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MG-A(G.760.028
27 Mar 1760:13 (777)
From a late Boston paper. Sir, The Gentlemen who had
proposed to amuse themselves, and their friends, by the
representation of a play, wish the wise men of Boston to
understand, that the piece they had made choice of for that
purpose, was, Mr. Addison's Cato; and that they are very
sorry they should have been suspected to be promoters of
vice, impiety, immorality, &c. And as it was intended to
have been introduced by the original prologue, a little
alter'd, to adapt it to the times, I send you a copy thereof
to insert in your paper.
Prologue to Cato, intended to be spoke in the Character of
an Officer of the Army.
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art,
To raise the genius, and to mend the heart;
To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold,
Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold;
For this the tragic muse first trod the stage,
Commanding tears to stream thro' ev'ry age;
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