Prologue to Antonio’s Revenge (History of Antonio and Mellida, Part II.). By John Marston.
‘Who but must laugh, if such a man there be?
Who would not weep, if Atticus were he?’
Pope, Prologue to the Satires, 213–4.
‘and make him fall
His crest that prouder than blue Iris bends.’
Troilus and Cressida, Act I. Scene 3.
‘A drowsy frowzy poem, call’d the “Excursion,”
Writ in a manner which is my aversion.’
Don Juan, Canto III. Stanza 94.