Think he which made your Waxen garden, and Transported it from Italy, to stand

With us at London, flouts our Courtiers; for

Juft fuch gay painted things, which no fap, nor
Taft have in them, ours are; and natural

Some of the stocks are; their fruits baftard all.
"Tis ten a Clock and past; all whom the mues,
Baloun, or tennis, diet, or the stews

Had all the morning held, now the second
Time made ready, that day, in flocks are found
In the Prefence, and I (God pardon me)
As fresh and sweet their Apparels be, as be
Their fields they fold to buy them. For a king
Those hofe are, cry the flatterers: and bring
Them next week to the theatre to fell.

Wants reach all states: me feems they do as well

NOTES.

A fhow of the Italian Garden in Waxwork, in the time of King James the First.

That is, of wood.

P.

VER. 206. Court in wax!] A famous fhow of the Court of France, in -Wax-work.

P.

VER. 213. At Fig's, at White's,] White's was a noted gam

Now pox on those who fhew a Court in wax !
It ought to bring all courtiers on their backs:
Such painted puppets! fuch a varnish'd race
Of hollow gew-gaws, only drefs and face!
Such waxen noses, ftately ftaring things---

210

No wonder fome folks bow, and think them Kings.
See! where the British youth, engag'd no more
At Fig's, at White's, with felons, or a whore,
Pay their last duty to the Court, and come
All fresh and fragrant, to the drawing-room; 215
In hues as gay, and odours as divine,

As the fair fields they fold to look fo fine.
"That's velvet for a King!" the flatt'rer swears;
'Tis true, for ten days hence 'twill be King Lear's.
Our Court may justly to our stage give rules, 220
That helps it both to fools-coats and to fools.
And why not players ftrut in courtiers cloaths?
For these are actors too, as well as those :
Wants reach all states; they beg but better dret,
And all is fplendid poverty at best.

NQ TES.

225

ing-house: Fig's, a Prize-fighter's Academy, where the young Nobility receiv'd inftruction in those days: It was alfo cuftomary for the nobility and gentry to vifit the condemned criminals in Newgate.

· P.

VER. 220. our flage give rules,] Alluding to the Chamberlain's Authority.

VOL. IV.

U

Think he which made your Waxen garden, and Transported it from Italy, to stand

With us at London, flouts our Courtiers; for

Juft fuch gay painted things, which no fap, nor
Taft have in them, ours are; and natural

Some of the stocks are; their fruits baftard all. "Tis ten a Clock and past; all whom the mues, Baloun, or tennis, diet, or the stews

Had all the morning held, now the second
Time made ready, that day, in flocks are found
In the Prefence, and I (God pardon me)
As fresh and sweet their Apparels be, as be
Their fields they fold to buy them. For a king
Those hofe are, cry the flatterers: and bring
Them next week to the theatre to fell.

Wants reach all states: me feems they do as well

NOTES.

b A fhow of the Italian Garden in Waxwork, in the time of King James the First.

That is, of wood.

P.

VER. 206. Court in wax!] A famous fhow of the Court of France, in-Wax-work.

P.

VER. 213. At Fig's, at White's,] White's was a noted gam

210

Now pox on those who fhew a Court in wax !
It ought to bring all courtiers on their backs:
Such painted puppets! such a varnish'd race
Of hollow gew-gaws, only dress and face!
Such waxen noses, stately staring things ---
No wonder fome folks bow, and think them Kings.
See! where the British youth, engag'd no more
At Fig's, at White's, with felons, or a whore,
Pay their last duty to the Court, and come
All fresh and fragrant, to the drawing-room; 215
In hues as gay, and odours as divine,

As the fair fields they fold to look so fine.
"That's velvet for a King!" the flatt'rer swears;
"Tis true, for ten days hence 'twill be King Lear's.
Our Court may justly to our stage give rules, 220
That helps it both to fools-coats and to fools.
And why not players ftrut in courtiers cloaths?
For these are actors too, as well as those :

Wants reach all states; they beg but better dret, And all is fplendid poverty at best.

NQ TES.

225

ing-house: Fig's, a Prize-fighter's Academy, where the young Nobility receiv'd inftruction in those days: It was alfo cuftomary for the nobility and gentry to vifit the condemned criminals in Newgate.

P.

VER. 220. our flage give rules,] Alluding to the Chamberlain's Authority.

VOL. IV.

U

b

Think he which made your Waxen garden, and

Transported it from Italy, to stand

With us at London, flouts our Courtiers; for
Juft fuch gay painted things, which no fap, nor
Taft have in them, ours are; and natural

Some of the stocks are; their fruits baftard all. "Tis ten a Clock and paft; all whom the mues, Baloun, or tennis, diet, or the stews

Had all the morning held, now the second
Time made ready, that day, in flocks are found
In the Prefence, and I (God pardon me)

As fresh and sweet their Apparels be, as be

Their fields they fold to buy them. For a king

Thofe hofe are, cry

the flatterers and bring

Them next week to the theatre to fell.

Wants reach all states: me feems they do as well

NOTES.

b A fhow of the Italian Garden in Waxwork, in the time of King James the First.

That is, of wood.

P.

VER. 206. Court in wax!] A famous show of the Court of France, in-Wax-work.

P.

VER. 213. At Fig's, at White's,] White's was a noted gam