TO SAMUEL FOOTE, Esq

The comic muse in consultation, Where I should point my dedication; Kindly vouchsaf'd to recommend Her warmest patron; ablest friend: Who with more skill than Warwick-Lane Pale spleen can cure i' th'comic vein; Then Sir! receive this hasty birth, A slight attempt at harmless mirth; Which dares not hope much critic praise, Conceiv'd and born within eight days; Your smiles much credit must reflect, On him who signs, with just respect,