_There's one thing more to acquaint the_ Reader _with; 'Tis that I have Ventured to_ change _the_ Terms _of_ Mistress _and_ Lover, _for_ others _somewhat more_ Plain, _but much more_ Proper. _I don't look upon This as any_ failure _in_ Civility. _As_ Good _and_ Evil _are_ different _in_ Themselves, _so they ought to be_ differently Mark'd. _To_ confound _them in_ Speech, _is the way to_ confound _them in_ Practise. Ill Qualities _ought to have_ ill Names, _to prevent their being_ Catching. _Indeed_ Things _are in a great measure_ Govern'd _by_ Words: _To_ Guild _over a foul_ Character, _serves only to perplex the_ Idea, _to encourage the_ Bad, _and mislead the_ Unwary. _To treat_ Honour, _and_ Infamy _alike, is an_ injury _to_ Virtue, _and a sort of_ Levelling _in_ Morality. _I confess, I have no_ Ceremony _for_ Debauchery. _For to_ Compliment Vice, _is but_ one Remove _from_ worshipping _the_ Devil. _March 5th. 1697/8._ THE CONTENTS. CHAP. I. _The Introduction._ Page 1 _The_ Immodesty _of the_ Stage. p. 3 _The_ Ill Consequences _of this_ Liberty. p. 5 Immodesty _a Breach_ of good Behaviour. p. 6 _The_ Stage _faulty in this respect to a very_ Scandalous degree. p. 8 Modesty _the_ Character _of_ Women. p. 9 _The Natural_ Serviceableness _of this_ Quality. p. 11 Immodesty _much more insufferable, under the_ Christian, _than under the_ Heathen _Religion_. p. 14 _The_ Roman, _and_ Greek Theatres _more_ inoffensive _than the_ English. p. 15 _This proved from_ Plautus. Ibid. _From_ Terence. p. 20 _From_ Seneca's Tragedies. p. 25 _The_ Comparison _carried on to the_ Theatre _at_ Athens. Ibid. _A short_ Character _of_ Æschylus. p. 26 _The_ Cleaness _of his_ Expression. p. 27 _The_ Genius _and_ Conduct _of_ Sophocles. p. 28 _The_ Sobriety _of his_ Plays. p. 29 Euripides'_s_ Character distinguished _from the two_ former. p. 30 _The_ Reserv'dness _of his_ Stile. p. 31 All _Humours not fit for_ Representation. p. 35 _A_ Censure _of_ Aristophanes. p. 36 Aristophanes _his Testimony_ against himself. p. 48