ABSTRACT
And show, you have the virtue to be mov'd. With honest scorn the first fam'd Cato view'd Rome learning arts from Greece, whom she subdu'd; 40 Our scene precariously subsists too long On French translation, and Italian song. Dare to have sense your selves; assert the stage, Be justly warm'd with your own native rage. Such Plays alone should please a British ear, 4S As Caro's self had not disdain'd to hear.
