'But when all fail'd, to strike the Stage quite Dumb,
Those wicked Engines call'd Machines are come.
Thunder and lightning now for Wit are Play'd.'
John Dryden, 1673
'The great Design was to entertain the Town with variety of Musick,
curious Dances, splendid Scenes and Machines.'
Thomas Shadwell, 1675
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