam, pallet, slupet, oscitat, odit. Hoc volo: nunc nobis carmina nostra placent.
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We doe approue thy censure, belou'd CRITES. Which MERCVRY, thy true propitious friend, (A deitie, next IOVE, belou'd of vs) Will vnder-take to see exactly done: And for this seruice of discouerie Perform'd by thee, in honor of our name, We vow to guerdon it with such due grace, As shall become our bountie, and thy place. "Princes, that would their people should doe well, "Must at themselues begin, as at the head; "For men, by their example, patterne out "Their imitations, and reguard of lawes: "A vertuous Court a world to vertue drawes. From spanish shrugs, french faces, smirks, irps, and all affected humours. Good MERCVRY defend vs. From secret friends, sweet seruants, loues, doues, and such phantastique humours. Good MERCVRY defend vs. From stabbing of armes, flap-dragons, healths, whiffes, and all such swaggering humours. Good MERCVRY defend vs. From wauing of fannes, coy glaunces, glickes, cringes, and all such simpring humours. Good MERCVRY defend vs. From making loue by atturny, courting of puppets, and paying for new acquaintance. Good MERCVRY defend vs. From perfum'd dogs, munkeyes, sparrowes, dildo's, and parachito's. Good MERCVRY defend vs. From wearing bracelets of haire, shooe-ties, gloues, garters, and rings with poesies. Good MERCVRY defend vs. From pargetting, painting, slicking, glazing, and renewing old riueld faces. Good MERCVRY defend vs. From squiring to tilt-yards, play-houses, pageants, and all such publique places. Good MERCVRY defend vs. From entertayning one gallant to gull an other, and making fooles of either. Good MERCVRY defend vs. From belying ladies fauours, noble-mens countenance, coyning counterseit imployments, vaine-glorious taking to them other mens seruices, and all selfe-louing humours. Good MERCVRY defend vs. NOw each one drie his weeping eyes, And to the well of knowledge haste; Where purged of your maladies, You may of sweeter waters taste: And, with refined voice, report The grace of CYNTHIA, and her court. GEntles, be't knowne to you, since I went in I am turn'd rimer; and doe thus begin. The Author (iealous, how your sense doth take His trauailes) hath enioyned me to make Some short, and ceremonious epilogue; But if I yet know what, I am a rogue. He ties me to such lawes, as quite distract My thoughts; and would a yeere of time exact. I neither must be faint, remisse, nor sorry, Sowre, serious, confident, nor peremptory: But betwixt these. Let's see; to lay the blame Vpon the Childrens action, that were lame. To craue your fauour, with a begging knee, Were to distrust the writers facultie. To promise better at the next we bring, Prorogues disgrace, commends not any thing. Stifly to stand on this, and proudly approue The play, might taxe the maker of selfe-Loue. I'le onely speake, what I haue heard him say; by (—) 'tis good, and if you lik't, you may. Ece rubet quidam, pallet, slupet, oscitat, odit. Hoc volo: nunc nobis carmina nostra placent.