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In his sixth satire of 'The Scourge of Villanie, Marston explains why he had composed his 'Pigmalion's Image: Yet deem'st that in sad seriousnesse I write such nasty stuff as in Pigmalion? Such maggot-tainted, lewd corruption! ... Hence, thou misjudging censor: know I wrot Those idle rimes to note the odious spot and blemish that deformes the lineaments of modern poesies habiliments.
"So deem'st thou so each mortal deems Of that which is from that which seems; But other harvest here Than that which peasant's scythe demands, Was gather'd in by sterner hands, With bayonet, blade, and spear." Scott, "The Field of Waterloo," V.i-6.
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