The prologue and epilogue to the History of Bacon in Virginia. Written by Mr. Dryden Widdow ranter. Dryden, John, 1631-1700. 1689 Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2008-09 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A27733 Wing D2332 ESTC R216360 99828092 99828092 32519 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A27733) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 32519) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1946:3) The prologue and epilogue to the History of Bacon in Virginia. Written by Mr. Dryden Widdow ranter. Dryden, John, 1631-1700. Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689. aut 4 p. printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges Head in Chancery-Lane, near Fleetstreet, [London : 1689] Caption title. The prologue and epilogue to: Ben, Aphra. The widdow ranter or, The history of Bacon in Virginia. Imprint from colophon. In verse. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng 2007-02 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-02 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-03 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2007-03 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion THE PROLOGUE and EPILOGUE to the History of BACON in Virginia . Written by Mr. Dryden . PROLOGUE . Spoken by a Woman , PLays you will have ; and to supply your Store , Our Poets trade to ev'ry Foreign Shore : This is the Product of Virginian Ground . And to the Port of Covent-Garden bound . Our Cargo is , or should at least , be Wit : Bless us from you damn'd Pyrates of the Pit : And Vizard-Masks , those dreadful Apparitions ; She-Privateers , of Venomous Conditions , That clap us oft aboard with French Commissions . You Sparks , we hope , will wish us happy Trading ; For you have Ventures in our Vessel 's Lading ; And tho you touch at this or t'other Nation ; Yet sure Virginia is your dear Plantation . Expect no polish'd Scenes of Love shou'd rise From the rude Growth of Indian Colonies . Instead of Courtship , and a tedious pother , They only tip the Wink at one another ; You Civil Beaus , when you pursue the Game , With manners mince the meaning of — that same : But ev'ry part has there its proper Name . Good Heav'ns defend me , who am yet unbroken From living there , where such Bug-words are spoken : Yet surely , Sirs , it does good Stomachs show , To talk so savour'ly of what they do . But were I Bound to that broad speaking land , What e're they said , I would not understand , But innocently , with a Ladies Grace , Wou'd learn to whisk my Fan about my Face . However , to secure you , let me swear , That no such base Mundungus Stuff is here . We bring you of the best the Soyl affords : Buy it for once , and take it on our Words . You wou'd not think a Countrey-Girl the worse , If clean and wholsome , tho her Linnen 's course . Such are our Scenes ; and I dare boldly say , You may laugh less at a far better Play. The Story 's true ; the Fact not long a-go ; The Hero of our Stage was English too : And bate him one small frailty of Rebelling , As brave as e're was born at Iniskelling . EPILOGUE . Spoken by a Woman . BY this time you have lik'd , or damn'd our Plot ; Which tho I know , my Epilogue knows not : For if it cou'd foretel , I shou'd not fail , In decent wise , to thank you , or to rail . But he who sent me here , is positive , This Farce of Government is sure to thrive ; Farce is a Food as proper sor your lips , As for Green-Sickness , crumpt Tobacco-pipes . Besides , the Author 's dead , and here you sit , Like the Infernal Judges of the Pit : Be merciful ; for 't is in you this day , To save or damn her Soul ; and that 's her Play. She who so well cou'd Love's kind Passion paint , We piously believe , must be a Saint : Men are but Bunglers , when they wou'd express The sweets of Love , the dying tenderness ; But Women , by their own abundance , measure , And when they write , have deeper sense of Pleasure . Yet tho her Pen did to the Mark arrive , 'T was common Praise , to please you , when alive ; But of no other Woman , you have read , Except this one , to please you , now she 's dead . 'T is like the Fate of Bees , whose golden pains , Themselves extinguish'd , in their Hive remains . Or in plain terms to speak , before we go , What you young Gallants , by experience , know , This is an Orphan Child ; a bouncing Boy , 'T is late to lay him out , or to destroy . Leave your Dog-tricks , to lie and to forswear , Pay you for Nursing , and we 'll keep him here . Licens'd , Nov. 20. 1689. J. F. FINIS . LONDON : Printed for Jacob Tonson , at the Judges Head in Chancery-Lane , near Fleetstreet , 1689.