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HERE IS PICTURED THE PROLOCUTOR IN LIEU OF HIS PRESENTMENT ON THE STAGE, WHO SHALL OPEN THE MASQUE AND LEAD IN THE TEN CENTURIES OF ENGLAND IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN THE FIRST SCENE FOLLOWING, WHILE THE PICTURE OPPOSITE SHOWS, EVEN AS THE PLAY OF THE MASQUE WHEN RENDERED SHALL EXPLAIN THE VEILED CENTURIES FLINGING THE SEED OF TIME INTO THE LAP OF THE LITTLE TWENTIETH CENTURY — THE CHILD TO COME.