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[some text pulled from alternate, printed copy] Lines from Mr Garrick to a nobleman who asked him if he did not intend being in Parliament

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[M]ore than content with what my Labours gain [Of] Public favour though a little vain; [Ye]t not so vain my mind, so madly bent. [To] wish to play the fool in Parliament; [In] each dramatic unity to err; [M]istaking time and place and character! [W]ere it my fate to quit the mimic art, [I'd] "strut & fret" no more in any part; [N]o more in public scenes would I engage [Or] wear the cap & mask on any stage.

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    Epigram on the Seahorse with the

Astronomers being attacked by french frigate --

    Mars inform'd that some wights with inquisitive eye

[De]sign'd into Venus's motions to pry [D]ispatch'd a bold warrior from Lewis's fleet The caitiffs to seize and their purpose defeat; But Neptune strait sent a Seahorse to their aid and safe o'er the ocean his favr'ites [overrwiten, initial t] convey'd

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