[ [359] Juv. Sat. III.
[ [360] Lib. II. c. II.
[ [361] L. II ℣ 380.
[ [362] ℣ 139, —℣ 155.
[ [363] De Art. Poet. ℣ 126.
[ [364] The forecited Author, Mr. Crusius, thinks them to have been of great Use and Expediency to the Ancients; Their Stage being very large, and their Plays acted by Day-light, the natural Features of the Face, at such a Distance, and without the Help of false Lights, could not appear distinguishable enough, to express the several Characters. Besides the adapting Masks to each Character, very much contributed to the Entertainment of the Audience; since hereby they could better imagine they saw the Persons represented in the Play, than we can, who are still apt to lose the Character in the Player; not to mention this other Disadvantage of the same Face appearing in the different Characters of Prince and Pimp, Hero and Villain, old and young." Ibid. Sect. III. So that what they lost in expressing the Variety of Passion, they gain'd in the Variety of Character.
[ [365] De Art. Poet. ℣ 23.
[ [366] ℣ 99.
[ [367] ℣ 112.
[ [368] Shakespear.