But after all, why shou'd Mr. _Collier_ blame Mr. _Dryden_ for making _Dorax_ exclaim against the _Mahometan_ Priest? Or how can that be a Prejudice to the Character of the Christian Clergy? Is it not natural for such a one as _Dorax_ to say as much, and especially against such a one as the _Mufti_ in the Play? And does Mr. _Collier_ blame Mr. _Dryden_ for writing naturally? I think it is a Fault throughout Mr. _Collier's_ Book, that in his Criticisms of the Plays, he never considers the Person who speaks; that is, Whether 'tis not natural for a Man of such a Character, to say such a thing? It wou'd have been of more Service to have proved, That no Person is to be brought on the Stage to say an ill thing, and then he had thrown away all the Profaneness, which is so much an Offence, at once. But if such Persons are to be represented, there is not so much Reason against any of our present Plays, as is urg'd by Mr. _Collier_; for you must allow a Coquett to talk like her self, a Lover to vent his Passion in Raptures, and a Rake to speak the Language of the Town. I have already told you, That I am far from vindicating the present Stage. I don't know a regular Play, or that ought to be represented on a regular Stage; yet I know a great many Plays that I would not loose for want of that Regularity. Who wou'd not have Sir _G. Etheridge_, Mr. _Wicherly_, and even some of Mr. _Dryden_'s Plays? Who would reject the _Orphan_, because Mr. _Collier_ objects against a loose Speech in it.