A Tale of Tub Prologue lyrics

by

Ben Jonson


No State-affairs, nor any politick Club,
Pretend we in our
Tale, here, of a Tub:
But acts of
Clowns and Constables, to day
Stuff out the
Scenes of our ridiculous Play.
A Coopers wit, or some such busie Spark,
Illumining the
high Constable, and his Clerk.
And all the Neighbour-hood, from old Records,
Of antick Proverbs, drawn from
Whitson-Lords.
And their Authorities, at
Wakes and Ales,
With Country precedents, and old Wives Tales;
We bring you now, to shew what different things
The
Cotes of Clowns, are from the Courts of Kings.

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