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228 whoe Buines is to et off with the utmot Grace of Speech and Action, thoe Pieces which the Nation is proud of. the Reign of Charles the Firt, and in the Beginning of the Civil Wars rais'd by a Number of rigid Fanaticks, who at lat were the Victims to it; a great many Pieces were publih'd againt Theatrical and other Shews, which were attack'd with the greater Virulence, becaue that Monarch and his Queen, Daughter to Henry the Fourth of France, were paionately fond of them. Mr. Prynne, a Man of mot furiouly crupulous Principles, who wou'd have thought himelf damn'd had he wore a Caock intead of a hort Cloak, and have been glad to ee one half of Mankind cut the other to Pieces for the Glory of God, and the Propaganda Fide; took it into his Head to write a mot wretched Satyr againt ome pretty good Comedies, which were exhibited very innocently every Night fore