A new epilogue to Cato, spoken at a late performance of that tragedy.

People / Organizations

• Jonathan Mitchell Sewall (Author)

Imprint

[Portsmouth, N.H.: Printed by Daniel Fowle, 1778]

Added name

Janus. Janus. Fowle, Daniel, 1715-1787, printer.

Publication year

1778

ESTC No.

W33692

Grub Street ID

344297

Description

1 sheet ; 34 x 21 cm

Note

Verse of ninety-one lines, likening American patriots to those of ancient Rome, composed for a performance at the Bow Street Theater, Portsmouth, N.H. First line: You see mankind the same in every age! - Another version, "Epilogue to Cato. Written in 1778," is included in Sewall. Miscellaneous poems, Portsmouth, 1801, p. 107-110.

Textually and typographically identical with version published in the March 31, 1778, issue of the New-Hampshire gazette printed at Portsmouth by Daniel Fowle.

Includes also extracts "from a late Irish paper," signed: Janus.

Text in two columns.