Witchcraft reigns there, and raises to renown

Macbeth[379] and Simon Magus of the town.

Fletcher's despised, your Jonson's out of fashion,

And wit the only drug in all the nation.

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In this low ebb our wares to you are shown, }

By you those staple authors' worth is known, }

For wit's a manufacture of your own. }

When you, who only can, their scenes have praised,

We'll back, and boldly say, their price is raised.