this; for some there are among them who are perfectly well aware of

their faults, and know what they ought to do; but as plays have become

a salable commodity, they say, and with truth, that the actors will

not buy them unless they are after this fashion; and so the poet tries

to adapt himself to the requirements of the actor who is to pay him

for his work. And that this is the truth may be seen by the

countless plays that a most fertile wit of these kingdoms has written,

with so much brilliancy, so much grace and gaiety, such polished