[30] This multifarious genius pretends to have discovered the
Perpetual motion, but it must be a mere pretence; as he is weak enough
to think the public ought to reward him for his discovery, and offers
to disclose it on the simple terms of no purchase no pay.
That upward roll'd with anxious toil and pain,
The summit almost gain'd, rolls back again.
Ne'er shall his FALSTAFF[31] come again to life;
Ne'er shall be play'd again his WIDOW'D WIFE;[32]
Ne'er will I court again his stubborn Muse,
But for a pageant would his play refuse.
While puff and pantomime will gull the town,
'Tis good to keep o'erweening merit down;
With BICKERSTAFF and CUMBERLAND go shares,
And grind the poets as I grind the players.