'Tis time, high time to give myself the welcome home.
II.
Had I but heartily believ'd
20That all the Royal Preacher said was true,)
When first I ent'red on the stage,
And Vanity so hotly did pursue;
Convinc'd by his experience, not my age,
I had myself long since retriev'd,
I should have let the curtain down,
Before the Fool's part had begun: