Henry VIII (1623 First Folio Edition)

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Henry VIII (1623 First Folio Edition)
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Epilogue

3449:
THE EPILOGVE.

3450: Tis ten to one, this Play can neuer please
3451: All that are heere: Some come to take their ease,
3452: And sleepe an Act or two; but those we feare
3453: W'haue frighted with our Trumpets: so 'tis cleare,
3454: They'l say tis naught. Others to heare the City
3455: Abus'd extreamly, and to cry that's witty,
3456: Which wee haue not done neither; that I feare
3457: All the expected good w'are like to heare.
3458: For this Play at this time, is onely in
3459: The mercifull construction of good women,
3460: For such a one we shew'd 'em: If they smile,
3461: And say twill doe; I know within a while,
3462: All the best men are ours; for 'tis ill hap,
3463: If they hold, when their Ladies bid 'em clap.
3464: FINIS.
3465: The Famous History of the Life of
3466: King HENRY the Eight