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PROLOGUE.
The Triumph ceas'd—Tears gush'd from ev'ry Eye,
The World's great Victor pass'd unheeded by;
Her last good Man dejected Rome ador'd,
And honoured Cesar's less than Cato's Sword.
Britons attend: Be worth like this approv'd,
And shew 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:
Our Scene precariously subsists too long
On French Translation and Italian Song.
Dare to have Sense yourselves; assert the Stage,
Be justly warm'd with your own Native Rage,
Such Plays alone should please a British Ear,
As Cato's self had not disdain'd to hear.
Dramatis Personæ,
MEN. | ||||
CATO. | Mr Booth. | |||
Lucius, a Senator. | Mr Keen. | |||
Sempronius, a Senator. | Mr Mills. | |||
Juba, Prince of Numidia. | Mr Wilks. | |||
Syphax, General of the Numidians. | Mr Cibber. | |||
Portius, | Sons of Cato. | Mr Powell. | ||
Marcus, | Mr Rian. | |||
Decius, Ambassador from Cesar. | Mr Bowman. | |||
Mutineers, Guards, etc. | ||||
WOMEN. | ||||
Marcia, Daughter to Cato | Mrs Oldfield. | |||
Lucia, Daughter to Lucius | Mrs Porter. | |||
SCENE, A large Hall in the Governor's Palace of Utica. |
CATO