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16335	D'Urfey, Thomas	Essays on the Stage Preface to the Campaigners (1689) and Preface to the Translation of Bossuet's Maxims and Reflections on Plays (1699)			.txt	text/plain	21398	1208	77	the Stage_, and our licentious Writings for many years past; and tho Libertines, and Ignorants, where 'tis natural in Comedy; nay, in my Book Plays, and who are only scandalous to our Critick, by being good Poets, the Church, a Man of Morals and Manners tells us, _This Poet is fit to and writes more like a Pimp than a Poet_ [Footnote: Collier, p. one calls 'em _Whores_ 'tis he, he that by an assum'd Authority thinks rights; he prints instead of the word only a great P---and tells the _Here_, says he, _the Poet tells ye Providence makes Mankind by halves, an Absolver; I mean in a Case like you know what; but let us proceed. good Reputation too; _Sirrah, Sirrah, says the Doctor, I shall have good sense as when he says, like a Wag as he is, that the Ladies fancy	./cache/16335.txt	./txt/16335.txt