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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,	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$ 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