PROLOGUE (spoken by Mr. Horner) Poets, like Cudgeled Bullies, never do At first or second blow submit to you; But will provoke you still, and never have done Till you are weary first with laying on: But we the Actors humbly will submit, Now and at any time, to a full Pit; Nay, often we anticipate your rage And murder Poets for you on our Stage: We...Learn More

ACT II (Mr. Pinchwife’s Lodging) (Later that morning) (Mrs. Margery Pinchwife and Alithea.) Mrs. Pinchwife: Pray, Sister, where are the best Fields and Woods to walk in London? Alithea: A pretty Question, Sister! Mulberry Garden and St. James's Park, and for close walks the New Exchange. Mrs. Pinchwife: Pray, Sister, tell me why my Husband looks...Learn More