Note 6 — THE THEATRE.
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"Four forgers born in one prolific age, Much critical acumen did engage: The first[6] was soon, by doughty Douglas, scar'd, Tho' Johnson would have screen'd him, had he dar'd. The next had all the cunning of a Scot;[7] The third, invention, genius,—may, what not?[8] Fraud, now exhausted, only could dispense To her fourth son, their threefold impudence."