'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: