The Entertainment perform'd at the theatre-royal in Dorset-Garden, at drawing the lottery call'd The wheel of fortune being the speeches addrest to the spectators, as prologues and epilogues. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B22551 of text R40210 in the English Short Title Catalog. 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. 8KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 3 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B22551 Wing E3137A ocm 18777084

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The Entertainment perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Dorset-Garden , at Drawing the LOTTERY call'd The Wheel of Fortune : Being the Speeches addrest to the Spectators , as Prologues and Epilogues .

During a Symphony of Musick the Curtain rises very slowly , and discovers Two Wheels upon the Stage : Then Two Figures , representing Fortuna , and Astraea the Goddess of Justice , descend over each Wheel , in two rich Chariots gilt with Gold .

Fortuna ( perform'd by Miss Porter ) first speaks , WHere th' equal Cause , and equal Merits , hold One Common Title to the Ball of Gold ▪ Shou'd th' interposing Pow'rs of Destiny To some more Darling Head the Prize decree ; Deciding Fate wou'd Arbitrary be . No ; this Decision lies in FORTUNE's Sphere : From random Chance no partial Judgment fear . Then , JOVE , resign : 't is I reign Goddess here . Yes , JOVE , stand by ; and see my Glory shine : Look on , and learn to mend Thy Globe by Mine , Cunning , Cheat , Falshood ; every treacherous Ill That thy degenerate World too vilely fill , Are here all banish'd . No designing Sham , But Innocent Chance plays here her Artless Game . What Joys wou'd thy Reforming Empire feel , Mov'd but thy World as honest as my Wheel ? But stay : Let me look round my Sovereign Sphere : The Great , the Fair ; those dazling Charms appear : Fortune has found her Eyes to see such Glories here . Yes , give me leave , when this fair Train I find , To be no more to my own Greatness blind . To see the Rich , the Gay , the Young , the Old , All spread their Laps to catch my Show'r of Gold . Fortune commands all Hearts : I bend each Knee : The Court of all Mankind's addrest to Me . Fortune the World's Great All ! The Plume of Quality ; The Churchman's Saint , his dear ador'd Plurality . The best Court-Friend ; The Misses only Pleasure ; The Prodigal's Trifle , but the Miser's Treasure . The Wedlock-Cupid's -Cupid's Shaft ; 't is Love's Fire-Arms ; The Widow's Beauty ; and the Beau's whole Charms . The Chymist's Patience , and the Gamester's Quarrel ; The Seaman's Pilot , and the Soldier's Lawrel : All Fortune , all . — The Lawyer at the Bar , I am his Morning Study , Evening Pray'r : The Statesman's Charles-his-wain points to my Northern Star . All steer to Fortune : Mine 's the Golden Coast . But of all Brows that Fortune's Chaplet boast , The Great Augusta ( Industry's Renown And Europe's Pride ) shall wear my richest Crown . All , but the Muses , taste my Generous Hand : I 'm but their Visionary Fairy-Land . So thin I doal my niggard Favours there ; Fortune , ev'n th' Hope of Fools , and yet poor Wits despair . Astraea ( perform'd by Miss Cholk ) speaks , WHEN the bad World of Old too sinful grew , Frighted to Heav'n the fair Astraea flew : Nor wonder , from that Peaceful Orb , what Pow'r Has brought me to th' Ungrateful World once more . I come t' assist a Sister-Goddess Cause . Nay , a yet more attracting Influence draws : I but descend from my own Starry Sphere , To meet a fairer Constellation here . You then the Honour'd Guests in these proud Walls , I come to tell You , when your Service calls ; Here no Deceit the least false Game shall play : For Sovereign Justice sits to rule the Day . And as in Battle , when the Hero dies , Ev'n the lost Dead i' th' Bed of Honour lies . Here sure th' Unfortunate can never mourn : Te trifling Venture's so beneath their Scorn . Nay , and to make the Loser yet more easy ; We bring down Goddesses from Heav'n to please ye . Epilogue by Astraea . WHEN Justice has perform'd her Charge , and stay'd To see all fairly won , and justly pay'd , She shall scarce make a longer Tour among ye ; No , Sublunary Mortals , ( not to wrong ye ) Whilst the World's larger Theatre I see , So tir'd with those mad Follies I shall be , That this low'r Globe and I can ne're agree . First , for the lovely Sex — Their Faults I 'll spare : Those Spots in Stars , the Follies of the Fair . But that strange Sight to see old Aesop's Crow Once more turn Peacock , that gay Bird , a Beau ! What should I bring my Scales of Justice thither , Where all I have to weigh is Plume and Feather ? What lame Account must Truth record in Story , Where Foppery , not Sense , bears all the Glory ? This Ages Panegyrick to endite , Not Pens of Chronicle , but Lampoon , should write . And next — What Quarrels and Dissention rule Mankind ? 't is true , the World a General Peace may find : But there 's no end of private Fewds and Jars : The Parsons and the Poets are at Wars . Those in their Pious , these , Poetick , Rage ; These lash the Pulpit , and they damn the Stage . A third damns both : Thus in one pushing Trial , Wit , Zeal , and Wisdom , fight one Battle-Royal . These and a hundred Faults too poor to name , Are the degenerate Ages common Shame . Thus , blushing at these Faults , shall Justice fly Back to her Halcyon Regions in the Sky : Yet in my Room ( such gracious Smiles I 'll owe ye ) I 'll send down Mercy — Justice would undo ye . Fortuna speaks , SHOU'D Fortune to all Sides keep open Ears , T' a thousand Curses and a thousand Prayers ; Tyr'd with that common Din of all Mankind , Methinks she should be rather Deaf than Blind . Yet why should any Man repine at Chance ? 't is all but Frenzy , peevish Ignorance ! You shou'd court Fortune , as you pay your Duty To some Court-Star , some celebrated Beauty . All gaze with Rival-Eyes ; each fond Adorer Presents his offer'd Heart , and kneels before her . All may look up , and every longing Eye May wish and hope : But all can ne're enjoy . — Wou'd ye all be blest ? Fy , Gentlemen , oh fy ! A Woman 's but a Woman ; her kind Arms , Her Golden Joys , and all her Melting Charms , Into so many Show'rs can never fall : The Devil 's in 't , if She can please ye All. Expect the same from Fortune . My rich Hoard Of Smiles , is not so infinitely stor'd , That every One can be the happy Man : And yet I 'll be as kind as e're I can . My Graces , Smiles , and Favours , I 'll bestow All my whole Stock , as far as e're 't will go . And Gentlemen , when , to my utmost Pow'r , I v'e given ye all my whole exhausted Store , You 'd be unconscionable to ask me more .

London : Printed for A. Baldwin , in Warwick-lane , 1698.