And some th' Effects of all their Pains we see,
Is but to mimick good Extempore. Others by long Converse about the
Town, Have Wit enough to write a leud Lampoon, But their chief Skill
lies in a Baudy Song. In short, the only Wit that's now in Fashion Is
but the Gleanings of good Conversation. As for the Author of this
coming Play, I ask'd him what he thought fit I should say, In thanks
for your good Company to day: He call'd me Fool, and said it was well
known, You came not here for our sakes, but your own. New Plays are
stuffed with Wits, and with Debauches, That croud and sweat like Cits
in May-day Coaches. DRAMATIS PERSONAE. MEN. Don Antonio, the
Vice-Roy's Son, Mr. Jevorne. Don Pedro, a Noble Spainard, his Friend,
Mr. Medburne. Belvile, an English Colonel in love with Florinda, Mr.
Betterton. Willmore, the ROVER, Mr. Smith. Frederick, an English
Gentleman, and Friend to Belvile and Blunt, Mr. Crosbie. Blunt, an
English Country Gentleman, Mr. Underhill. Stephano, Servant to Don
Pedro, Mr. Richards. Philippo, Lucetta's Gallant, Mr. Percival.
Sancho, Pimp to Lucetta, Mr. John Lee. Bisky and Sebastian, two
Bravoes to Angelica. Diego, Page to Don Antonio. Page to Hellena. Boy,
Page to Belvile. Blunt's Man. Officers and Soldiers. WOMEN. Florinda,
Sister to Don Pedro, Mrs. Betterton Hellena, a gay young Woman
design'd for a Nun, and Sister to Florinda, Mrs.
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