To forage for a little wit and sense,

Pray pardon him, he meant you no offence.

Next summer, Nostradamus tells, they say,

That all the critics shall be shipped away,

And not enow be left to damn a play.

To every sail beside, good heaven, be kind;

But drive away that swarm with such a wind,

That not one locust may be left behind!

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