As scriveners draw away the bankers' trade.

Howe'er, the poet's safe enough to day,

They cannot censure an unfinished play.

But, as when vizard-mask appears in pit,

Straight every man, who thinks himself a wit,

Perks up, and, managing his comb with grace,

With his white wig sets off his nut-brown face;

That done, bears up to th' prize, and views each limb,

To know her by her rigging and her trim;

Then, the whole noise of fops to wagers go,—