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MISCELLANIES.
On the crack’d ſtage the bedlam heroes roar’d,
And ſcarce could ſpeak one reaſonable word:100
Dryden himſelf, to pleaſe a frantic age,
Was forc’d to let his judgment ſtoop to rage;
To a wild audience he conform’d his voice,
Comply’d to cuſtom, but not err’d by choice.
