Machine Gefticulantes, Anglice A` Puppet-Show. Ad Infigniffimum Virum D. Tho. Burnettum, Sa- The Drummer; or the Haunted-Houfe. A Comedy. 169 A TRAGEDY. As it is Acted at the EATRE-ROYAL in Drury Lane. BY His MAJESTY'S SERVANTS. Spectaculum dignum, ad quod refpiciat, intentus operi Deus! Ecce par Deo dignum, vir fortis cum malâ una compofitus! Non video, inquam, quid habeat in is Jupiter pulchrius, fi convertere animum velit, n ut spectet Catonem, jam partibus non femel fractis, Jominus inter ruinas publicas erectum. Sen. de Divin. Prov. A 3 ERS E S To the AUTHOR of the TRAGEDY of CATO. HILE you the fierce divided Brtions awe, And Cato with an equal virtue draw, Envy is itself in Wonder loft, Factions ftrive who fhall applaud you moft; e the fond ambition of a friend, pes himself, not you, to recommend, in th' applause which all the Learn'd beflow =, to whom a perfect work they owe. * light Scenes I once infcrib'd your name, potently frove to borrow fame: ill that die, which adds thy name to mine ; , then, live, join'd to a work of thine. er Husband, Ded to Mr. Addison. RICHARD STEELE. A 4 Про TH Preferibing laws among th' Elyfian throng; Tho' Lucan's verfe, exalted by his name, O'er Gods themselves has rais'd the Hero's fame; On Tiber's banks thy thought was first inspir'd, And ask this labour to record his praise. 'Tis done the Hero lives, and charms our age! That |