THE EARL OF DORSET.
(1637-1705.)
[XXII.] SATIRE ON A CONCEITED PLAYWRIGHT.
The person against whom this attack was directed was Edward Howard, author of The British Princess.
Thou damn'd antipodes to common-sense,
Thou foil to Flecknoe, pr'ythee tell from whence
Does all this mighty stock of dulness spring?
Is it thy own, or hast it from Snow-hill,
Assisted by some ballad-making quill?
No, they fly higher yet, thy plays are such,