Prologue to the Duchess, on her return from Scotland written by Mr. Dryden. Dryden, John, 1631-1700. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A36667 of text R39 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing D2337). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A36667 Wing D2337 ESTC R39 11774711 ocm 11774711 48930 2248525843

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A36667) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 48930) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 489:18) Prologue to the Duchess, on her return from Scotland written by Mr. Dryden. Dryden, John, 1631-1700. 1 sheet ([2] p.) ; 32 cm. Printed for Jacob Tonson, [London] : 1682. Broadside. Caption title. Reproduction of original in Harvard University Library. eng Mary, -- of Modena, Queen, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718. Broadsides -- England -- London -- 17th century eebo Prologue to the Dutchess, on her return from Scotland. Written by Mr. Dryden. Dryden, John, 1682 3 454 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2002-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-09 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-10 Sampled and proofread 2002-10 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-12 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
PROLOGUE TO The Dutchess , On Her Return from SCOTLAND . Written by Mr. DRYDEN . WHEN Factious Rage to cruel Exile , drove The Queen of Beauty , and the Court of Love ; The Muses Droop'd , with their forsaken Arts , And the sad Cupids broke their useless Darts . Our fruitfull Plains to Wilds and Desarts turn'd , Like Edens Face when banish'd Man it mourn'd : Love was no more when Loyalty was gone , The great Supporter of his Awfull Throne . Love cou'd no longer after Beauty stay , But wander'd Northward to the verge of day , As if the Sun and He had lost their way . But now th' Illustrious Nymph return'd again , Brings every Grace triumphant in her Train : The wondring Nereids , though they rais'd no storm , Foreslow'd her passage to behold her form : Some cry'd a Venus , some a Thetis past : But this was not so fair , nor that so chast . Far from her sight flew Faction , Strife and Pride : And Envy did but look on her , and dy'd . What e'er we suffer'd from our sullen Fate , Her sight is purchas'd at an easy rate : Three gloomy Years against this day were set : But this one mighty Sum has clear'd the Debt . Like Ioseph's Dream , but with a better doom ; The Famine past , the Plenty still to come . For Her the weeping Heav'ns become serene , For Her the Ground is clad in cheerfull green : For Her the Nightingales are taught to sing , And Nature has for her delay'd the Spring . The Muse resumes her long-forgotten Lays , And Love , restor'd , his Ancient Realm surveys ; Recalls our Beauties , and revives our Plays . His Wast Dominions peoples once again , And from Her presence dates his Second Reign . But awfull Charms on her fair Forehead sit , Dispensing what she never will admit . Pleasing , yet cold , like Cynthia's silver Beam , The Peoples Wonder , and the Poets Theam . Distemper'd Zeal , Sedition , canker'd Hate , No more shall vex the Church , and tear the State ; No more shall Faction civil Discords move , Or onely discords of too tender love : Discord like that of Musicks various parts , Discord that makes the harmony of Hearts , Discord that onely this dispute shall bring , Who best shall love the Duke , and serve the King . FINIS .

Printed for Iacob Tonson at the Iudge's Head in Chancery-lane near Fleetstreet . 1682.