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Studied new Arts of Luxury and Ease,
The Verse, the Musick, and the Scene's improv'd;
For how should ignorance be judge of Wit,
Or men▪ of Sence applaud the Jests of Fools?
Then came rich Cloths and gracefull Action in,
Then instruments were taught more moving notes,
And Eloquence with all her pomp and charms
Foretold as useful and sententious Truths,
As those deliver'd by the Delphick God:
The first Tragedians, found that serious Stile
Too grave for their Uncultivated age,
And so brought wild and naked Satyrs in,
(Whose motion, words, and shape were all a Farce)
(As oft as decency would give them leave)
Because the mad ungovernable Rout,
Full of confusion, and the fumes of Wine,
Lov'd such Variety and antick Tricks.
The Verse, the Musick, and the Scene's improv'd;
For how should ignorance be judge of Wit,
Or men▪ of Sence applaud the Jests of Fools?
Then came rich Cloths and gracefull Action in,
Then instruments were taught more moving notes,
And Eloquence with all her pomp and charms
Foretold as useful and sententious Truths,
As those deliver'd by the Delphick God:
The first Tragedians, found that serious Stile
Too grave for their Uncultivated age,
And so brought wild and naked Satyrs in,
(Whose motion, words, and shape were all a Farce)
(As oft as decency would give them leave)
Because the mad ungovernable Rout,
Full of confusion, and the fumes of Wine,
Lov'd such Variety and antick Tricks.
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