The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets also an exact account of all the plays that were ever yet printed in the English tongue, their double titles, the places where acted, the dates when printed, and the persons to whom dedicated, with remarks and observations on most of the said plays / first begun by Mr. Langbain ; improv'd and continued down to this time, by a careful hand.
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             The lives and characters of the English dramatick poets also an exact account of all the plays that were ever yet printed in the English tongue, their double titles, the places where acted, the dates when printed, and the persons to whom dedicated, with remarks and observations on most of the said plays / first begun by Mr. Langbain ; improv'd and continued down to this time, by a careful hand.
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           THE
           LIVES
           AND
           CHARACTERS
           OF
           THE
           
             English
             Dramatick
          
           POETS
           .
        
         
           ALSO
           An
           Exact
           ACCOUNT
           of
           all
           the
           PLAYS
           that
           were
           ever
           yet
           Printed
           in
           the
           English
           Tongue
           ;
           their
           Double
           Titles
           ,
           the
           Places
           where
           Acted
           ,
           the
           Dates
           when
           Printed
           ,
           and
           the
           Persons
           to
           whom
           Dedicated
           ;
           with
           Remarks
           and
           Observations
           on
           most
           of
           the
           said
           Plays
           .
        
         
           First
           begun
           by
           Mr.
           Langbain
           ,
           improv'd
           and
           continued
           down
           to
           this
           Time
           ,
           by
           a
           Careful
           Hand
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Leigh
          
           at
           the
           Peacock
           against
           St.
           Dunstan's-Church
           ,
           and
           
             William
             Turner
          
           at
           the
           
             White
             Horse
          
           ,
           without
           Temple-Bar
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Epistle
           Dedicatory
           ,
           TO
           
             CHARLES
             CAESAR
          
           ,
           
             Esq
          
           OF
           Bonnington
           in
           Hertfordshire
           .
        
         
           
             Honoured
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           long
           had
           an
           Ambition
           to
           lay
           something
           at
           your
           Feet
           that
           might
           be
           worthy
           your
           Protection
           ,
           but
           despairing
           to
           produce
           any
           thing
           my self
           deserving
           of
           that
           Honour
           ,
           and
           impatient
           of
           making
           known
           how
           Proud
           I
           am
           of
           being
           in
           the
           Crowd
           of
           your
           Admirers
           ,
           I
           cou'd
           not
           but
           lay
           hold
           of
           this
           Opportunity
           ,
           where
           the
           Merit
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           Assistants
           I
           have
           had
           ,
           might
           in
           some
           Measure
           attone
           for
           what
           is
           deficient
           in
           my
           Performance
           .
           I
           offer
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           to
           your
           Protection
           
           this
           History
           of
           the
           Lives
           and
           Works
           of
           all
           the
           Dramatick
           Poets
           of
           your
           Native
           Country
           ,
           of
           which
           few
           Nations
           have
           produc'd
           so
           great
           a
           Number
           under
           so
           very
           little
           Encouragements
           .
           But
           to
           shew
           them
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           the
           more
           Worthy
           your
           Patronage
           ,
           I
           shall
           lay
           down
           a
           short
           Account
           of
           what
           Value
           their
           Art
           has
           been
           ,
           in
           the
           most
           Polite
           and
           Politick
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           most
           successful
           Government
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           
             Athens
             ,
             Rome
          
           ,
           and
           France
           will
           furnish
           me
           with
           the
           Proofs
           I
           want
           .
           Athens
           gave
           Birth
           and
           Perfection
           to
           the
           Art
           ,
           and
           seems
           ,
           like
           the
           true
           Mother
           ,
           to
           have
           been
           most
           fond
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           ●herefore
           gave
           its
           professors
           the
           greatest
           Encouragement
           .
           The
           Value
           that
           Government
           had
           for
           both
           is
           evident
           from
           these
           two
           Instances
           :
           Sophocles
           ,
           as
           a
           Reward
           of
           his
           Antigone
           ,
           had
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           City
           and
           Island
           of
           Samos
           confer'd
           upon
           him
           :
           And
           on
           the
           Death
           of
           Eupolis
           in
           a
           Sea-Fight
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Law
           publish'd
           ,
           that
           no
           Poet
           for
           the
           Future
           shou'd
           go
           to
           the
           Wars
           ;
           so
           great
           a
           Loss
           they
           thought
           the
           Death
           of
           one
           Poet
           to
           the
           Commonwealth
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           see
           that
           Athens
           that
           was
           the
           most
           Populous
           and
           Trading
           City
           of
           Greece
           ,
           and
           which
           produc'd
           braver
           ,
           better
           ,
           and
           more
           learned
           Men
           than
           all
           Greece
           besides
           ,
           prove
           ,
           by
           the
           Encouragement
           she
           gave
           Dramatick
           Poetry
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           the
           Opinion
           of
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           that
           State
           ,
           that
           Plays
           
           were
           so
           far
           from
           being
           destructive
           of
           Industry
           and
           good
           Morals
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           equally
           conducive
           to
           the
           Honour
           and
           Advantage
           of
           its
           People
           .
        
         
           To
           say
           nothing
           of
           the
           Care
           that
           was
           taken
           of
           the
           Poets
           ,
           and
           the
           Esteem
           they
           were
           in
           among
           the
           Greatest
           and
           Bravest
           of
           the
           Old
           Romans
           ;
           I
           shall
           only
           mention
           the
           Great
           Maecenas
           ,
           who
           laid
           the
           Foundation
           of
           the
           greatest
           Monarchy
           that
           ever
           was
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           who
           form'd
           as
           Great
           and
           Politick
           Designs
           ,
           did
           as
           Great
           Services
           to
           his
           Prince
           as
           any
           Man
           whatever
           ;
           and
           and
           who
           indeed
           establish'd
           the
           greatest
           Emperor
           over
           the
           most
           Free
           and
           Polite
           People
           in
           the
           Universe
           ;
           Maecenas
           I
           say
           ,
           thought
           Poetry
           so
           worthy
           his
           peculiar
           Care
           ,
           that
           we
           owe
           the
           best
           of
           the
           Roman
           Poets
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Name
           is
           pass'd
           from
           a
           Proper
           to
           a
           Common
           Name
           for
           all
           Generous
           Patrons
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           yet
           fresh
           in
           our
           Memories
           what
           that
           Master
           in
           Politicks
           ,
           the
           great
           Richelieu
           has
           done
           for
           these
           Politer
           Studies
           in
           France
           .
           The
           Theatres
           ,
           the
           Academy
           remain
           a
           glorious
           Monument
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           yet
           no
           Man
           could
           have
           fled
           with
           a
           better
           Pretence
           to
           the
           Multiplicity
           of
           Affairs
           ,
           no
           Man
           ever
           dispatching
           more
           Business
           ,
           or
           forming
           more
           Successful
           ,
           and
           Serviceable-Designs
           for
           his
           Master's
           Advantage
           ,
           and
           the
           present
           and
           succeeding
           Glory
           and
           Grandeur
           of
           Fr●●●e
           ;
           for
           to
           
           his
           Counsels
           the
           French
           Monarchy
           owes
           all
           that
           Terror
           and
           Power
           ,
           with
           which
           we
           have
           seen
           all
           Europe
           so
           lately
           struggle
           with
           :
           And
           yet
           this
           great
           and
           busy
           Polititian
           could
           find
           a
           time
           in
           spight
           of
           the
           Weight
           of
           the
           whole
           Administration
           of
           France
           ,
           to
           take
           Care
           of
           the
           Muses
           ,
           and
           thought
           it
           an
           Honour
           to
           himself
           and
           Country
           for
           the
           lasting
           Advantage
           of
           learned
           Men
           and
           Poets
           .
           He
           took
           Care
           of
           the
           Reformation
           of
           the
           Stage
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           Order
           the
           Abbe
           Hedeline
           ,
           compos'd
           a
           Piece
           of
           the
           whole
           Art
           of
           the
           Stage
           .
        
         
           But
           our
           Nation
           ,
           alas
           !
           Furnish'd
           with
           as
           brave
           a
           People
           ,
           and
           a
           greater
           Genius
           for
           Poetry
           than
           our
           Neighbours
           ,
           had
           never
           yet
           been
           so
           happy
           ,
           as
           to
           find
           in
           the
           Administration
           ,
           any
           Man
           with
           Soul
           enough
           ,
           to
           think
           the
           Care
           of
           the
           Muses
           worth
           their
           Thoughts
           ;
           and
           yet
           the
           World
           will
           never
           be
           induc'd
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           wiser
           or
           greater
           Politicians
           than
           Maecenas
           or
           Richelieu
           .
        
         
           This
           Neglect
           of
           their
           Science
           has
           forc'd
           the
           Poets
           ,
           who
           had
           nothing
           to
           expect
           from
           the
           Government
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           most
           Noble
           and
           useful
           School
           of
           Vertue
           ,
           degenerate
           into
           a
           
             meer
             Diversion
          
           ;
           that
           they
           might
           Please
           an
           Audience
           ,
           whence
           they
           cou'd
           only
           hope
           for
           their
           Support
           .
           And
           this
           has
           laid
           the
           Stage
           open
           to
           the
           weak
           Assaults
           
           of
           those
           whom
           either
           
             Biggottry
             ,
             Intrest
          
           ,
           or
           Hypocri●y
           have
           made
           its
           Enemies
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           not
           therefore
           the
           supine
           and
           criminal
           Neglect
           of
           the
           Great
           Men
           (
           I
           mean
           the
           Ministers
           )
           of
           our
           Nation
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           to
           form
           the
           Esteem
           that
           is
           due
           to
           this
           Science
           by
           ;
           but
           the
           Care
           and
           value
           the
           most
           refin'd
           and
           most
           successful
           Polititians
           in
           the
           World
           have
           Discover'd
           for
           it
           ;
           If
           the
           
             English
             States-Men
          
           come
           short
           of
           this
           ,
           't
           is
           to
           be
           look'd
           on
           by
           all
           Men
           of
           true
           Sense
           ,
           as
           their
           Defect
           and
           Infamy
           ,
           not
           their
           Wisdom
           .
        
         
           Wherefore
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Publick
           has
           not
           yet
           thought
           fit
           to
           take
           this
           into
           its
           Consideration
           and
           Protection
           ,
           yet
           I
           had
           reason
           to
           think
           a
           Man
           of
           Mr.
           
           Caesar's
           Qualifications
           ,
           cou'd
           not
           but
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           extend
           his
           Protection
           to
           those
           ,
           whose
           Business
           it
           is
           to
           celebrate
           the
           Vertues
           that
           gain
           you
           the
           general
           Esteem
           .
           You
           that
           forsook
           the
           lower
           Pleasures
           of
           Fortune
           and
           Youth
           ,
           for
           the
           Pursuit
           of
           Honour
           and
           Glory
           in
           the
           War
           ;
           You
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           that
           in
           your
           Actions
           have
           shown
           the
           Hero
           ,
           have
           a
           nearer
           Reason
           than
           other
           Men
           ,
           to
           take
           care
           of
           the
           Poets
           ,
           whose
           task
           it
           is
           to
           celebrate
           the
           Heroes
           Deeds
           ,
           and
           to
           transmit
           them
           in
           their
           most
           engaging
           Form
           to
           Posterity
           ,
           for
           their
           Honour
           and
           Imitation
           .
           
             
               Carmen
               amat
               quisque
               carmina
               digna
               gerit
               .
            
          
           
           You
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           that
           have
           added
           to
           your
           Birth
           and
           Fortune
           so
           strong
           and
           general
           a
           Love
           ,
           that
           your
           
             Wit
             ,
             Sweetness
             of
             Temper
          
           ,
           and
           Honour
           ,
           defeat
           that
           Envy
           which
           Merit
           usually
           raises
           ,
           will
           naturally
           take
           care
           of
           those
           ,
           whose
           Imployment
           it
           is
           to
           distinguish
           betwixt
           the
           Pretence
           ,
           and
           Reality
           ;
           the
           Man
           of
           true
           Sense
           and
           Bravery
           ,
           and
           the
           Flashy
           Opiniator
           ,
           and
           the
           vain
           Boaster
           of
           his
           own
           Deeds
           .
        
         
           From
           you
           therefore
           I
           hope
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           a
           favourable
           Reception
           ,
           when
           I
           shelter
           all
           our
           Dramatick
           Writers
           under
           the
           Protection
           of
           your
           Name
           ;
           for
           in
           you
           we
           shall
           find
           a
           Manly
           ,
           yet
           Modest
           Merit
           
             
               Worthy
               at
               once
               ,
               and
               negligent
               of
               Fame
               .
            
          
           Wit
           without
           Opiniatreture
           ;
           but
           balanc'd
           with
           a
           true
           and
           penetrating
           Iudgment
           ;
           Bravery
           which
           has
           nobly
           distinguish'd
           you
           from
           the
           Remisness
           of
           the
           Inglorious
           Youth
           of
           the
           Age
           ,
           witness
           your
           Voluntary
           Campaigns
           in
           Flanders
           ;
           a
           Generosity
           that
           gets
           you
           the
           Esteem
           of
           all
           Men
           ,
           while
           the
           sordid
           are
           the
           Contempt
           and
           Laughter
           of
           Men
           of
           Sense
           .
        
         
           I
           need
           be
           no
           farther
           particular
           in
           the
           Enumeration
           of
           your
           Vertues
           ,
           since
           where
           ever
           Generosity
           goes
           justly
           to
           the
           making
           up
           of
           a
           Character
           ,
           there
           can
           be
           no
           Vertue
           wanting
           .
           On
           this
           
           Vertue
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           it
           is
           that
           I
           depend
           for
           your
           Pardon
           for
           the
           Presumption
           of
           this
           Dedication
           ,
           which
           I
           hope
           I
           shall
           gain
           with
           the
           greater
           ease
           ,
           because
           I
           have
           kept
           clear
           of
           the
           Crime
           of
           Dedications
           ,
           Flattery
           ,
           having
           confin'd
           my self
           much
           within
           the
           Compass
           of
           severe
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           Sentiments
           of
           ,
           Sir
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Your
               most
               Devoted
               ,
               Humble
               ,
               and
               Obedient
               Servant
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           I
           Do
           not
           trouble
           the
           Reader
           with
           this
           Preface
           because
           't
           is
           the
           Mode
           to
           say
           something
           before
           ev'ry
           Book
           ;
           but
           because
           there
           is
           a
           Necessity
           of
           premising
           a
           Word
           or
           two
           as
           to
           the
           following
           Treatises
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Essays
           of
           this
           Nature
           ,
           that
           have
           already
           been
           seen
           .
           I
           shall
           take
           no
           notice
           of
           Mr.
           
           Winstanley's
           or
           Mr.
           
           Phillips's
           ,
           for
           one
           I
           never
           saw
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           I
           could
           not
           read
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Langbain
           has
           discovered
           their
           Defects
           sufficient
           to
           justify
           his
           undertaking
           a
           more
           perfect
           Work
           ;
           and
           which
           he
           indeed
           in
           the
           last
           Edition
           he
           has
           pretty
           near
           accomplish'd
           .
           I
           must
           own
           that
           his
           Vndertaking
           has
           sav'd
           me
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Trouble
           ,
           but
           then
           he
           is
           every
           where
           so
           partial
           ,
           that
           he
           destroys
           the
           Character
           of
           a
           Critick
           and
           Historian
           at
           once
           ,
           whose
           Object
           ought
           always
           to
           be
           Truth
           ;
           whereas
           Mr.
           Langbain
           seems
           every
           where
           to
           gratify
           some
           private
           Pique
           ,
           and
           seldom
           to
           regard
           the
           Merit
           of
           the
           Person
           he
           reflects
           upon
           .
           This
           I
           have
           every
           where
           avoided
           ,
           and
           distinguish'd
           betwixt
           the
           Desert
           and
           Defect
           of
           the
           Auth●r
           .
           Mr.
           Langbain
           is
           farther
           generally
           mistaken
           in
           his
           Censures
           as
           a
           Critick
           ,
           he
           seems
           to
           have
           known
           nothing
           of
           the
           Matter
           ,
           to
           have
           had
           little
           or
           no
           Taste
           of
           Dramatick
           Poetry
           :
           and
           a
           Stranger
           to
           our
           Stage●
           wou'd
           from
           his
           Recommendation
           make
           a
           very
           odd
           and
           ridiculous
           Collection
           of
           our
           English
           Plays
           .
           He
           often
           commends
           ,
           
             Shirley
             ,
             Heywood
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           will
           scarce
           allow
           Mr.
           Dryden
           a
           Poet
           ;
           whereas
           the
           former
           have
           left
           us
           no
           Piece
           that
           bears
           any
           Proportion
           to
           the
           latter
           ;
           the
           
             All
             for
             Love
          
           of
           Mr.
           Dryden
           ,
           were
           it
           not
           for
           the
           false
           Moral
           ,
           wou'd
           be
           a
           Masterpiece
           that
           few
           of
           the
           Ancients
           or
           Moderns
           ever
           equal'd
           ;
           and
           Mr.
           Shirley
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Heywood
           have
           not
           left
           enough
           in
           all
           their
           Writings
           to
           compose
           one
           tolerable
           Play
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           true
           Model
           and
           Design
           of
           a
           Play.
           
        
         
           Mr.
           Langbain
           has
           in
           many
           of
           the
           Lives
           ,
           swell'd
           them
           out
           with
           interlarding
           them
           with
           tedious
           Copies
           of
           Verses
           little
           to
           the
           purpose
           in
           Hand
           ,
           which
           I
           was
           obliged
           to
           avoid
           for
           Two
           Reasons
           ;
           First
           I
           design'd
           to
           give
           the
           Reader
           as
           compendious
           an
           Account
           of
           our
           Dramatick
           Writers
           as
           I
           cou'd
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           bring
           my
           Book
           to
           an
           easier
           Price
           than
           Mr.
           
           Langbain's
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           was
           ,
           Secondly
           ,
           forc'd
           to
           leave
           
           out
           all
           that
           was
           Superfluous
           :
           And
           this
           the
           rather
           ,
           because
           I
           had
           several
           Lives
           and
           Remarks
           to
           add
           to
           this
           Edition
           ,
           which
           he
           cou'd
           give
           no
           Account
           of
           ,
           fome
           of
           the
           Authors
           having
           appear'd
           since
           his
           time
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           by
           the
           Advantage
           of
           the
           ingenious
           Mr.
           
           Ash's
           admirable
           Collection
           of
           English
           Plays
           ,
           I
           have
           met
           with
           ,
           which
           he
           never
           saw
           ;
           all
           which
           has
           render'd
           this
           more
           Perfect
           in
           its
           Kind
           than
           his
           cou'd
           be
           :
           besides
           ,
           writing
           after
           him
           ,
           I
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           avoid
           his
           Faults
           ,
           and
           preserve
           his
           Beauties
           .
        
         
           Next
           I
           have
           to
           inform
           the
           Reader
           ,
           that
           the
           following
           Piece
           is
           not
           writ
           all
           by
           one
           Hand
           ,
           as
           will
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           be
           perceived
           in
           the
           Reading
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           I
           find
           on
           the
           perusal
           of
           it
           ,
           something
           in
           the
           Book
           ,
           which
           I
           must
           differ
           from
           in
           the
           Preface
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           in
           the
           Account
           of
           Mr.
           
           Oldmixon's
           Amintas
           ,
           where
           't
           is
           remark'd
           ,
           that
           Pastoral
           is
           a
           Modern
           Invention
           ,
           when
           in
           reality
           ,
           the
           Ancients
           had
           a
           sort
           of
           Dramatick
           Performance
           not
           unlike
           it
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           their
           Satyrs
           ,
           which
           might
           be
           said
           to
           be
           something
           of
           a
           nature
           with
           our
           Pastoral
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           may
           guess
           at
           what
           is
           lost
           by
           what
           remains
           of
           that
           kind
           ,
           it
           was
           also
           something
           different
           .
           In
           the
           Cyclops
           of
           Euripides
           ,
           we
           find
           the
           Shepherds
           were
           the
           major
           part
           of
           the
           
             Dramatis
             Personae
          
           ;
           for
           such
           was
           
             Polyphemus
             ,
             Silenus
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Chorus
           :
           But
           the
           Character
           of
           Ulysses
           hightned
           the
           Play
           ,
           and
           gives
           a
           greater
           Force
           to
           the
           Passions
           ;
           't
           is
           not
           the
           Love
           of
           Polyphemus
           ,
           but
           his
           Cruelty
           we
           see
           ;
           and
           the
           Dexterity
           and
           Wisdom
           of
           Ulysses
           .
           Of
           this
           sort
           of
           Poem
           ,
           Mr.
           Dacier
           in
           his
           Preface
           to
           the
           Satyrs
           of
           Horace
           ,
           will
           give
           you
           something
           a
           fuller
           Account
           .
           And
           as
           this
           takes
           its
           Rise
           from
           Antiquity
           ,
           so
           Farce
           ,
           in
           some
           Measure
           ,
           may
           derive
           it self
           from
           the
           Pantomimi
           ;
           at
           least
           that
           sort
           of
           Farce
           which
           the
           Italian
           Players
           in
           Paris
           us'd
           to
           act
           ;
           tho'
           the
           Mimi
           and
           the
           Pantomimi
           were
           esteem'd
           for
           their
           admirable
           Expression
           of
           Nature
           in
           Action
           and
           Dancing
           ;
           but
           our
           Farce
           is
           something
           beyond
           Nature
           ,
           and
           Extravagant
           to
           a
           Degree
           of
           Nauseousness
           ,
           to
           all
           good
           Iudges
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           lately
           read
           Mr.
           
           Congreve's
           
             Love
             for
             Love
          
           over
           ,
           and
           am
           of
           Opinion
           ,
           that
           the
           Contrivance
           of
           the
           Marriage
           of
           Tattle
           and
           Mrs.
           Frail
           is
           highly
           probable
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Reflections
           on
           that
           Play
           do
           seem
           not
           to
           admit
           it
           as
           absolutely
           so
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           I
           have
           to
           advertise
           the
           Reader
           ,
           that
           on
           the
           Perusal
           of
           the
           last
           Sheets
           of
           this
           Book
           ,
           I
           found
           that
           in
           the
           Remark
           on
           
             Beauty
             in
             Distress
          
           ,
           one
           of
           my
           Assistants
           has
           seem'd
           to
           imply
           ,
           that
           the
           Author
           is
           more
           a
           Comick
           than
           Tragick
           Poet
           ;
           I
           cannot
           agree
           with
           him
           ,
           for
           I
           think
           't
           is
           an
           extraordinary
           Effort
           for
           the
           first
           Vndertaking
           in
           Tragedy
           ,
           in
           which
           most
           have
           fail'd
           in
           their
           first
           Attempt
           :
           I
           say
           this
           ,
           least
           any
           thing
           my
           Friend
           said
           ,
           should
           seem
           a
           lessening
           of
           that
           Performance
           of
           the
           Author
           ,
           which
           he
           assures
           me
           he
           never
           meant
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           NAMES
           OF
           THE
           Known
           Authors
           .
        
         
           
             
               A.
               
            
             
               ALexander
               William
               ,
               
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Sterline
            
             
               page
               1
            
             
               Armin
               Robert
            
             
               4
            
          
        
         
           
             
               B.
               
            
             
               BAily
               Abraham
            
             
               5
            
             
               Bancroft
               Iohn
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Banks
               Iohn
            
             
               6
            
             
               Barnes
               Barnaby
            
             
               7
            
             
               Baron
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Robert
            
             
               8
            
             
               Beaumont
               Francis
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Bedloe
               William
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Behn
               Aphara
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Belchier
               Dawbridgecourt
            
             
               10
            
             
               Bernard
               Richard
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Boothby
               ,
               Mrs.
               Frances
            
             
               11
            
             
               Boyle
               Roger
               ,
               
                 Earl
                 of
              
               Orrery
               .
            
             
               Ib.
               
            
             
               Brandon
               Samuel
            
             
               12
            
             
               Breton
               Nicholas
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Brewer
               Anthony
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Brome
               Alexander
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Brome
               Richard
            
             
               13
            
             
               Bourn
               Ruben
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Birkhead
               Henry
            
             
               14
            
             
               Burnel
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Henry
               .
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               C.
               
            
             
               CArew
               ,
               Lady
               Elizabeth
            
             
               14
            
             
               Carew
               Thomas
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Carlell
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Lodowick
            
             
               15
            
             
               Carlisle
               Iames
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Carpenter
               Richard
            
             
               16
            
             
               Cartwright
               George
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Cartwright
               William
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Chamberlain
               Robert
            
             
               17
            
             
               Chamberlain
               William
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Chapman
               George
            
             
               18
            
             
               Cibber
               Colley
            
             
               19
            
             
               Cockain
               ,
               Sir
               Aston
            
             
               21
            
             
               Congreve
               William
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Cook
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Edward
            
             
               25
            
             
               Cook
               Iohn
            
             
               26
            
             
               Corey
               Iohn
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Cotton
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Charles
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Cowley
               Abraham
            
             
               27
            
             
               Cox
               Robert
            
             
               28
            
             
               Crown
               Iohn
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               D.
               
            
             
               DAncer
               Iohn
            
             
               31
            
             
               Daniel
               Samuel
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               D'Avenant
               ,
               Sir
               William
            
             
               32
            
             
               
               D'Avenant
               ,
               Dr.
               Charles
            
             
               p.
               35
            
             
               Davenport
               Robert
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Dauborn
               Robert
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Day
               Iohn
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Deckar
               Thomas
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Denham
               ,
               
                 Sir
                 Iohn
              
            
             
               37
            
             
               Dennis
               Iohn
            
             
               38
            
             
               Dilke
               Thomas
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Dogget
               Thomas
            
             
               39
            
             
               Dover
               Iohn
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Drake
               ,
               Dr.
               Iames
            
             
               40
            
             
               Dryden
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Iohn
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Dryden
               ,
               Iunior
               ,
               Iohn
            
             
               47
            
             
               Duffet
               Thomas
            
             
               48
            
             
               D'Urfey
               Thomas
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               E.
               
            
             
               ECcleston
               Edward
            
             
               53
            
             
               Etheridge
               ,
               Sir
               George
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               F.
               
            
             
               FAne
               ,
               Sir
               Francis
            
             
               54
            
             
               Fanshaw
               ,
               Sir
               Richard
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Falkland
               Henry
               ,
               
                 Lord
                 Viscount
              
            
             
               55
            
             
               Field
               Nathaniel
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Filmer
               ,
               Dr.
               Edward
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Fishbourn
            
             
               56
            
             
               Flecknoe
               Richard
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Fletcher
               Iohn
            
             
               57
            
             
               Ford
               Iohn
            
             
               61
            
             
               Ford
               Thomas
            
             
               62
            
             
               Fountain
               Iohn
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Fraunce
               Abraham
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Freeman
               ,
               Sir
               Ralph
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Fulwell
               Ulpian
            
             
               63
            
          
        
         
           
             
               G.
               
            
             
               GAscoign
               George
            
             
               63
            
             
               Glapthorn
               Henry
            
             
               64
            
             
               Goff
               Thomas
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Gomershal
               Robert
            
             
               65
            
             
               Gould
               Robert
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Gouldsmith
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Francis
            
             
               65
            
             
               Granvile
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               George
            
             
               p.
               66
            
             
               Green
               Alexander
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Green
               Robert
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               H.
               
            
             
               HAbington
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               William
            
             
               67
            
             
               Harris
               Ioseph
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Hausted
               Peter
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Haynes
               Ioseph
            
             
               68
            
             
               Head
               Richard
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Hemings
               William
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Heywood
               Iasper
            
             
               69
            
             
               Heywood
               Iohn
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Heywood
               Thomas
            
             
               70
            
             
               Higden
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Henry
            
             
               72
            
             
               Holyday
               Barton
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Hool
               Charles
            
             
               73
            
             
               Hopkins
               Charles
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Howard
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Edward
            
             
               74
            
             
               Howard
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Iames
            
             
               75
            
             
               Howard
               ,
               Sir
               Robert
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Howell
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Iames.
               
            
             
               76
            
          
        
         
           
             
               I.
               
            
             
               IEvorn
               Thomas
            
             
               76
            
             
               Ingeland
               Thomas
            
             
               77
            
             
               Iohnson
               Benjamin
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Iones
               Iohn
            
             
               81
            
             
               Iordan
               Thomas
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Ioyner
               William
            
             
               82
            
          
        
         
           
             
               K.
               
            
             
               KIlligrew
               Henry
            
             
               82
            
             
               Killigrew
               Thomas
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Killigrew
               ,
               Sir
               William
            
             
               83
            
             
               Kirk
               Iohn
            
             
               84
            
             
               Knevet
               Ralph
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Kid
               Thomas
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               
            
             
               LAcey
               Iohn
            
             
               84
            
             
               Leanard
               Iohn
            
             
               85
            
             
               
               Lee
               Nathaniel
            
             
               pag.
               85
            
             
               Lilly
               Iohn
            
             
               87
            
             
               Lodge
               Thomas
            
             
               88
            
             
               Lower
               ,
               Sir
               William
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Lupon
               Thomas
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               M.
               
            
             
               MAchin
               Lewis
            
             
               89
            
             
               Maidwell
               L.
               
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Maine
               ,
               Dr.
               Iasper
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Manley
               ,
               Mrs.
               Delarivier
            
             
               90
            
             
               Manuch
               Cosmo
            
             
               91
            
             
               Markham
               Gervase
            
             
               92
            
             
               Marlow
               Christopher
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Marmion
               Shakerly
            
             
               93
            
             
               Marston
               Iohn
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Mason
               Iohn
            
             
               94
            
             
               Massenger
               Philip
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               May
               Thomas
            
             
               96
            
             
               Mead
               Robert
            
             
               97
            
             
               Medbourn
               Matthew
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Meriton
               Thomas
            
             
               ihid
               .
            
             
               Middleton
               Thomas
            
             
               98
            
             
               Milton
               Iohn
            
             
               100
            
             
               Montague
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Walter
            
             
               101
            
             
               Motteux
               Peter
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Mountsord
               William
            
             
               102
            
          
        
         
           
             
               N
            
             
               NAbs
               Thomas
            
             
               102
            
             
               Nash
               Thomas
            
             
               103
            
             
               Nevile
               Alexander
            
             
               104
            
             
               Nevile
               Robert
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Newcastle
               ,
               Duke
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Newcastle
               ,
               Dutchess
            
             
               105
            
             
               Newton
               Thomas
            
             
               106
            
             
               Norton
               Thomas
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Nuce
               Thomas
            
             
               107
            
          
        
         
           
             
               O
            
             
               OTway
               Thomas
            
             
               107
            
             
               Oldmixon
               Iohn
            
             
               109
            
          
        
         
           
             
               P.
               
            
             
               PAlsgrave
               Iohn
            
             
               Pag.
               110
            
             
               Peaps
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Peel
               George
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Philips
               ,
               Mrs.
               Catharine
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Pix
               ,
               Mrs.
               Mary
            
             
               111
            
             
               Pordage
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Daniel
            
             
               112
            
             
               Porter
               Henry
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Porter
               Thomas
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Powel
               George
            
             
               113
            
             
               Preston
               Thomas
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Prestwich
               Edmund
            
             
               114
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Q.
               
            
             
               QUarles
               Francis
            
             
               114
            
          
        
         
           
             
               R.
               
            
             
               RAndolph
               Thomas
            
             
               115
            
             
               Ravenscroft
               Edward
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Rawlins
               Thomas
            
             
               117
            
             
               Revet
               Edward
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Richards
               Nath.
               
            
             
               118
            
             
               Rider
               William
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Rowley
               William
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Rowley
               Samuel
            
             
               119
            
             
               Rutter
               Ioseph
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Rymer
               Thomas
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               SAckvile
               Tho.
               see
               Norton
            
             
               106
            
             
               Sampson
               William
            
             
               120
            
             
               Sandys
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               George
            
             
               121
            
             
               Saunders
               Charles
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Scot
               Thomas
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Settle
               Elkanah
            
             
               122
            
             
               Shadwell
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Thomas
            
             
               124
            
             
               Shakespear
               William
            
             
               126
            
             
               Sharp
               Lewis
            
             
               129
            
             
               Sharpham
               Edward
            
             
               130
            
             
               Shepheard
               ,
               S.
               
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Sherburn
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Ed.
               
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               
               Shipman
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Tho.
               
            
             
               Pag.
               130
            
             
               Shirley
               Henry
            
             
               131
            
             
               Shirley
               Iames
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Sidley
               ,
               Sir
               Charles
            
             
               134
            
             
               Smith
               Iohn
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Smith
               William
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Southern
               Thomas
            
             
               135
            
             
               Stanley
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Thomas
            
             
               137
            
             
               Stapleton
               ,
               Sir
               Robert
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Stephens
               Iohn
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Strode
               William
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Studley
               I.
               
            
             
               138
            
             
               Suckling
               ,
               Sir
               Iohn
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Swinhoe
               Gilbert
               .
            
             
               139
            
          
        
         
           
             
               T.
               
            
             
               TAte
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Nahum
            
             
               139
            
             
               Tateham
               Iohn
            
             
               140
            
             
               Taylor
               Robert
            
             
               141
            
             
               Thompson
               Thomas
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Trot
               Nicholas
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Tuke
               Richard
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Tuke
               S.
               
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Turner
               Cyril
            
             
               142
            
             
               Tutchin
               Iohn
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               V.
               
            
             
               VAnbrug
               ,
               Captain
            
             
               142
            
          
        
         
           
             
               W.
               
            
             
               WAger
               Lewis
            
             
               145
            
             
               Waller
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Edw.
               
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Wapul
               George
            
             
               146
            
             
               Wager
               William
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Waver
               R.
               
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Webster
               Iohn
            
             
               pag.
               146
            
             
               Weston
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Iohn
            
             
               147
            
             
               Whitaker
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Wild
               ,
               Dr.
               Robert
            
             
               148
            
             
               Willan
               Leonard
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Wilkins
               George
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Wilmot
               Robert
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Wilson
               Iohn
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Wilson
               Robert
            
             
               149
            
             
               Wood
               Nathaniel
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Wright
               Iohn
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Wright
               Thomas
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Wycherly
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Y.
               
            
             
               YArrington
               Robert
            
             
               150
            
             
               Supposed
               Authors
            
             
               151
            
             
               Vnknown
               Authors
            
             
               156
            
          
        
         
           
             In
             the
             Appendix
             .
          
           
             
               GIldon
               Charles
            
             
               174
            
             
               Grevile
               Fulk
               ,
               L.
               Brook
            
             
               180
            
             
               Pembrook
               Countess
            
             
               177
            
             
               Phillips
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               William
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Pix
               ,
               Mrs.
               Mary
            
             
               178
            
             
               Plautus
            
             
               181
            
             
               Rivers
            
             
               178
            
             
               Shadwell
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Tho.
               
            
             
               178
            
             
               Shirley
               Iames
            
             
               179
            
             
               Terence
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Trother
               ,
               Mrs.
               Catharine
            
             
               179
            
             
               Walker
               William
            
             
               180
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
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           is
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           are
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           .
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           first
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           last
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           THE
           Lives
           and
           Characters
           OF
           THE
           English
           Dramatick
           Poets
           :
           WITH
           AN
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           ALL
           THE
           PLAYS
           ,
           Printed
           to
           the
           Year
           ,
           1698.
           
        
         
           
             A
          
           
             
               
                 William
                 Alexander
              
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Sterline
               .
            
             
               THE
               Title
               of
               this
               Nobleman
               makes
               it
               evident
               that
               he
               derives
               his
               Birth
               from
               Scotland
               ,
               as
               the
               Dedication
               of
               his
               Works
               affords
               us
               a
               Proof
               that
               he
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               King
               Iames
               the
               First
               ,
               for
               there
               he
               has
               this
               Stanza
               :
               
                 
                   Of
                   this
                   dived
                   Isle
                   the
                   Nurselings
                   brave
                
                 
                   Earst
                   from
                   intestine
                   Wars
                   cou'd
                   not
                   desist
                   ,
                
                 
                   Yet
                   did
                   in
                   Foreign
                   Fields
                   their
                   Names
                   engrave
                   ,
                
                 
                   Whilst
                   whom
                   one
                   spoild
                   ,
                   the
                   other
                   wou'd
                   assist
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   now
                   have
                   One
                   ;
                   whilst
                   such
                   a
                   Head
                   they
                   have
                   ,
                
                 
                   What
                   World
                   of
                   Words
                   were
                   able
                   to
                   resist
                   ?
                
                 
                 
                   Thus
                   has
                   Thy
                   Worth
                   (
                   Great
                   IAMES
                   )
                   conjoin'd
                   them
                   now
                   ,
                
                 
                   Whom
                   Battels
                   oft
                   did
                   break
                   ,
                   but
                   never
                   bow
                   .
                
              
            
             
               That
               he
               was
               in
               Favour
               with
               King
               Iames
               ,
               is
               evident
               from
               Sir
               Robert
               Ayton's
               Verses
               before
               his
               Tragedies
               .
               As
               ●or
               any
               Particulars
               of
               his
               Family
               and
               Private
               Affairs
               I
               can
               give
               you
               no
               Account
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               may
               be
               reasonably
               drawn
               from
               his
               Quality
               ,
               Nation
               ,
               and
               Favour
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               not
               unhappy
               in
               any
               of
               them
               ,
               at
               least
               that
               depended
               on
               Fortune
               .
            
             
               This
               Nobleman
               has
               by
               his
               Writings
               shew'd
               Posterity
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               a
               just
               Right
               to
               his
               King's
               Favour
               ,
               as
               any
               one
               that
               reads
               his
               
                 Recreations
                 of
                 the
                 Muses
              
               will
               allow
               .
               Mr.
               Langbain
               tells
               us
               of
               former
               Editions
               ,
               but
               the
               best
               is
               in
               
                 Folio
                 ,
                 London
              
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Tho.
                 Harper
              
               ,
               1637.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               King
               Iames
               ,
               not
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Langbain
               mistakes
               .
               In
               this
               Volume
               are
               Four
               Plays
               ,
               which
               he
               calls
               ,
               
                 Monarchick
                 Tragedies
              
               ;
               The
               
                 Alexandrean
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 Croesus
                 ,
                 Darius
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Iulius
                 Caesar.
              
               Nor
               can
               I
               agree
               with
               Mr.
               Langbain
               ,
               that
               he
               has
               proposed
               the
               Ancients
               for
               his
               Model
               ,
               whom
               he
               has
               follow'd
               in
               nothing
               but
               
                 the
                 Chorus
              
               :
               For
               as
               for
               the
               Unities
               of
               Action
               ,
               Time
               and
               Place
               ,
               always
               observed
               by
               them
               ,
               he
               seems
               to
               know
               nothing
               of
               them
               .
               He
               seems
               to
               mistake
               the
               very
               Essence
               of
               the
               Drama
               ,
               which
               consists
               in
               Action
               ,
               most
               of
               his
               being
               Narration
               ;
               and
               may
               rather
               be
               term'd
               Historical
               Dialogues
               ,
               than
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               .
               There
               is
               scarce
               one
               Action
               perform'd
               in
               View
               of
               the
               Audience
               ;
               but
               several
               Persons
               come
               in
               ,
               and
               tell
               of
               Adventures
               perform●d
               by
               others
               or
               themselves
               ,
               and
               which
               often
               have
               no
               more
               to
               do
               with
               the
               Business
               of
               the
               Play
               ,
               than
               the
               Persons
               that
               speak
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               First
               Scene
               of
               the
               Fifth
               Act
               of
               the
               
                 Alexandrean
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 Aristotle
              
               and
               Phoceon
               ,
               who
               have
               no
               hand
               in
               the
               various
               Revolutions
               of
               that
               Play
               ,
               spend
               a
               long
               Scene
               on
               the
               Uncertainty
               of
               Humane
               Grandeur
               ,
               only
               to
               tell
               a
               few
               Lines
               of
               Business
               done
               by
               some
               of
               
               Alexander's
               Captains
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               so
               far
               from
               being
               after
               the
               Model
               of
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               the
               Action
               so
               far
               from
               being
               one
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               multiplied
               enough
               for
               at
               least
               Ten
               Plays
               ,
               it
               containing
               the
               various
               Revolutions
               ,
               and
               Murders
               of
               the
               Commanders
               of
               the
               Macedonean
               Army
               ,
               after
               the
               Death
               of
               Alexander
               ;
               and
               here
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               rest
               ,
               he
               runs
               too
               far
               back
               to
               bring
               things
               
                 ab
                 ovo
              
               ,
               that
               have
               no
               Relation
               to
               the
               Action
               ,
               as
               the
               Scene
               between
               Harpagus
               and
               Cyrus
               ,
               and
               Craesus
               and
               Sandanis
               ,
               and
               many
               more
               will
               evince
               .
               If
               he
               has
               not
               followed
               the
               Model
               of
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               he
               has
               yet
               borrowed
               very
               freely
               their
               Thoughts
               ,
               translating
               whole
               Speeches
               from
               
                 Seneca
                 ,
                 Virgil
              
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               as
               the
               First
               Act
               of
               
                 Iulius
                 Caesar
              
               from
               Iuno's
               Speech
               in
               the
               First
               of
               the
               AEneids
               ;
               and
               many
               of
               his
               Sentences
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Defect
               of
               his
               Sententiousness
               ,
               he
               owes
               to
               Seneca
               .
               The
               Two
               First
               Acts
               generally
               are
               wholly
               foreign
               to
               the
               Business
               of
               the
               Play
               ,
               as
               indeed
               the
               greatest
               part
               of
               the
               other
               Acts
               are
               too
               .
               This
               at
               least
               may
               be
               said
               of
               my
               Lord
               ,
               
               that
               he
               is
               a
               very
               good
               Historian
               ,
               and
               from
               his
               Plays
               the
               Reader
               may
               gather
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               the
               Affairs
               of
               Greece
               ,
               and
               
                 Rome
                 .
                 Iuno
              
               in
               the
               first
               Act
               of
               
                 Iulius
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               gives
               us
               the
               History
               of
               all
               the
               Invasions
               of
               the
               Roman
               Empire
               ,
               by
               the
               barbarous
               Nations
               ,
               whether
               Gauls
               or
               the
               
                 Cimbri
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               to
               the
               time
               of
               
                 Iulius
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               and
               finding
               none
               of
               them
               effectual
               enough
               to
               ruin
               the
               Power
               of
               the
               Roman
               State
               ,
               which
               deriving
               it self
               originally
               from
               the
               Trojan
               Race
               ,
               she
               could
               not
               but
               hate
               ,
               therefore
               she
               now
               resolves
               to
               destroy
               it
               by
               Civil
               Wars
               ,
               and
               to
               raise
               her
               Brothers
               Servants
               ,
               the
               Furies
               ,
               always
               obsequious
               to
               mischievous
               Commands
               ,
               
                 
                   Whilst
                   Furies
                   furious
                   by
                   my
                   Fury
                   made
                   .
                
              
               Says
               ,
               she
               shall
               at
               last
               do
               the
               Work
               ;
               with
               which
               ,
               after
               a
               Speech
               of
               Two
               or
               Three
               Hundred
               Lines
               she
               ends
               the
               Act.
               Indeed
               my
               Lord
               seems
               often
               to
               have
               a
               peculiar
               Fancy
               to
               punning
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               all
               his
               chief
               Characters
               ;
               as
               Caesar
               says
               in
               the
               Second
               Act
               ,
               
                 
                   Great
                   
                   Pompey's
                   Pomp
                   is
                   past
                   —
                
              
               and
               
                 
                   To
                   seem
                   uncivil
                   in
                   these
                   Civil
                   Wars
                   .
                
              
            
             
               But
               not
               to
               wrong
               my
               Lord
               in
               the
               Iudgment
               of
               the
               Readers
               ,
               by
               these
               ridiculous
               Quotations
               ;
               they
               are
               to
               consider
               ,
               First
               ,
               that
               this
               was
               the
               Vice
               of
               the
               Age
               ,
               not
               the
               Poet
               ;
               he
               having
               in
               that
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               some
               other
               things
               ,
               imitated
               the
               Vices
               of
               our
               admirable
               Shakespear
               ,
               and
               next
               that
               these
               punning
               Fits
               come
               not
               very
               often
               upon
               him
               .
               To
               shew
               that
               he
               writes
               in
               another
               ●Strain
               sometimes
               ,
               I
               must
               give
               you
               Three
               or
               Four
               Lines
               ,
               (
               my
               Brevity
               denying
               more
               large
               Quotations
               )
               which
               will
               give
               you
               a
               Taste
               of
               his
               better
               Parts
               .
               
                 
                   Love
                   is
                   a
                   Ioy
                   ,
                   which
                   upon
                   Pain
                   depends
                   ;
                
                 
                   A
                   Drop
                   of
                   sweet
                   drown'd
                   in
                   a
                   Sea
                   of
                   Sowers
                   :
                
                 
                   What
                   Folly
                   doth
                   begin
                   ,
                   that
                   Fury
                   ends
                   ;
                
                 
                   They
                   Hate
                   ●or
                   Ever
                   ,
                   who
                   have
                   Lov'd
                   for
                   Hours
                   .
                
              
               'T
               is
               the
               Reflection
               of
               Adrastus
               in
               Craesus
               ,
               the
               most
               moving
               Play
               of
               the
               Four
               ;
               but
               to
               return
               to
               Caesar.
               in
               the
               Second
               Act
               ,
               Caesar
               thinks
               it
               a
               part
               of
               his
               Grandeur
               to
               boast
               his
               Deeds
               to
               Anthony
               (
               who
               knew
               'em
               well
               enough
               before
               )
               and
               betwixt
               'em
               both
               ,
               we
               have
               an
               Account
               of
               his
               Commentaries
               ,
               and
               almost
               a
               Diary
               of
               his
               Actions
               .
               I
               can't
               omit
               one
               thing
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               in
               the
               Fifth
               Act
               he
               brings
               
                 Brutus
                 ,
                 Cassius
                 ,
                 Cicero
                 ,
                 Anthony
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               together
               after
               the
               Death
               of
               Caesar
               ,
               almost
               in
               the
               same
               Circumstances
               as
               Shakespear
               had
               done
               in
               his
               Play
               of
               this
               Name
               .
               But
               
               Shakespear's
               Anthony
               and
               
               Brutus
               ravish
               you
               ,
               while
               my
               Lord
               's
               
                 Brutus
                 ,
                 Cicero
              
               ,
               and
               Anthony
               would
               make
               you
               sleep
               ,
               so
               much
               our
               English
               Poet
               excels
               .
               This
               must
               be
               said
               for
               my
               Lord
               's
               
                 Iulius
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               much
               the
               most
               regular
               of
               all
               his
               Plays
               ,
               at
               least
               in
               the
               Unity
               of
               Action
               ,
               which
               is
               only
               
               Caesar's
               Death
               ,
               tho'
               the
               whole
               last
               Act
               is
               almost
               redundant
               ,
               for
               when
               Caesar
               is
               once
               dead
               ,
               we
               have
               no
               occasion
               to
               hear
               of
               the
               Consequence
               of
               it
               ,
               either
               in
               the
               Grief
               of
               Calpurnia
               ,
               or
               the
               Disagreements
               of
               the
               Noblemen
               and
               Commons
               ;
               but
               this
               may
               be
               objected
               likewise
               to
               Shakespear
               ,
               who
               gives
               us
               a
               History
               ,
               not
               a
               Play.
               
            
             
               But
               't
               is
               time
               now
               to
               give
               over
               our
               Reflections
               on
               this
               Poet
               ,
               and
               give
               the
               Reader
               a
               more
               particular
               account
               of
               their
               Plots
               ,
               in
               their
               Alphabetical
               Order
               .
            
             
               The
               Alexandrean
               Tragedy
               ,
               For
               the
               Plot
               you
               may
               consult
               
                 Quintus
                 Curtius
              
               ,
               and
               the
               13th
               Book
               of
               
                 Iustin
                 ,
                 Diodorus
                 Sciculus
                 ,
                 l.
              
               18.
               
               
                 Orosius
                 ,
                 l.
              
               3.
               c.
               21.
               
               
                 Iosephus
                 l.
              
               12.
               c.
               1.
               
               
                 Appian
                 de
                 Bellis
                 Syriacis
                 .
                 Saliani
                 Annales
                 Ecclesiastici
                 A.
                 M●
              
               3730.
               
               N.
               30.
               
                 &c.
                 Torniel
                 .
                 A.
                 M.
              
               3730.
               
               N.
               5.
               
               
               Raleigh's
               
                 Hist.
                 l.
              
               4.
               c.
               3.
               
               
               Heylin's
               
                 Hist.
                 of
                 Greece
                 ,
                 Howel
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Croesus
               ,
               Taken
               from
               
                 Herodot
                 .
                 Clio.
                 Iustin
                 ,
                 l.
              
               1.
               c.
               7.
               
               
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               
                 Solon
                 .
                 Salian
                 .
                 Torniel
                 .
                 A.
                 M.
              
               3510.
               
               
               Xenophon's
               Cyropaideia
               .
            
             
               Darius
               ,
               This
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Langbain
               assures
               us
               ,
               was
               the
               First
               Fruit
               of
               his
               Lordship's
               Dramatick
               Muse
               ,
               Publish'd
               at
               Edinburgh
               ,
               1603.
               when
               he
               was
               yet
               Lord
               Menstrie
               :
               The
               Language
               and
               design
               very
               much
               improv'd
               in
               this
               last
               Folio
               Edition
               .
               As
               to
               the
               Plot
               ,
               consult
               
                 Quintus
                 Curtius
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               3
               ,
               4
               ,
               &
               5.
               
               
                 Iustin
                 ,
                 l.
              
               II.
               c.
               5.
               
                 &c.
                 Diodorus
                 ,
                 l.
              
               17.
               
               
                 Arrian
                 ,
                 de
                 Expeditione
                 Alexandri
                 ,
                 l.
              
               2.
               
               
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               
                 Alexander
                 ,
                 Salian
                 ,
                 A.
                 M.
              
               2719
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Iulius
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               The
               Story
               of
               this
               Play
               will
               be
               exactly
               found
               in
               the
               Roman
               Histories
               ,
               Plutarch
               and
               Suetonius
               in
               the
               Life
               of
               
                 Caesar
                 ,
                 Appian
                 de
                 Bellis
                 Civilibus
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               2.
               
               
                 Florus
                 ,
                 l.
              
               4.
               c.
               2.
               
               
                 Salian
                 ,
                 Torniel
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               He
               has
               writ
               besides
               these
               Plays
               ,
               Doomsday
               .
               A
               
                 Paraenaesis
                 to
                 Prince
                 Henry
              
               ,
               on
               whose
               Death
               he
               dedicated
               it
               to
               Prince
               Charles
               ,
               afterwards
               King
               Charles
               I.
               A
               Fragment
               of
               an
               intended
               Heroick
               Poem
               of
               Ionathan
               ,
               of
               which
               he
               has
               left
               but
               one
               Book
               .
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               Armin.
               
            
             
               THE
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               which
               Mr.
               Langbain
               never
               saw
               ,
               and
               is
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Two
                 Maids
                 of
                 Moor
                 Clack
                 ,
              
               with
               the
               
                 Life
                 and
                 Simple
                 Manner
                 of
              
               Iohn
               
                 in
                 the
                 Hospital
              
               ;
               Play'd
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               King's
               Majesty's
               Revels
               ,
               and
               Printed
               in
               4
               
                 to
                 .
                 London
              
               ,
               1609.
               
               I
               believe
               the
               Plot
               may
               be
               taken
               from
               some
               Old
               Story
               
               in
               those
               Times
               .
               This
               Author
               lived
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Iames
               I.
               and
               in
               the
               Title
               Page
               discovers
               himself
               to
               be
               one
               of
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               was
               ,
               I
               believe
               ,
               of
               the
               then
               Company
               of
               Actors
               ,
               for
               I
               find
               his
               Name
               Printed
               in
               the
               Drama
               of
               
                 Ben.
                 Iohnson's
                 Alchymist
              
               ,
               among
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               eminent
               Players
               of
               that
               Age
               ;
               and
               indeed
               the
               Preface
               of
               his
               Play
               seems
               to
               intimate
               as
               much
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             B
          
           
             
               Abraham
               Baily
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               the
               Honourable
               Society
               of
               Lincolns-Inn
               ,
               and
               the
               Author
               of
               a
               Comedy
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               The
               
                 Spightful
                 Sister
                 ;
                 London
              
               ,
               Printed
               in
               4
               to
               .
               1667.
               which
               I
               presume
               never
               was
               Acted
               ,
               being
               Printed
               without
               Prologue
               ,
               Epilogue
               ,
               or
               Dedication
               ,
               and
               with
               Mr.
               Langbain
               ,
               I
               must
               acquit
               him
               entirely
               of
               being
               a
               Plagiary
               ,
               either
               as
               to
               Characters
               of
               Language
               ,
               and
               if
               it
               fall
               to
               any
               ones
               Chance
               to
               read
               it
               ,
               and
               to
               observe
               my
               Lord
               
               Occa's
               and
               
               Winifred's
               Characters
               ,
               will
               easily
               allow
               that
               what
               he
               has
               writ
               is
               surely
               all
               his
               own
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Bancroft
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               was
               born
               in
               London
               ,
               and
               tho'
               by
               Profession
               a
               Chyrurgeon
               ,
               was
               infected
               by
               the
               Vicinity
               of
               the
               Wits
               with
               Poetry
               ,
               and
               has
               left
               behind
               him
               Two
               Tragedies
               ,
               dying
               about
               a
               Year
               and
               half
               ago
               ,
               he
               lyes
               inter'd
               in
               St.
               
                 Paul's
                 Covent-Garden
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 Second
              
               ,
               with
               the
               Death
               of
               Rosamond
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               London
               Printed
               4
               to
               .
               1693.
               
               This
               Play
               has
               not
               our
               Author's
               Name
               prefixt
               to
               it
               ,
               but
               is
               dedicated
               by
               Mr.
               Mountfort
               to
               Sir
               
                 Tho.
                 Cook
              
               ,
               Knight
               ,
               Alderman
               and
               Sheriff
               of
               the
               City
               of
               London
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               consult
               
                 Daniel
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
              
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Richard
                 Baker
              
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               English
               Chronicles
               .
            
             
               Sertorius
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               London
               ,
               Printed
               1679.
               't
               is
               Dedicated
               to
               Captain
               
                 Richard
                 Savage
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Epilogue
               was
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Ravenscroft
               .
               The
               Elder
               Corneil
               has
               writ
               on
               the
               same
               Subject
               .
               The
               Story
               is
               to
               be
               found
               in
               
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               
                 Sertorius
                 ,
                 Velleius
                 Paterculus
                 ,
                 l.
              
               2.
               
               
                 Florus
                 ,
                 l.
              
               2.
               c.
               22.
               &c.
               Whatever
               the
               Fate
               of
               this
               Play
               was
               ,
               his
               other
               had
               no
               ill
               Success
               ,
               and
               may
               claim
               a
               Place
               of
               equal
               Rank
               with
               several
               celebrated
               Tragedies
               of
               this
               Age.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Iohn
               Banks
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               is
               now
               living
               ,
               and
               was
               once
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               worthy
               Society
               of
               New-Inn
               ;
               who
               quitted
               the
               more
               profitatable
               Practice
               of
               the
               Law
               ,
               for
               some
               Years
               ,
               in
               pursuit
               of
               the
               Bays
               ,
               till
               Experience
               convinc'd
               him
               of
               his
               Error
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               ingrateful
               Stage
               ,
               like
               other
               Friends
               we
               often
               esteem
               ,
               forgets
               the
               Obligations
               it
               has
               to
               one
               .
               And
               tho'
               of
               late
               he
               has
               given
               us
               a
               Cyrus
               ,
               yet
               it
               was
               ●rit
               some
               Years
               ago
               ,
               he
               wholly
               applying
               himself
               to
               a
               more
               gainful
               employ
               .
               If
               the
               Golden
               Age
               of
               Poetry
               carried
               him
               from
               that
               in
               the
               Luxurious
               Reign
               of
               Charles
               II.
               when
               more
               People
               run
               Mad
               after
               the
               Muses
               than
               even
               now
               ;
               the
               Iron
               Age
               that
               soon
               ensu'd
               ,
               recall'd
               him
               from
               so
               fruitless
               a
               Pursuit
               .
               Tho'
               by
               his
               Episodes
               ,
               being
               generally
               inartificial
               ,
               we
               may
               conclude
               he
               has
               not
               much
               studied
               Aristotle
               ,
               and
               the
               Art
               of
               the
               Stage
               ,
               yet
               in
               Two
               of
               his
               Plays
               he
               has
               gain'd
               the
               true
               End
               of
               Tragedy
               ,
               the
               moving
               Terror
               and
               Pity
               ,
               which
               many
               more
               celebrated
               Authors
               are
               so
               far
               from
               ,
               that
               they
               seem
               never
               to
               have
               aim'd
               at
               it
               :
               And
               this
               indeed
               makes
               some
               Amends
               for
               the
               Defects
               of
               Language
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               seems
               to
               me
               very
               faulty
               .
               He
               has
               Seven
               Plays
               in
               Print
               ,
               of
               which
               the
               Alphabetical
               Order
               brings
               the
               last
               first
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Cyrus
                   the
                   Great
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 New
                 Theatre
                 in
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                 ,
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 her
                 Royal
                 Highness
                 the
                 Princ●ss
                 Ann
                 of
                 Denmark
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1696.
                 
                 The
                 Plot
                 of
                 this
                 Play
                 is
                 taken
                 out
                 of
                 
                 Scudery's
                 Romance
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Cyrus
                
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 the
                 true
                 Story
                 of
                 Cyrus
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 consult
                 
                   Herodotus
                   ,
                   Iustin
                   ,
                   Xenophon's
                   Cyropaideia
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 Tho'
                 this
                 Play
                 had
                 been
                 formerly
                 refus'd
                 the
                 Action
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 held
                 up
                 its
                 Head
                 about
                 Six
                 Days
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 has
                 been
                 since
                 Acted
                 several
                 Times
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Destruction
                   of
                   Troy
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 Acted
                 at
                 his
                 Royal
                 Highness
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 .
                 Lhndon
                 ,
                 Printed
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1679.
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 the
                 Lady
                 
                   Katharine
                   Roos
                
                 :
                 This
                 Play
                 wanted
                 the
                 Success
                 the
                 Poet
                 desired
                 on
                 the
                 Stage
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 Story
                 you
                 may
                 read
                 
                   Homer
                   ,
                   Virgil
                   ,
                   Ovid
                   ,
                   Dares
                   Phrygius
                   ,
                   Dictys
                   Cretensis
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Innocent
                   Vsurper
                
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 
                   Death
                   of
                   the
                   Lady
                
                 Iane
                 Gray
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4.
                 
                   to
                   .
                   London
                
                 ,
                 Printed
                 1694.
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 Mr.
                 Bently
                 the
                 Bookseller
                 that
                 Publish'd
                 it
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 complains
                 of
                 the
                 mistaken
                 Cause
                 of
                 its
                 Prohibition
                 of
                 the
                 Stage
                 ,
                 appealing
                 from
                 the
                 false
                 Insinuations
                 of
                 his
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 to
                 Mr.
                 
                 Bently's
                 Knowledge
                 of
                 its
                 being
                 writ
                 Ten
                 Years
                 before
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 he
                 could
                 design
                 no
                 Reflection
                 on
                 the
                 present
                 Government
                 .
                 His
                 Defense
                 seems
                 reasonable
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 think
                 him
                 as
                 much
                 in
                 the
                 Right
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 tells
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 Tragedy
                 is
                 inferior
                 to
                 none
                 of
                 his
                 former
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 's
                 confident
                 it
                 wou'd
                 move
                 the
                 Ladies
                 Tears
                 .
                 He
                 assures
                 us
                 ,
                 he
                 has
                 nicely
                 follow'd
                 the
                 
                 Truth
                 of
                 the
                 Story
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 may
                 find
                 in
                 our
                 Chronicles
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 I
                 look
                 on
                 to
                 be
                 much
                 better
                 than
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 late
                 Tragedies
                 ;
                 tho'
                 in
                 his
                 Metaphors
                 ,
                 he
                 seems
                 not
                 to
                 've
                 consulted
                 that
                 Iustness
                 which
                 the
                 Rules
                 of
                 good
                 Rhetorick
                 requires
                 ;
                 but
                 like
                 all
                 other
                 human
                 Performances
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 has
                 its
                 Beauties
                 ,
                 it
                 has
                 also
                 its
                 Faults
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 enough
                 of
                 the
                 later
                 to
                 over-ballance
                 the
                 former
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Island
                   Queen
                
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 
                   Death
                   of
                   Mary
                   Queen
                   of
                   Scotland
                   ,
                
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1684.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 too
                 had
                 the
                 ill
                 fortune
                 to
                 be
                 denyed
                 the
                 Iustice
                 of
                 appearing
                 on
                 the
                 Stage
                 ,
                 but
                 Published
                 by
                 the
                 Author
                 in
                 defence
                 of
                 himself
                 and
                 the
                 piece
                 ,
                 The
                 Story
                 you
                 may
                 read
                 in
                 
                   Buchanan
                   ,
                   Speed
                   ,
                   Camden
                   ,
                   Du
                   Chesne
                   ,
                   Brantons's
                   Memoirs
                   ,
                
                 Causon's
                 
                   Holy
                   Court
                
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Rival
                   Kings
                
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 
                   Loves
                   of
                   Oroondates
                   and
                   Statira
                
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 1677.
                 
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Lady
                 
                   Catharine
                   Herbert
                
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 Plot
                 consult
                 the
                 Romance
                 of
                 
                   Cassandra
                   ,
                   Quintus
                   Curtius
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Iustin.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Virtue
                   Betray'd
                
                 ,
                 or
                 
                   Anna
                   Bullen
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 Acted
                 at
                 his
                 Royal
                 Highness
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 ,
                 4
                 
                   to
                   .
                   Lon.
                
                 Printed
                 1682.
                 
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 illustrious
                 Princess
                 ,
                 Elizabeth
                 Dutchess
                 of
                 Somerset
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 Plot
                 consult
                 a
                 Book
                 call'd
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Novels
                   of
                   Elizabeth
                   Queen
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
                   Speed
                   ,
                   Herbert
                   ,
                   Du
                   Chesne
                   ,
                
                 Dr.
                 
                 Burnet's
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Reformation
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Vnhappy
                   Favourite
                
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ,
                 4
                 
                   to
                   .
                   Lon.
                
                 1682.
                 
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 most
                 High
                 and
                 most
                 Illustrious
                 Princess
                 ,
                 the
                 Lady
                 ,
                 Ann
                 ,
                 Daughter
                 to
                 his
                 Royal
                 Highness
                 .
                 This
                 has
                 always
                 been
                 Acted
                 with
                 Success
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 fail'd
                 to
                 draw
                 Tears
                 from
                 the
                 Eyes
                 of
                 the
                 fair
                 Sex.
                 For
                 the
                 Story
                 ,
                 see
                 the
                 Novel
                 call'd
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Secret
                   History
                   of
                   the
                   most
                   Renowned
                   Queen
                   Elizabeth
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   .
                   Camden's
                   Elizabeth
                   ,
                   Speed
                   ,
                   Du
                   Chesne
                   ,
                   Stow
                   ,
                   Baker
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Barnaby
               Barns
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               who
               liv'd
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               Iames
               I.
               he
               writ
               but
               one
               Play
               Published
               ,
               which
               bears
               the
               Name
               of
               the
            
             
               
                 Devil's
                 Charter
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               .
               4
               to
               .
               1607.
               
               It
               seems
               to
               be
               written
               in
               imitation
               of
               
               Shakespear's
               
                 Pericles
                 ,
                 Prince
                 of
                 Tyre
              
               ;
               an
               antient
               Play
               ,
               and
               is
               an
               Account
               of
               the
               Life
               and
               Death
               of
               Pope
               Alexander
               VI.
               See
               
               Guiccardin's
               
                 Hist.
                 Italy
              
               :
               and
               
                 Massonius
                 de
                 Gestis
                 Pontificum
                 Romanum
              
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               also
               Published
               under
               this
               Author's
               Name
               ,
               a
               Book
               
                 of
                 Offices
              
               ,
               about
               Princes
               ,
               fol.
               1606.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               
                 Robert
                 Baron
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Young
               Gentleman
               who
               Liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charlaes
               I.
               and
               the
               Interregnum
               of
               Oliver
               ,
               first
               bred
               at
               Cambridge
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               was
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               Honourable
               Society
               of
               Grays-Inn
               :
               He
               writ
               these
               three
               Plays
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     Deorum
                     Dona
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Mask
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   This
                   is
                   part
                   of
                   a
                   Romance
                   ,
                   writ
                   by
                   Baron
                   ,
                   call'd
                   the
                   
                     Cyprian
                     Academy
                  
                   ,
                   Printed
                   at
                   L●nd
                   .
                   1647.
                   
                
                 
                   Gripus
                   and
                   Hegio
                   ,
                   Past.
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   A
                   Play
                   consisting
                   of
                   three
                   Acts
                   only
                   ,
                   and
                   borrowed
                   a
                   great
                   part
                   from
                   a
                   Play
                   of
                   
                   Webster's
                   ,
                   call'd
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Dutchess
                     of
                     Malfey
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Romance
                   .
                
                 
                   Mirza
                   ,
                   Trag.
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                   Herbert's
                   Travels
                   ,
                   fol.
                   accounted
                   by
                   his
                   Friends
                   a
                   good
                   Play
                   ,
                   is
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   recommended
                   to
                   the
                   World
                   by
                   divers
                   Copies
                   of
                   Verses
                   ;
                   for
                   most
                   of
                   the
                   Scenes
                   and
                   Language
                   he
                   seems
                   to
                   have
                   Consulted
                   Ben.
                   Iohnson's
                   Catiline
                   .
                   Sir
                   Iohn
                   Denham's
                   Sophy
                   is
                   on
                   the
                   same
                   Subject
                   ,
                   and
                   writ
                   about
                   the
                   same
                   time
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Lodow
               Barrey
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               Liv'd
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               Charles
               I.
               he
               writ
               one
               Play
               call'd
               ,
               Ram-Alley
               ,
               or
               
                 Merry
                 Tricks
                 ,
                 C.
              
               4
               to
               .
               1611.
               
            
          
           
             
               Francis
               Beaumont
               .
            
             
               See
               Fletcher
               .
            
          
           
             
               Capt.
               
                 William
                 Bedloe
              
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               was
               a
               Famous
               Evidence
               in
               the
               Popish
               Plot
               ,
               before
               the
               Expiration
               of
               which
               he
               Dy'd
               ,
               leaving
               behind
               him
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Excommunicated
                 Prince
              
               :
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 False
                 Relick
                 ,
                 T.C.
                 Fol.
              
               1679.
               
               The
               Plot
               taken
               out
               of
               
                 Heylin's
                 Geography
              
               ,
               in
               his
               Account
               of
               Georgia
               .
               His
               Life
               is
               Pr●nted
               in
               8
               vo
               .
               1681.
               
            
          
           
             
               Aphara
               Behn
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Authoress
               ,
               whose
               Name
               was
               Aphara
               ,
               not
               Astrea
               ,
               as
               many
               have
               thought
               ,
               was
               Born
               in
               the
               City
               of
               Canterbury
               in
               Kent
               ,
               her
               Maiden
               Sirname
               Iohnson
               ;
               she
               was
               much
               admired
               in
               her
               Youth
               for
               her
               Beauty
               ,
               as
               afterwards
               for
               her
               Poetick
               Works
               ,
               in
               which
               
               she
               excell'd
               not
               only
               all
               that
               went
               before
               her
               of
               her
               own
               Sex
               ,
               but
               great
               part
               of
               her
               Contemporary
               Poets
               of
               the
               other
               :
               She
               had
               a
               great
               Facility
               in
               Writing
               ,
               a●●
               much
               of
               Nature
               in
               all
               she
               writ
               ,
               was
               employ'd
               by
               Charles
               II.
               in
               the
               Discovery
               of
               the
               Dutch
               Intreagues
               ,
               in
               the
               Dutch
               War
               ;
               Liv'd
               belov'd
               ,
               and
               Dy'd
               lamented
               by
               all
               that
               knew
               her
               ,
               and
               lyes
               Buried
               in
               the
               Cloysters
               of
               Westminster
               Abbey
               ,
               under
               a
               great
               Marble
               Stone
               ,
               on
               which
               is
               inserted
               these
               two
               Verses
               :
               
                 
                   Here
                   lies
                   a
                   Proof
                   that
                   Wit
                   can
                   never
                   be
                   ,
                
                 
                   Defence
                   enough
                   against
                   Mortalitie
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Her
               Plays
               ,
               Seventeen
               in
               Number
               ,
               are
               as
               follow
               in
               their
               Alphabetical
               Order
               ;
               
                 
                   Abdelazer
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   
                     Moor's
                     Revenge
                     ,
                     T.
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Compare
                   this
                   Play
                   with
                   one
                   of
                   Christopher
                   Marlo's
                   ,
                   call'd
                   
                     Lust's
                     Dominion
                  
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   and
                   you
                   will
                   find
                   it
                   almost
                   the
                   same
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Amorous
                     Prince
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     Curious
                     Husband
                     ,
                     T.
                     C.
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Part
                   of
                   it
                   taken
                   from
                   the
                   Story
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Curious
                     Impertinent
                  
                   in
                   
                     Don
                     Quixot
                     ,
                     Part
                  
                   4.
                   
                   Ch.
                   6,7,8
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     City
                     Heiress
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   Sir
                   
                     Timothy
                     Treat-All
                     ,
                     C.
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Part
                   of
                   it
                   from
                   a
                   Play
                   of
                   
                   Middleton's
                   ,
                   call'd
                   ,
                   
                     A
                     mad
                     World
                     ,
                     my
                     Masters
                     ,
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   and
                   part
                   from
                   another
                   of
                   Massengers
                   ,
                   call'd
                   ,
                   the
                   Guardian
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Dutch
                     Lover
                     ,
                     C.
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Don
                     Fenise
                  
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   See
                   the
                   Stories
                   of
                   
                     Eufheme
                     ,
                     Theodore
                     ,
                     Don
                     Iame
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   Frederic
                   in
                   that
                   Romance
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Emperor
                     of
                     the
                     Moon
                  
                   ,
                   F.
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Taken
                   from
                   
                     Harlequin
                     ,
                     Empereur
                     dans
                     le
                     Monde
                     de
                     la
                     lune
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Forced
                     Marriage
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     The
                     Iealous
                     Bridegroom
                     ,
                     T.C.
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   The
                   first
                   Play
                   the
                   Writ
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     False
                     Count
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   a
                   
                     New
                     way
                     to
                     play
                     an
                     Old
                     Game
                     ,
                     C.
                  
                   4
                   
                     to
                     .
                     Isabella's
                  
                   being
                   deceiv'd
                   by
                   the
                   Chimney
                   Sweeper
                   ,
                   taken
                   from
                   
                     Molieres
                     des
                     precieuses
                     Ridicules
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Feign'd
                     Courtezans
                  
                   or
                   a
                   
                     Nights
                     Intreague
                     ,
                     C.
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   well
                   accepted
                   ,
                   and
                   accounted
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   best
                   she
                   writ
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Lucky
                     Chance
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   
                     Alderman's
                     Bargain
                     ,
                     C.
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Gayman's
                   enjoying
                   Lady
                   Fulbank
                   ,
                   and
                   taking
                   her
                   for
                   the
                   Devil
                   ,
                   taken
                   from
                   Mr.
                   
                     Alexander
                     Kickshaw
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Lady
                   Aritina
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   
                     Lady
                     of
                     Pleasure
                  
                   ,
                   written
                   by
                   Shirley
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                
                 
                   Rover
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     The
                     Banish'd
                     Cavaliers
                  
                   ,
                   two
                   Parts
                   ,
                   C.
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Taken
                   from
                   
                     Tho.
                     Killegrew's
                     Don
                     Thomaso
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     The
                     Wanderer
                     ,
                     fol.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Round
                     Heads
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     The
                     good
                     Old
                     Cause
                     ,
                     C.
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   A
                   Play
                   of
                   Iohn
                   Tateham's
                   ,
                   call'd
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Rump
                  
                   ,
                   altered
                   ,
                   4to
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Sir
                     Patient
                     Fancy
                     ,
                     C.
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Part
                   of
                   this
                   Play
                   taken
                   from
                   
                     Richard
                     Broom's
                     Damoyselle
                  
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   and
                   
                     Le
                     Malade
                     Imaginaire
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Town
                     Fop
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     Sir
                     Timothy
                     Tawdry
                     ,
                     C.
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   A
                   great
                   part
                   of
                   this
                   Play
                   borrowed
                   from
                   a
                   Play
                   ,
                   call'd
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Miseries
                     of
                     Forced
                     Marriage
                  
                   ,
                   written
                   by
                   
                     George
                     Wilkins
                  
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Widow
                     Ranter
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     The
                     History
                     of
                     Bacon
                     in
                     Virginia
                     ,
                  
                   F.
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   Published
                   after
                   her
                   Death
                   by
                   
                     G.
                     I.
                  
                   Plot
                   from
                   the
                   known
                   Story
                   of
                   Cassius
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Young
                     King
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Mistake
                  
                   :
                   A
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1683.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   is
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   a
                   particular
                   Friend
                   of
                   hers
                   ,
                   under
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   Philaster
                   .
                   The
                   Design
                   is
                   borrowed
                   from
                   
                     Calpranedes
                     Cleopatra
                  
                   .
                   See
                   the
                   History
                   of
                   Alcamenes
                   and
                   Menalippa
                   Part
                   8th
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Younger
                     Brother
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     The
                     Amorous
                     Iilt
                     ,
                     C.
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   Published
                   after
                   her
                   Death
                   (
                   with
                   her
                   Life
                   added
                   )
                   the
                   Story
                   was
                   of
                   her
                   own
                   Knowledge
                   ,
                   and
                   written
                   above
                   ten
                   years
                   before
                   she
                   dyed
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   much
                   esteemed
                   by
                   her
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   must
                   be
                   owned
                   ,
                   in
                   spight
                   of
                   the
                   ill
                   success
                   it
                   met
                   with
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   of
                   Wit
                   at
                   least
                   in
                   the
                   beginning
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   the
                   first
                   two
                   Acts
                   being
                   very
                   well
                   received
                   but
                   the
                   tedious
                   Scenes
                   in
                   Blank
                   Verse
                   ,
                   betwixt
                   Mirtilla
                   and
                   Prince
                   Frederick
                   ,
                   lost
                   the
                   Diversion
                   they
                   would
                   have
                   given
                   in
                   another
                   more
                   easie
                   Dress
                   .
                   Taken
                   from
                   a
                   true
                   Story
                   of
                   the
                   Brother
                   of
                   Coll.
                   
                     Henry
                     Martin
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Lady
                   that
                   must
                   be
                   nameless
                   .
                   See
                   the
                   Novel
                   call'd
                   Hatige
                   .
                
              
            
             
               These
               Plays
               were
               all
               written
               between
               the
               Years
               1670.
               and
               1690.
               
            
          
           
             
               Dawbridgcourt
               Belchier
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Gentleman
               writ
               one
               Interlude
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               Iames
               I.
               whilst
               he
               lived
               at
               Vtreicht
               ,
               in
               the
               United
               Provinces
               ,
               which
               he
               entituled
               ,
            
             
               
                 Hans
                 Beer-pot
              
               ,
               his
               Invisible
               Comedy
               of
               
                 See
                 me
              
               ,
               and
               
                 See
                 me
                 not
                 ,
                 Int.
              
               4
               to
               .
               1618.
               
               Acted
               by
               an
               honest
               Company
               of
               Health-Drinkers
               ,
               says
               the
               Title
               .
               He
               was
               an
               English
               Man
               ,
               and
               in
               his
               Epistle
               calls
               it
               neither
               Comedy
               nor
               Tragedy
               ,
               wanting
               both
               number
               of
               Speakers
               ,
               and
               Parts
               or
               Acts
               it
               should
               have
               ,
               it
               consisting
               of
               three
               Acts
               only
               .
            
          
           
             
               Richard
               Bernard
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               Liv'd
               in
               Lincolnshire
               ,
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               gave
               us
               then
               a
               Translation
               of
               Terrences
               Comedies
               ,
               in
               a
               Language
               and
               Stile
               suitable
               to
               the
               time
               he
               Liv'd
               in
               .
               
                 Pub.
                 Terentius
              
               was
               a
               Carthaginian
               born
               ,
               and
               brought
               a
               Slave
               to
               Rome
               in
               his
               Youth
               ,
               there
               well
               Educated
               by
               his
               Patron
               
                 Terent.
                 Seneca
              
               ,
               and
               by
               him
               made
               Free
               for
               his
               Wit
               ,
               and
               left
               behind
               him
               six
               Comedies
               
               (
               viz.
               )
               
                 Andrea
                 ,
                 Adelphi
                 ,
                 Eunuchus
                 ,
                 Heutontimorumenos
                 .
                 Hecyra
              
               and
               Phormio
               ,
               the
               Fourth
               Edition
               in
               4
               to
               .
               1614.
               
               The
               four
               first
               of
               these
               Comedies
               are
               borrowed
               from
               Menander
               .
               The
               two
               last
               taken
               from
               Apollodorus
               .
               He
               generally
               brought
               two
               of
               
               Menander's
               into
               one
               of
               his
               .
               He
               was
               thought
               to
               have
               the
               help
               of
               Laelius
               and
               
                 Pub.
                 Scipio
              
               ,
               in
               his
               Writings
               which
               he
               thought
               an
               Honour
               ,
               not
               Disgrace
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mrs.
               
                 Frances
                 Boothby
              
               .
            
             
               WHether
               this
               Authoress
               be
               yet
               Living
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               she
               Liv'd
               ,
               and
               Writ
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               Charles
               II.
               a
               Play
               call'd
               ,
               Marcelia
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Treacherous
                 Friend
                 ,
                 T.
                 C.
              
               4
               to
               .
               1670.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Roger
                 Boyle
              
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Orrery
               .
            
             
               A
               Noble
               Man
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               eminent
               both
               in
               Arts
               and
               Arms
               ,
               as
               a
               Poet
               and
               as
               a
               Patron
               ;
               he
               dyed
               Octob.
               1679.
               and
               has
               Published
               these
               following
               Plays
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     Black
                     Prince
                  
                   :
                   For
                   the
                   Story
                   consult
                   
                     Walsinghami
                     Hist.
                     Angl.
                     Wigornensis
                     Chronicon
                     .
                     Polid.
                     Virgilii
                     .
                     Florentii
                     Monarch
                     .
                     Froissard
                     Chron.
                     de
                     France
                     ,
                     &
                     d'
                     Angleterre
                     ,
                     English
                     Chronicles
                     in
                     Reign
                     of
                     Edw.
                  
                   III.
                   
                
                 
                   Tryphon
                   :
                   Consult
                   the
                   first
                   Book
                   of
                   
                     Maccabes
                     ,
                     Iosephus
                     ,
                     lib.
                  
                   13.
                   
                   
                     Appian
                     de
                     Bellis
                     Syriacis
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   Henry
                   V.
                   See
                   the
                   
                     English
                     Chronicles
                  
                   in
                   the
                   Reign
                   of
                   that
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Reign
                   of
                   King
                   Charles
                   VI.
                   in
                   the
                   
                     French
                     Chronicles
                  
                   ,
                   as
                   
                     Iean
                     Iuvenal
                     des
                     Vrsins
                     ,
                     Le
                     Hist.
                     de
                     Charles
                  
                   VI.
                   Mezeray
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   Mustapha
                   :
                   Consult
                   for
                   the
                   Plot
                   
                     Thuanus
                     ,
                     lib.
                  
                   12.
                   
                   
                     Tho.
                     Artus
                     la
                     continuacon
                     de
                     le
                     Hist.
                     des
                     Toure's
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   
                   Knowles's
                   Turkish
                   Hist.
                   These
                   four
                   in
                   Folio
                   ;
                   the
                   two
                   first
                   Published
                   1672.
                   the
                   other
                   two
                   in
                   1677.
                   
                
              
            
             
               Guzman
               ,
               A
               Comedy
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal.
               1693.
               
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               taken
               from
               a
               Romance
               of
               that
               Name
               .
            
             
               
                 Herod
                 the
                 Great
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               Printed
               1694.
               
               I
               do
               not
               find
               that
               this
               Play
               was
               ever
               Acted
               .
               The
               Story
               of
               this
               Prince
               you
               will
               find
               in
               Iosephus
               ,
               and
               his
               Life
               in
               
                 Caussin's
                 Holy
                 Court.
              
               
            
             
               These
               two
               Plays
               are
               bound
               up
               with
               the
               rest
               of
               his
               Plays
               ,
               in
               fol.
               and
               tho'
               the
               Title
               Page
               tells
               us
               that
               the
               first
               was
               Acted
               ,
               yet
               there
               is
               no
               
                 Drammatis
                 Personae
              
               before
               it
               .
            
             
               He
               also
               writ
               one
               other
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 Master
                 Anthony
              
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1690.
               
               The
               Prologue
               to
               this
               ,
               is
               the
               same
               of
               that
               to
               one
               of
               
               Durfey's
               Plays
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 The
                 Fool
                 turn'd
                 Critick
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Samuel
               Brandon
               .
            
             
               HE
               Liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               writ
               this
               Play
               towards
               the
               latter
               part
               of
               her
               time
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Virtuous
                 Octavia
                 ,
                 T.
                 C.
              
               8
               vo
               .
               1598.
               and
               tho'
               this
               Play
               was
               never
               Acted
               ,
               yet
               the
               Author
               had
               a
               very
               good
               Opinion
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               his
               Epistles
               Printed
               with
               it
               ,
               Compos'd
               in
               imitation
               of
               
               Ovid's
               .
               Plot
               from
               
               Plutarch's
               Life
               of
               
                 M.
                 Antony
              
               .
               See
               also
               the
               Life
               of
               Augustus
               in
               
                 Suetonius
                 .
                 Dion
                 .
                 Cassius
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Nicholas
               Breton
               .
            
             
               HE
               has
               Writ
               and
               Published
               nothing
               more
               then
               this
               one
               Interlude
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 old
                 Man's
                 Lesson
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Young
                 Mans
                 Love.
                 Interl
              
               .
               4
               to
               .
               a
               very
               old
               Piece
               .
            
          
           
             
               Anthony
               Brewer
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               I.
               Published
               these
               two
               Plays
               following
               (
               viz.
               )
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Country
                     Girl
                     ,
                     C.
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1647.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   Reviv'd
                   just
                   thirty
                   years
                   after
                   its
                   first
                   Publishing
                   ,
                   by
                   one
                   Leanard
                   ,
                   who
                   gave
                   it
                   a
                   new
                   Title
                   ,
                   calling
                   it
                   ,
                   
                     Country
                     Innocence
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   
                     Chamber-maid
                     turn'd
                     Quaker
                  
                   .
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1677.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Love-sick
                     King
                     ,
                     T.
                     C.
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1655.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   also
                   Reviv'd
                   ,
                   and
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   King's
                   House
                   ,
                   under
                   the
                   Title
                   of
                   
                     The
                     Perjured
                     Nun
                  
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1680.
                   
                   See
                   
                     Speed
                     ,
                     Polyd.
                     Virgill
                     ,
                     Gu.
                     Malmsb.
                     Ingulfus
                     ,
                     Higden
                     ,
                     Du
                     Chesne
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Alexander
               Brome
               .
            
             
               HE
               Liv'd
               in
               Charles
               I.
               time
               ,
               and
               was
               a
               Stirring
               Attorney
               and
               Poet
               in
               the
               Royal
               Cause
               ,
               during
               the
               Government
               of
               those
               Times
               .
               He
               Published
               but
               one
               Play
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               entituled
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Cunning
                     Lovers
                     ,
                     C.
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1654.
                   
                   The
                   Story
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Cunning
                     Lovers
                  
                   ,
                   taken
                   from
                   the
                   7
                   
                     Wise
                     Masters
                  
                   .
                   See
                   also
                   the
                   Nov.
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Fortunate
                     Deceived
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Vnfortunate
                     Lovers
                  
                   .
                
              
            
             
             
               Yet
               he
               took
               care
               to
               give
               the
               World
               a
               Volume
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Richard
                 Bromes
              
               after
               his
               Decease
               ,
               Printed
               in
               8
               vo
               .
               This
               Author
               has
               Published
               also
               a
               Volume
               of
               Poems
               ,
               which
               he
               writ
               in
               the
               late
               Troublesome
               Times
               ,
               together
               with
               Epistles
               and
               Epigrams
               ,
               Translated
               from
               divers
               Authors
               ,
               Printed
               about
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Restauration
               of
               King
               Charles
               II.
               and
               again
               1664.
               
               Besides
               these
               ,
               we
               have
               under
               his
               Name
               Horace
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               tho'
               not
               wholly
               Translated
               by
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Richard
               Brome
               .
            
             
               HE
               Liv'd
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               Charles
               I.
               was
               servant
               to
               
                 Ben.
                 Iohnson
              
               ,
               and
               writ
               himself
               into
               Reputation
               by
               his
               Comedies
               ;
               was
               Complimented
               with
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ,
               from
               most
               of
               the
               Poets
               of
               his
               time
               ,
               and
               even
               from
               his
               Master
               Ben.
               His
               Plots
               are
               his
               own
               ,
               and
               studying
               more
               Men
               then
               Books
               ,
               he
               has
               not
               fallen
               into
               Plagiarism
               .
               Besides
               those
               Plays
               writ
               by
               himself
               ,
               he
               joyn'd
               with
               Heywood
               ,
               in
               a
               Play
               call'd
               ,
               
                 The
                 Lancashire
                 Witches
              
               .
               His
               Plays
               ,
               in
               all
               fifteen
               ,
               as
               they
               were
               Published
               follow
               (
               viz.
               )
               
                 City
                 Wit
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Woman
                 wears
                 the
                 Breeches
                 ,
                 Court
                 Beggar
                 ,
                 Damoyselle
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 The
                 New
                 Ordinary
                 ;
                 Mad
                 Couple
                 well
                 Match'd
              
               ;
               Reviv'd
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               Debauchee
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Credulous
                 Cuckold
              
               ,
               1677.
               
               Novella
               :
               These
               five
               are
               Printed
               together
               in
               one
               Vol.
               8
               vo
               .
               1653.
               
            
             
               
                 Covent
                 Garden
                 Weeded
                 ;
                 English
                 Moor
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 The
                 Mock
                 Marriage
                 ;
                 Love-sick
                 Court
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 The
                 Ambitious
                 Politick
                 ;
                 New
                 Academy
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 The
                 New
                 Exchange
                 ;
                 Queen
                 and
                 Concubine
                 :
              
               These
               five
               are
               Printed
               in
               another
               Vol.
               8
               vo
               .
               1659.
               
            
             
               
                 Antipodes
                 ,
                 C.
              
               4
               to
               .
               1640.
               
               
                 Iovial
                 Crew
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Merry
                 Beggars
                 ,
                 C.
              
               4
               to
               .
               1659.
               
               Revived
               and
               Reprinted
               1686.
               
               
                 Northern
                 Lass
                 ,
                 C.
              
               4
               to
               .
               1663.
               
               Revived
               and
               Reprinted
               1684.
               with
               new
               Prologue
               and
               Epilogue
               .
               
                 Queens
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 C.
              
               4
               to
               .
               1657.
               
               
                 Sparagus
                 Garden
                 ,
                 C.
              
               4
               to
               .
               1640.
               
               Most
               of
               these
               Plays
               were
               Acted
               with
               general
               Applause
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Fulk
                 Grevile
              
               ,
               Lord
               Brook
               ,
            
             
               see
               Grevile
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ruben
               Bourne
               .
            
             
               I
               Can
               say
               no
               more
               of
               this
               Author
               ,
               but
               that
               I
               'm
               inform'd
               he
               is
               or
               lately
               was
               of
               one
               of
               the
               Temples
               ,
               and
               has
               a
               Play
               in
               Print
               under
               this
               Title
               :
            
             
               
                 The
                 Contented
                 Cuckold
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Womans
                 Advocate
              
               ,
               4
               
                 to
                 .
                 C.
              
               1692.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               never
               Acted
               ,
               but
               Dedicated
               to
               his
               Worthy
               Friends
               
                 Iohn
                 Huxly
              
               of
               Wyerhall
               in
               Edmonton
               ,
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Middlesex
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               ●nd
               
                 Richard
                 Andrews
              
               of
               the
               same
               Gentleman
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Henry
               Burkehead
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               was
               a
               Merchant
               in
               Bristol
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               I.
               his
               Play
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Colas
                 Fury
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Lyrindas
                 Misery
                 ,
                 T.
              
               4
               to
               .
               was
               never
               Acted
               ,
               it
               represents
               the
               Troubles
               of
               Ireland
               under
               feigned
               Names
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Henry
                 Burnel
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               Liv'd
               in
               Ireland
               in
               King
               Charles
               I.
               time
               ,
               Writ
               a
               Play
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Landgartha
                 ,
                 T.C.
              
               4
               to
               .
               1641.
               
               Acted
               at
               Dublin
               with
               good
               Applause
               ,
               and
               some
               time
               after
               Printed
               there
               .
               The
               Plot
               which
               is
               founded
               on
               the
               Conquest
               of
               Fro
               (
               and
               call'd
               by
               our
               Author
               Frollo
               )
               King
               of
               Suethland
               ,
               by
               Regner
               King
               of
               Denmark
               ,
               which
               the
               Repudiation
               of
               Landgartha
               Q.
               to
               Regner
               .
               See
               
                 Krantzius
                 ,
                 Lib.
              
               4.
               c.
               6.
               
               
                 Io.
                 Magnus
                 ,
                 Lib.
              
               17.
               cap.
               4
               ,
               5.
               
               
                 &
                 Saxo
                 Gramat
                 .
                 Lib.
              
               9.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             C
          
           
             
               Lady
               
                 Elizabeth
                 Carew
              
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Lady
               lived
               in
               Queen
               
               Elizabeth's
               Reign
               ,
               and
               has
               left
               behind
               her
               a
               Tragedy
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Mariam
                 the
                 Fair
                 Queen
                 of
                 Iury
                 ,
              
               4
               to
               .
               There
               is
               another
               Tragedy
               written
               by
               Pordage
               ,
               more
               Modern
               ,
               on
               the
               same
               Subject
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 Herod
                 and
                 Mariamne
              
               .
               Plot
               taken
               from
               
                 Ioseph
                 .
                 Hist.
                 Iews
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               14
               &
               15.
               
               
                 Salian
                 .
                 Tom.
              
               6.
               
               
                 A.
                 M.
              
               4012.
               
               
                 Torniel
                 .
                 Tom.
              
               2.
               
               
                 A.
                 M.
              
               4026●
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Carew
               .
            
             
               ONE
               of
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Bed
               Chamber
               ,
               and
               Sewer
               in
               Ordinary
               to
               King
               Charles
               I.
               by
               whose
               command
               ,
               and
               the
               Assistance
               of
               
                 Inigo
                 Iones
              
               ,
               he
               composed
               a
               Masque
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
             
               
                 Coelum
                 Britannicum
              
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               performed
               in
               the
               Banqueting
               House
               at
               White-Hall
               ,
               by
               his
               said
               Majesty
               ,
               King
               Charles
               I.
               and
               his
               Nobles
               ,
               
                 An.
                 Dom.
              
               1633.
               
               (
               Mr.
               
                 Hen.
                 Lawes
              
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               King
               's
               Private
               Musick
               ,
               and
               Gentleman
               of
               the
               Chappel
               Royal
               ,
               set
               all
               the
               Musick
               to
               the
               same
               .
               This
               Author
               Published
               a
               Volume
               of
               Poems
               and
               Songs
               ,
               which
               have
               been
               divers
               times
               (
               with
               this
               Masque
               )
               Reprinted
               ,
               the
               last
               Edition
               ,
               1670.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Lodowick
                 Carlell
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               THIS
               Gentleman
               was
               an
               Old
               Courtier
               ,
               and
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               both
               the
               King
               Charles's
               ,
               and
               possest
               the
               Places
               of
               Gentleman
               of
               the
               Bowes
               to
               King
               Charles
               I.
               and
               of
               Groom
               of
               the
               King
               and
               Queen's
               Privy-Chamber
               .
               He
               has
               Publish'd
               Eight
               Plays
               (
               viz.
               )
               
                 
                   
                     Arviragus
                     and
                     Philicia
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   Two
                   Parts
                   ,
                   T.C.
                   12●
                   ,
                   1639●
                   (
                   revived
                   since
                   with
                   a
                   new
                   Prologue
                   writ
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Dryden
                   ,
                   and
                   spoke
                   by
                   the
                   famous
                   Actor
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Hart.
                   For
                   the
                   Story
                   on
                   which
                   this
                   Play
                   is
                   grounded
                   ,
                   see
                   
                     Ge●f
                     .
                     Monmouth
                     ,
                     lib.
                  
                   4.
                   c.
                   16.
                   
                   
                     Pol.
                     Virgil
                     ,
                     lib.
                  
                   2.
                   
                   
                     Matth.
                     West
                     .
                     pag.
                  
                   93.
                   
                   
                     Grafton
                     ,
                     Part
                  
                   7.
                   pag.
                   7●
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Deserving
                     Favourite
                     ,
                     T.
                     C.
                  
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1659.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   represented
                   before
                   King
                   Charles
                   I.
                   and
                   his
                   Queen
                   at
                   White-Hall
                   ,
                   and
                   o●ten
                   in
                   Black-Fryars
                   ,
                   with
                   great
                   Applause
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Fool
                     would
                     be
                     a
                     Favourite
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Discreet
                     Lover
                  
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1657.
                   
                   
                     Osmond
                     the
                     Great
                     Turk
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Noble
                     Servant
                  
                   ,
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1657.
                   
                   (
                   The
                   Action
                   of
                   this
                   Play
                   is
                   ,
                   the
                   taking
                   of
                   Constantinople
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Year
                   1453.
                   
                   See
                   
                   Knolles's
                   
                     Turkish
                     Hist.
                  
                   in
                   the
                   Life
                   of
                   Mahomet
                   II.
                   
                   Bandello's
                   
                     Novels
                     ,
                     Tom.
                  
                   1.
                   
                   Hist.
                   2.
                   
                   
                     Lipsii
                     Monita
                     ,
                     lib.
                  
                   2.
                   
                   Cap.
                   9.
                   
                   
                     Artus
                     le
                     Contin
                     .
                     de
                     l'
                     Hist.
                     des
                     Tur●s
                     .
                     Lib.
                  
                   11.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   two
                   preceding
                   ,
                   are
                   Printed
                   together
                   in
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1657.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Passionate
                     Lover
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   Two
                   Parts
                   ,
                   
                     T.
                     C.
                  
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1655.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   published
                   by
                   Mr.
                   
                     Alex.
                     Gough
                  
                   ,
                   it
                   having
                   been
                   before
                   twice
                   presented
                   before
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen's
                   Majesties
                   at
                   Somerset-House
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Her
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     of
                     the
                     East
                     ,
                  
                   Trag.
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1664.
                   
                   This
                   transla●●●n
                   〈…〉
                   the
                   Fr●●h
                   of
                   Monsieur
                   Corre●lle
                   ,
                   was
                   designed
                   by
                   the
                   〈◊〉
                   for
                   the
                   Stage
                   ,
                   but
                   never
                   Acted
                   .
                   See
                   
                     Zonar
                     ,
                     Baronius
                     ,
                     &c.
                  
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Iames
               Carlile
               .
            
             
               HE
               was
               born
               ,
               as
               I
               'm
               informed
               ,
               in
               Lancashire
               ,
               he
               first
               appear'd
               in
               the
               World
               as
               a
               Player
               ,
               and
               gave
               no
               small
               Promises
               of
               making
               considerable
               Progress
               in
               that
               way
               ;
               he
               left
               the
               Stage
               while
               he
               was
               yet
               young
               ,
               and
               took
               to
               the
               Wars
               ;
               got
               no
               little
               Reputation
               in
               the
               Irish
               Expeditions
               under
               his
               Present
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               with
               his
               Brother
               ,
               lost
               his
               Life
               in
               the
               Bed
               of
               Honour
               .
               He
               gave
               us
               a
               Play
               called
               ,
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 Fortune
                 Hunters
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 Two
                 Fools
                 well
                 met
                 .
                 Com.
              
               4
               to
               .
               This
               was
               Acted
               with
               Applause
               ,
               as
               it
               has
               been
               lately
               revived
               by
               the
               Patentees
               Company
               .
            
          
           
             
               Richard
               Carpenter
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               lived
               in
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               King
               Iames
               I.
               and
               the
               beginning
               of
               King
               Charles
               I.
               Publish'd
               one
               Play
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Pragmatical
                 Iesuit
                 new
                 Leaven'd
              
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               A
               Play
               tends
               to
               Morality
               and
               Vertue
               ;
               so
               't
               is
               doubted
               whether
               the
               Author
               was
               not
               a
               Divine
               ,
               there
               being
               Three
               Sermons
               Publish'd
               under
               the
               same
               Name
               ,
               in
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Iames
               I.
               
            
          
           
             
               George
               Cartwright
               .
            
             
               OF
               this
               Gentleman
               I
               can
               only
               say
               ,
               that
               he
               liv'd
               at
               Fulham
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               has
               writ
               a
               Play
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 Heroick
                 Love
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Infanta
                 of
                 Spain
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               dedicated
               to
               King
               Charles
               II.
               and
               Printed
               ,
               London
               ,
               1661.
               8
               vo
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               Car●wright
            
             
               THE
               Name
               of
               our
               Author's
               Father
               and
               Place
               of
               Nativity
               ,
               are
               differently
               Related
               by
               Mr.
               Wood
               ,
               (a)
               the
               late
               Antiquarian
               in
               his
               
                 Antiquit.
                 Oxon.
              
               and
               (b)
               Mr.
               Loyd
               in
               his
               Memoirs
               ,
               the
               first
               making
               him
               Gloucestershire
               ,
               and
               the
               latter
               Oxofordshire
               ;
               but
               all
               agree
               he
               was
               brought
               up
               a
               King's
               Schollar
               at
               Eaton
               ,
               under
               Dr.
               Olbaston
               ,
               and
               chose
               Student
               of
               Christ-Church-Colledge
               in
               Oxon
               ,
               where
               he
               passed
               thro'
               his
               Degrees
               of
               Batchelor
               and
               Master
               of
               Arts
               :
               The
               House
               made
               choice
               of
               him
               for
               Proctor
               ,
               and
               was
               admitted
               by
               the
               University
               with
               Mr.
               Wake
               of
               
                 Magdalen
                 Colledge
              
               in
               the
               Year
               1643.
               in
               the
               Winter
               that
               Year
               he
               Dy'd
               of
               a
               Malignant
               Fever
               ,
               and
               lies
               Buried
               in
               the
               
                 South
                 Isle
              
               of
               that
               Church
               .
               He
               was
               belov'd
               by
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               ,
               and
               lamented
               by
               all
               his
               Acquaintance
               and
               Friends
               .
               He
               was
               expert
               in
               the
               
                 Latin
                 ,
                 Greek
                 ,
                 French
              
               ,
               and
               Italian
               Tongue●
               ;
               was
               extream
               modest
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               handsome
               ;
               and
               admired
               ,
               not
               only
               by
               his
               Acquaintance
               but
               Strangers
               .
               
                 Ben.
                 Iohnson
              
               among
               the
               rest
               writ
               in
               his
               Praise
               ;
               and
               Bishop
               Fell
               gives
               him
               the
               highest
               ,
               if
               not
               Hyperbolical
               Praise
               ,
               in
               saying
               ,
               
                 He
                 was
                 the
                 utmost
                 that
                 Man
                 could
                 come
                 to
                 .
              
               He
               writ
               four
               Plays
               ,
               viz.
               
               
                 
                   
                     Lady
                     Errant
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1657.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   esteemed
                   by
                   many
                   about
                   that
                   time
                   a
                   good
                   Play.
                   
                
                 
                   
                   Ordinary
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1657.
                   
                   Part
                   of
                   the
                   first
                   Act
                   is
                   insert●ed
                   in
                   a
                   Book
                   call'd
                   ,
                   
                     Wits
                     Interpreter
                  
                   ,
                   as
                   a
                   Love
                   Dialogue
                   ,
                   unde
                   the
                   Title
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Old
                     Widow
                     ,
                     p.
                  
                   81.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Royal
                     Slave
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1651.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   first
                   presented
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Students
                   of
                   
                     Christ-Church-Colledge
                     ,
                     Oxon
                  
                   ,
                   Dr.
                   Busby
                   ,
                   late
                   Schoolmaster
                   of
                   Westminster
                   ,
                   acting
                   a
                   part
                   therein
                   ;
                   and
                   afterwards
                   at
                   Hampton
                   Court
                   ,
                   to
                   both
                   Their
                   Majesties
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Players
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Queens
                   Command
                   ;
                   and
                   tho'
                   the
                   Poet
                   gave
                   equal
                   Instructions
                   ,
                   the
                   Students
                   carryed
                   the
                   Prize
                   .
                
                 
                   Seige
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     Loves
                     Convert
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1651.
                   
                   Occasion
                   in
                   
                     Plutarch's
                     Life
                     of
                     Cymon
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   part
                   from
                   
                     Boccaces
                     Novels
                  
                   ,
                   Day
                   9th
                   .
                   Nov.
                   1
                   st
                   .
                
              
            
             
               These
               Plays
               are
               Printed
               together
               with
               his
               Poems
               in
               8
               vo
               .
               where
               you
               may
               find
               most
               of
               the
               Wits
               in
               the
               University
               appear
               with
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               ,
               to
               shew
               the
               great
               Esteem
               they
               had
               for
               him
               .
            
             
               Our
               Author
               has
               also
               extant
               other
               Pieces
               ,
               viz.
               a
               Sermon
               Printed
               1652.
               a
               Latin
               Book
               entituled
               ,
               
                 Dies
                 in
                 Mense
                 Novemb.
                 maxime
                 notabiles
                 Coronam
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               1671.
               
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               Chamberlain
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Anthor
               Liv'd
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               Charles
               I.
               and
               Writ
               a
               Play
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Swaggering
              
               Damsel
               ●
               a
               Comedy
               4
               to
               .
               1640.
               
               Whether
               ever
               this
               Play
               was
               Acted
               I
               cannot
               learn
               ,
               nether
               can
               I
               say
               it
               deserved
               Acting
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               Chamberlain
               .
            
             
               A
               Doctor
               of
               Physick
               who
               Lived
               and
               Dyed
               in
               Shaftsbury
               in
               Dorsetshire
               ,
               was
               an
               old
               Cavalier
               ,
               and
               had
               received
               several
               Marks
               of
               his
               venturing
               in
               those
               Wars
               .
               He
               gave
               us
               a
               Testimony
               of
               his
               Poetick
               Capacity
               in
               an
               Heroick
               Poem
               ,
               entituled
               Pharonida
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1659.
               and
               since
               has
               appeared
               in
               Prose
               ,
               with
               the
               Title
               of
               Eromena
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Noble
                 Stranger
              
               ,
               a
               Novel
               ,
               1683.
               
               He
               writ
               but
               one
               Play
               Printed
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Loves
                 Victory
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1658.
               
               This
               has
               appeared
               since
               under
               a
               new
               Title
               and
               Acted
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 The
                 Wits
                 led
                 by
                 the
                 Nose
                 ,
              
               or
               
                 A
                 Poet's
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1678.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               George
               Chapman
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Poet
               Flourished
               in
               the
               latter
               part
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               and
               King
               Iames
               I.
               He
               was
               received
               among
               the
               formost
               of
               the
               Poetick
               Writers
               of
               that
               Age
               ,
               for
               his
               Translations
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Original
               Writings
               .
               He
               joyn'd
               with
               
                 Ben.
                 Iohnson
              
               and
               Marston
               ,
               in
               the
               Composing
               one
               Play
               call'd
               ,
               
                 Eastward
                 Hoe
              
               .
               He
               also
               Translated
               all
               
                 Homer
                 ,
                 Hesiod
              
               ,
               and
               Musaeus
               ,
               which
               Works
               were
               esteemed
               well
               done
               in
               that
               Infancy
               of
               Translation
               :
               His
               Plays
               which
               follow
               ,
               are
               18
               in
               Number
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   All
                   Fools
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1605.
                 
                 Then
                 accounted
                 a
                 good
                 Play
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 Built
                 on
                 
                 Terence's
                 Heautontimorumenos
                 or
                 Self-Denyer
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 Acted
                 before
                 King
                 Iames
                 I.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Alphonsus
                   Emperor
                   of
                   Germany
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1654.
                 
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Chron.
                   de
                   Rebus
                   Germanicis
                
                 ,
                 see
                 also
                 
                   Reynolds
                   on
                   the
                   Passions
                   ,
                   Wanley's
                   Hist
                   of
                   Man
                   ,
                   Mariana
                   de
                   Reb.
                   Hist.
                   lib.
                
                 13.
                 c.
                 10.
                 
                 
                   Hist.
                   Generale
                   d'Espagne
                   ,
                   lib.
                
                 12.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Blind
                   Beggar
                   of
                   Alexandria
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1598.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Nottingham
                 ,
                 then
                 Lord
                 High
                 Admiral
                 his
                 Servants
                 ;
                 this
                 Play
                 is
                 neither
                 divided
                 into
                 Acts
                 nor
                 Scenes
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Bussy
                   d'Amboise
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 This
                 hath
                 been
                 presented
                 formerly
                 at
                 St.
                 Pauls
                 ,
                 and
                 since
                 the
                 Restauration
                 by
                 the
                 Kings
                 Servants
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 the
                 
                   French
                   Chron.
                   Hen.
                
                 III.
                 
                   Thuan●s
                   ,
                   Déserres
                   ,
                   &
                   Rossets
                   Hist.
                   Trag.
                   de
                   notre
                   temps
                   ,
                
                 (
                 under
                 the
                 names
                 of
                 Lysis
                 and
                 Silvie
                 )
                 Hist.
                 17.
                 p.
                 363.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Bussy
                   d'Amboise
                   his
                   Revenge
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1613.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 met
                 not
                 with
                 that
                 Esteem
                 as
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 nor
                 is
                 it
                 founded
                 on
                 so
                 great
                 Truth
                 as
                 the
                 other
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Conspiracy
                   and
                   Tragedy
                   of
                   Charles
                   Duke
                   of
                   Byron
                   ,
                
                 Marshal
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 two
                 Plays
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1608.
                 
                 For
                 the
                 Plot
                 which
                 is
                 founded
                 on
                 History
                 ,
                 see
                 
                   Davilas
                   Hist.
                   France
                   ,
                   Mezeray
                
                 and
                 other
                 
                   French
                   Chron.
                
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 H.
                 IVth
                 of
                 France
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Caesar
                   and
                   Pompey
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1631.
                 
                 Divers
                 are
                 the
                 Authors
                 that
                 have
                 treated
                 on
                 this
                 Story
                 ,
                 as
                 Lucan
                 in
                 his
                 
                   Pharsalia
                   ,
                   Svetonius
                
                 in
                 the
                 Life
                 of
                 
                   Iulius
                   Caesar
                   ,
                   Plutarch
                   ,
                   Vill.
                   Paterculus
                   ,
                   Florus
                   ,
                   Dion
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Gentleman
                   Vsher
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1606.
                 
                 A
                 Play
                 which
                 deserves
                 no
                 great
                 Commendation
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 question
                 whether
                 ever
                 't
                 was
                 Acted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Humorous
                   days
                   Mirth
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1599.
                 
                 A
                 Play
                 of
                 indifferent
                 Repute
                 ,
                 but
                 entituled
                 ,
                 
                   A
                   Pleasant
                   Comedy
                
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 has
                 been
                 sundry
                 times
                 Pulickly
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Nottingham
                 ,
                 Lord
                 High
                 Admiral
                 's
                 Servants
                 .
              
               
                 
                 Masque
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Middle
                   Temple
                
                 and
                 Lincolns-Inn
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1614.
                 
              
               
                 This
                 was
                 presented
                 at
                 Court
                 before
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Celebration
                 of
                 the
                 Nuptials
                 between
                 the
                 Palsgrave
                 and
                 the
                 Princess
                 Elizabeth
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 
                   Inigo
                   Iones
                
                 was
                 the
                 Ingineer
                 to
                 order
                 the
                 Machines
                 and
                 Decoration
                 of
                 the
                 Scenes
                 .
              
               
                 May-Day
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1611.
                 
                 Divers
                 times
                 Acted
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Monsieur
                   d'Olive
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1606.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 often
                 Acted
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Children
                 with
                 good
                 Success
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Revenge
                   for
                   Honour
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1654.
                 
                 When
                 the
                 Nursery
                 Acted
                 in
                 Barbican
                 ,
                 since
                 the
                 Restauration
                 they
                 sometimes
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 this
                 Play.
                 
              
               
                 Temple
                 ,
                 a
                 Masque
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 As
                 I
                 Conjecture
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 the
                 same
                 with
                 that
                 before
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Middle
                   Temple
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Licolns-Inn
                 ;
                 Mr.
                 Langbain
                 ,
                 nor
                 any
                 other
                 that
                 I
                 could
                 ever
                 learn
                 ,
                 having
                 seen
                 any
                 of
                 this
                 Title
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Two
                   Wise
                   Men
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   rest
                   Fools
                   ,
                
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1619.
                 
                 Mr.
                 
                 Langbain's
                 former
                 Remark
                 on
                 this
                 Play
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 exceeded
                 in
                 the
                 Number
                 of
                 Acts
                 any
                 Play
                 of
                 what
                 Language
                 whatever
                 .
                 But
                 if
                 he
                 had
                 seen
                 the
                 
                   Spanish
                   Baud
                
                 ,
                 either
                 in
                 the
                 Original
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Folio
                 Edition
                 in
                 English
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 have
                 found
                 one
                 with
                 three
                 times
                 as
                 many
                 Acts
                 ;
                 the
                 Prologue
                 and
                 Epilogue
                 of
                 this
                 Play
                 are
                 both
                 writ
                 in
                 Prose
                 ,
                 as
                 was
                 sometimes
                 used
                 in
                 those
                 times
                 :
                 Mr.
                 
                 Chapman's
                 Name
                 not
                 being
                 to
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 this
                 Play
                 ,
                 it
                 's
                 a
                 question
                 whether
                 it
                 be
                 really
                 his
                 ,
                 tho'
                 former
                 Catalogues
                 make
                 it
                 so
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Widows
                   Tears
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1612.
                 
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Petronius
                   Arbiter
                
                 .
                 See
                 also
                 the
                 
                   Ephesian
                   Matron
                
                 ,
                 Printed
                 in
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1668.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Eastward
                   Hoe
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1605.
                 
                 This
                 was
                 his
                 but
                 in
                 part
                 ,
                 
                   Ben
                   Iohnson
                
                 and
                 Marston
                 having
                 joyned
                 with
                 him
                 in
                 it
                 ;
                 't
                 was
                 thought
                 worth
                 the
                 reviving
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Tate
                 ,
                 our
                 present
                 Poet
                 Laureat
                 ,
                 who
                 gives
                 it
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 Cuckolds-Haven
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Colley
               Cibber
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               now
               Living
               ,
               he
               is
               of
               Foreign
               Extraction
               ,
               his
               Father
               being
               a
               Native
               of
               Holstein
               ,
               and
               a
               very
               skilful
               Statuary
               .
               I
               cannot
               understand
               that
               his
               Education
               ever
               reached
               either
               of
               the
               Universities
               ;
               he
               having
               been
               early
               by
               his
               Fancy
               led
               to
               the
               Stage
               ,
               tho'
               it
               was
               not
               till
               the
               division
               of
               the
               Houses
               that
               he
               made
               any
               considerable
               Figure
               there
               ,
               and
               then
               he
               at
               once
               exerted
               both
               the
               Poet
               and
               the
               Player
               ,
               in
               his
               first
               Play
               call'd
               ,
               
                 Loves
                 last
                 Shift
              
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               part
               of
               Sir
               
                 Novelty
                 fashion
              
               ,
               which
               he
               played
               himself
               ,
               and
               so
               encreased
               both
               his
               Profit
               and
               his
               Reputation
               ;
               he
               has
               already
               Published
               two
               Plays
               of
               something
               a
               different
               Character
               ,
               of
               which
               in
               their
               Order
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Loves
                 last
                 Shift
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Fool
                 in
                 Fashion
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               .
               London
               ,
               Printed
               1696.
               4
               to
               .
               And
               Dedicated
               to
               
                 Richard
                 Norton
              
               of
               Southwick
               ,
               Esq.
               
            
             
               In
               the
               Epistle
               our
               Author
               informs
               us
               that
               the
               usual
               Enmity
               at
               the
               Success
               of
               an
               unknown
               Author
               ,
               had
               produced
               some
               Surmises
               that
               this
               Play
               was
               not
               his
               own
               ;
               but
               he
               assures
               his
               Patron
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               think
               he
               affronted
               him
               ,
               if
               he
               should
               dedicate
               a
               Play
               to
               him
               that
               he
               could
               not
               entirely
               call
               his
               own
               ;
               no
               part
               of
               this
               ,
               either
               of
               the
               Plot
               or
               the
               Expression
               being
               borrowed
               from
               either
               the
               Dead
               or
               the
               Living
               .
               He
               indeed
               took
               a
               very
               rational
               Way
               to
               that
               Success
               ,
               which
               his
               Epistle
               lets
               us
               know
               this
               Performance
               of
               his
               met
               with
               ,
               by
               making
               use
               of
               the
               extensive
               Acquaintance
               of
               Mr.
               Southern
               .
               For
               that
               Author
               that
               will
               stand
               on
               the
               bare
               Merit
               of
               his
               Play
               ,
               may
               satisfie
               himself
               in
               its
               Iustness
               and
               Perfection
               ,
               but
               will
               seldom
               or
               never
               reap
               that
               Profit
               from
               his
               Labours
               ,
               that
               will
               answer
               either
               his
               Hopes
               or
               his
               Merit
               .
               Being
               sensible
               of
               this
               ,
               I
               suppose
               Mr.
               Cibber
               took
               care
               to
               engage
               the
               Interest
               of
               a
               great
               many
               ,
               by
               obliging
               their
               Vanity
               ,
               in
               submitting
               his
               Play
               to
               their
               Perusal
               and
               Censure
               ;
               for
               there
               is
               no
               Complement
               so
               prevailing
               with
               Mankind
               ,
               as
               that
               which
               is
               made
               to
               their
               Wit.
               
            
             
               Mr.
               Cibber
               has
               taken
               Care
               to
               avoid
               the
               Guilt
               of
               an
               unconfessed
               Theft
               ,
               in
               avowing
               his
               Innocence
               ,
               only
               so
               far
               as
               he
               could
               remember
               .
               The
               Plot
               indeed
               seems
               to
               be
               new
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               surprising
               and
               admirable
               ;
               but
               some
               of
               the
               Criticks
               will
               have
               it
               founded
               on
               a
               very
               great
               improbability
               ,
               viz.
               on
               
               Loveless's
               not
               knowing
               his
               Wife
               :
               Tho'
               it
               may
               be
               urged
               in
               defence
               of
               it
               ,
               That
               young
               Worthy's
               Confirmation
               of
               her
               Uncle's
               former
               Account
               of
               her
               Death
               might
               very
               much
               contribute
               to
               his
               being
               impos'd
               on
               .
               But
               were
               this
               insufficient
               ,
               yet
               the
               Beauty
               of
               the
               Incident
               ,
               and
               the
               excellent
               Moral
               that
               flows
               from
               it
               ,
               abundantly
               outweigh
               the
               Fault
               .
               The
               Characters
               of
               Sir
               
                 Novelty
                 ,
                 Snap
                 ,
                 Narcissa
              
               ,
               and
               
                 the
                 Elder
                 Worthy
              
               ,
               seem
               to
               be
               good
               Copies
               of
               Sir
               
                 Fopling
                 ,
                 Ierry
              
               in
               
                 Love
                 for
                 Love
                 ,
                 Setter
              
               in
               
                 the
                 Old
                 Batchelor
              
               ,
               &c.
               
               Of
               Melantha
               in
               
                 Marriage
                 Alamode
              
               ,
               &c.
               and
               Vain-love
               in
               the
               
                 Old
                 Batchelor
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Womans
                 Wit
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Lady
                 in
                 Fashion
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1697.
               
            
             
               This
               Play
               is
               much
               short
               of
               the
               former
               in
               the
               Easiness
               of
               Wit
               and
               Style
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               Artful
               working
               up
               of
               the
               Plot.
               The
               Characters
               of
               
                 Rakeish
                 ,
                 Father
              
               and
               Son
               ,
               with
               the
               Plot
               of
               their
               Walk
               ,
               is
               much
               borrowed
               from
               the
               
                 Fortune
                 Hunters
              
               ;
               from
               
               Otway's
               
                 Dare
                 Devil
              
               ;
               from
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Revel
              
               and
               his
               Son
               in
               Greenwich-Parke
               ;
               and
               indeed
               among
               the
               other
               Characters
               there
               is
               not
               much
               new
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Sir
               
                 Aston
                 Cockain
              
               .
            
             
               THIS
               worthy
               Knight
               lived
               (
               about
               the
               Restoration
               )
               at
               his
               Seat
               at
               Ashbourn
               ,
               a
               Market
               Town
               in
               Derbyshire
               ,
               his
               Family
               Ancient
               ,
               pretending
               an
               Alliance
               with
               *
               William
               the
               First
               :
               He
               had
               Education
               in
               
                 Trinity
                 Colledge
              
               in
               Cambridge
               ,
               made
               the
               Tour
               of
               France
               and
               Italy
               in
               his
               Five
               and
               Twentieth
               Year
               ,
               finishing
               it
               in
               the
               Year
               1632.
               
               †
               Poetry
               being
               his
               darling
               Study
               .
               Among
               other
               Pieces
               ,
               he
               has
               left
               us
               Three
               Plays
               and
               a
               Masque
               ,
               of
               which
               in
               their
               Order
               .
            
             
               
                 Masque
                 ,
                 presented
                 at
                 Berthie
                 in
                 Derbyshire
                 ,
                 1639.
                 before
                 the
                 then
                 Earl
                 of
                 Chesterfield
                 ,
                 on
                 a
                 Twelfth-Night
                 ,
                 his
                 Two
                 Sons
                 acting
                 Par●s
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Obs●inate
                   Lady
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1658.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 seems
                 a
                 meer
                 Imitation
                 of
                 
                 Massenger's
                 
                   Very
                   Woman
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                 Ovid's
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1669.
                 
                 Some
                 part
                 taken
                 from
                 his
                 Elegies
                 ,
                 and
                 pa●t
                 from
                 
                   Il
                   Atheisto
                   Fulminato
                
                 ,
                 an
                 Italian
                 Play.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Trappolin
                   supposed
                   a
                   Prince
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragy-Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1658.
                 
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Trapolén
                   credulo
                   Principe
                
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 owns
                 to
                 have
                 seen
                 acted
                 at
                 Venice
                 .
                 It
                 has
                 been
                 revived
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Tate
                 ,
                 and
                 acted
                 in
                 the
                 Year
                 1685.
                 by
                 the
                 Dukes
                 Servants
                 in
                 
                   Dorset
                   Garden
                
                 .
              
               
                 Thersites
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Tyranical
                   Government
                
                 ,
                 which
                 may
                 well
                 be
                 supposed
                 to
                 be
                 none
                 of
                 his
                 ,
                 tho'
                 placed
                 to
                 him
                 by
                 Winstanly
                 and
                 Philips
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 find
                 it
                 in
                 their
                 Alphabet
                 among
                 the
                 Anonymous
                 Plays
                 .
                 These
                 are
                 all
                 printed
                 with
                 his
                 Poems
                 ,
                 Epigrams
                 ,
                 &c.
                 in
                 8
                 vo
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               William
               Congreve
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               now
               living
               ,
               who
               derives
               himself
               from
               an
               Ancient
               Family
               in
               Staffordshire
               of
               that
               Name
               .
               His
               Politer
               Knowledge
               he
               owes
               to
               Dublin
               Colledge
               ,
               from
               whence
               being
               returned
               to
               England
               ,
               his
               first
               Applications
               were
               to
               the
               Law.
               But
               Mr.
               Congreve
               was
               of
               too
               delicate
               a
               Taste
               ,
               had
               a
               Wit
               of
               too
               fine
               a
               turn
               ,
               to
               be
               long
               pleas'd
               with
               that
               crabbed
               ,
               unpalatable
               Study
               ;
               in
               which
               the
               laborious
               dull
               plodding
               Fellow
               ,
               generally
               excells
               the
               more
               sprightly
               and
               vivacious
               Wit
               ;
               for
               the
               Law
               is
               something
               like
               Preferment
               at
               Court
               ,
               won
               by
               Assurance
               and
               Assiduity
               ;
               this
               concurring
               with
               his
               Natural
               Inclinations
               to
               Poetry
               ,
               diverted
               him
               from
               the
               Bar
               to
               the
               declining
               Stage
               ,
               which
               then
               stood
               in
               need
               of
               such
               a
               Support
               ;
               and
               from
               whence
               the
               Town
               justly
               receiv'd
               him
               as
               
                 Rome's
                 other
                 Hope
              
               .
            
             
               Rochfoncault
               truly
               observes
               ,
               that
               Merit
               alone
               will
               never
               make
               a
               
               Heroe
               ,
               without
               the
               friendly
               Assistance
               of
               Fortune
               ;
               and
               therefore
               Mr.
               Congreve
               must
               be
               said
               to
               be
               as
               much
               oblig'd
               to
               her
               for
               his
               Success
               ,
               as
               to
               Nature
               for
               his
               Wit
               ,
               which
               truly
               deserv'd
               it
               ,
               and
               of
               which
               all
               those
               that
               read
               his
               Plays
               ,
               must
               allow
               him
               a
               more
               than
               ordinary
               Share
               .
               And
               indeed
               he
               took
               the
               most
               certain
               way
               to
               make
               sure
               of
               Fortune
               ,
               by
               the
               Intimacy
               he
               contracted
               with
               the
               most
               active
               part
               of
               the
               establish'd
               and
               receiv'd
               Wits
               and
               Poets
               of
               the
               Age
               ,
               before
               he
               ventur'd
               his
               Reputation
               to
               the
               Publick
               .
               For
               as
               a
               celebrated
               French
               Writer
               has
               observ'd
               ,
               an
               Author
               should
               never
               expect
               to
               raise
               his
               Fame
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               from
               an
               unknown
               State
               ,
               by
               the
               Single
               Force
               of
               his
               own
               Genius
               ,
               and
               without
               the
               Help
               and
               Concurrence
               of
               the
               Men
               of
               Wit
               ,
               that
               have
               an
               Influence
               over
               the
               Opinion
               of
               the
               World
               in
               things
               of
               that
               Nature
               .
               But
               then
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               confess'd
               ,
               that
               his
               Merit
               was
               certainly
               of
               more
               than
               ordinary
               Power
               ,
               to
               oblige
               them
               to
               forget
               their
               habitual
               Ill-Nature
               ;
               and
               criminal
               Emulation
               or
               Iealousy
               (
               to
               give
               it
               no
               worse
               Name
               )
               of
               all
               those
               ,
               whom
               they
               have
               any
               Cause
               to
               fear
               ,
               will
               once
               prove
               any
               considerable
               Rivals
               in
               their
               Fickle
               Mistress
               ,
               Fame
               .
               Mr.
               Congreve
               has
               already
               given
               us
               Four
               Plays
               ,
               of
               whi●h
               in
               their
               Alphabetical
               Order
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Double
                 Dealer
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               1694.
               4
               to
               .
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               
                 Charles
                 Montague
              
               ,
               Esq.
               one
               of
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Treasury
               .
               This
               Play
               not
               meeting
               with
               that
               Success
               as
               was
               expected
               ,
               the
               Author
               ,
               as
               Poets
               are
               generally
               apt
               to
               do
               ,
               engages
               a
               little
               too
               violently
               in
               a
               Defence
               of
               his
               Comedy
               .
               The
               Character
               of
               Mask-well
               I
               take
               to
               be
               an
               Image
               of
               Vernish
               in
               
                 The
                 Plain
                 Dealer
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Love
                 for
                 Love
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               
                 Little
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
              
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               1695.
               4
               to
               .
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Charles
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               Middlesex
               .
               This
               Play
               ,
               tho'
               a
               very
               good
               Comedy
               in
               it self
               ,
               had
               this
               Advantage
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               Acted
               at
               the
               Opening
               of
               the
               New
               House
               ,
               when
               the
               Town
               was
               so
               prepossess'd
               in
               Favour
               of
               the
               very
               Actors
               ,
               that
               before
               a
               Word
               was
               spoke
               ,
               each
               Actor
               was
               Clapt
               for
               a
               considerable
               Time.
               And
               yet
               all
               this
               got
               it
               not
               more
               Applause
               than
               it
               really
               deserv'd
               :
               For
               there
               is
               abundance
               of
               Wit
               in
               it
               ,
               and
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               diverting
               Humour
               .
               The
               Characters
               are
               justly
               distinguish'd
               ,
               and
               the
               Manners
               well
               marked
               .
               Yet
               in
               the
               Plot
               he
               has
               not
               given
               himself
               the
               Pains
               of
               avoiding
               that
               so
               often
               repeated
               Improbability
               of
               Marrying
               in
               Masques
               and
               Disguises
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               Tattle
               ,
               nor
               Mrs.
               Frail
               had
               Sense
               enough
               to
               avoid
               ,
               if
               we
               may
               judge
               by
               the
               rest
               of
               their
               Characters
               ;
               yet
               it
               must
               be
               own'd
               ,
               that
               he
               has
               much
               better
               prepar'd
               this
               Incident
               to
               gain
               it
               ,
               at
               least
               some
               shew
               of
               Probability
               ,
               than
               in
               the
               
                 Old
                 Batchelor
              
               ,
               or
               than
               I
               have
               generally
               met
               with
               in
               other
               Plays
               .
               I
               leave
               the
               nicer
               Criticks
               to
               decide
               whether
               the
               unravelling
               of
               the
               Plot
               ,
               and
               the
               Conduct
               of
               Angelica
               in
               it
               ,
               be
               extreamly
               just
               or
               no
               :
               I
               
               shall
               only
               say
               it
               pleas'd
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               a
               considerable
               Defence
               ,
               whatever
               some
               may
               think
               to
               the
               contrary
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Mo●rning
                 Bride
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               
                 Little
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
              
               ,
               by
               His
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               her
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Princess
               ANN
               of
               Denmark
               ,
               1697.
               4
               to●
               This
               Play
               had
               the
               greatest
               Success
               ,
               not
               only
               of
               all
               Mr.
               
               Congreve's
               ,
               but
               indeed
               of
               all
               the
               Plays
               that
               ever
               I
               can
               remember
               on
               the
               English
               Stage
               ,
               excepting
               none
               of
               the
               incomparable
               
               Otway's
               ;
               and
               if
               what
               Dr.
               Blackmore
               says
               of
               it
               be
               true
               ,
               it
               deserved
               even
               greater
               than
               it
               met
               with
               ;
               for
               the
               learned
               Doctor
               in
               the
               Seventh
               Page
               of
               his
               Preface
               to
               
                 King
                 Arthur
              
               ,
               says
               thus
               :
               
                 —
                 Since
                 the
                 writing
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 seen
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 called
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Mourning
                   Bride
                
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 think
                 my self
                 obliged
                 to
                 take
                 Notice
                 of
                 in
                 this
                 Place
                 .
                 This
                 Poem
                 has
                 receiv'd
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 in
                 my
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 very
                 justly
                 ,
                 universal
                 Applause
                 ;
                 being
                 look'd
                 on
                 as
                 the
                 most
                 perfect
                 Tragedy
                 that
                 has
                 been
                 wrote
                 in
                 this
                 Age.
                 The
                 Fable
                 ,
                 as
                 far
                 as
                 I
                 can
                 judge
                 at
                 first
                 sight
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 very
                 Artful
                 and
                 Masterly
                 Contrivance
                 ;
                 the
                 Characters
                 are
                 well
                 chosen
                 ,
                 and
                 well
                 delineated
                 ;
                 that
                 of
                 Zara
                 is
                 admirable
                 .
                 The
                 Passions
                 are
                 well
                 touch'd
                 ,
                 and
                 skilfully
                 wrought
                 up
                 .
                 The
                 Diction
                 Proper
                 ,
                 Clear
                 ,
                 Beautiful
                 ,
                 Noble
                 ,
                 and
                 Diversified
                 agreeably
                 to
                 the
                 Variety
                 of
                 the
                 Subject
                 .
                 Vice
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 is
                 punish'd
                 ;
                 and
                 oppress'd
                 Innocence
                 at
                 last
                 reward●d
                 .
                 Nature
                 appears
                 very
                 happily
                 imitated
                 excepting
                 one
                 or
                 two
                 doubtful
                 Instances
                 ,
                 thro'
                 the
                 whole
                 Piece
                 ;
                 in
                 which
                 there
                 are
                 no
                 immodest
                 Images
                 ,
                 or
                 Expressions
                 ;
                 no
                 wild
                 ,
                 unnatural
                 Rants
                 ,
                 but
                 some
                 few
                 Exceptions
                 being
                 allow'd
                 ,
                 all
                 things
                 are
                 Chast
                 ,
                 Iust
                 ,
                 and
                 Decent
                 .
                 This
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 said
                 before
                 ,
                 has
                 mightily
                 Obtain'd
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 without
                 the
                 unnatural
                 ,
                 and
                 foolish
                 Mixture
                 of
                 Farce
                 and
                 Buffoon'ry
                 ;
                 without
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 a
                 Song
                 or
                 a
                 Dance
                 to
                 make
                 it
                 more
                 agreeable
                 .
                 By
                 this
                 it
                 appears
                 ,
                 that
                 as
                 a
                 sufficient
                 Genius
                 can
                 recommend
                 it self
                 ,
                 and
                 furnish
                 out
                 abundant
                 Matter
                 of
                 Pleasure
                 and
                 Admiration
                 ,
                 without
                 the
                 paultry
                 Helps
                 above
                 named
                 :
                 So
                 likewise
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Tast
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 is
                 not
                 so
                 far
                 deprav'd
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 a
                 Regular
                 and
                 Chast
                 Play
                 ,
                 will
                 not
                 only
                 be
                 forgiven
                 ,
                 but
                 highly
                 applauded
                 .
              
            
             
               Thus
               far
               the
               Learned
               Doctor
               ,
               of
               whom
               I
               will
               not
               say
               ,
               as
               the
               
                 Plain
                 Dealer
              
               says
               of
               my
               Lord
               Plausible
               ,
               That
               
                 rather
                 than
                 not
                 Flatter
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 Flatter
                 the
                 Poets
                 of
                 the
                 Age
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               Yet
               I
               must
               needs
               say
               ,
               so
               very
               great
               a
               Commendation
               ,
               will
               make
               some
               of
               the
               Censorious
               Criticks
               imagine
               what
               it
               was
               that
               oblig'd
               him
               to
               take
               such
               particular
               Notice
               of
               this
               Play
               ;
               which
               ,
               tho'
               I
               should
               be
               never
               so
               willing
               to
               allow
               a
               Place
               in
               the
               first
               Form
               ,
               yet
               I
               can
               never
               prefer
               it
               to
               the
               
                 All
                 for
                 Love
              
               of
               Mr.
               
                 Dryden
                 ,
                 The
                 Orphan
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Venice
                 Preserv'd
              
               of
               Mr.
               Otway
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 Lucius
                 Iunius
                 Brutus
              
               of
               Mr.
               Lee
               ,
               either
               in
               true
               Art
               in
               the
               Contrivance
               and
               Conduct
               o●
               the
               Plot
               ;
               or
               the
               Choice
               and
               Delineation
               of
               the
               Characters
               for
               the
               true
               End
               of
               Tragedy
               ,
               
               Pitty
               and
               Terror
               ;
               or
               the
               true
               and
               
                 natural
                 Movement
              
               of
               the
               Passions
               ,
               in
               which
               Particular
               ,
               none
               of
               the
               Ancients
               (
               I
               was
               going
               to
               say
               equal'd
               ,
               but
               I
               will
               boldly
               say
               )
               surpass'd
               our
               English
               dead
               Bards
               in
               those
               Plays
               ,
               and
               our
               living
               Poet
               in
               this
               of
               his
               that
               I
               have
               mention'd
               .
               Or
               the
               Diction
               ,
               either
               in
               regard
               to
               its
               
                 Propriety
                 ,
                 Clearness
                 ,
                 Beauty
                 ,
                 Nobleness
                 ,
              
               or
               Variety
               .
               Let
               any
               impartial
               Iudge
               read
               but
               
                 All
                 for
                 Love
              
               ,
               and
               tell
               me
               if
               there
               is
               or
               can
               be
               a
               Style
               more
               Pure
               ,
               or
               more
               Sublime
               ,
               more
               adapted
               to
               the
               Subject
               in
               all
               its
               Parts
               :
               And
               I
               believe
               ,
               notwithstanding
               all
               that
               some
               Gentlemen
               have
               urg'd
               against
               the
               Language
               in
               
               Otway's
               Plays
               ,
               it
               seldom
               wants
               any
               of
               those
               Qualities
               that
               are
               necessary
               to
               the
               Perfection
               of
               the
               Piece
               he
               has
               undertaken
               ;
               he
               has
               seldom
               given
               us
               any
               Persons
               of
               Kings
               or
               Princes
               ,
               and
               if
               his
               Stile
               swell
               not
               so
               much
               in
               the
               Mouths
               of
               those
               of
               a
               Lower
               Degree
               ,
               whom
               he
               has
               chosen
               ,
               it
               was
               because
               he
               had
               too
               much
               regard
               to
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               Person
               he
               introduces
               .
               And
               in
               Lee
               (
               with
               the
               Critick's
               permission
               let
               me
               speak
               it
               )
               you
               find
               always
               something
               Wildly
               Noble
               ,
               and
               Irregularly
               Great
               ;
               and
               I
               am
               unwilling
               ,
               with
               some
               ,
               to
               think
               his
               Stile
               puffie
               or
               tumid
               ;
               I
               'm
               sure
               in
               his
               Play
               of
               
                 Lucius
                 Iunius
                 Brutus
              
               he
               is
               generally
               Iust
               ,
               both
               in
               his
               Thoughts
               and
               his
               Expressions
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               rather
               for
               want
               of
               a
               true
               Taste
               of
               him
               ,
               than
               his
               want
               of
               Merit
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               condemn'd
               in
               that
               Play
               ,
               I
               mean
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               any
               that
               do
               not
               exempt
               that
               from
               the
               Faults
               of
               his
               other
               Plays
               .
            
             
               I
               urge
               not
               this
               as
               any
               Reflection
               on
               Mr.
               
               Congreve's
               Performance
               ,
               for
               which
               I
               have
               all
               the
               just
               Value
               the
               Merit
               o●
               the
               Play
               commands
               ;
               but
               to
               do
               Iustice
               to
               his
               great
               Predecessors
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               at
               the
               depressing
               whose
               Praise
               ,
               the
               Doctor
               ,
               both
               in
               this
               and
               his
               former
               Preface
               ,
               seems
               rather
               to
               aim
               ,
               than
               at
               the
               raising
               that
               of
               Mr.
               Congreve
               .
               No
               ,
               had
               I
               a
               mind
               to
               exert
               the
               Critick
               ,
               I
               might
               ,
               like
               many
               other
               of
               that
               Denomination
               ,
               urge
               those
               Defects
               that
               either
               the
               Malice
               ,
               or
               too
               nice
               Palate
               of
               others
               have
               descover'd
               in
               the
               Play
               it self
               .
               But
               I
               think
               't
               is
               a
               very
               ungenerous
               Office
               (
               and
               not
               to
               be
               excus'd
               by
               any
               thing
               but
               some
               extraordinary
               Provocation
               )
               to
               dissect
               the
               Works
               of
               a
               Man
               of
               Mr.
               
               Congreve's
               undoubted
               Merit
               ,
               when
               he
               has
               done
               his
               Endeavour
               to
               please
               the
               Town
               ,
               and
               so
               notoriously
               obtain'd
               his
               End
               ;
               and
               when
               the
               Faults
               that
               may
               perhaps
               be
               found
               in
               'em
               ,
               are
               of
               a
               Nature
               that
               makes
               them
               very
               disputable
               ,
               and
               in
               which
               both
               his
               Predecessors
               and
               Contemporaries
               have
               offended
               ;
               and
               I
               ●uppose
               he
               does
               not
               pretend
               to
               infallibility
               in
               Poetry
               .
               But
               tho●
               I
               purposely
               omit
               all
               Critical
               Reflections
               ,
               yet
               the
               Duty
               of
               this
               Undertaking
               ,
               and
               the
               Foundation
               I
               build
               on
               ,
               obliges
               me
               to
               examine
               what
               he
               may
               have
               borrowed
               from
               others
               ;
               which
               indeed
               is
               not
               much
               ,
               tho'
               the
               Incident
               of
               the
               Tomb
               ,
               seems
               to
               be
               taken
               from
               the
               Meeting
               of
               Artaban
               and
               Eliza
               ,
               at
               the
               Tombe
               of
               Tyridates
               ,
               in
               the
               Romance
               of
               Cleopatra
               .
               And
               Zara
               has
               many
               Features
               re●embling
               Nourmahal
               in
               
                 Aurenge
                 Zebe
              
               ,
               and
               Almeria
               in
               the
               
                 Indian
                 
                 Emperor
              
               ;
               I
               know
               some
               will
               have
               the
               whole
               Play
               a
               kind
               of
               a
               Copy
               of
               that
               ;
               but
               I
               confess
               I
               cannot
               discover
               likeness
               enough
               to
               justify
               their
               Opinion
               :
               unless
               it
               be
               
               Zara's
               coming
               to
               the
               Prison
               to
               Osmin
               ,
               as
               Almeria
               does
               to
               Cortez
               .
               I
               believe
               our
               Poet
               had
               the
               Bajazet
               of
               Racine
               in
               view
               ,
               when
               he
               formed
               his
               Design
               ,
               at
               least
               there
               is
               as
               much
               Ground
               for
               this
               as
               the
               former
               Opinion
               .
               Perez
               resenting
               the
               Blow
               the
               King
               gave
               him
               ,
               is
               like
               an
               Incident
               in
               
                 Caesar
                 Borgia
              
               ;
               but
               the
               
               Spaniard's
               Revenge
               is
               more
               generous
               ,
               and
               less
               cruel
               than
               that
               of
               the
               Italian
               .
            
             
               Thus
               much
               for
               the
               
                 Mourning
                 Bride
              
               ,
               of
               which
               ,
               if
               I
               may
               be
               allow'd
               to
               speak
               my
               impartial
               Sense
               ,
               I
               must
               needs
               say
               ,
               that
               in
               spite
               of
               its
               Excellence
               ,
               it
               discovers
               Mr.
               
               Congreve's
               Genius
               more
               inclin'd
               and
               turn'd
               to
               Comedy
               ,
               than
               Tra●edy
               ,
               tho'
               he
               has
               gain'd
               an
               uncommon
               Praise
               for
               both
               ;
               however
               ,
               it
               being
               his
               first
               Poem
               of
               that
               Kind
               ,
               it
               promises
               more
               perfect
               Products
               hereafter
               ;
               and
               for
               which
               all
               Lovers
               of
               Poetry
               long
               with
               Impatience
               .
            
             
               
                 Old
                 Batchelor
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               Acted
               ●t
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Charles
               Lord
               Clifford
               ,
               of
               Lanesborough
               ,
               1693.
               4
               to
               .
               This
               Comedy
               was
               Acted
               with
               so
               general
               an
               Applause
               ,
               that
               it
               gave
               both
               Fame
               and
               Fortune
               to
               our
               Author
               ;
               at
               once
               made
               him
               known
               to
               the
               Town
               ,
               and
               to
               an
               Honourable
               Mecaenas
               ;
               who
               ,
               to
               the
               Satisfaction
               of
               all
               Lovers
               of
               Learning
               ,
               Wit
               ,
               and
               Poetry
               ,
               has
               ever
               since
               prov'd
               a
               generous
               Friend
               to
               our
               Poet.
               The
               
                 Old
                 Batchelor
              
               was
               usher'd
               into
               the
               World
               with
               several
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               of
               his
               Friends
               ,
               and
               which
               the
               Merit
               of
               the
               Play
               abundantly
               justifies
               :
               For
               there
               's
               a
               genteel
               and
               sprightly
               Wit
               in
               the
               Dialogue
               ,
               where
               it
               ought
               to
               be
               ;
               and
               the
               humorous
               Characters
               are
               generally
               within
               the
               Compass
               of
               Nature
               ,
               which
               can
               scarce
               be
               truly
               said
               of
               those
               of
               several
               Poets
               ,
               who
               have
               met
               with
               Succe●s
               enough
               on
               the
               Stage
               .
               Bluff
               seems
               an
               Imitation
               of
               the
               
                 Miles
                 Gloriosus
              
               of
               Plautus
               ;
               of
               Bounce
               in
               
                 Greenwich
                 Park
              
               ;
               and
               Hackum
               in
               the
               
                 Squire
                 of
                 Alsatia
              
               ,
               &c.
               
               The
               Incident
               of
               Sir
               Ioseph
               Wittoll's
               Marrying
               Sylvia
               ,
               and
               Captain
               
                 Bluff
                 ,
                 Lucy
              
               ,
               in
               Masques
               ,
               has
               been
               too
               often
               an
               Incident
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               since
               I
               'm
               confident
               it
               was
               scarce
               ever
               done
               in
               reality
               .
               Some
               other
               Characters
               are
               not
               entirely
               new
               ,
               but
               that
               is
               very
               excusable
               in
               a
               Young
               Poet
               ,
               especially
               in
               a
               Play
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               been
               assur'd
               was
               writ
               ,
               when
               our
               Author
               was
               but
               Nineteen
               Years
               Old
               ,
               and
               in
               nothing
               alter'd
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               Length
               ,
               which
               being
               consider'd
               ,
               I
               believe
               few
               Men
               that
               have
               writ
               ,
               can
               shew
               one
               half
               so
               good
               at
               so
               unripe
               an
               Age.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Edward
                 Cook
              
               ,
               Esq.
               
            
             
               THIS
               Gentleman
               ,
               only
               known
               to
               me
               by
               a
               single
               Play
               ,
               never
               Acted
               ,
               but
               Printed
               ,
               (
               viz.
               )
            
             
             
               
                 Love's
                 Triumph
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Royal
                 Vnion
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1678.
               
               Plot
               from
               Cassandra
               ,
               Romance
               ,
               Part
               5.
               
               Book
               4.
               
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Cook.
               
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               has
               but
               one
               Play
               in
               Print
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 Green's
                 Tu
                 Quoque
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               Publish'd
               with
               a
               Preface
               by
               
                 Tho.
                 Heywood
              
               ,
               who
               says
               in
               his
               *
               Epistle
               ,
               That
               it
               past
               the
               Stage
               with
               general
               Applause
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Title
               had
               its
               Nam●
               in
               regard
               that
               excellent
               Commedian
               ,
               
                 Thomas
                 Green
              
               ,
               Acted
               the
               chief
               Part
               in
               it
               ,
               whose
               general
               Repartee
               to
               all
               Complements
               was
               ,
               
                 Tu
                 Quoque
              
               ;
               and
               gives
               him
               this
               Character
               ,
               That
               there
               was
               not
               an
               Actor
               of
               his
               Nature
               in
               his
               time
               ,
               of
               better
               Ability
               in
               Performance
               of
               what
               he
               undertook
               ,
               more
               applauded
               by
               the
               Audience
               ,
               of
               greater
               Grace
               at
               the
               Court
               ,
               or
               of
               more
               general
               Love
               in
               the
               City
               .
               The
               Printed
               Copy
               is
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts
               ,
               but
               has
               since
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second's
               Restaura●ion
               ,
               been
               Revived
               and
               Acted
               with
               good
               Applause
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Corey
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               has
               set
               together
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
               :
            
             
               
                 The
                 Generous
                 Enemies
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Ridiculous
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1672.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               patch'd
               up
               out
               of
               four
               several
               Poets
               :
               The
               chief
               Design
               is
               borrowed
               from
               
               Quinault's
               
                 La
                 Genereuse
                 Ingratitude
              
               ;
               that
               of
               the
               
                 Ridiculous
                 Lovers
              
               from
               
                 Corneille's
                 D.
                 Bert●am
                 de
                 Cigarral
              
               ,
               which
               is
               also
               founded
               on
               the
               Spanish
               Play
               ,
               
                 Entre
                 bobos
                 anda
                 el
                 juego
              
               ;
               Bertran's
               Testy
               Humour
               is
               partly
               borrowed
               from
               
               Randolph's
               
                 Muses
                 Looking-Glass
                 ,
                 Act
              
               2.
               
               Scene
               1.
               and
               Act.
               3.
               
               Scene
               3
               ,
               and
               4.
               and
               the
               Quarrel
               betwixt
               him
               and
               
                 Robatzi
                 ,
                 Act
              
               5.
               wholly
               stollen
               from
               
                 Love's
                 Pilgrimage
                 ,
                 Act
              
               2.
               
               Scene
               1.
               
               Act
               3.
               
               Scene
               3.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Charles
                 Cotten
              
               ,
               Esq.
               
            
             
               A
               Gentlemen
               of
               a
               good
               Family
               in
               Staffordshire
               ,
               who
               has
               written
               many
               Originals
               besides
               Translations
               ,
               but
               nothing
               with
               more
               Success
               than
               his
               Burlesque
               on
               Virgil
               ,
               in
               Imitation
               of
               the
               
                 French
                 Scarron
              
               ;
               among
               the
               rest
               ,
               he
               translated
               one
               of
               
               Corneille's
               Plays
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               Horra●●
               ,
               T.
               4
               to
               .
               1671.
               
               This
               Play
               has
               been
               translated
               by
               Two
               other
               Hands
               ,
               viz.
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Lower
              
               ,
               and
               Mrs.
               
                 Katharine
                 Phillips
              
               ;
               but
               
               this
               has
               been
               accounted
               equal
               to
               Madam
               Phillips's
               Translation
               ,
               and
               far
               to
               exceed
               that
               Version
               of
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Lower
              
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               consult
               
                 Livii
                 Hist.
                 Lib.
              
               1.
               
               
                 L.
                 Florus
                 ,
                 Lib.
              
               1.
               
               C.
               3.
               
               
                 Cassiodorus
                 ,
                 Dionysius
                 Hallicarnassaeus
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               This
               Author
               has
               publish'd
               (
               besides
               this
               Play
               )
               divers
               other
               Pieces
               ;
               as
               a
               Volume
               of
               Poems
               on
               several
               Occasions
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1689.
               
               
                 The
                 Compleat
                 Angler
              
               ,
               being
               a
               Second
               Part
               of
               that
               Book
               on
               the
               same
               Subject
               written
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Isaac
                 Walton
              
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1676.
               in
               which
               Book
               are
               excellent
               Instructions
               how
               to
               Angle
               for
               a
               Trout
               or
               Grayling
               in
               a
               clear
               Stream
               .
               
                 The
                 Wonder
                 of
                 the
                 Peak
              
               ,
               a
               Poem
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1681.
               
               Scaronides
               ,
               or
               
                 Virgil
                 Travestie
              
               ,
               a
               Mock
               Poem
               on
               the
               1st
               and
               4th
               Books
               of
               
                 Virgil's
                 AEneis
              
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1678.
               
               And
               one
               more
               attributed
               to
               him
               ,
               tho'
               his
               Name
               not
               thereto
               ,
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 Scoffer
                 Scoft
              
               ;
               which
               are
               several
               of
               
               Lucian's
               Dialogues
               put
               into
               Burlesque
               Verse
               ,
               Printed
               8
               vo
               .
               1675.
               
            
          
           
             
               Abraham
               Cowley
               .
            
             
               THIS
               eminent
               Author
               was
               Born
               in
               London
               ,
               1618.
               at
               Ten
               Years
               Old
               (
               whilst
               he
               was
               a
               Westminster
               Schollar
               )
               he
               writ
               the
               Tragical
               Story
               of
               Pyramus
               and
               This●e
               ;
               at
               Twelve
               that
               of
               Constantia
               and
               Philetus
               .
               By
               Thirteen
               he
               had
               published
               several
               Poetical
               Pieces
               .
               From
               a
               Boy
               he
               was
               very
               Studious
               ,
               and
               his
               Chance
               lighting
               on
               
               Spencer's
               
                 Fairy
                 Queen
              
               ,
               rous'd
               his
               Inclinations
               to
               Poetry
               ,
               which
               never
               forsook
               him
               till
               he
               Died.
               Whoever
               would
               read
               a
               just
               Account
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               will
               find
               it
               admirably
               writ
               by
               the
               present
               Bishop
               of
               Rochester
               .
               He
               Died
               of
               a
               Stoppage
               in
               his
               Breast
               and
               Throat
               ,
               having
               lain
               Ill
               a
               Fortnight
               ;
               and
               was
               Buried
               the
               30th
               of
               August
               ,
               1667.
               in
               Westminster-Abbey
               ,
               next
               Chaucer
               ,
               and
               near
               Spencer
               and
               Drayton
               ,
               with
               a
               neat
               Marble
               Monument
               erected
               (
               as
               the
               Inscription
               informs
               us
               )
               to
               him
               ,
               by
               the
               late
               Duke
               of
               Buckingham
               .
               He
               has
               publish'd
               Three
               English
               Plays
               ,
               of
               which
               in
               their
               Order
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Cutter
                   of
                   Coleman-Street
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1663.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 Represented
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 in
                 Salisbury-Court
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 ;
                 yet
                 met
                 with
                 Opposition
                 by
                 some
                 few
                 ,
                 who
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 envied
                 the
                 Author
                 for
                 his
                 Loyalty
                 to
                 his
                 Prince
                 ,
                 but
                 was
                 afterwards
                 Acted
                 with
                 universal
                 Applause
                 ,
                 it
                 being
                 a
                 revis'd
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 alter'd
                 and
                 enlarg'd
                 from
                 that
                 Mr.
                 Cowly
                 had
                 about
                 Ten
                 Years
                 before
                 hastily
                 drawn
                 up
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 the
              
               
                 Guardian
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1650.
                 
                 Acted
                 several
                 times
                 privately
                 during
                 the
                 Prohibition
                 of
                 the
                 Stage
                 ;
                 as
                 also
                 at
                 Cambridge
                 before
                 Prince
                 Charles
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 the
                 Restauration
                 publickly
                 Acted
                 at
                 Dublin
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Love's
                   Riddle
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Pastoral
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1633.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 written
                 in
                 the
                 Author's
                 Youth
                 ,
                 whilst
                 a
                 King's
                 Schollar
                 at
                 Westminster
                 ,
                 first
                 printed
                 with
                 his
                 
                   Poetical
                   Blossoms
                
                 ;
                 and
                 since
                 that
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Second
                 Volume
                 of
                 his
                 Works
                 .
              
            
             
               In
               any
               of
               his
               Plays
               he
               cannot
               be
               taxed
               with
               borrowing
               from
               any
               other
               .
            
             
               The
               Works
               of
               this
               admirable
               Author
               are
               eminent
               enough
               to
               the
               Ingenious
               ,
               so
               needless
               to
               be
               here
               characteriz'd
               .
               He
               left
               Two
               Volumes
               in
               Folio
               ,
               Verse
               and
               Prose
               ,
               also
               a
               Volume
               in
               8
               vo
               .
               Entituled
               ,
               
                 Poemata
                 Latina
              
               .
               It
               is
               a
               great
               Pity
               he
               liv'd
               not
               to
               finish
               that
               incomparable
               Epick
               Poem
               of
               Davideis
               ,
               being
               only
               Four
               Books
               of
               the
               Troubles
               of
               David
               ;
               which
               he
               design●d
               to
               extend
               in
               all
               ,
               to
               Twelve
               .
               For
               his
               Life
               and
               Works
               I
               refer
               you
               further
               ,
               to
               Dr.
               Sprat
               ,
               Bishop
               of
               
               Rochester's
               Account
               thereof
               .
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               Cox.
               
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               was
               a
               celebrated
               Comedian
               in
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               's
               time
               :
               On
               the
               Suppression
               of
               the
               Stage
               he
               made
               several
               Drolls
               ,
               and
               ,
               with
               his
               Companions
               ,
               Acted
               them
               by
               stealth
               ,
               both
               in
               London
               and
               the
               Country
               Towns
               :
               He
               Acted
               the
               chief
               Parts
               himself
               ,
               and
               so
               very
               naturally
               ,
               that
               at
               Oxon
               he
               gain'd
               great
               Applause
               .
               He
               publish'd
               one
               Interlude
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 Actaeon
                 and
                 Diana
              
               ,
               Interl
               .
               4
               to
               .
               The
               Plot
               from
               
                 Ovid's
                 Metamorph.
              
               This
               ,
               with
               some
               Drolls
               of
               his
               ,
               may
               be
               found
               a
               second
               time
               printed
               1656.
               in
               4
               to
               .
               the
               first
               Edition
               being
               printed
               for
               the
               Author
               's
               own
               Use
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Year
               1673.
               they
               were
               again
               printed
               ,
               with
               other
               Drolls
               collected
               by
               Kirkman
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Sport
                 upon
                 Sport
              
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Crown
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               yet
               living
               ,
               whose
               Father
               having
               ventured
               most
               of
               his
               Estate
               (
               which
               was
               considerable
               )
               in
               a
               Foreign
               Plantation
               ,
               that
               was
               afterwards
               taken
               by
               the
               French
               ,
               and
               all
               King
               
               Charles's
               Reign
               neglected
               ,
               he
               took
               ,
               by
               the
               Encouragement
               of
               the
               late
               famous
               Lord
               Rochester
               ,
               to
               Dramatick
               Writing
               ,
               and
               has
               perform'd
               very
               well
               both
               in
               Tragedy
               and
               Comedy
               ;
               tho'
               ,
               with
               Mr.
               Langbain
               ,
               I
               look
               on
               Comedy
               to
               be
               his
               Talent
               ;
               he
               has
               given
               us
               a
               Proof
               of
               his
               Ability
               in
               these
               following
               Plays
               :
               
                 
                   
                     Ambitious
                     Statesman
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     The
                     Loyal
                     Favourite
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   16-9
                   .
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   and
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   her
                   Grace
                   the
                   Dutchess
                   of
                   Albermarle
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   met
                   not
                   with
                   the
                   Applause
                   the
                   Author
                   and
                   his
                   Friends
                   expected
                   .
                   For
                   the
                   Plot
                   ,
                   See
                   
                     De
                     Serres
                     ,
                     Mazeray
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   French
                   Chronicles
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   Andromache
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1657.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   in
                   Dorset-Garden
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   translated
                   from
                   the
                   French
                   of
                   Monsieur
                   Racine
                   ,
                   by
                   another
                   Hand
                   ,
                   into
                   Prose
                   ,
                   and
                   turn'd
                   into
                   English
                   Verse
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Crown
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   owns
                   ,
                   and
                   tho'
                   the
                   Original
                   is
                   well
                   esteem'd
                   ,
                   yet
                   this
                   had
                   not
                   its
                   expected
                   Success
                   on
                   our
                   English
                   Stage
                   .
                   It
                   seems
                   founded
                   on
                   
                     Virgil
                     ,
                     Lib.
                  
                   3.
                   
                   Ver.
                   292.
                   and
                   in
                   some
                   things
                   the
                   Author
                   follows
                   the
                   Andromache
                   of
                   Euripides
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Calligula
                     ,
                     Emperor
                     of
                     Rome
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   London
                   ,
                   Printed
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1698.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   .
                   For
                   the
                   Plot
                   consult
                   Suetonius
                   in
                   his
                   Life
                   :
                   for
                   the
                   Poet
                   has
                   very
                   nicely
                   follow'd
                   his
                   Character
                   given
                   us
                   by
                   that
                   Author
                   .
                
                 
                   Calisto
                   ,
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Chast
                     Nimph
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1675.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   writ
                   by
                   the
                   Command
                   of
                   her
                   late
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   often
                   tim●s
                   represented
                   at
                   Court
                   ,
                   by
                   Persons
                   of
                   great
                   Quality
                   ,
                   with
                   Songs
                   between
                   the
                   Acts.
                   The
                   Foundation
                   from
                   
                     Ovid
                     Metam
                     .
                     Lib.
                  
                   2.
                   
                   Tab.
                   5
                   ,
                   6.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Charles
                     the
                     Eighth
                     of
                     France
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     The
                     Invasion
                     of
                     Naples
                     by
                     the
                     French
                  
                   ;
                   an
                   Hist.
                   Tragedy
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1680.
                   writ
                   in
                   Heroick
                   Verse
                   ;
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   in
                   Salisbury-Court
                   .
                   Plot
                   taken
                   from
                   
                     Guicciardine's
                     Hist.
                     Philip
                     de
                     Comines's
                     Memoires
                     :
                     Andre
                     de
                     la
                     Vigne
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   other
                   French
                   Chronicles
                   in
                   the
                   Reign
                   of
                   Charles
                   VIII
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     City
                     Politicks
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1683.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   in
                   Drury-Lane
                   ,
                   with
                   good
                   Applause
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   the
                   Whiggish
                   Party
                   in
                   those
                   times
                   took
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   severe
                   Satyr
                   on
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Country
                     Wit
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1675.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   ,
                   tho'
                   but
                   one
                   Degree
                   above
                   Farce
                   ,
                   was
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   in
                   
                     Dorset
                     Garden
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   approv'd
                   of
                   by
                   his
                   then
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   King
                   Charles
                   II.
                   Part
                   of
                   the
                   Plot
                   and
                   Language
                   is
                   taken
                   from
                   that
                   Comedy
                   of
                   
                   M●lliere's
                   ,
                   called
                   
                     Le
                     Sicilien
                     ,
                     ou
                     L'Amour
                     Peintre
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Darius
                     ,
                     King
                     of
                     Persia
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1688.
                   
                   Acted
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   .
                   For
                   the
                   Plot
                   see
                   
                     Quint.
                     Curt.
                     Lib.
                  
                   3
                   ,
                   4
                   ,
                   and
                   5.
                   
                   
                     Iustin.
                     Lib.
                  
                   11.
                   
                   Cap.
                   5.
                   and
                   
                     Diodorus
                     ,
                     Lib.
                  
                   17
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Destruction
                     of
                     Ierusalem
                     by
                     Titus
                     Vespasian
                     ,
                  
                   in
                   Two
                   Parts
                   ,
                   T.
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1677.
                   
                   Both
                   these
                   Tragedies
                   are
                   writ
                   in
                   Heroick
                   Verse
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   first
                   appeared
                   on
                   the
                   Stage
                   ,
                   were
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   with
                   great
                   Applause
                   .
                   For
                   the
                   Plot
                   see
                   
                     Iosephus
                     Hist.
                     Lib.
                  
                   6
                   ,
                   &
                   7.
                   
                   
                     Tacitus
                     Hist.
                     Lib.
                  
                   5.
                   
                   
                     Suetonius
                     ,
                     Eusebius
                     ,
                     &c.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     English
                     Fryar
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     The
                     Town
                     Sparks
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1690.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   Acted
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   ;
                   but
                   met
                   not
                   with
                   that
                   Success
                   the
                   Author
                   expected
                   .
                   See
                   his
                   Preface
                   thereto
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Henry
                     the
                     Sixth
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   First
                   Part
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   Death
                   of
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Gloucester
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1681.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   Sir
                   
                     Charles
                     Sidley
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   with
                   good
                   Applause
                   at
                   first
                   ,
                   but
                   at
                   length
                   ,
                   the
                   Romish
                   Faction
                   opposing
                   it
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   Interest
                   at
                   Court
                   ,
                   got
                   it
                   supprest
                   .
                   See
                   the
                   Second
                   Part
                   of
                   
                   Shakespear's
                   Henry
                   VI.
                   from
                   whence
                   part
                   of
                   this
                   is
                   borrowed
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Henry
                     the
                     Sixth
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   Second
                   Part
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     The
                     Miseries
                     of
                     Civil
                     War
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1681.
                   
                   Acted
                   also
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   ,
                   with
                   good
                   Applause
                   .
                   Part
                   of
                   it
                   is
                   likewise
                   borrowed
                   from
                   Shakespear
                   .
                   For
                   the
                   Plot
                   see
                   the
                   English
                   Chronicles
                   writ
                   in
                   those
                   times
                   ,
                   by
                   
                     Grafton
                     ,
                     Hollingshed
                     ,
                     Stow
                     ,
                     Speed
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   Iuliana
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     The
                     Princess
                     of
                     Poland
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1671.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   ,
                   and
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Orrery
                   ,
                   being
                   the
                   first
                   of
                   this
                   Author's
                   Production
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Married
                     Beau
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     The
                     Curious
                     Impertinent
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1694.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   ;
                   and
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Lord
                   Marquis
                   of
                   Normanby
                   ,
                   Earl
                   of
                   
                     Mulgrave
                     ,
                     &c.
                  
                   
                   To
                   this
                   Play
                   the
                   Author
                   has
                   also
                   prefixt
                   a
                   Preface
                   in
                   Vindication
                   of
                   himself
                   from
                   the
                   Aspersions
                   cast
                   on
                   him
                   by
                   some
                   of
                   his
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   his
                   Morals
                   and
                   Loyalty
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   think
                   he
                   sufficiently
                   clears
                   ,
                   particularly
                   in
                   Mr.
                   
                   Lovely's
                   ,
                   yielding
                   to
                   Polidos
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   think
                   Mr.
                   Crown
                   in
                   the
                   Right
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   tells
                   us
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   hard
                   to
                   find
                   which
                   offends
                   the
                   Ladies
                   ,
                   the
                   Sin
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   Confession
                   ;
                   the
                   latter
                   Example
                   perhaps
                   they
                   like
                   worst
                   .
                   This
                   is
                   accounted
                   a
                   good
                   Play
                   ,
                   and
                   has
                   been
                   often
                   Acted
                   with
                   general
                   Approbation
                   .
                   The
                   Story
                   is
                   taken
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Comical
                   History
                   of
                   
                     Don
                     Quixot
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Regulus
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1694.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ;
                   it
                   has
                   no
                   Dedication
                   ,
                   and
                   met
                   with
                   no
                   very
                   good
                   Success
                   ,
                   though
                   the
                   Design
                   be
                   Noble
                   ;
                   the
                   Example
                   of
                   Regulus
                   being
                   the
                   most
                   celebrated
                   for
                   Honour
                   and
                   Constancy
                   of
                   any
                   of
                   Antiquity
                   :
                   nor
                   is
                   it
                   confin'd
                   to
                   the
                   Roman
                   Historians
                   ;
                   Horace
                   has
                   writ
                   an
                   Ode
                   upon
                   it
                   .
                   You
                   may
                   read
                   the
                   History
                   in
                   
                     Livy
                     ,
                     Lucius
                     Florus
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Sir
                     Courtley
                     Nice
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     It
                     cannot
                     be
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1685.
                   
                   Acted
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   and
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   his
                   Grace
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Ormond
                   .
                   The
                   Plot
                   and
                   Part
                   of
                   the
                   Play
                   from
                   a
                   Spanish
                   Play
                   ,
                   
                     No
                     Pued-eser
                  
                   ;
                   another
                   Play
                   called
                   ,
                   Tarugo's-Wiles
                   ,
                   first
                   Acted
                   1668.
                   hath
                   the
                   same
                   Plot
                   ,
                   and
                   much
                   resembles
                   this
                   in
                   many
                   Parts
                   thereof
                   .
                   The
                   Song
                   of
                   stop
                   Thief
                   is
                   taken
                   out
                   of
                   
                     Flecknoe's
                     Demoisell
                     a
                     la
                     Mode
                  
                   ,
                   who
                   likewise
                   had
                   it
                   from
                   the
                   French
                   of
                   Molliere
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   often
                   Acted
                   with
                   good
                   Success
                   .
                
                 
                   Thyestes
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1681.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   by
                   their
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Poetical
                     History
                  
                   .
                   There
                   are
                   Two
                   other
                   Plays
                   on
                   the
                   same
                   Subject
                   ,
                   one
                   in
                   Spanish
                   ,
                   the
                   other
                   in
                   French
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   also
                   founded
                   on
                   
                   Seneca's
                   Thiestes
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               Iohn
               Dancer
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Anthor
               liv'd
               a
               great
               part
               of
               his
               Time
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               if
               not
               born
               there
               ;
               about
               the
               Year
               1670.
               he
               came
               over
               into
               England
               ,
               and
               understanding
               well
               the
               Italian
               and
               French
               Tongues
               ,
               he
               then
               Translated
               Two
               Plays
               ,
               as
               also
               a
               Pastoral
               before
               .
               The
               first
               in
               Order
               is
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     Agrippa
                     King
                     of
                     Alba
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     The
                     False
                     Tiberinus
                  
                   ,
                   T.
                   C.
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1675.
                   written
                   in
                   Heroick
                   Verse
                   ;
                   printed
                   in
                   London
                   ,
                   with
                   Amendments
                   from
                   what
                   it
                   was
                   before
                   ,
                   when
                   Acted
                   divers
                   times
                   with
                   great
                   Applause
                   in
                   Dublin
                   ,
                   before
                   his
                   Grace
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Ormond
                   ,
                   then
                   Lord
                   Lieutenant
                   of
                   Ireland
                   ;
                   and
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Lady
                   Cavindish
                   ,
                   Daughter
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Duke
                   :
                   Translated
                   from
                   the
                   French
                   of
                   Monsieur
                   Quinault
                   .
                
                 
                   Aminta
                   ,
                   a
                   Pastoral
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1660.
                   
                   This
                   has
                   been
                   translated
                   into
                   Five
                   several
                   Tongues
                   ,
                   from
                   that
                   celebrated
                   Wit
                   ,
                   
                     Torquato
                     Tasso
                  
                   ,
                   accounted
                   the
                   Father
                   of
                   Pastorals
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   ,
                   above
                   all
                   others
                   he
                   ever
                   writ
                   ,
                   the
                   most
                   esteem'd
                   ;
                   this
                   is
                   printed
                   with
                   several
                   Love
                   Verses
                   ,
                   &c.
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Author
                   .
                
                 
                   Nicomede
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1671.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   in
                   Dublin
                   ;
                   and
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Ossery
                   .
                   Translated
                   from
                   the
                   French
                   of
                   Monsieur
                   Corneille
                   ,
                   being
                   a
                   Piece
                   he
                   much
                   valued
                   .
                   Story
                   from
                   
                     Iustin
                     ,
                     Book
                  
                   34.
                   
                   He
                   writ
                   besides
                   ,
                   a
                   Romance
                   ,
                   called
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     English
                     Lovers
                  
                   and
                   (
                   if
                   we
                   believe
                   Mr.
                   Winstanly
                   )
                   
                     A
                     compleat
                     History
                     of
                     the
                     late
                     Times
                     ,
                  
                   and
                   
                     A
                     Chronicle
                     of
                     the
                     Kingdom
                     of
                     Portugal
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Samuel
               Daniel
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               flourish'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               
                 Queen
                 Elizabeth
              
               and
               King
               Iames
               I.
               he
               was
               born
               near
               Taunton
               in
               Somersetshire
               ,
               and
               was
               entred
               Commoner
               of
               St.
               
                 Mary
                 Magdalen-Hall
                 ,
                 Oxon
              
               ,
               1581.
               ●n
               the
               19th
               Year
               of
               his
               Age
               ;
               from
               whence
               ,
               after
               Three
               Years
               Study
               ,
               his
               Merit
               ,
               and
               his
               Brother-in-law
               ,
               Florio
               ,
               prefer'd
               him
               to
               be
               one
               of
               the
               Grooms
               of
               Queen
               Ann.
               Most
               of
               his
               Plays
               he
               writ
               at
               a
               little
               Retreat
               from
               London
               :
               weary
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               he
               at
               last
               retired
               into
               Wiltshire
               or
               Somersetshire
               ,
               and
               there
               turn'd
               Farmer
               ,
               living
               in
               those
               Parts
               till
               he
               was
               near
               Eighty
               Years
               Old
               ,
               to
               whose
               Memory
               a
               Monument
               was
               erected
               in
               the
               Parish-Church
               ,
               at
               the
               Charge
               of
               the
               
               Lady
               
                 Ann
                 Clifford
              
               (
               to
               whom
               he
               had
               been
               Tutor
               )
               afterwards
               Countess
               of
               
                 Pembrook
                 ,
                 Dorset
              
               ,
               and
               Montgomery
               .
               Besides
               his
               excellent
               History
               of
               England
               ,
               Printed
               in
               Folio
               ,
               and
               continued
               by
               Trussel
               ,
               he
               left
               behind
               him
               several
               Poetical
               Pieces
               ,
               among
               them
               Five
               Dramatick
               ,
               of
               which
               in
               their
               Order
               :
               
                 
                   Cleopatra
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1611.
                   and
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1622.
                   
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   the
                   Countess
                   of
                   Pembrook
                   :
                   The
                   last
                   Edition
                   is
                   much
                   amended
                   ,
                   and
                   far
                   excels
                   the
                   first
                   .
                   For
                   the
                   Story
                   see
                   
                     Plutarch's
                     Lives
                     of
                     Pompey
                     and
                     Anthony
                     ;
                     Florus
                     ,
                     lib.
                  
                   4.
                   c.
                   11.
                   
                   
                     Appian
                     de
                     Bel.
                     Civil
                     .
                     lib.
                  
                   5.
                   but
                   chiefly
                   ,
                   
                   Otway's
                   Translation
                   of
                   a
                   French
                   Book
                   called
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     History
                     of
                     the
                     Three
                     Triumvirates
                     ,
                  
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1686.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   much
                   esteemed
                   in
                   its
                   time
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Hymen's
                     Triumph
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Pastoral
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1623.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   presented
                   at
                   the
                   Queen's
                   Court
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Nuptials
                   of
                   the
                   Lord
                   Roxborough
                   ,
                   and
                   Dedicated
                   in
                   Verse
                   to
                   the
                   most
                   excellent
                   Majesty
                   of
                   the
                   Highest
                   Born
                   Princess
                   ,
                   Ann
                   of
                   Denmark
                   ,
                   Queen
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   Philotas
                   ,
                   his
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1623.
                   and
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   King
                   Charles
                   the
                   First
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   was
                   Prince
                   .
                   This
                   was
                   the
                   first
                   Play
                   our
                   Author
                   writ
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   esteemed
                   ,
                   tho'
                   at
                   first
                   met
                   with
                   some
                   Opposition
                   ,
                   the
                   Reason
                   you
                   may
                   find
                   by
                   his
                   Apology
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   End
                   of
                   the
                   Play
                   ;
                   where
                   he
                   handsomly
                   acquits
                   himself
                   from
                   the
                   Imputation
                   cast
                   on
                   him
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Plutarch's
                     Life
                     of
                     Alexander
                     ;
                     Quint.
                     Curt.
                     Book
                  
                   6
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Queen's
                     Arcadia
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Pastoral
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1623.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   presented
                   to
                   the
                   Queen
                   and
                   her
                   Ladies
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   University
                   of
                   Oxon
                   in
                   
                     Christ
                     Church
                     Colledge
                  
                   ,
                   1605.
                   
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Queen's
                   Majesty
                   .
                   Act.
                   1.
                   
                   Scene
                   2.
                   of
                   Carinus
                   and
                   Amintas
                   ,
                   resemble
                   
                   Quinault's
                   Philene
                   ,
                   and
                   Daphnis
                   ,
                   in
                   his
                   Comedy
                   
                     Sans
                     Comedie
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Scene
                   4.
                   
                   Act
                   2.
                   and
                   the
                   7th
                   Scene
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Act
                   ,
                   are
                   very
                   like
                   
                   Randolph's
                   Amintas
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Vision
                     of
                     the
                     Twelve
                     Goddesses
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1623.
                   
                   Presented
                   by
                   the
                   Queen
                   and
                   her
                   Ladies
                   at
                   
                     Hampton
                     Court
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   the
                   Lady
                   Lucy
                   ,
                   Countess
                   of
                   Bedford
                   ,
                   and
                   because
                   this
                   was
                   first
                   publish'd
                   imperfect
                   ,
                   the
                   Author
                   soon
                   after
                   publish'd
                   it
                   from
                   his
                   own
                   Copy
                   to
                   prevent
                   its
                   suffering
                   for
                   the
                   Future
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 D'avenant
              
               ,
            
             
               THE
               Son
               of
               
                 Iohn
                 D'avenant
                 ,
                 Vintner
              
               of
               Oxford
               ,
               in
               that
               very
               House
               that
               has
               now
               the
               Sign
               of
               the
               Crown
               near
               Carfax
               ;
               a
               House
               much
               frequented
               by
               Shakespear
               in
               his
               frequent
               Iourneys
               to
               Warwick-shire
               ;
               whither
               for
               the
               Beautiful
               Mistress
               of
               the
               House
               ,
               or
               the
               good
               Wine
               ,
               I
               shall
               not
               determine
               .
               Our
               Author
               was
               Born
               there
               in
               the
               Year
               1605.
               in
               February
               ,
               and
               Christen'd
               on
               the
               3d
               of
               
               March
               following
               ,
               he
               was
               admitted
               a
               Member
               of
               Lincoln
               Colledge
               ,
               1621.
               the
               same
               Year
               that
               his
               Father
               was
               Mayor
               of
               that
               City
               :
               After
               some
               Smattering
               in
               Logick
               ,
               he
               quitted
               those
               Studies
               for
               Poetry
               ,
               which
               prov'd
               more
               advantagious
               to
               him
               than
               to
               any
               Modern
               Professor
               of
               that
               Art.
               From
               
               Lincoln-Colledge
               he
               went
               first
               into
               the
               Service
               of
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Richmond
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               to
               that
               of
               Foulk
               Lord
               Brook
               ;
               after
               whose
               Death
               he
               apply'd
               himself
               to
               Writing
               of
               Plays
               .
               In
               the
               Year
               1637.
               he
               succeeded
               
                 Ben.
                 Iohnson
              
               as
               Poet
               Laureat
               ;
               1641
               he
               was
               accused
               of
               endeavouring
               to
               Seduce
               the
               Army
               ;
               Flying
               on
               a
               Proclamation
               ,
               he
               was
               taken
               at
               Feversham
               in
               Kent
               ,
               committed
               Prisoner
               to
               a
               Serjeant
               at
               Arms
               ,
               was
               Bail'd
               ,
               and
               fled
               for
               France
               ;
               returning
               he
               was
               made
               General
               of
               the
               Ordinance
               ,
               by
               the
               Marquess
               of
               New-Castle
               ,
               he
               was
               Knighted
               by
               the
               King
               ,
               1643.
               toward
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               he
               retired
               again
               into
               France
               ,
               and
               began
               his
               Gondibert
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1650.
               he
               was
               taken
               at
               Sea
               by
               an
               English
               Ship
               ,
               carried
               Prisoner
               to
               the
               Isle
               of
               Weight
               ;
               thence
               removed
               to
               the
               Tower
               ,
               and
               had
               been
               tried
               for
               his
               Life
               ,
               1651.
               had
               not
               the
               Mediation
               of
               the
               Divine
               Milton
               prevented
               it
               ,
               and
               got
               him
               his
               Liberty
               ,
               as
               Prisoner
               at
               Large
               .
               His
               Patrons
               
                 Endimion
                 Porter
              
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Iermin
               (
               afterwards
               Lord
               St.
               Albans
               )
               got
               him
               as
               a
               Reward
               of
               his
               Poetry
               and
               Services
               ,
               the
               Place
               of
               Commissioner
               of
               the
               Customs
               ,
               and
               a
               Patent
               for
               a
               Company
               of
               Actors
               ,
               who
               first
               set
               up
               in
               the
               same
               Tenniscourt
               in
               
                 Little
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
              
               ,
               where
               they
               now
               Act
               :
               But
               finding
               the
               good
               Acting
               of
               the
               other
               Company
               won
               the
               Favour
               of
               the
               Town
               ,
               he
               set
               up
               the
               Whim
               of
               Opera's
               .
               He
               was
               Laureat
               to
               Charles
               the
               I.
               &
               II.
               he
               dy'd
               the
               7th
               of
               April
               ,
               1668.
               
               Aged
               63
               ,
               and
               is
               Buried
               among
               the
               Poets
               in
               Westminster-Abbey
               .
               His
               Works
               are
               Published
               Fol.
               1673.
               
            
             
               His
               Plays
               which
               follow
               in
               Order
               ,
               were
               most
               of
               them
               Acted
               with
               Applause
               ,
               and
               Printed
               in
               the
               Author's
               Life-time
               separately
               in
               4
               to
               .
               and
               since
               together
               in
               Folio
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Albovin
                   King
                   of
                   the
                   Lombards
                
                 ,
                 his
                 Tragedy
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 and
                 fol.
                 The
                 Design
                 is
                 founded
                 on
                 History
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 whole
                 Story
                 related
                 in
                 
                   Bandello's
                   Histoires
                   Tragiques
                
                 ,
                 Tom.
                 4.
                 
                 Nov.
                 19.
                 
                 
                   Paulus
                   Diaconus
                   de
                   Gestis
                   Longobardorum
                
                 ,
                 lib.
                 2.
                 c.
                 28.
                 
                 
                   Greg.
                   Episc.
                   Turonensis
                   Hist.
                   Franconum
                
                 ,
                 lib.
                 2.
                 c.
                 28.
                 
                 
                   Heylin's
                   Cosmog
                
                 .
                 Part
                 1.
                 
                 Book
                 1.
                 
                 Page
                 57.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Britannia
                   Triumphans
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Masque
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 written
                 by
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Inigo
                   Iones
                
                 the
                 King's
                 Surveyor
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cruel
                   Brother
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 and
                 fol.
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 the
                 Lord
                 Weston
                 ,
                 Lord
                 High
                 Treasurer
                 of
                 England
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Distresses
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 Printed
                 in
                 Fol.
                 1673.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Entertainment
                   at
                   Rutland
                   House
                
                 ,
                 Printed
                 in
                 fol.
                 1673.
                 
                 This
                 was
                 presented
                 by
                 way
                 of
                 Declamation
                 ,
                 and
                 Musick
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 manner
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Ancients
                 :
                 The
                 Musick
                 ,
                 Vocal
                 and
                 Instrumental
                 was
                 Compos'd
                 by
                 Dr.
                 Coleman
                 ,
                 Captain
                 Cook
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Lawes
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Hudson
                 ,
                 all
                 eminent
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 it
                 was
                 first
                 represented●
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Fair
                   Favourite
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 first
                 Printed
                 in
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 and
                 since
                 in
                 fol.
                 1673.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Iust
                   Italian
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 first
                 Printed
                 in
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 and
                 since
                 in
                 fol.
                 1673.
                 
                 Dedicated
                 at
                 first
                 Publishing
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 Earl
                 of
                 Dorset
                 ,
                 with
                 Recommendatory
                 Verses
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Hopkins
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Carew
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Law
                   against
                   Lovers
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 1673.
                 
                 Taken
                 from
                 two
                 Plays
                 of
                 Shakespear
                 ,
                 viz.
                 
                   Measure
                   for
                   Measure
                
                 ,
                 and
                 ,
                 
                   Much
                   ado
                   about
                   nothing
                
                 ;
                 the
                 Language
                 much
                 amended
                 and
                 polish'd
                 by
                 our
                 Author
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Love
                   and
                   Honour
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 and
                 fol.
                 Acted
                 both
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 in
                 
                   Little
                   Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Dorset-Garden
                 ,
                 with
                 Applause
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Man
                   's
                   the
                   Master
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 and
                 fol.
                 often
                 Acted
                 with
                 Applause
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Scarron's
                   Ioddelet
                   ,
                   ou
                   Le
                   Maistre
                   Valet
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Platonick
                   Lovers
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 and
                 fol.
                 first
                 Printed
                 in
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 with
                 the
                 Wits
                 ,
                 another
                 Play
                 of
                 this
                 Authors
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Play-House
                   to
                   be
                   Lett
                   ,
                   fol.
                
                 The
                 second
                 Act
                 consists
                 of
                 a
                 French
                 Farce
                 Translated
                 from
                 
                   Mollieres
                   Sagnarelle
                
                 :
                 The
                 third
                 and
                 fourth
                 Acts
                 contain
                 the
                 History
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   Francis
                   Drake
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Cruelty
                 of
                 the
                 Spaniands
                 in
                 Peru
                 :
                 The
                 fifth
                 Act
                 relates
                 the
                 Actions
                 of
                 
                   Caesar
                   Anthony
                
                 and
                 Cleopatra
                 ;
                 most
                 of
                 these
                 Acted
                 in
                 
                 Oliver's
                 time
                 ,
                 separately
                 by
                 stealth
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 Printed
                 first
                 in
                 4
                 to
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Siege
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 1673.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Siege
                   of
                   Rhodes
                
                 ,
                 in
                 two
                 Parts
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 and
                 fol.
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Clarendon
                 ,
                 Lord
                 High
                 Chancellor
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 Acted
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 in
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 true
                 Story
                 see
                 
                   Boissardi
                   Icones
                   &
                   vitae
                   Sultanorum
                   Turcicorum
                   in
                   Vit.
                   Solym.
                
                 2.
                 
                 
                   Tho.
                   Artus
                   Continuation
                   de
                   la
                   Histoire
                   des
                   Turc's
                   ,
                
                 and
                 our
                 English
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Turks
                 ,
                 by
                 Knolles
                 .
              
               
                 
                   News
                   from
                   Plymouth
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 1673.
                 
                 Acted
                 formerly
                 at
                 the
                 Globe
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Temple
                   of
                   Love
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Masque
                 ,
                 fol.
                 1673.
                 
                 This
                 was
                 in
                 King
                 Charles
                 the
                 Ist's
                 time
                 ,
                 presented
                 at
                 Court
                 by
                 his
                 Queen
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 of
                 the
                 Nobility
                 ,
                 both
                 Lords
                 and
                 Ladies
                 ,
                 the
                 Scenes
                 and
                 Habits
                 were
                 very
                 magnificent
                 and
                 Glorious
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Triumphs
                   of
                   the
                   Prince
                   d'
                   Amour
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Masque
                 ,
                 presented
                 by
                 his
                 Highness
                 ,
                 at
                 his
                 Palace
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Middle
                   Temple
                   ,
                   fol.
                
                 1673.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Members
                 of
                 that
                 Honourable
                 Society
                 ,
                 as
                 an
                 Entertainment
                 to
                 the
                 Prince
                 Elector
                 .
                 The
                 Author
                 Compos'd
                 it
                 in
                 three
                 Days
                 time
                 ;
                 the
                 Musick
                 of
                 the
                 Songs
                 set
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Henry
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 
                   William
                   Lawes
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Wits
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 and
                 fol.
                 first
                 Acted
                 at
                 
                   Black
                   Fryers
                
                 ,
                 and
                 since
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 ,
                 with
                 Applause
                 .
                 ●
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Dr.
               
                 Charles
                 Davenant
              
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Gentleman
               is
               the
               eldest
               Son
               of
               Sir
               William
               ,
               and
               Dr.
               of
               Laws
               ;
               he
               is
               yet
               Living
               ,
               and
               has
               given
               us
               one
               Proof
               that
               
                 Horoum
                 filii
                 noxae
              
               ,
               is
               not
               always
               true
               in
               his
               Play
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               Circe
               ,
               an
               Oper●
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1677.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               with
               Applause
               .
               Plot
               founded
               on
               
                 Poetical
                 History
              
               ;
               see
               
                 Ovid's
                 Metamorph
                 .
                 Natal
                 .
                 Comes
                 ,
                 Boccace
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               Davenport
               .
            
             
               HE
               liv'd
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               Charles
               I.
               writ
               two
               Plays
               ,
               which
               were
               not
               Printed
               till
               the
               succeeding
               Reign
               ;
               he
               is
               Author
               of
               two
               Dramatick
               pieces
               ,
               Acted
               with
               great
               Applause
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 City
                 Night-Cap
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1661.
               
               Plot
               from
               Don
               Quixot's
               Novel
               of
               the
               
                 Curious
                 Impertinent
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Boccaces
                 Novels
              
               ,
               Day
               7.
               
               Nov.
               7.
               
            
             
               
                 Iohn
                 and
                 Matilda
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1655.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               
                 Montague
                 Bertie
              
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Lindsey
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               see
               
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Martin
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
              
               and
               Baker's
               Chronicles
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Iohn
               .
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               Dauborn
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               was
               both
               Poet
               and
               Divine
               ;
               he
               liv'd
               in
               the
               time
               of
               K.
               Iames
               I.
               was
               Master
               of
               Arts
               ,
               but
               of
               which
               University
               is
               uncertain
               .
               He
               writ
               these
               two
               Plays
               following
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Christian
                     turn'd
                     Turk
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1612.
                   
                   The
                   Story
                   from
                   a
                   Printed
                   Book
                   ,
                   entituled
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Overthrow
                     of
                     Captain
                     Ward
                  
                   and
                   Dansiker
                   ,
                   two
                   Pirates
                   ,
                   written
                   by
                   one
                   Barker
                   ,
                   and
                   Published
                   1609.
                   4
                   to
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Poor
                     Man's
                     Comfort
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Printed
                   1665.
                   but
                   Acted
                   many
                   Years
                   before
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Day
               .
            
             
               HE
               liv'd
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               Iames
               I.
               was
               once
               Student
               of
               Gonvile
               and
               
                 Caius
                 Coll.
              
               in
               Cambridge
               ,
               and
               has
               Writ
               Six
               Plays
               ,
               (
               viz.
               )
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Blind
                     Beggar
                     of
                     Bednal-Green
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   merry
                   Humour
                   of
                   
                     Tom.
                     Stroud
                  
                   the
                   Norfolk
                   Yeoman
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1659.
                   
                   For
                   the
                   true
                   Story
                   see
                   our
                   
                     English
                     Chronicles
                  
                   in
                   the
                   Reign
                   of
                   King
                   Henry
                   VI.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Humour
                     out
                     of
                     Breath
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1608.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Isle
                     of
                     Gulls
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1633.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   often
                   Acted
                   in
                   the
                   
                     Black
                     Fryers
                  
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   then
                   Children
                   of
                   the
                   Reve●s
                   ;
                   Plot
                   from
                   Sir
                   
                     Philip
                     Sidney's
                     Arcadia
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Law
                     Tricks
                     ,
                     or
                     who
                     would
                     have
                     thought
                     it
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1608.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   also
                   divers
                   times
                   Acted
                   by
                   the
                   Children
                   of
                   the
                   Revels
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Parliament
                     of
                     Bees
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   their
                   proper
                   Characters
                   ,
                   or
                   (
                   says
                   the
                   Title
                   )
                   
                     A
                     Bee-hive
                  
                   ,
                   furnish'd
                   with
                   Twelve
                   Honey-Combs
                   ,
                   as
                   pleasant
                   as
                   profitable
                   :
                   This
                   in
                   former
                   Catalogues
                   is
                   accounted
                   a
                   Masque
                   .
                   Printed
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1607.
                   
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   a
                   worthy
                   Gentleman
                   (
                   viz.
                   )
                   Mr.
                   
                     George
                     Butler
                  
                   ,
                   who
                   has
                   Writ
                   and
                   Published
                   a
                   Treatise
                   of
                   Bees
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Travels
                     of
                     the
                     Three
                  
                   English
                   Brothers
                   ,
                   Sir
                   Thomas
                   ,
                   Sir
                   Anthony
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   
                     Robert
                     Shirley
                  
                   ,
                   an
                   Historical
                   Play
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1607.
                   
                   Ro●ley
                   and
                   Wilkins
                   joined
                   with
                   this
                   Author
                   in
                   Composing
                   this
                   History
                   for
                   the
                   Stage
                   .
                   See
                   Dr.
                   
                     Fuller's
                     Worthies
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   his
                   Description
                   of
                   
                     Sussex
                     ,
                     p.
                  
                   107.
                   see
                   also
                   our
                   
                     English
                     Chronicles
                  
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Deckar
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               was
               a
               Contemporary
               of
               Ben.
               Iohnson's
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               K.
               Iames
               I.
               and
               his
               Antagonist
               for
               the
               Bays
               ;
               he
               Writ
               Eight
               Plays
               entire
               ,
               and
               four
               others
               assisted
               with
               
                 Webster
                 ,
                 Rowley
              
               ,
               and
               Ford
               ,
               in
               all
               Twelve
               ,
               which
               take
               as
               follow
               .
            
             
               
                 Fortunatus
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1600.
                 stiled
                 ,
                 
                   Old
                   Fortunatus
                
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 is
                 not
                 divided
                 into
                 Acts
                 ;
                 the
                 story
                 is
                 taken
                 from
                 the
                 stitch'd
                 Book
                 of
                 Fortunatus
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Honest
                   Whore
                
                 ,
                 the
                 First
                 Part
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Humours
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Patient
                   Man
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Longing
                   Wife
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1635.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 her
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 with
                 great
                 Applause
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Honest
                   Whore
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Second
                 Part
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Humors
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Patient
                   Man
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Impatient
                   Wife
                
                 ,
                 also
                 the
                 Comical
                 passage
                 of
                 an
                 
                   Italian
                   Bridewel
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1630.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 is
                 not
                 divided
                 into
                 Acts
                 ,
                 nor
                 ever
                 ,
                 (
                 I
                 suppose
                 )
                 Acted
                 .
                 
                   See
                   Harrington's
                   Epig.
                
                 at
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 his
                 
                   Orlando
                   Furioso
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   If
                   this
                   b'ent
                   a
                   good
                   Play
                   ,
                   the
                   Devil
                   's
                   in
                   't
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 16
                 a
                 Play
                 then
                 Acted
                 with
                 great
                 Applause
                 by
                 the
                 Queen's
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 .
                 See
                 Machiavel's
                 Novel
                 of
                 Belphegor
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Match
                   me
                   in
                   London
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1631.
                 
                 This
                 was
                 then
                 accounted
                 a
                 good
                 Play
                 and
                 often
                 Acted
                 both
                 at
                 the
                 Bull
                 in
                 
                   St.
                   Iohn's
                   street
                
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Northward
                   Hoe
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1607.
                 sundry
                 times
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 
                   Paul's
                   .
                   Iohn
                   Webster
                
                 joined
                 with
                 our
                 Author
                 in
                 this
                 Play.
                 See
                 
                   Ducento
                   Novelle
                   del
                   Signior
                   Celio
                   Malespini
                   ,
                   part
                
                 1.
                 
                 Nov.
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 Satyromastyx
                 ,
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Vntrussing
                   the
                   Humorous
                   Poet
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1602.
                 presented
                 Publickly
                 by
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                 Chamberlain's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 privately
                 by
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 St.
                 
                   Paul's
                   .
                   
                   Ben.
                   Iohnson's
                   Poetaster
                
                 (
                 wherein
                 he
                 is
                 severe
                 on
                 this
                 our
                 Author
                 )
                 occasioned
                 the
                 Writing
                 of
                 this
                 Play.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Westward
                   Hoe
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1607.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 divers
                 times
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 
                 Paul's
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Webster
                 also
                 was
                 concerned
                 in
                 producing
                 this
                 Play.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Whore
                   of
                   Babylon
                
                 ,
                 a
                 History
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1607.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Prince's
                 Servants
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 design'd
                 to
                 expose
                 the
                 Roman
                 Catholicks
                 ,
                 especially
                 the
                 Iesuits
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 sets
                 forth
                 the
                 excellent
                 Virtues
                 of
                 Queen
                 Elizabeth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 many
                 Dangers
                 she
                 escaped
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Wyat's
                   History
                
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 16
                 In
                 this
                 Mr.
                 Webster
                 joined
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 a
                 Play
                 Mr.
                 Langbain
                 never
                 saw
                 .
                 See
                 the
                 English
                 Chron.
                 in
                 the
                 Reign
                 of
                 Queen
                 Mary
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Witch
                   of
                   Edmonton
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1658
                 In
                 this
                 Play
                 Mr.
                 Rowley
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ford
                 joined
                 with
                 him
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Wonder
                   of
                   a
                   Kingdom
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1636.
                 
              
            
             
               He
               likewise
               writ
               with
               Mr.
               
                 Philip
                 Massenger
              
               ,
               the
               
                 Virgin
                 Martyr
              
               ,
               and
               with
               Mr.
               Middleton
               ,
               the
               
                 Roaring
                 Girl
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Denham
              
               ,
               Knight
               of
               the
               Bath
               .
            
             
               HE
               was
               born
               in
               Ireland
               ,
               tho'
               his
               Father
               was
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Denham
              
               of
               Horsley
               in
               Essex
               ,
               but
               was
               at
               the
               Birth
               of
               this
               his
               only
               Son
               a
               Iudge
               in
               that
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               Lord
               Chief
               Baron
               of
               the
               Exchequer
               ;
               on
               his
               being
               promoted
               to
               the
               Exchequer
               in
               England
               ,
               he
               brought
               over
               our
               Author
               very
               young
               .
               In
               the
               year
               1631.
               he
               was
               sent
               to
               Trinity-Colledge
               in
               Oxon
               :
               After
               some
               few
               years
               he
               left
               Oxon
               for
               London
               ,
               where
               he
               applied
               himself
               to
               the
               Study
               of
               the
               Civil
               Law.
               By
               the
               Assistance
               of
               
                 Hugh
                 Peters
              
               ,
               he
               got
               admission
               to
               Charles
               I.
               then
               in
               the
               Armies
               Hands
               at
               Causham
               ,
               being
               then
               employed
               on
               a
               Message
               to
               him
               by
               the
               Queen
               ,
               to
               whom
               he
               had
               offered
               his
               Service
               ,
               which
               Negotiation
               he
               perform'd
               ,
               so
               that
               he
               was
               further
               employ'd
               by
               the
               King
               :
               but
               being
               discover'd
               by
               Mr.
               
               Cowley's
               Hand
               being
               known
               ,
               he
               escaped
               beyond
               Sea
               ,
               where
               he
               afterwards
               gave
               his
               Attendance
               on
               King
               Charles
               II.
               who
               oftentimes
               gave
               him
               Subjects
               to
               write
               on
               .
               He
               made
               him
               Surveyor
               General
               of
               his
               Royal
               Buildings
               ,
               and
               at
               his
               Coronation
               Knight
               of
               the
               Bath
               .
               He
               dy'd
               at
               his
               House
               near
               
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 March
              
               10th
               ,
               1668.
               and
               was
               Buried
               among
               the
               Poets
               in
               Westminster-Abbey
               .
               He
               hath
               writ
               divers
               Poems
               and
               Translations
               in
               8
               vo
               .
               among
               them
               
                 Cooper's
                 Hill
              
               ,
               a
               Piece
               much
               commended
               ;
               at
               the
               end
               of
               these
               Poems
               is
               one
               Play
               of
               this
               Author's
               ,
               wherein
               he
               shews
               his
               Ability
               in
               Dramatick
               Poesy
               .
               It
               is
               Entituled
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Sophy
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1671.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               
                 Black
                 Friers
              
               with
               good
               Applause
               ;
               it
               was
               first
               Printed
               in
               4
               to
               .
               1642.
               
               Plot
               from
               
                 Herbert's
                 Travels
              
               ,
               Life
               of
               Abbas
               .
               The
               same
               Story
               is
               differently
               handled
               by
               Mr.
               Baron
               in
               his
               Tragedy
               of
               Mirza
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Iohn
               Dennis
               .
            
             
               THis
               Gentleman
               now
               Living
               ,
               has
               made
               himself
               a
               Name
               by
               several
               Books
               ,
               both
               in
               Prose
               and
               Verse
               ,
               which
               he
               has
               Published
               ,
               but
               for
               none
               more
               than
               his
               Critical
               Observations
               on
               the
               so
               much
               Celebrated
               Prince
               Arthur
               ,
               writ
               by
               Sir
               
                 Richard
                 Blackmore
              
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               has
               shewed
               himself
               a
               perfect
               Critick
               ,
               and
               Master
               of
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               Penetration
               and
               Iudgment
               ;
               his
               Remarks
               being
               beyond
               Controversy
               just
               ,
               and
               the
               Faults
               he
               finds
               undeniably
               such
               .
               I
               am
               not
               able
               to
               give
               any
               Account
               of
               his
               Parents
               .
               He
               was
               Born
               in
               London
               ,
               his
               Education
               was
               at
               Gonvile
               and
               
                 Caius
                 College
              
               in
               Cambridge
               ,
               which
               he
               improv'd
               afterwards
               by
               Travel
               and
               the
               best
               Conversation
               ;
               but
               the
               occasion
               of
               his
               being
               mentioned
               here
               ,
               is
               a
               Dramatick
               piece
               he
               has
               lately
               Publish'd
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 A
                 Plot
                 and
                 no
                 Plot
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               1697.
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Robert
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Sunderland
               ,
               Lord
               Chamberlain
               of
               his
               Majesty's
               Houshold
               .
               The
               Plot
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               our
               Author
               's
               own
               ,
               tho'
               I
               confess
               ,
               an
               Incident
               or
               two
               are
               not
               so
               new
               as
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Play
               may
               justly
               be
               said
               to
               be
               ;
               for
               old
               Bulls
               being
               perswaded
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               in
               Newgate
               ,
               when
               he
               's
               in
               his
               own
               House
               ,
               is
               not
               unlike
               an
               incident
               in
               the
               City-Politicks
               ,
               and
               young
               Bulls
               being
               married
               by
               Baldernoe
               has
               been
               in
               the
               
                 Old
                 Batchelor
                 ,
                 The
                 City
                 Match
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               This
               Play
               is
               exactly
               regular
               ,
               and
               discovers
               it self
               writ
               by
               a
               Master
               of
               the
               Art
               of
               the
               Stage
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               by
               a
               Man
               of
               Wit
               ;
               the
               justness
               ,
               fineness
               ,
               and
               delicacy
               of
               the
               Reflections
               ,
               the
               pleasantness
               of
               the
               Humours
               ,
               the
               Novelty
               and
               Distinction
               of
               the
               Characters
               ,
               the
               admirable
               Conduct
               and
               Design
               of
               the
               whole
               ,
               with
               the
               useful
               Moral
               of
               the
               Play
               ,
               places
               it
               in
               the
               Rank
               of
               the
               best
               Comedies
               of
               this
               latter
               Age
               of
               Poetry
               ;
               and
               tho'
               he
               himself
               term
               it
               low
               Comedy
               ,
               gives
               us
               a
               Desire
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Hopes
               ,
               of
               some
               more
               Noble
               Performance
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Dilke
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               now
               living
               ,
               who
               (
               as
               I
               am
               informed
               )
               was
               some
               time
               a
               Student
               of
               
                 Oriel
                 Coll.
              
               in
               Oxon
               ,
               has
               since
               quitted
               the
               Camp
               for
               the
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               Mars
               for
               Apollo
               ;
               he
               has
               given
               the
               World
               two
               Plays
               with
               different
               Success
               ,
               the
               last
               of
               which
               comes
               first
               in
               order
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   City
                   Lady
                
                 ,
                 or
                 
                   Folly
                   Reclaimed
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 Acted
                 by
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 in
                 
                   Little
                   Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1697.
                 
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 
                   Fisher
                   Wentworth
                
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
                 This
                 Play
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Author
                 tells
                 us
                 in
                 the
                 Epistle
                 ,
                 miscarried
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 Night's
                 Representatation
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 owns
                 he
                 has
                 not
                 hit
                 the
                 Humours
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 in
                 some
                 of
                 his
                 principal
                 parts●
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Lover's
                   Luck
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 in
                 
                   Little
                   Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1696.
                 
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 the
                 Lord
                 Raby
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               Play
               ,
               as
               the
               Author
               takes
               care
               to
               inform
               us
               ,
               met
               with
               a
               general
               Applause
               .
               As
               to
               the
               Characters
               ,
               they
               are
               most
               but
               Copies
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Nicholas
                 Purflew
              
               ,
               of
               the
               Antiquary
               of
               
                 Marmion
                 ;
                 Goosandelo
              
               ,
               of
               Sir
               Courtly
               ,
               and
               Sir
               
                 Fopling
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               I
               won't
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               Poet
               had
               the
               Sharpers
               in
               the
               Squire
               of
               Alsatia
               in
               his
               Eye
               ,
               when
               he
               drew
               
                 Eager
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               but
               there
               is
               some
               resemblance
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tho.
               Dogget
               .
            
             
               AN
               excellent
               Comedian
               ,
               now
               living
               ,
               who
               dealing
               daily
               in
               the
               Products
               of
               Parnassus
               ,
               found
               himself
               inspired
               with
               the
               Vein
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               that
               has
               spread
               so
               far
               among
               his
               Brothers
               of
               the
               Stage
               ,
               and
               has
               given
               us
               a
               very
               diverting
               Play
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Country
                 Wake
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               Acted
               at
               the
               New
               Theatre
               in
               
                 Little
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
              
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               1696.
               4
               to
               .
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Illustrious
               and
               truly
               Noble
               Iames
               ,
               Duke
               ,
               Marquess
               and
               Earl
               of
               Ormond
               ,
               in
               England
               and
               
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               This
               Play
               was
               well
               received
               ,
               but
               whether
               it
               was
               owing
               to
               the
               admirable
               Account
               of
               the
               Author
               ,
               or
               his
               Writing
               ,
               or
               to
               both
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Reader
               ;
               that
               it
               has
               Merit
               ,
               is
               not
               to
               be
               doubted
               ,
               nor
               do
               I
               know
               of
               any
               remarkable
               Thefts
               from
               other
               Plays
               ,
               unless
               the
               imitation
               of
               
                 Shakespear's
                 Clowns
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Character
               of
               Hob
               ,
               which
               I
               look
               on
               as
               a
               praise
               to
               
                 Mor.
                 Dgget
              
               ,
               and
               no
               Fault
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Dover
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               Grays-Inn
               ,
               in
               the
               time
               of
               Charles
               II.
               whether
               he
               be
               yet
               living
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               he
               Writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               (
               viz.
               )
            
             
               
                 The
                 Roman
                 Generals
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Distressed
                 Ladies
              
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1697.
               
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Lord
               Brook.
               For
               the
               Plot
               see
               
               Plutarch's
               Lives
               of
               Caesar
               and
               Pompey
               .
               See
               also
               
                 Lucan
                 ,
                 Suet●nius
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Dr.
               
                 Iames
                 Drake
              
               .
            
             
               A
               Member
               of
               the
               Colledge
               of
               Physitians
               ,
               and
               formerly
               of
               Gonvile
               and
               
                 Caius
                 College
              
               in
               Cambridge
               .
               He
               has
               lately
               Publish'd
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Sham
                 Lawyer
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Lucky
                 Extravagant
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               1697.
               
               This
               Play
               ,
               as
               it
               wanted
               Success
               ,
               so
               it
               is
               for
               the
               most
               part
               borrowed
               from
               two
               of
               
               Fletcher's
               ,
               (
               viz.
               )
               
                 The
                 Spanish
                 Curate
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Wit
                 without
                 Money
              
               ;
               but
               whether
               our
               Author
               has
               improv'd
               the
               Materials
               ,
               or
               not
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               the
               Criticks
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Iohn
                 Dryden
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               THis
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               was
               Poet
               Laureat
               ,
               and
               Historiographer
               to
               the
               late
               King
               Iames
               ,
               is
               of
               a
               good
               Family
               ,
               (
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               )
               in
               Northamptonshire
               ,
               was
               Bred
               at
               the
               University
               of
               Cambridge
               ,
               and
               had
               some
               thoughts
               once
               (
               as
               I
               have
               been
               told
               )
               of
               entring
               a
               more
               profitable
               state
               of
               Life
               than
               Poetry
               ,
               where
               Learning
               met
               with
               more
               Encouragement
               ,
               I
               mean
               the
               Church
               :
               How
               early
               his
               Genius
               led
               him
               to
               Poetry
               ,
               I
               am
               not
               able
               to
               inform
               you
               ;
               but
               he
               was
               above
               thirty
               before
               he
               gave
               us
               his
               first
               Play
               ,
               which
               met
               with
               so
               little
               Success
               ,
               that
               if
               he
               had
               not
               had
               a
               peculiar
               force
               of
               Inclination
               to
               Writing
               ,
               he
               had
               been
               Discouraged
               ,
               for
               that
               Play
               indeed
               made
               no
               Promises
               of
               that
               great
               Man
               he
               was
               afterwards
               to
               be
               .
               He
               is
               a
               Poet
               that
               has
               met
               with
               Applause
               often
               above
               his
               Merit
               ;
               tho'
               in
               many
               of
               his
               Writings
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               confe●s'd
               ,
               he
               deserv'd
               the
               highest
               :
               But
               I
               must
               own
               ,
               I
               think
               ,
               his
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               if
               we
               must
               take
               our
               Standard
               of
               their
               Excellence
               from
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               the
               most
               incorrect
               of
               his
               Productions
               .
               There
               is
               generally
               indeed
               the
               sublime
               ,
               but
               very
               rarely
               the
               Pathetick
               ;
               for
               in
               all
               his
               Plays
               he
               has
               not
               touch'd
               Compassion
               above
               thrice
               ,
               and
               that
               but
               weakly
               ;
               Terror
               he
               has
               often
               hit
               on
               ;
               but
               't
               is
               not
               for
               me
               to
               Censure
               a
               Man
               of
               no
               Vulgar
               Genius
               ;
               but
               what
               is
               necessary
               for
               the
               making
               this
               of
               a
               piece
               in
               its
               Impartiality
               .
               I
               shall
               give
               some
               Instances
               of
               his
               playing
               the
               Plagiary
               ,
               omitting
               all
               those
               scurrilous
               and
               Digressory●
               Reflections
               with
               which
               Mr.
               Langbain
               has
               bespatter'd
               him
               ,
               and
               through
               which
               indeed
               runs
               all
               along
               a
               great
               evidence
               of
               private
               and
               ungenerous
               Malice
               ,
               brought
               in
               ,
               tho'
               nothing
               to
               the
               Business
               before
               him
               .
            
             
               On
               the
               other
               hand
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               confess'd
               ,
               that
               he
               has
               ,
               (
               where
               he
               detects
               his
               Thefts
               )
               urged
               a
               great
               deal
               of
               Truth
               ;
               for
               Mr.
               Dryden
               has
               borrow'd
               from
               the
               French
               ,
               at
               the
               same
               time
               that
               he
               seems
               
               to
               contemn
               them
               ;
               unless
               it
               may
               be
               pretended
               ,
               that
               he
               has
               us'd
               them
               as
               Virgil
               did
               Ennius
               of
               old
               ,
               to
               extract
               Gold
               out
               of
               their
               Dung.
               For
               I
               never
               found
               him
               in
               any
               Theft
               indeed
               ,
               but
               what
               he
               gave
               a
               new
               Lustre
               too
               ,
               when
               taken
               ,
               ev'n
               from
               the
               best
               of
               the
               Ancients
               ;
               and
               I
               may
               therefore
               believe
               the
               same
               of
               what
               he
               has
               taken
               from
               the
               French.
               I
               shall
               not
               therefore
               pursue
               Mr.
               
               Langbain's
               steps
               in
               his
               Excursions
               ;
               only
               at
               the
               Foot
               of
               each
               Play
               ,
               lay
               down
               the
               places
               from
               whence
               he
               has
               borrowed
               .
               But
               the
               Reader
               must
               not
               expect
               I
               shall
               give
               him
               all
               that
               he
               owes
               for
               in
               each
               Play
               ,
               for
               that
               wou'd
               exceed
               the
               Limits
               of
               this
               Compendium
               ;
               it
               must
               suffice
               that
               I
               give
               some
               Instances
               of
               each
               ,
               to
               put
               him
               in
               mind
               of
               his
               own
               Deeds
               ,
               and
               so
               mollify
               his
               Reflections
               on
               those
               young
               Men
               that
               are
               now
               coming
               up
               ,
               and
               who
               may
               think
               it
               not
               below
               them
               to
               follow
               that
               Path
               which
               they
               have
               seen
               Conduct
               him
               to
               so
               much
               Glory
               ;
               of
               which
               in
               their
               Order
               .
            
             
               
                 Albion
                 and
                 Albanus
              
               ,
               an
               Opera
               ,
               fol.
               1685.
               presented
               at
               the
               Queen's
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               .
            
             
               
                 All
                 for
                 Love
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 World
                 well
                 Lost
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1678.
               
               For
               the
               Plot
               and
               some
               of
               the
               Descriptions
               ,
               especially
               
               Cleopatra's
               sailing
               down
               the
               Cydnus
               ,
               see
               
               Plutarch's
               
                 Life
                 of
                 Antony
                 ,
                 Suetonius
                 in
                 Aug.
                 Dion
                 Cassius
                 ,
              
               lib.
               48.
               51.
               
               Orosius
               ,
               lib.
               6.
               c.
               7.
               
               Cluny
               ,
               lib.
               4.
               c.
               11.
               
               
                 Appian
                 de
                 bellis
                 Civilibus
              
               ,
               l.
               5.
               
            
             
               Amboyna
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1673.
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               see
               
               Purchas's
               Pilgrimage
               ,
               Vol.
               II.
               l.
               16.
               c.
               16.
               
               
                 Sanderson's
                 History
                 of
                 King
                 Iames
              
               ,
               p.
               577.
               
               
                 Stubb's
                 Relation
                 of
                 the
                 Dutch
                 Cruelties
                 to
                 the
                 English
                 at
                 Amboyna
                 ;
                 Wanley's
                 History
                 of
                 Man
                 ,
              
               lib.
               4.
               c.
               10.
               ex
               .
               1.
               
               
                 The
                 Rape
                 of
                 Isabinda
                 by
                 Horman
                 ,
              
               is
               built
               on
               a
               Novel
               of
               
                 Cynthais
                 Gyraldi
              
               ,
               Idea
               5.
               
               Nov.
               10.
               
            
             
               Amphitryon
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Two
                 Socia's
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               from
               Moliere
               and
               Plautus
               of
               the
               same
               N●me
               .
            
             
               Assignation
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 Love
                 in
                 a
                 Nunnery
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1678.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal.
               Most
               of
               the
               Incidents
               borrowed
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Characters
               .
               The
               Characters
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               
                 Mantua
                 ,
                 Frederick
              
               and
               Lucretia
               ,
               from
               Constance
               the
               fair
               Nun
               in
               
                 The
                 Annals
                 of
                 Love
              
               ,
               p.
               81.
               those
               of
               
                 Aurelian
                 ,
                 Camillo
                 ,
                 Laura
              
               ,
               and
               Violetta
               ,
               from
               
               Scarron's
               Comical
               Romance
               ;
               
                 San's
                 Destiny
              
               ,
               and
               Madam
               Star.
               cap.
               13.
               p.
               43.
               
               Benito's
               Affectation
               of
               Musick
               ,
               from
               
                 Quinault's
                 Iadolet
              
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 Comedie
                 sous
                 Comedie
                 ,
                 Frontonas
              
               throwing
               Water
               on
               L●ura
               ,
               from
               
                 Les
                 contes
                 de
                 M.
                 de
                 la
                 Fontaine
                 ,
              
               Par.
               1.
               
               Nov.
               11.
               p.
               74.
               
               See
               likewise
               
                 Les
                 Cent.
                 Novelles
                 ,
                 La
                 Damoiselle
                 a
                 ceur
                 ouvert
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               Aureng-zebe
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1676.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ;
               for
               the
               Plot
               consult
               
                 Tavernier's
                 Travels
              
               ,
               vol.
               1.
               part
               2.
               
               C.
               2.
               
               I
               will
               not
               determine
               with
               Mr.
               Langbain
               ,
               that
               the
               Characters
               of
               Anreng-zebe
               and
               Nourmahal
               ,
               are
               borrowed
               from
               
                 Seneca's
                 Phaedra
              
               and
               Hippolytus
               ;
               since
               I
               see
               nothing
               alike
               through
               their
               whole
               Story
               ,
               but
               the
               Love
               of
               a
               Son-in-Law
               ,
               and
               his
               Aversion
               ;
               but
               that
               
               does
               by
               no
               means
               constitute
               the
               Character
               ,
               (
               which
               is
               a
               thing
               Mr.
               Langbain
               seems
               never
               to
               understand
               )
               Hippolytus
               has
               an
               Aversion
               to
               Love
               ,
               Aureng-zebe
               is
               in
               Love
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               Polite
               ;
               Hippolytus
               was
               a
               Hunter
               indeed
               ,
               and
               Aureng-zebe
               a
               Warrior
               :
               Nourmahal
               is
               a
               degree
               beyond
               the
               Lewdness
               of
               ev'n
               
                 Seneca's
                 Phaedra
              
               ,
               who
               Degenerated
               extremely
               from
               her
               Original
               in
               Euripides
               ,
               and
               indeed
               shews
               none
               of
               her
               Qualities
               ,
               but
               Revenge
               for
               disappointed
               Love
               :
               It
               must
               be
               own'd
               ,
               that
               these
               Lines
               which
               Mr.
               Langbain
               instances
               are
               borrowed
               from
               Seneca
               in
               that
               place
               ;
               
                 
                   
                     Aur.
                     Heavens
                     !
                     Can
                     you
                     this
                     without
                     just
                     Vengeance
                     bear
                     ?
                  
                   
                     When
                     will
                     you
                     Thunder
                     ,
                     if
                     you
                     now
                     are
                     clear
                     ?
                  
                   
                     Yet
                     her
                     alone
                     let
                     not
                     your
                     Thunder
                     seize
                     ,
                  
                   
                     I
                     too
                     deserve
                     to
                     dye
                     ,
                     because
                     I
                     please
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Hip.
                     Magne
                     Regnator
                     deum
                  
                   
                     Tam
                     lentus
                     audis
                     scelera
                     tam
                     lentus
                     vides
                  
                   
                     Ecquando
                     saeva
                     fulmen
                     emittes
                     Manu
                  
                   
                     Si
                     nunc
                     serenum
                     est
                  
                   
                     —
                     Me
                     velox
                     cremet
                     .
                  
                   
                     Transactus
                     ignis
                     sum
                     Nocens
                     ;
                     merui
                     mori
                  
                   
                     Placui
                     Novercae
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               Here
               ,
               what
               is
               uncommon
               with
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               he
               seems
               to
               have
               lost
               the
               Beauty
               of
               
               Seneca's
               Expression
               of
               
                 Me
                 velox
                 cremet
                 Transac●us
                 ignis
              
               ,
               which
               gives
               you
               some
               Image
               of
               the
               stroak
               of
               a
               Thunder-Bolt
               ,
               whereas
               Mr.
               Dryden
               
                 
                   Yet
                   her
                   alone
                   let
                   not
                   your
                   Thunder
                   seize
                   ,
                
              
               looks
               more
               like
               the
               taking
               a
               Thief
               or
               Debtor
               by
               a
               Constable
               or
               Bayliff
               ;
               for
               seizing
               is
               too
               calm
               ,
               and
               impotent
               a
               word
               to
               express
               the
               force
               of
               a
               Bolt
               sent
               from
               the
               Arm
               
                 Trisulci
                 Iovis
              
               .
               But
               this
               is
               the
               effect
               of
               Writing
               in
               Rhime
               ;
               for
               I
               'm
               confident
               he
               had
               never
               us'd
               that
               word
               in
               Blank
               Verse
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Hipp.
                   —
                   Thesei
                   vultus
                   amo
                
                 
                   Illos
                   priores
                   ,
                   quos
                   tulit
                   quondam
                   puer
                
                 
                   Cum
                   prima
                   turas
                   signare
                   barba
                   Genas
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   chang'd
                   ,
                   I
                   love
                   my
                   Husband
                   still
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   love
                   him
                   as
                   he
                   was
                   when
                   youthful
                   Grace
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   the
                   first
                   Bloom
                   began
                   to
                   shade
                   his
                   Face
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Again
               from
               
                 Milton's
                 Sampson
                 Agonistes
              
               .
            
             
               
               
                 
                   Dal.
                   I
                   see
                   thou
                   art
                   implacable
                   ,
                   more
                   Deaf
                
                 
                   To
                   Prayers
                   ,
                   than
                   Winds
                   and
                   Seas
                   ;
                   yet
                   Winds
                   to
                   Seas
                
                 
                   Are
                   reconcil'd
                   at
                   length
                   ,
                   and
                   Sea
                   to
                   Shoar
                
                 
                   Thy
                   anger
                   unappeaseable
                   still
                   rages
                   ;
                
                 
                   Eternal
                   Tempest
                   never
                   to
                   be
                   calm'd
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Eng.
                   Vnmov'd
                   he
                   stood
                   ,
                   and
                   deaf
                   to
                   all
                   my
                   Prayers
                   ,
                
                 
                   As
                   Seas
                   and
                   Winds
                   to
                   sinking
                   Mariners
                   :
                
                 
                   But
                   Seas
                   grow
                   calm
                   ,
                   and
                   Winds
                   are
                   reconcil'd
                   ;
                
                 
                   Her
                   Tyrant
                   Beauty
                   never
                   grows
                   more
                   mild
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Cleomenes
                 ,
                 The
                 Spartan
                 Heroe
              
               ,
               Trag.
               4
               to
               .
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               1692.
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Earl
               of
               Rochester
               ,
               Knight
               of
               the
               most
               Noble
               Order
               of
               the
               Garter
               :
               To
               which
               is
               prefix'd
               the
               Life
               of
               Cleomenes
               ,
               Translated
               from
               the
               Greek
               of
               Plutarch
               ,
               by
               Mr.
               Creech
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               by
               some
               Enemies
               of
               the
               Poets
               ,
               so
               misrepresented
               at
               Court
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               stop'd
               ;
               but
               by
               the
               generous
               Friendship
               of
               the
               late
               Lord
               Falkland
               ,
               clear'd
               from
               the
               Aspersions
               cast
               on
               it
               ,
               and
               Acted
               with
               great
               Applause
               .
               As
               for
               the
               Plot
               or
               Story
               ,
               the
               Author
               in
               his
               Preface
               owns
               it
               taken
               from
               Plutarch
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               has
               closely
               followed
               the
               Truth
               as
               he
               found
               it
               there
               ;
               only
               that
               he
               has
               chang'd
               ,
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               their
               sound
               ,
               some
               Names
               ,
               as
               that
               of
               Agathoclea
               ,
               the
               King's
               Mistress
               ,
               into
               Cassandra
               ,
               and
               that
               of
               Nicagoras
               into
               Caenus
               .
               To
               the
               Story
               he
               has
               added
               the
               Love
               of
               Cassandra
               for
               Cleomenes
               ,
               and
               has
               given
               him
               a
               second
               Wife
               ,
               which
               the
               Story
               only
               gave
               him
               a
               small
               hint
               for
               .
               And
               indeed
               our
               Author
               has
               trod
               upon
               Plutarch
               so
               close
               ,
               that
               the
               very
               words
               of
               that
               Author
               ,
               are
               Transplanted
               with
               little
               variation
               ,
               into
               the
               Play.
               You
               may
               read
               more
               of
               Cleomenes
               in
               Polybius
               ,
               and
               
                 Cornelius
                 Nepos
              
               in
               his
               Life
               .
            
             
               
                 Conquest
                 of
                 Granada
                 by
                 the
                 Spaniards
                 ,
              
               Two
               Parts
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1678.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal.
               Almanzor
               is
               very
               like
               
                 Ponce
                 de
                 Leon
              
               ,
               in
               Almahide
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Langbain
               observes
               ;
               but
               in
               my
               Opinion
               ,
               tho'
               there
               may
               be
               many
               Features
               like
               Ponce
               in
               the
               Draught
               ,
               yet
               Almanzor
               seems
               rather
               to
               be
               a
               Copy
               of
               the
               Achilles
               of
               Homer
               ,
               ill
               understood
               ,
               for
               he
               does
               more
               alone
               ,
               and
               without
               an
               Army
               to
               back
               him
               ,
               than
               Achilles
               with
               his
               Myrmidons
               ;
               Achilles
               was
               injur'd
               ,
               and
               desisted
               from
               fighting
               ,
               but
               Almanzor
               goes
               over
               to
               their
               Enemies
               ;
               nor
               is
               he
               fix'd
               there
               ,
               but
               receiving
               another
               Injury
               from
               Abdalla
               ,
               returns
               to
               B●abdelin
               ,
               takes
               it
               ill
               that
               he
               is
               mistrusted
               ,
               and
               tells
               them
               he
               will
               again
               change
               his
               side
               ,
               if
               provoked
               :
               But
               of
               him
               enough
               ,
               since
               no
               Man
               of
               good
               sence
               can
               think
               that
               Play
               's
               Success
               owing
               to
               the
               Excellency
               o●
               the
               Poet's
               Performance
               ,
               but
               the
               Extravagance
               ;
               for
               I
               have
               always
               observ'd
               it
               to
               have
               the
               Effect
               of
               Comedy
               on
               the
               Audience
               :
               But
               Mr.
               Langbain
               will
               indeed
               have
               him
               a
               Knight
               of
               the
               Shire
               almost
               ,
               and
               Represent
               
               the
               Extravagant
               Heroes
               of
               two
               or
               three
               Romances
               more
               ;
               as
               the
               Osmin
               of
               Gusman
               ,
               and
               Artaban
               of
               
                 Cleopatra
                 ,
                 Boabdeline
                 ,
                 Almahide
                 ,
                 Ferdinand
                 ,
                 Isabella
                 ,
                 Arcos
                 ,
                 Hamet
                 ,
                 Gomel
                 ,
              
               from
               the
               Romance
               of
               
                 Almahide
                 ,
                 Ozmin
              
               and
               Benzaida
               ,
               from
               Ozmin
               and
               Alibech
               in
               Ibraim
               ,
               &c.
               see
               also
               
                 Grand
                 Cyrus
                 ,
                 S.
              
               ix
               .
               Book
               1.
               for
               
                 Abdelmelech
                 ,
                 Lydaraxa
              
               ,
               &c.
               so
               much
               for
               the
               Characters
               ,
               now
               for
               the
               thoughts
               ;
               the
               Description
               of
               the
               Bull-Feast
               ,
               if
               allowing
               for
               the
               Rhime
               ,
               almost
               entirely
               taken
               from
               
                 Gusman's
                 Iuego
                 de
                 Toores
              
               ,
               and
               Cannas
               ;
               Con●ult
               the
               Story
               of
               Ozmin
               and
               Daraxa
               ,
               Pt.
               ●
               .
               page
               82
               ,
               85●
               the
               Description
               of
               the
               Factions
               from
               Almahide
               ,
               page
               1.
               
               The
               four
               ensuing
               lines
               spoke
               by
               Boabdeline
               ,
               from
               Prince
               
               Massa's
               Advice
               to
               Almahide
               ,
               p.
               6.
               the
               King's
               Speech
               going
               betwixt
               the
               Factions
               ,
               p.
               5.
               taken
               from
               Almahide
               ,
               pt
               .
               3.
               p.
               63.
               
               Tariffa
               and
               
               Ozmin's
               Quarrel
               ,
               and
               the
               Rise
               of
               the
               Famlies
               ,
               from
               
               Abindacray's
               Speech
               ,
               Al.
               p.
               2.
               
               
               Almanzor's
               killing
               Gomel
               ,
               his
               quelling
               the
               Tumult
               ,
               from
               
                 Alm.
                 p.
              
               64
               ,
               65.
               
               His
               Victory
               ,
               Act
               2d
               .
               and
               taking
               Acaos
               Prisoner
               ,
               ibid.
               The
               Scene
               betwixt
               Lindaraxa
               and
               Abdalla
               ,
               from
               
                 Al.
                 p.
              
               62.
               and
               from
               the
               Story
               of
               Elibesis
               in
               
                 Cyrus
                 ,
                 pt
              
               .
               9.
               
               B.
               1.
               p.
               20.
               
               Zulemus
               Plea
               for
               Abdalla●s
               Right
               to
               the
               Crown
               ,
               which
               one
               wou'd
               scarce
               think
               is
               so
               childish
               a
               fancy
               ,
               from
               
                 Al.
                 p.
              
               62.
               and
               Cyrus
               as
               above
               ;
               
               Almanzor's
               Description
               of
               
                 Boabd
                 .
                 p.
              
               18.
               from
               
                 Al.
                 p.
              
               55.
               &c.
               nay
               ,
               the
               Alarm
               after
               the
               Zambra-Dance
               ,
               in
               which
               there
               is
               an
               absurdity
               of
               bringing
               in
               the
               Images
               of
               a
               Heathen
               Deity
               .
               The
               first
               meeting
               of
               Alman
               .
               and
               
                 Almahide
                 ,
                 p.
              
               69.
               of
               Abdalem
               and
               
                 Almanzor
                 ,
                 p.
              
               71.
               and
               the
               Controversy
               betwixt
               Almanzor
               and
               
                 Zulema
                 ,
                 ibidem
              
               ,
               and
               his
               returning
               to
               Boabdelin
               ,
               from
               the
               same
               Romance
               ,
               p.
               72.
               
               
               Abdelmeleck's
               Visit
               to
               Lynidaraxa
               ,
               in
               Disguise
               ,
               from
               Elibesis
               in
               
                 Grand
                 Cyrus
                 ,
                 p.
              
               25.
               and
               Abdalla's
               Visit
               ,
               from
               the
               same
               ,
               p.
               67.
               
               
               Almanzor's
               deliv'ring
               Almahide
               ,
               copied
               from
               
                 Almahide
                 ,
                 p.
              
               73.
               
               
               Abdalla's
               Converse
               with
               Lyndaraxa
               ,
               under
               the
               Walls
               of
               Albayzin
               ,
               from
               the
               fore
               cited
               Story
               of
               
                 Cyrus
                 ,
                 p.
              
               61.
               his
               flying
               to
               the
               Christians
               from
               p.
               72.
               of
               the
               same
               ;
               Osmin
               and
               
               Benzaida's
               Flight
               ,
               from
               p.
               8.
               of
               Ibrahim
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               e●ough
               for
               the
               two
               Parts
               ,
               to
               give
               a
               taste
               of
               how
               many
               Feathers
               are
               borrowed
               from
               other
               Pieces
               ;
               now
               I
               shall
               proceed
               to
               another
               .
            
             
               
                 Don
                 Sebastion
                 King
                 of
                 Portugal
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1690.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ;
               Founded
               on
               a
               French
               Novel
               of
               the
               same
               Name
               .
               See
               also
               
               Vasconcellos's
               
                 Anacephaleosis
                 ,
                 sine
                 summa
                 capitum
                 Actorum
                 Regum
                 Lusitaniae
                 .
                 Anace
                 .
              
               20.
               and
               other
               Writers
               of
               that
               time
               ,
               it
               being
               1578.
               when
               Sebastian
               was
               kill'd
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Duke
                 of
                 Guise
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1683.
               
               Acted
               by
               their
               Majesty's
               Servants
               .
               Mr.
               Lee
               join'd
               in
               this
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               consult
               
                 Davila
                 ,
                 Mezeray
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Writers
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               Charles
               IX
               .
               or
               rather
               the
               Reigns
               of
               Henry
               III.
               &c.
               the
               ridiculous
               Story
               of
               Malicorn
               you
               may
               find
               in
               
                 Rosset's
                 Histoires
                 Tragiques
                 en
                 la
                 vie
                 de
                 Canope
              
               8vo
               .
               p.
               449.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Ev'ning's
                 Love
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Mock
                 Astrologer
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1671.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal.
               Almost
               wholly
               made
               up
               out
               of
               
                 Corneilles
                 le
                 feint
                 Astrologue
                 ;
                 Molliers
                 depetit
                 Amoreux
              
               ;
               and
               
                 Les
                 Precieuses
                 Ridicules
                 ;
                 Quinault's
                 L'Amant
                 Indiscret
              
               ;
               some
               hints
               too
               from
               
                 Shakespear
                 ,
                 Petronius
                 Arbiter
              
               ,
               and
               the
               main
               Plot
               on
               
                 Calderon's
                 El
                 Astrologo
                 fingido
              
               :
               But
               to
               be
               a
               little
               particular
               ,
               
               Aurelia's
               Affectation
               in
               her
               Speech
               from
               
                 Les
                 Precieuses
                 Ridicules
              
               ;
               Scene
               between
               Alonzo
               and
               
                 Lopez
                 ,
                 p.
              
               39.
               is
               from
               
                 Mollieres
                 de
                 petit
                 Amoreux
              
               ,
               Act
               2.
               
               Scene
               6.
               
               Camilla●s
               begging
               a
               Boon
               of
               
                 Don
                 Melchor
              
               ,
               from
               the
               same
               ;
               the
               Love-Quarrel
               betwixt
               Iacinta
               and
               
                 Wild
                 Blood
              
               ,
               and
               Mascal
               and
               Beatrix
               ,
               from
               the
               same
               Play
               ,
               Act
               4.
               
               Scene
               3
               ,
               4.
               
               
               Aurelia's
               falling
               into
               
               Alonzo's
               Arms
               ,
               from
               
                 L'Amant
                 indiscret
              
               Act
               5.
               
               Scene
               4.
               
            
             
               
                 Kind
                 Keeper
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 Mr.
                 Limberham
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               4
               to
               .
               1680.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               .
               Mrs.
               Faintlies
               discovery
               of
               
                 Love
                 All
              
               in
               the
               Chest
               ;
               See
               pt
               .
               1.
               
               
                 Cynthio
                 Giraldi
                 ,
                 dec
              
               .
               3.
               
               N.
               3.
               
               Mrs.
               
               Brainsick's
               pricking
               and
               pickling
               him
               .
               See
               a
               Novel
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 The
                 Triumph
                 of
                 Love
                 over
                 Fortune
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 King
                 Arthur
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 British
                 Worthy
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               ,
               1691.
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Marquess
               of
               Halifax
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               writ
               more
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               the
               Singing
               part
               and
               Machines
               ,
               than
               for
               any
               Excellence
               of
               a
               Dramatick
               Piece
               ;
               for
               in
               it
               shines
               none
               of
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               great
               Genius
               ,
               the
               Incidents
               being
               all
               extravagant
               ,
               many
               of
               them
               Childish
               ;
               the
               Inchanted
               Wood
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               the
               rest
               of
               the
               Wonders
               of
               Osmond's
               Art
               ,
               he
               entirely
               owes
               to
               Tasso
               ;
               where
               Rinaldo
               performs
               what
               Arthur
               does
               here
               .
               I
               shall
               not
               presume
               to
               expose
               any
               of
               the
               Faults
               of
               this
               great
               Man
               in
               this
               particular
               piece
               ,
               he
               having
               suffered
               so
               much
               under
               the
               Hands
               of
               my
               Predecessor
               in
               this
               Undertaking
               .
               The
               fabulous
               Story
               of
               this
               King
               Arthur
               ,
               you
               may
               read
               in
               Geffery
               of
               Monmouth
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Preface
               of
               a
               late
               famous
               Poem
               ,
               that
               bears
               his
               Name
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               in
               the
               first
               Volume
               of
               Mr.
               
               Tyrrell's
               History
               of
               England
               .
            
             
               
                 Indian
                 Emperor
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Conquest
                 of
                 Mexico
                 by
                 the
                 Spaniards
                 ,
              
               being
               the
               sequel
               of
               the
               
                 Indian
                 Queen
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1670.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal.
               For
               the
               true
               Story
               consult
               
                 Lopez
                 de
                 Gamara
                 .
                 Hist.
                 general
                 de
                 las
                 Incas
                 &
                 de
                 Conquista
                 de
                 Mexico
                 ,
                 de
                 Bry.
                 Americae
                 pars
              
               9.
               l.
               7.
               
               
                 Ogilby's
                 America
              
               ,
               Chap.
               3.
               
               Sect.
               10.
               
               
                 Mariana
                 de
                 Reb.
                 Hisp.
                 lib.
              
               26.
               cap.
               3.
               
               Sir
               
                 Paul
                 Ricaut's
                 Hist
                 of
                 Inca's
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Love
                 Triumphant
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Nature
                 will
                 Prevail
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1694.
               
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Iames
               Earl
               of
               Salisbury
               ,
               &c.
               In
               the
               Epistle
               Mr.
               Dryden
               informs
               us
               ,
               That
               it
               is
               the
               last
               he
               intends
               for
               the
               Theatre
               .
               I
               take
               this
               Play
               to
               be
               Founded
               on
               the
               Story
               of
               the
               
                 King
                 and
                 no
                 King
              
               of
               Fletcher
               ,
               at
               least
               on
               the
               Corrections
               of
               the
               Fable
               of
               that
               Play
               made
               by
               Mr.
               Rymer
               ,
               in
               his
               Reflections
               on
               the
               Tragedies
               of
               the
               first
               Age.
               Tho'
               this
               Play
               had
               not
               that
               Success
               which
               
               most
               of
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               met
               with
               ,
               yet
               it
               must
               be
               confess'd
               ,
               That
               in
               several
               parts
               the
               Genius
               of
               that
               Great
               Man
               breaks
               out
               ,
               especially
               in
               the
               Scene
               of
               the
               Discovery
               of
               
               Alphonso's
               Victorious
               Love
               ,
               and
               the
               very
               last
               Scene
               ,
               where
               the
               Catastrophe
               is
               extremely
               moving
               ,
               tho'
               contrary
               to
               Aristotle
               it
               be
               made
               from
               the
               change
               of
               Will
               in
               Veramond
               .
            
             
               
                 Marriage
                 A-la-mode
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1673.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal.
               The
               serious
               part
               built
               on
               the
               Story
               of
               Sesostris
               and
               Timareta
               ,
               in
               B.
               3.
               pt
               .
               9.
               of
               Cyrus
               .
               The
               Characters
               of
               Palamede
               and
               Rodophil
               from
               the
               Story
               of
               Tyrianthes
               and
               Parthenia
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               Romance
               ,
               pt
               .
               6.
               
               B.
               1.
               some
               Features
               at
               least
               of
               Doralice
               drawn
               from
               Nogaret
               ,
               in
               the
               
                 Annals
                 of
                 Love.
                 Melanth●●
              
               making
               Love
               to
               her self
               ,
               from
               
                 Les
                 Contes
                 D'Ouville
              
               ,
               pt
               .
               1.
               p.
               13.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Mistaken
                 Husband
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1675.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal.
               This
               is
               is
               not
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               ,
               who
               only
               added
               a
               Scene
               ;
               for
               the
               Plot
               consult
               
                 Plautus's
                 Maenechmi
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Oedipus
                 King
                 of
                 Thebes
              
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1679.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Lee
               and
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ;
               therefore
               to
               whom
               to
               attribute
               the
               Faults
               is
               difficult
               ;
               and
               we
               have
               so
               little
               to
               accuse
               them
               of
               being
               Plagiaries
               here
               ,
               that
               the
               most
               understanding
               Iudges
               wish
               they
               had
               followed
               Sophocles
               yet
               closer
               ,
               it
               had
               then
               been
               the
               best
               of
               our
               Modern
               Plays
               ,
               as
               't
               is
               of
               the
               Ancients
               ;
               but
               as
               it
               is
               ,
               they
               have
               destroyed
               the
               Character
               of
               Oedipus
               ,
               and
               made
               it
               absolutely
               Contradictory
               .
               For
               Oedipus
               that
               fled
               from
               a
               Crown
               ,
               for
               fear
               of
               threatned
               Incest
               ,
               and
               had
               pull'd
               out
               his
               Eyes
               on
               the
               Discovery
               of
               it
               ,
               can
               relish
               an
               Embrace
               of
               Iocasta
               too
               well
               ,
               in
               the
               5th
               Act
               ,
               till
               the
               Ghost
               of
               Laius
               frights
               him
               ;
               but
               this
               place
               admits
               not
               all
               those
               just
               Criticisms
               that
               might
               be
               made
               on
               this
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Rival
                 Ladies
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1679.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal.
               The
               Dispute
               betwixt
               Amideo
               and
               Hypolito
               ,
               and
               
               Gonsalva's
               fighting
               with
               the
               Pyrates
               ,
               borrowed
               from
               
                 Encolpius
                 ,
                 Giton
                 ,
                 Eumolpus
              
               and
               
               Tryphena's
               ,
               on
               Boarding
               the
               Vessel
               of
               
               Lyca's
               ,
               in
               
                 Petronius
                 Arbiter
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Catastrophe
               resembles
               
               Scarron's
               
                 Rival
                 Brothers
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Secret
                 Love
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Maiden
                 Queen
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1679.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal.
               The
               serious
               part
               founded
               on
               Cle●buline
               Queen
               of
               Corinth
               ,
               pt
               .
               7.
               
               B.
               7.
               
               
                 Celadon
                 ,
                 Florimel
                 ,
                 Olinda
              
               ,
               and
               Sabina
               ,
               from
               the
               History
               of
               Pisistratus
               and
               Cerintha
               ,
               in
               the
               said
               
                 Cyrus
                 ,
                 pt
              
               .
               9.
               
               B.
               3.
               and
               the
               French
               Marquess
               Ibra
               .
               Part
               2.
               
               Book
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 Fign'd
                 Innocence
              
               ,
               or
               
                 Sir
                 Martin
                 Mar-all
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1678.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               .
               The
               greatest
               part
               ,
               both
               Plot
               and
               Language
               of
               Sir
               Martin
               and
               Warner
               ,
               stol'n
               from
               
               Quinault's
               
                 L'Ama●●
                 indis●ret
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Mollieres
                 L'Etourdy
                 ou
                 le
                 Contre
                 temps
                 .
              
               Sir
               Martin's
               foolish
               Discovery
               of
               his
               not
               Playing
               on
               the
               Lute
               ,
               from
               
                 Firmur●n
                 ,
                 L.
              
               7.
               and
               
               Sir
               Iohn
               Moody's
               being
               set
               up
               in
               their
               Altitudes
               ,
               from
               
               Shakerly's
               
               Marmion's
               Fine
               Companions
               ,
               Act
               4.
               
               Sc.
               1.
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Spanish
                 Fryar
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 double
                 Discovery
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1681.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               King's
               Theatre
               .
               The
               Comical
               part
               built
               on
               the
               Novel
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 The
                 Pilgrim
              
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 State
                 of
                 Innocence
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Fall
                 of
                 Man
              
               ,
               an
               Opera
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1678.
               
               Taken
               from
               
               Milton's
               
                 Paradice
                 Lost
              
               ,
               tho'
               guilty
               of
               many
               absurdities
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               in
               Milton
               ,
               whose
               being
               a
               Narration
               of
               things
               done
               long
               since
               ,
               made
               room
               for
               several
               things
               ,
               which
               had
               he
               placed
               it
               in
               Action
               ,
               cou'd
               never
               have
               been
               brought
               in
               ;
               to
               give
               one
               Instance
               ;
               Mr.
               Dryden
               makes
               Lucifer
               (
               before
               the
               World
               was
               made
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               before
               the
               Devil
               knew
               any
               thing
               of
               its
               Form
               ,
               Matter
               or
               Vicissitudes
               ,
               )
               compare
               the
               prostrate
               Devils
               to
               Leaves
               in
               Autumn
               ,
               before
               there
               was
               an
               Autumn
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Tempest
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 Inchanted
                 Island
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1676.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               .
               This
               is
               an
               Alteration
               only
               of
               one
               of
               
               Shakespear's
               ,
               by
               Sir
               
                 William
                 D'Avenant
              
               and
               Mr.
               Dryden
               .
            
             
               
                 Troilus
                 and
                 Cressida
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 Truth
                 found
                 out
                 too
                 late
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               4
               to
               .
               1679.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               .
               One
               of
               Mr.
               
               Shakespear's
               ,
               altered
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               .
               The
               Story
               is
               to
               be
               found
               in
               Lellius
               a
               Lombard
               ,
               in
               Latin
               ,
               and
               in
               our
               old
               Chaucer
               in
               ancient
               English.
               
            
             
               
                 Tyrannick
                 Love
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Royal
                 Martyr
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               
                 to
                 .
              
               ,
               1679.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal.
               For
               the
               Plot
               see
               Zosimus
               ,
               lib.
               4.
               
               Socrates
               ,
               lib.
               5.
               c.
               14.
               
               Herodian
               ,
               l.
               6
               ,
               7
               ;
               and
               8.
               
               Iul.
               Capit.
               in
               cit
               .
               Mac.
               Iun.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Wild
                 Gallant
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1669.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal.
               This
               was
               his
               first
               Play
               ,
               published
               1669.
               being
               about
               Twenty
               eight
               Years
               since
               ,
               and
               by
               which
               he
               was
               near
               Thirty
               eight
               years
               old
               when
               this
               was
               Play'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Iohn
                 Dryden
              
               ,
               Iunior
               .
            
             
               THis
               Gentleman
               is
               second
               Son
               to
               the
               abovesaid
               great
               Poet
               of
               that
               Name
               ,
               and
               is
               now
               living
               in
               Rome
               ,
               in
               the
               Pope's
               Service
               ,
               as
               a
               Gentleman
               of
               the
               Bed-Chamber
               ,
               where
               he
               wrote
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Husband
                 his
                 own
                 Cuckold
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               4
               to
               .
               1696.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Lincolns-Inn-Fields
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Sir
               
                 Robert
                 Howard
              
               ,
               &c.
               and
               is
               usher'd
               into
               the
               World
               by
               a
               Preface
               of
               his
               Father
               ,
               who
               in
               it
               indeed
               shews
               the
               tenderness
               of
               a
               Parent●
               but
               I
               think
               not
               the
               Impartiality
               and
               Iustice
               of
               a
               true
               Critick
               ,
               when
               he
               excludes
               all
               from
               Poetry
               and
               Nature
               but
               his
               Friends
               ,
               at
               least
               since
               the
               Revolution
               .
               The
               young
               Gentleman
               in
               his
               Epistle
               ,
               has
               gone
               a
               little
               too
               far
               for
               a
               Beginner
               ,
               
               as
               yet
               too
               uncertain
               of
               his
               own
               Success
               ,
               to
               fall
               upon
               the
               other
               Writers
               of
               the
               Age.
               
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Duffet
               .
            
             
               HE
               was
               before
               he
               became
               a
               Poet
               ,
               a
               Milliner
               in
               the
               New
               Exchange
               ,
               he
               has
               writ
               four
               Plays
               ,
               two
               of
               them
               in
               a
               Burlesque
               Stile
               ,
               their
               Names
               follow
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Mock
                   Tempest
                
                 ,
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Enchanted
                   Castle
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Farce
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1675.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 by
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
                 Writ
                 on
                 purpose
                 to
                 draw
                 Campany
                 from
                 the
                 other
                 Theatre
                 ,
                 where
                 was
                 great
                 resort
                 about
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 to
                 see
                 that
                 reviv'd
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 call'd
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Tempest
                
                 ,
                 then
                 much
                 in
                 vogue
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Psyche
                   Debauch'd
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1678.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 by
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
                 This
                 Mock
                 Opera
                 is
                 a
                 Burlesque
                 on
                 
                 Shadwell's
                 Psyche
                 ,
                 and
                 writ
                 for
                 the
                 same
                 purpose
                 as
                 that
                 above
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Spanish
                   Rogue
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1674.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 by
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 Madam
                 
                   Ellinor
                   Guin
                
                 .
                 this
                 Play
                 had
                 no
                 great
                 Success
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 likewise
                 a
                 Masque
                 under
                 his
                 Name
                 omitted
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Langbain
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 call'd
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Beauties
                   Triumph
                
                 ,
                 presented
                 by
                 the
                 Scholars
                 of
                 Mr.
                 
                   Ieoffery
                   Banister
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 
                   Iames
                   Hart
                
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 new
                 Boarding
                 School
                 at
                 Chelsey
                 ,
                 Printed
                 ,
                 London
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1676.
                 
              
            
             
               This
               Author
               has
               also
               writ
               a
               small
               Volume
               of
               Poems
               ,
               Songs
               ,
               Prologues
               and
               Epilogues
               which
               were
               first
               disposed
               of
               to
               one
               Bookseller
               ,
               and
               laying
               long
               in
               the
               Licenser's
               Hands
               ,
               were
               again
               disposed
               of
               to
               another
               ,
               without
               Consent
               of
               the
               first
               Purchaser
               ,
               and
               Printed
               8
               vo
               .
               1676.
               
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Durfey
               .
            
             
               THis
               Gentleman
               (
               if
               I
               am
               not
               misinformed
               )
               was
               Born
               in
               Devonshire
               ,
               and
               design'd
               for
               some
               part
               of
               the
               Law
               ;
               whatever
               provok'd
               him
               to
               Poetry
               I
               cann't
               tell
               ;
               but
               whatever
               it
               was
               ,
               he
               has
               with
               various
               Success
               given
               us
               above
               Twenty
               Plays
               ,
               and
               if
               the
               prosperous
               Success
               of
               the
               Major
               part
               will
               give
               him
               the
               Credit
               of
               a
               Poet
               ,
               he
               has
               a
               just
               pretence
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               may
               justly
               Challenge
               it
               from
               all
               the
               Vindicators
               of
               Dr.
               Blackmores's
               Poem
               from
               that
               Topic.
               For
               my
               part
               ,
               I
               can
               only
               say
               ,
               that
               I
               have
               laught
               heartily
               at
               his
               Plays
               ,
               which
               is
               one
               end
               of
               Comedy
               ,
               or
               Farce
               at
               least
               ;
               and
               if
               the
               Criticks
               will
               deny
               him
               to
               be
               a
               good
               Writer
               of
               Comedy
               ,
               they
               must
               allow
               him
               a
               Master
               of
               Farce
               .
               His
               Plays
               follow
               in
               Alphabetical
               Order
               .
            
             
               
               
                 
                   The
                   Banditti
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   A
                   Ladies
                   Distress
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1686.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal.
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Don
                   Fenise
                
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 See
                 also
                 the
                 History
                 of
                 
                   Don
                   Antonio
                
                 ,
                 B.
                 4.
                 p.
                 250
                 ,
                 
                 Diego's
                 turning
                 Banditti
                 ,
                 &c.
                 from
                 Pipperollo
                 in
                 
                   Shirley's
                   Sisters
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Bussy
                   D'Ambois
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Husbands
                   Revenge
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 〈◊〉
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 1691.
                 newly
                 Revised
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Durfey
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Edward
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Carlisle
                 ,
                 Viscount
                 Howard
                 of
                 Morpeth
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 In
                 his
                 Epistle
                 he
                 owns
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 
                 Chapman's
                 ,
                 only
                 challenges
                 to
                 himself
                 the
                 Merit
                 of
                 having
                 Purged
                 it
                 of
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 
                   Obsol●te
                   Phrases
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   intolerable
                   Fustain
                
                 ;
                 tho'
                 some
                 are
                 of
                 Opinion
                 ,
                 that
                 with
                 those
                 Defects
                 ,
                 he
                 has
                 injudiciously
                 par'd
                 away
                 many
                 of
                 its
                 Beauties
                 .
                 The
                 Character
                 of
                 Tamyra
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 have
                 us
                 believe
                 ,
                 he
                 has
                 alter'd
                 for
                 the
                 better
                 ;
                 tho'
                 he
                 'll
                 hardly
                 perswade
                 ,
                 that
                 Pity
                 is
                 due
                 to
                 a
                 Woman
                 ,
                 that
                 quits
                 her
                 Honour
                 and
                 Virtue
                 on
                 any
                 Account
                 .
                 You
                 may
                 find
                 the
                 Story
                 in
                 
                   Thuanus
                   Iean
                   de
                   Serres
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Mezeray
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Reign
                 of
                 Henry
                 III.
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 particular
                 Intrigue
                 of
                 Bussy
                 with
                 Tamyra
                 in
                 Rosset
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 
                   Histoires
                   Tragiques
                   de
                   Nôtre
                   temps
                
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 Names
                 of
                 Lysis
                 and
                 Siluie
                 ,
                 Hist.
                 17.
                 p.
                 363.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Commonwealth
                   of
                   Women
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1686.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 their
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 truly
                 Noble
                 and
                 Illustrious
                 Prince
                 Christopher
                 ,
                 Duke
                 of
                 Albemarle
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 is
                 borrowed
                 from
                 
                   Fletcher's
                   Sea
                   Voyage
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cinthia
                   and
                   Endimion
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Loves
                   of
                   the
                   Deities
                
                 ;
                 a
                 new
                 Opera
                 ,
                 as
                 it
                 was
                 designed
                 to
                 be
                 Acted
                 at
                 Court
                 before
                 the
                 late
                 Queen
                 ,
                 and
                 now
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 by
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 1697.
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 Henry
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Rumney
                 ,
                 Viscount
                 Sidney
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Our
                 Author
                 is
                 not
                 contented
                 in
                 the
                 Title
                 Page
                 ,
                 to
                 let
                 his
                 Patron
                 know
                 the
                 Honour
                 her
                 late
                 Majesty
                 design'd
                 this
                 Off'ring
                 of
                 his
                 Muse
                 ,
                 but
                 repeats
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 Epistle
                 ,
                 which
                 had
                 indeed
                 been
                 the
                 more
                 pardonable
                 piece
                 of
                 Vanity
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 's
                 a
                 small
                 fault
                 in
                 a
                 Poet
                 ,
                 especially
                 when
                 there
                 are
                 so
                 many
                 greater
                 in
                 the
                 Work
                 it self
                 .
                 For
                 by
                 a
                 sort
                 of
                 Poetick
                 License
                 ,
                 unknown
                 to
                 our
                 great
                 Master
                 Horace
                 ,
                 he
                 perverts
                 all
                 those
                 known
                 Characters
                 given
                 us
                 by
                 Ovid
                 ;
                 he
                 has
                 made
                 the
                 Chaste
                 Favourite
                 of
                 Diana
                 ,
                 (
                 Daphne
                 )
                 both
                 a
                 Whore
                 and
                 a
                 Iilt
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 sordid
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 contemn
                 the
                 God
                 of
                 Wit
                 and
                 Light
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 pitiful
                 dull
                 Country
                 Lad
                 :
                 and
                 fair
                 Syrinx
                 must
                 loose
                 her
                 Reputation
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 unknown
                 ignomy
                 o●
                 an
                 envious
                 ,
                 jilting
                 ,
                 mercenary
                 ,
                 infamous
                 Woman
                 .
                 Tho'
                 this
                 Play
                 ●ook
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 merits
                 not
                 a
                 nice
                 Enquiry
                 into
                 its
                 Virtues
                 and
                 Vices
                 ;
                 but
                 as
                 I
                 have
                 given
                 a
                 specimen
                 of
                 one
                 ,
                 my
                 impartiality
                 obliges
                 me
                 to
                 own
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 are
                 many
                 Lines
                 in
                 it
                 above
                 the
                 Genius
                 which
                 generally
                 appears
                 in
                 his
                 other
                 Works
                 .
                 The
                 Ver●ification
                 is
                 often
                 good
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Expression
                 often
                 significant
                 and
                 Poetical
                 .
                 The
                 Story
                 of
                 Cynthia
                 and
                 Endimion
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 others
                 contained
                 in
                 this
                 Opera
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 find
                 beautifully
                 done
                 in
                 their
                 Original
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 several
                 parts
                 
                 of
                 
                   Ovid's
                   Metamorphoses
                
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 of
                 Psyche
                 in
                 the
                 4th
                 ,
                 5th
                 ,
                 and
                 6th
                 Books
                 of
                 
                   Lucius
                   Appuleius
                   de
                   Asino
                   Aureo
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Comical
                   History
                   of
                   Don
                   Quixot
                   ,
                
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Queens
                 Theatre
                 in
                 Dorset-Garden
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ,
                 Part
                 I.
                 1694.
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Dutchess
                 of
                 Ormond
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 met
                 with
                 an
                 extraordinary
                 Applause
                 ;
                 and
                 is
                 taken
                 entirely
                 from
                 that
                 famous
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 Celebrated
                 Antick
                 Romance
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Name
                 ,
                 written
                 by
                 
                   Michael
                   Cervantes
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Spaniard
                 .
              
               
                 Part
                 II.
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 Theatre
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 Year
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 by
                 an
                 Epistle
                 in
                 Heroick
                 Verse
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 Charles
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Dorset
                 and
                 Middlesex
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 This
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 is
                 taken
                 from
                 the
                 foresaid
                 Romance
                 ,
                 and
                 met
                 with
                 great
                 Applause
                 ,
                 which
                 encouraged
                 our
                 Author
                 to
                 proceed
                 to
              
               
                 Part
                 III.
                 adding
                 to
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 that
                 only
                 ,
                 
                   With
                   the
                   Marriage
                   of
                   Mary
                   the
                   Buxome
                   .
                
                 This
                 was
                 Acted
                 and
                 Printed
                 1696.
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 
                   Charles
                   Montague
                
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Lords
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 the
                 Treasury
                 ,
                 &c.
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 will
                 not
                 allow
                 that
                 its
                 innate
                 Defects
                 are
                 so
                 obnoxious
                 as
                 are
                 supposed
                 ;
                 but
                 owns
                 its
                 want
                 of
                 Success
                 ,
                 which
                 never
                 Poet
                 yet
                 attributed
                 to
                 himself
                 :
                 This
                 is
                 as
                 the
                 other
                 two
                 Parts
                 borrowed
                 from
                 the
                 incomparable
                 Cervantes
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Fond
                   Husband
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Plotting
                   Sisters
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1678.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Dukes
                 Theatre
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 his
                 Grace
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Ormond
                 :
                 This
                 when
                 Presented
                 first
                 was
                 accounted
                 a
                 good
                 Play.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Fool
                   turn'd
                   Critick
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1678.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 .
                 The
                 Characters
                 of
                 
                   Old
                   Wine
                   Love
                   ,
                   Tim
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Small
                   Wit
                
                 ,
                 are
                 something
                 like
                 
                   Simo
                   ,
                   Asotus
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Balio
                 in
                 
                 Randolph's
                 
                   Iealous
                   Lovers
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Fool
                   's
                   Preferment
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Three
                   Dukes
                   of
                   Dunstable
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Com.
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1688.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Queens
                 Theatre
                 in
                 Dorset-Garden
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ,
                 with
                 Songs
                 set
                 by
                 Mr.
                 
                   Henry
                   Purcell
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Honourable
                 Charles
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Morpeth
                 ,
                 transcribed
                 from
                 
                   Fletcher's
                   Noble
                   Gentleman
                
                 ,
                 except
                 one
                 Scene
                 from
                 the
                 Novel
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Hum●urs
                   of
                   Bassett
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Injured
                   Princes
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Fatal
                   Wager
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1682.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ;
                 the
                 Prologue
                 to
                 this
                 Play
                 is
                 the
                 same
                 with
                 the
                 Epilogue
                 of
                 another
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 ,
                 call'd
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Fool
                   turn'd
                   Critick
                
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Foundation
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 Play
                 from
                 Shakespear
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Intrigues
                   of
                   Versailles
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   A
                   Iilt
                   in
                   all
                   Humours
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ;
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 in
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                 .
                 1697.
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 had
                 not
                 the
                 Success
                 the
                 Author
                 desired
                 ;
                 who
                 in
                 his
                 Epistle
                 to
                 the
                 two
                 Sir
                 Charles
                 Sidley's
                 ,
                 is
                 pleased
                 to
                 Condemn
                 the
                 Taste
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 for
                 not
                 liking
                 it
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 had
                 approv'd
                 others
                 of
                 his
                 Plays
                 of
                 less
                 value
                 ,
                 and
                 Merit
                 ,
                 it
                 having
                 been
                 approv'd
                 by
                 two
                 such
                 Iudges
                 as
                 Mr.
                 Congreve
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Betterton
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 
                 tells
                 us
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 a
                 sort
                 of
                 presumption
                 to
                 dissent
                 from
                 them
                 ,
                 tho'
                 with
                 the
                 Town
                 on
                 ones
                 side
                 ;
                 for
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 of
                 Cato
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 said
                 ,
                 
                   Viatrix
                   causa
                   diis
                   placuit
                   sed
                   victa
                   Catoni
                
                 ;
                 yet
                 't
                 is
                 to
                 me
                 unaccountable
                 ,
                 that
                 Ramlure
                 should
                 be
                 introduced
                 speaking
                 broken
                 English
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 sort
                 of
                 Iargon
                 between
                 French
                 and
                 English
                 ,
                 when
                 all
                 the
                 Persons
                 in
                 the
                 Play
                 except
                 Guillamour
                 are
                 French
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Scene
                 laid
                 at
                 Versailes
                 .
                 Nor
                 can
                 I
                 imagine
                 how
                 Mr.
                 Durfey
                 and
                 his
                 two
                 Iudges
                 cou'd
                 oversee
                 the
                 young
                 Count
                 Tornese
                 absconding
                 in
                 the
                 very
                 Court
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 in
                 so
                 thin
                 a
                 Disguise
                 as
                 that
                 of
                 a
                 Woman
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 had
                 committed
                 so
                 unpardonable
                 a
                 Fault
                 as
                 a
                 Duel
                 is
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 such
                 a
                 Confident
                 of
                 his
                 Disguise
                 as
                 Voudosm
                 ,
                 who
                 had
                 a
                 better
                 way
                 of
                 Attacking
                 him
                 than
                 with
                 a
                 pruning
                 Knife
                 :
                 But
                 
                   Nequid
                   Nimis
                
                 .
                 As
                 for
                 the
                 Thefts
                 they
                 are
                 numerous
                 enough
                 .
                 Tornezres
                 Disguise
                 ,
                 and
                 Count
                 
                 Brisack's
                 falling
                 in
                 Love
                 with
                 his
                 Wifes
                 Gallant
                 in
                 Womans
                 Cloaths
                 ,
                 are
                 Borrowed
                 from
                 a
                 Novel
                 call'd
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Double
                   Cuckold
                   .
                   Vandosms
                
                 Character
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 fairer
                 Copy
                 of
                 Olivia
                 in
                 
                   The
                   Plain
                   Dealer
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Mirtilla
                 in
                 Mrs.
                 
                 Behn's
                 Play
                 ,
                 call'd
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Amorous
                   Iilt
                
                 ;
                 but
                 Vandosms
                 Language
                 is
                 more
                 Billinsgate
                 than
                 either
                 ,
                 wanting
                 the
                 Wit
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Genteelness
                 of
                 the
                 last
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Love
                   for
                   Money
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Boarding-School
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 1691.
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 Charles
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Viscount
                 Lansdown
                 ,
                 Count
                 of
                 the
                 Sacred
                 Roman
                 Empire
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 it
                 seems
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 Days
                 Representation
                 met
                 with
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 which
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 Damn
                 it
                 ,
                 especially
                 the
                 Dancing-Masters
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Friends
                 to
                 the
                 Boarding-Schools
                 ,
                 who
                 supposed
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Livelihood
                 expos●d
                 ;
                 from
                 which
                 the
                 Poet
                 clears
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 lets
                 us
                 understand
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 this
                 Opposition
                 could
                 not
                 oppress
                 the
                 Merit
                 of
                 the
                 Play
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 ,
                 without
                 doubt
                 ,
                 a
                 sufficient
                 Proof
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 something
                 in
                 it
                 that
                 pleas'd
                 more
                 than
                 ordinary
                 .
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 find
                 many
                 new
                 Characters
                 ;
                 Deputy
                 
                   Nicompoop
                   ,
                   Ned
                   Bragg
                
                 ,
                 &c.
                 being
                 the
                 Refuge
                 of
                 ev'ry
                 Cinic
                 Writer
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 of
                 late
                 .
                 The
                 Plot
                 in
                 general
                 I
                 take
                 to
                 be
                 his
                 own
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Madam
                   Fickle
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Witty
                   False
                   One
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1677.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 his
                 Royal
                 Highness
                 the
                 Dukes
                 Theatre
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 his
                 Grace
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 
                   Ormond
                   .
                   Old
                   Love
                
                 resembles
                 Veterano
                 in
                 
                   Marmion's
                   Antiquary
                   ,
                   Zechiel's
                
                 creeping
                 into
                 the
                 Tavern-Bush
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 Tilb●●y's
                 being
                 drunk
                 under
                 it
                 ,
                 &c.
                 from
                 Sir
                 
                   Reverence
                   Lamard
                
                 and
                 Pimpwell
                 in
                 Isling●●n
                 and
                 Hogsden-Walks
                 .
                 See
                 also
                 a
                 Play
                 call'd
                 
                   The
                   Fawn
                
                 ,
                 writ
                 by
                 Marston
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Marriage
                   Hater
                   Match'd
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre-Royal
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ,
                 1693.
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Illustrious
                 ,
                 and
                 truly
                 Noble
                 Prince
                 Iames
                 ,
                 Duke
                 ,
                 Marquess
                 ,
                 and
                 Earl
                 of
                 Ormond
                 in
                 England
                 and
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 very
                 well
                 received
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 it
                 Mr.
                 Dogget
                 gave
                 the
                 first
                 Proofs
                 that
                 were
                 taken
                 great
                 notice
                 of
                 ,
                 what
                 an
                 admirable
                 Actor
                 he
                 was
                 .
                 Before
                 
                 this
                 Play
                 is
                 prefix'd
                 a
                 Letter
                 to
                 the
                 Author
                 in
                 Defence
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 with
                 that
                 I
                 do
                 agree
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 is
                 by
                 much
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 his
                 Comedies
                 ,
                 tho'
                 I
                 can
                 never
                 allow
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 that
                 Epistle
                 free
                 from
                 Flattery
                 ;
                 and
                 we
                 may
                 conclude
                 that
                 Friendship
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 Motive
                 blinded
                 his
                 Eyes
                 very
                 much
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 made
                 so
                 large
                 an
                 Encomium
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Richmond
                   Heiress
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   a
                   Woman
                   once
                   in
                   the
                   Right
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ,
                 1693.
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 very
                 good
                 Friend
                 Sir
                 
                   Nicholas
                   Garrard
                
                 ,
                 Bar.
                 whom
                 he
                 is
                 pleas'd
                 to
                 inform
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 piece
                 offer'd
                 him
                 ,
                 there
                 appears
                 no
                 defect
                 of
                 Genius
                 ,
                 whatever
                 there
                 might
                 be
                 of
                 Iudgment
                 ;
                 whether
                 the
                 Poet
                 be
                 in
                 the
                 Right
                 or
                 no
                 the
                 Reader
                 must
                 Determine
                 ;
                 but
                 't
                 is
                 evident
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 Received
                 with
                 an
                 Applause
                 Answerable
                 to
                 his
                 Expectations
                 ;
                 tho'
                 upon
                 a
                 Revival
                 and
                 Alterations
                 he
                 has
                 pleas'd
                 the
                 Town
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Royallist
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1682.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Dukes
                 Theatre
                 .
                 Camillas
                 Trick
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   O●iver
                   Old-Cut
                
                 ,
                 for
                 Sir
                 
                   Charles
                   King-Love
                
                 ,
                 borrowed
                 from
                 
                 Boccace's
                 Novels
                 ,
                 Day
                 7.
                 
                 Nov.
                 9.
                 and
                 the
                 Song
                 of
                 
                   Hey
                   boys
                   up
                   go
                   we
                
                 ,
                 stollen
                 from
                 an
                 E●clogue
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 in
                 
                   The
                   Shepherd's
                   Oracle
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Siege
                   of
                   Memphis
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Ambitious
                   Queen
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1676.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 
                   Henry
                   Chivers
                
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
                 This
                 Play
                 met
                 not
                 with
                 that
                 Success
                 the
                 Author
                 desired
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Barnaby
                   Whig
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   No
                   Wit
                   like
                   a
                   Womans
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1681.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 George
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Berkley
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   The
                   Fine
                   Companion
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Play
                 of
                 
                 Marmion's
                 ,
                 and
                 part
                 from
                 a
                 Novel
                 call'd
                 
                   The
                   Double
                   Cuckold
                
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Trick
                   for
                   Trick
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Debauch'd
                   Hypocrite
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1678.
                 
                 This
                 is
                 only
                 
                   Monsieur
                   Thomas
                
                 (
                 a
                 Play
                 of
                 
                 Fletcher's
                 )
                 Reviv'd
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Virtuous
                   Wife
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Good
                   Luck
                   at
                   last
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1680.
                 
                 Several
                 Hints
                 stollen
                 from
                 other
                 Plays
                 (
                 viz.
                 )
                 
                   The
                   Fawn
                   ,
                   Marriage
                   A-la-mode
                
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               He
               has
               written
               besides
               the
               above-mentioned
               Plays
               ,
               some
               Volumes
               of
               Songs
               and
               Poems
               ,
               as
               
                 Butler's
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 Collins's
                 Walk
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             E
          
           
             
               Edward
               Eccleston
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               is
               (
               I
               suppose
               )
               still
               living
               ,
               and
               has
               writ
               a
               Play
               set
               off
               with
               Sculptures
               ,
               and
               several
               Titles
               to
               make
               it
               sell
               ;
               it
               was
               first
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Noah's
                 Flood
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Destruction
                 of
                 the
                 World
              
               ,
               an
               Opera
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1679.
               
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Monmouth
               ;
               the
               second
               Title
               was
               
                 The
                 Cataplasm
              
               ,
               or
               
                 General
                 Deluge
                 of
                 the
                 World
              
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1684.
               and
               again
               the
               third
               time
               ,
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               
                 The
                 Deluge
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Destruction
                 of
                 the
                 World
              
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1691.
               
               The
               Foundation
               of
               it
               is
               from
               
                 Sacred
                 Writ
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 George
                 Etheridge
              
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               very
               famous
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ;
               his
               Country
               I
               am
               ignorant
               of
               ;
               but
               his
               first
               Applications
               were
               to
               the
               Law
               ;
               his
               
                 Love
                 in
                 a
                 Tub
              
               ,
               and
               his
               Wit
               brought
               him
               into
               good
               Acquaintance
               ,
               and
               general
               Esteem
               ,
               till
               for
               Marrying
               a
               Fortune
               he
               was
               Knighted
               ,
               and
               by
               King
               Iames
               the
               Second
               ,
               he
               being
               in
               particular
               esteem
               with
               the
               late
               Queen
               his
               Consort
               ,
               sent
               him
               Envoy
               to
               Hamburgh
               .
               After
               the
               Revolution
               he
               went
               for
               France
               to
               his
               Master
               ,
               and
               dyed
               there
               ,
               or
               very
               soon
               after
               his
               arrival
               in
               England
               from
               thence
               ;
               He
               is
               the
               Author
               of
               three
               Plays
               ;
               two
               of
               them
               are
               admirable
               ;
               and
               were
               the
               first
               divided
               from
               the
               serious
               part
               ,
               it
               would
               not
               want
               a
               considerable
               Praise
               ,
               at
               least
               it
               still
               meets
               with
               a
               general
               Applause
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Comical
                   Revenge
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Love
                   in
                   a
                   Tub
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1679.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 
                 York's
                 Theatre
                 then
                 in
                 
                   Little
                   Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 ,
                 tho'
                 part
                 serious
                 ,
                 and
                 part
                 Comical
                 ,
                 yet
                 (
                 as
                 before
                 )
                 met
                 with
                 a
                 general
                 Applause
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Man
                   of
                   Mode
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Sir
                   Fopling
                   Flutter
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1676.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 
                 York's
                 Theatre
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 his
                 Dutchess
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 met
                 with
                 extraordinary
                 Success
                 ;
                 all
                 agreeing
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 true
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Characters
                 drawn
                 to
                 the
                 Life
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   She
                   wou'd
                   if
                   she
                   cou'd
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1671.
                 
                 Acted
                 also
                 at
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 
                 York's
                 Theatre
                 .
                 This
                 Comedy
                 is
                 accounted
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Langbain
                 ,
                 with
                 whom
                 I
                 agree
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 Rank
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Shadwell
                 (
                 in
                 his
                 Preface
                 to
                 his
                 Humorists
                 )
                 the
                 best
                 Comedy
                 written
                 since
                 the
                 Restauration
                 of
                 the
                 Stage
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             F
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 Francis
                 Fane
              
               ,
               Iun.
               Knight
               of
               the
               Bath
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Honourable
               Author
               is
               lately
               deceased
               ,
               his
               late
               Residence
               was
               at
               Fulbeck
               in
               Lincolnshire
               ;
               he
               was
               Grandson
               to
               the
               Earl
               of
               Westmorland
               ,
               and
               has
               given
               us
               the
               two
               following
               Plays
               :
               
                 
                   
                     L●ve
                     in
                     the
                     Dark
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Man
                     of
                     Business
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1675.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   by
                   his
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   ,
                   and
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   
                     Iohn
                     ,
                     Earl
                  
                   of
                   Rochester
                   .
                   The
                   Plot
                   taken
                   from
                   the
                   
                     Invisible
                     Mistress
                  
                   in
                   
                     Scarron's
                     Novels
                  
                   ,
                   8
                   
                     vo
                     .
                     Boccace's
                     Novels
                  
                   ,
                   Day
                   3.
                   
                   Nov.
                   3.
                   and
                   Day
                   7.
                   
                   Nov.
                   7.
                   
                   
                     Loves
                     of
                     Great
                     Men
                  
                   ,
                   p.
                   59.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Sacrifice
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1686.
                   and
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   Charles
                   ,
                   Earl
                   of
                   Dorset
                   and
                   Middlesex
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   tho'
                   Published
                   without
                   Acting
                   ,
                   was
                   highly
                   commended
                   by
                   two
                   Copies
                   of
                   Verses
                   to
                   the
                   Author
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Tate
                   and
                   Mrs.
                   Behn
                   ;
                   For
                   the
                   Plot
                   see
                   Chalcoco●dyla●
                   ,
                   lib.
                   3.
                   
                   Leundavius
                   ,
                   lib.
                   6.
                   
                   See
                   also
                   the
                   Lives
                   of
                   Bajazet
                   and
                   Tamerlain
                   ,
                   the
                   last
                   by
                   Mr.
                   D'Assigny
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   former
                   by
                   
                   Knoll's
                   in
                   his
                   
                     Turkish
                     History
                  
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 Richard
                 Fanshaw
              
               .
            
             
               BRother
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Thomas
               Lord
               Fanshaw
               of
               Ware-Park
               in
               Hert●ordshire
               ;
               he
               was
               Educated
               at
               Cambridge
               ,
               from
               thence
               removed
               to
               Court
               ;
               he
               perfectly
               understood
               
                 Latin
                 ,
                 French
                 ,
                 Italian
                 ,
                 Spanish
                 ,
              
               and
               Portuguese
               ;
               was
               Secretary
               to
               the
               King
               in
               
                 Holland
                 ,
                 France
              
               ,
               and
               Scotland
               ,
               was
               after
               the
               Restauration
               sent
               Ambassador
               to
               Portugal
               ,
               to
               Consummate
               the
               Match
               between
               the
               present
               Queen
               Dowager
               and
               Charles
               the
               Second
               .
               In
               the
               Year
               1664.
               he
               was
               s●nt
               into
               Spain
               ,
               Ambassador
               ,
               to
               confirm
               the
               Treaty
               of
               Commerce
               and
               League
               between
               the
               two
               Crowns
               ,
               and
               dyed
               at
               Madrid
               ,
               1666.
               to
               say
               nothing
               of
               his
               Capacity
               as
               a
               States-man
               ,
               we
               confine
               our selves
               only
               to
               his
               Poetry
               ,
               and
               particularly
               his
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               .
            
             
               
               
                 
                   Pastor
                   Fido
                   ,
                   The
                   Faithful
                   Shepherd
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Pastoral
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 ,
                 and
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 King
                 Charles
                 the
                 Second
                 ,
                 when
                 Prince
                 of
                 Wales
                 .
                 Translated
                 from
                 Guarini's
                 Italian
                 ,
                 and
                 Printed
                 with
                 his
                 Poems
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Querer
                   por
                   Solo
                   querer
                   ,
                   To
                   Love
                   only
                   for
                   Love's
                   sake
                   ,
                
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1671.
                 
                 This
                 is
                 a
                 Dramatick
                 Romance
                 ,
                 Translated
                 from
                 the
                 Spanish
                 of
                 Mendoza
                 ,
                 when
                 Sir
                 Richard
                 was
                 a
                 Pri●oner
                 in
                 Tankersly-Castle
                 in
                 Yorkshire
                 ,
                 after
                 the
                 Battle
                 of
                 Worcester
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 was
                 on
                 the
                 King's
                 side
                 ,
                 this
                 Play
                 consists
                 but
                 of
                 three
                 Acts
                 ,
                 the
                 Spanish
                 Poets
                 seldom
                 exceeding
                 that
                 Number
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Henry
               Lord
               Viscount
               Faulkland
               .
            
             
               FAther
               to
               the
               late
               Lord
               Faulkland
               ,
               celebrated
               by
               Cowley
               .
               He
               was
               of
               Oxfordshire
               ,
               and
               Lord
               Lieutenant
               of
               that
               County
               ,
               and
               a
               Member
               of
               Parliamen●t
               ;
               his
               Diversion
               led
               him
               to
               write
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Marriage
                 Night
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1664.
               
               This
               Play
               never
               appeared
               publick
               on
               the
               Stage
               .
            
          
           
             
               Nathaniel
               Field
               .
            
             
               THis
               Poet
               Liv'd
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               Iames
               I.
               and
               King
               Charles
               I.
               he
               was
               assistant
               to
               old
               Massenger
               in
               the
               writing
               a
               Play
               call'd
               ,
               
                 The
                 Fatal
                 Dowry
              
               ,
               and
               commonly
               call'd
               Son
               by
               Mr.
               Chapman
               ,
               who
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               most
               of
               the
               then
               Poets
               ,
               had
               our
               Author
               in
               good
               Esteem
               ,
               he
               was
               an
               Actor
               ,
               and
               writ
               himself
               two
               Plays
               ,
               (
               viz.
               )
               
                 
                   
                     Amends
                     for
                     Ladies
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   merry
                   Pranks
                   of
                   
                     Moll
                     Cut-purse
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   Humour
                   of
                   Roaring
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   1639.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   
                     Black
                     Fryars
                  
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Prince's
                   and
                   Lady
                   
                   Elizabeth's
                   Servants
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   the
                   Author
                   writ
                   to
                   please
                   the
                   Ladies
                   whom
                   he
                   had
                   offended
                   by
                   his
                   other
                   Play.
                   The
                   Plot
                   in
                   part
                   taken
                   from
                   the
                   Novel
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Curious
                     Impertinent
                  
                   in
                   
                     Don
                     Quixot
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Woman
                     's
                     a
                     Weather-Cock
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1612.
                   
                   Acted
                   before
                   the
                   King
                   at
                   Whitehall
                   ,
                   and
                   several
                   times
                   privately
                   at
                   the
                   
                     White
                     Fryars
                  
                   by
                   the
                   Children
                   of
                   her
                   Majesty's
                   Revels
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   pleas'd
                   much
                   in
                   those
                   Days
                   ,
                   and
                   highly
                   commended
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Chapman
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Edward
               Filmer
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               that
               has
               been
               pleas'd
               to
               visit
               the
               Town
               with
               a
               Play
               in
               the
               Autumn
               of
               his
               Age
               ,
               if
               I
               am
               rightly
               informed
               ;
               't
               is
               therefore
               no
               great
               wonder
               if
               it
               wanted
               fire
               and
               force
               enough
               to
               
               preserve
               its
               Life
               above
               three
               Days
               .
               He
               is
               a
               Doctor
               of
               the
               Civil-Law
               ,
               and
               otherwise
               esteemed
               a
               Man
               of
               good
               Sense
               and
               Iudgment
               ;
               and
               some
               Lines
               in
               this
               Play
               confirm
               that
               Opinion
               ,
               't
               is
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Vnnatural
                 Brother
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               
                 Little
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
              
               ,
               1697.
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               he
               owns
               the
               Plot
               to
               be
               taken
               from
               Cassandra
               ,
               particularly
               the
               Story
               of
               Alcinoe
               in
               that
               Romance
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Fishbourn
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               who
               writ
               an
               unlicensed
               Play
               without
               his
               Name
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               Sodom
               ;
               before
               this
               Play
               are
               put
               the
               two
               Letters
               
                 E.
                 R.
              
               the
               Printer
               having
               a
               mind
               to
               have
               it
               pass
               for
               one
               of
               the
               Works
               of
               the
               late
               Earl
               of
               Roche●●er
               ,
               as
               it
               had
               been
               formerly
               imputed
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               which
               he
               denies
               and
               detests
               in
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               made
               on
               purpose
               against
               the
               Author
               of
               it
               ,
               who
               was
               ,
               as
               I
               'm
               very
               well
               assured
               ,
               one
               Mr.
               Fishbourn
               ,
               an
               Inns
               of
               Court
               Gentleman
               ;
               nor
               indeed
               has
               it
               an●
               of
               my
               Lord
               
               Rochester's
               Wit
               to
               make
               amends
               for
               the
               abominable
               ●ilth
               of
               the
               Obscenity
               which
               must
               nauseate
               every
               Reader
               of
               any
               tolerable
               Iudgment
               .
            
          
           
             
               Richard
               Flecknoe
               .
            
             
               THis
               memorable
               Author
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               both
               the
               
               Charle's
               ,
               was
               (
               as
               I
               have
               had
               it
               from
               good
               hands
               )
               a
               Iesuit
               ,
               but
               forsook
               the
               knavish
               part
               of
               his
               O●fice
               for
               Poetry
               ,
               tho'
               his
               Works
               ,
               if
               I
               may
               credit
               those
               that
               have
               read
               him
               with
               more
               regard
               than
               my self
               ,
               is
               not
               enough
               to
               quit
               him
               of
               all
               the
               tricks
               of
               that
               Order
               ,
               he
               is
               for
               nothing
               so
               ●amous
               ,
               as
               for
               naming
               a
               Poem
               of
               Mr.
               
               Dryden's
               call'd
               ,
               
                 Mac
                 Flecknoe
              
               ,
               he
               has
               Published
               several
               Plays
               ,
               but
               whether
               any
               of
               'em
               were
               Acted
               or
               not
               ,
               I
               'm
               not
               able
               to
               determine
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Damoyselles
                   A-la-mode
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1667.
                 
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 their
                 Graces
                 the
                 Duke
                 and
                 Dutchess
                 of
                 
                   New
                   Castle
                
                 ,
                 borrowed
                 from
                 
                   Moliere's
                   Precieuses
                   Ridicules
                   ,
                   L'Escole
                   des
                   Femes
                   ,
                   &
                   L'Escole
                   des
                   Maris
                   .
                
              
               
                 Erminia
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Chast
                   Lady
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1667.
                 
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 fair
                 and
                 virtuous
                 Lady
                 the
                 Lady
                 Southcott
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Loves
                   Dominion
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Postoral
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1654.
                 
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Lady
                 
                   Elizabeth
                   Claypole
                
                 :
                 A
                 Play
                 full
                 of
                 Morality
                 ,
                 and
                 written
                 as
                 a
                 Pa●●ern
                 for
                 the
                 
                   Reformed
                   Stage
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Love's
                   Kingdom
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Pastoral
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1664.
                 
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 his
                 Excellency
                 the
                 Marquess
                 of
                 Newcas●le
                 .
                 This
                 Published
                 
                 with
                 a
                 fresh
                 Title
                 ten
                 years
                 after
                 ;
                 the
                 other
                 going
                 before
                 ,
                 is
                 almost
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 only
                 Corrected
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 very
                 little
                 alter'd
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Marriage
                   of
                   Oceanus
                   and
                   Britania
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Masque
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               Author
               has
               written
               divers
               Epigrams
               and
               Enigmatical
               Characters
               ;
               also
               a
               short
               Discourse
               of
               the
               English
               Stage
               ,
               Published
               at
               the
               end
               of
               his
               
                 Love's
                 Dominion
              
               ,
               8
               
                 vo
                 .
                 Diarium
              
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Iournal
              
               ,
               another
               piece
               of
               his
               in
               Burlesque
               Verse
               ,
               12
               ves
               .
               1656.
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Iohn
                 Fletcher
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Francis
                 Beaumont
              
               .
            
             
               MR.
               Fletcher
               was
               the
               Son
               of
               Dr.
               Fletcher
               ,
               created
               Bishop
               of
               Bristol
               by
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               translated
               to
               the
               See
               of
               London
               ,
               1593.
               
               He
               dy'd
               the
               first
               year
               of
               Charles
               I.
               of
               the
               Plague
               in
               London
               ,
               1625.
               in
               his
               Forty
               ninth
               Year
               ,
               and
               was
               Buried
               in
               St.
               
                 Mary
                 Overy's
              
               Church
               ,
               Southwark
               .
               His
               Colleague
               in
               writing
               most
               of
               his
               Plays
               ,
               Mr.
               Beaumont
               ,
               I
               can
               say
               little
               of
               ,
               but
               what
               the
               Reader
               may
               gather
               from
               the
               Verses
               of
               the
               Poets
               in
               that
               Age
               ,
               before
               their
               Works
               ;
               that
               he
               was
               a
               Man
               of
               Learning
               none
               can
               question
               ;
               but
               to
               imagine
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Langbain
               does
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               perfectly
               vers'd
               in
               the
               Dramatick
               Laws
               ,
               is
               more
               than
               can
               be
               drawn
               from
               their
               Plays
               ,
               of
               which
               there
               is
               scarce
               one
               regular
               .
               Their
               Comedies
               are
               much
               the
               best
               ;
               yet
               of
               them
               take
               away
               five
               or
               six
               ,
               and
               they
               will
               not
               bear
               Acting
               ,
               scarce
               reading
               by
               a
               nice
               Iudge
               .
               I
               say
               not
               this
               to
               derogate
               from
               Men
               of
               undoubted
               Merit
               ,
               but
               only
               prompted
               by
               my
               impartiality
               ,
               a
               Character
               which
               Mr.
               Langbain
               professes
               but
               has
               no
               where
               preserved
               .
               Their
               Plays
               are
               Fifty
               two
               in
               Number
               ,
               all
               which
               are
               Printed
               and
               Published
               in
               one
               large
               Volume
               Folio
               ,
               1679.
               
               They
               follow
               in
               Alphabetical
               Order
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Beggars
                   Bush
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 often
                 Acted
                 formerly
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
              
               
                 Bonduca
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 Play
                 has
                 been
                 twice
                 reviv'd
                 ,
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Tacitus's
                   Annals
                   ,
                   Book
                
                 14.
                 
                 See
                 also
                 
                 Milton's
                 History
                 of
                 
                   England
                   ,
                   Book
                
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Bloody
                   Brother
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Rollo
                   Duke
                   of
                   Normandy
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 Play
                 hath
                 been
                 sometimes
                 Acted
                 of
                 late
                 Days
                 in
                 
                   Dorset
                   Garden
                
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Success
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Herodian
                   .
                   Hist.
                   Lib.
                
                 4.
                 and
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Language
                 from
                 
                   Seneca's
                   Thebais
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Captain
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 Play
                 has
                 not
                 been
                 Acted
                 of
                 late
                 years
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Chances
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 Reviv'd
                 by
                 the
                 late
                 Duke
                 of
                 Buckingham
                 ,
                 and
                 Printed
                 with
                 Alterations
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1682.
                 oftentimes
                 Acted
                 with
                 great
                 Applause
                 of
                 late
                 days
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 in
                 
                   Dorset
                   Garden
                
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Plot
                 from
                 the
                 Lady
                 Cornelia
                 in
                 
                   Exemplary
                   Novels
                   ,
                   fol.
                
                 or
                 the
                 Novels
                 of
                 Cornelia
                 in
                 
                   Miguel
                   des
                   Cervantes
                   Novels
                
                 ,
                 translated
                 by
                 Dr.
                 Pope
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   Coronation
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 not
                 Acted
                 these
                 many
                 years
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 ,
                 tho'
                 Printed
                 in
                 this
                 folio
                 Edition
                 ,
                 is
                 claimed
                 by
                 Shirley
                 to
                 be
                 his
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Coxcomb
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 Play
                 has
                 been
                 Revived
                 and
                 Act●d
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 but
                 met
                 with
                 little
                 Success
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cupid's
                   Revenge
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Custom
                   of
                   the
                   Country
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 The
                 Plot
                 of
                 
                   Rutilio
                   ,
                   Duarte
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Guyomar
                 ,
                 built
                 on
                 
                   Malispinis
                   Novels
                   ,
                   Decad.
                
                 6.
                 
                 Nov.
                 6.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Double
                   Marriage
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 Revived
                 some
                 Years
                 since
                 ,
                 but
                 met
                 not
                 with
                 that
                 Success
                 expected
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Elder
                   Brother
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 fol.
                 oftentimes
                 Acted
                 formerly
                 ,
                 and
                 met
                 with
                 indifferent
                 Success
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Faithful
                   Shepherdess
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Pastoral
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 was
                 entirely
                 
                 Fletcher's
                 ,
                 and
                 commended
                 by
                 (
                 *
                 )
                 Copies
                 of
                 Verses
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Beaumont
                 and
                 
                   Ben.
                   Iohnson
                
                 .
                 'T
                 was
                 first
                 Acted
                 on
                 a
                 Twelfth
                 Night
                 ,
                 at
                 Somerset-house
                 ;
                 instead
                 of
                 a
                 Prologue
                 was
                 a
                 Song
                 in
                 Dialogue
                 ,
                 writ
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   D'avenant
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Sung
                 between
                 a
                 Priest
                 and
                 a
                 Nimph
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 (
                 †
                 )
                 Epilogue
                 was
                 then
                 spoken
                 by
                 the
                 Lady
                 Mordant
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Fair
                   Maid
                   of
                   the
                   Inn
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 
                   fol.
                   Marianus
                
                 disowning
                 Caesario
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Injunction
                 to
                 Marry
                 him
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 find
                 in
                 
                   Causin's
                   Holy
                   Court
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Wanly's
                   Hist.
                   of
                   Man
                
                 ,
                 Book
                 3
                 Cap.
                 26.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   False
                   One
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 ●
                 See
                 
                   Plutarch
                   ,
                   Suetonius
                   ,
                   Dion
                   ,
                   Appian
                   ,
                   Florus
                   ,
                   Orosius
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Four
                   Plays
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Moral
                   Representations
                   in
                   One
                
                 ,
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 (
                 viz.
                 )
                 
                   The
                   Triumphs
                   of
                   Honour
                
                 ;
                 built
                 on
                 
                   Boccace's
                   Novels
                
                 ,
                 Day
                 10.
                 
                 Nov.
                 5.
                 
                 
                   Triumph
                   of
                   Love
                
                 ,
                 on
                 Nov.
                 8.
                 
                 Day
                 5.
                 
                 
                   Triumph
                   of
                   Death
                
                 ,
                 on
                 Nov.
                 3.
                 
                 Part
                 3.
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Fortunate
                   Deceiv'd
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Vnfortunate
                   Lovers
                
                 ,
                 also
                 
                   The
                   Palace
                   of
                   Pleasure
                
                 ,
                 Nov.
                 4.
                 
                 And
                 
                   The
                   Triumph
                   of
                   Time
                
                 ,
                 the
                 Author
                 's
                 own
                 Invention
                 .
              
               
                 
                   An
                   Honest
                   Man's
                   Fortune
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 See
                 
                   Heywood's
                   Hist.
                   of
                   Women
                
                 ,
                 Book
                 9.
                 p.
                 641.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Humorous
                   Lieutenant
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 Some
                 hint
                 may
                 be
                 taken
                 from
                 Horace
                 ,
                 Lib.
                 2.
                 
                 Ep.
                 2.
                 but
                 rather
                 from
                 
                   Ford's
                   Apothegms
                
                 ,
                 p.
                 30.
                 
                 See
                 also
                 
                 Plutarch's
                 
                   Life
                   of
                   Demetrius
                   ,
                   Appian
                   ,
                   Iustin
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Island
                   Princess
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 and
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 about
                 ten
                 Years
                 since
                 Reviv'd
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Tate
                 ,
                 the
                 present
                 Poet
                 Laureat
                 ,
                 with
                 Alterations
                 .
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 Henry
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Walgrave
                 ,
                 the
                 Quarto
                 Edition
                 ,
                 Printed
                 1687.
                 
              
               
                 
                 
                   A
                   King
                   and
                   no
                   King
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 Reviv'd
                 since
                 the
                 Restauration
                 ,
                 and
                 Acted
                 with
                 Applause
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Knight
                   of
                   the
                   Burning
                   Pestle
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 Reviv'd
                 also
                 in
                 King
                 Charles
                 the
                 Second's
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 new
                 Prologue
                 ,
                 spoken
                 by
                 the
                 famous
                 Madam
                 
                   Ellen
                   Guin
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Knight
                   of
                   Malta
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 not
                 Acted
                 of
                 late
                 years
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Laws
                   of
                   Candy
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 not
                 Acted
                 these
                 many
                 years
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Little
                   French
                   Lawyer
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Gusman's
                   Don
                   Lewis●
                   de
                   Castro
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Don
                   Roderigo
                   de
                   Montalvo
                
                 .
                 See
                 also
                 
                 Scarroon's
                 Novel
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Fruitless
                   Precaution
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Loves
                   Cure
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Martial
                   Maid
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Love's
                   Prilgrimage
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 The
                 Plot
                 from
                 a
                 Novel
                 ,
                 call'd
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Two
                   Damsels
                
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 Book
                 Entituled
                 
                   Exemplary
                   Novels
                
                 ,
                 and
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Play
                 taken
                 from
                 
                   Iohnson's
                   New
                   Inn.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Lovers
                   Progress
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 Plot
                 from
                 a
                 French
                 Romance
                 ,
                 call'd
                 Lysander
                 and
                 Calista
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Loyal
                   Subject
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Mad
                   Lover
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 See
                 the
                 Story
                 of
                 Mundus
                 and
                 Paulina
                 ,
                 in
                 
                   Iosephus
                   Hist.
                   of
                   the
                   Iews
                
                 ,
                 Book
                 18.
                 
                 Chap.
                 4.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Maid
                   in
                   the
                   Mill
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ;
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 Reviv'd
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Dukes
                 Theatre
                 after
                 the
                 Fire
                 of
                 London
                 .
                 Plot
                 of
                 the
                 serious
                 part
                 from
                 Gerardo
                 ,
                 a
                 Romance
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Comical
                 part
                 from
                 
                   Bandello's
                   Novels
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Maid's
                   Tragedy
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 often
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 King's
                 Theatre
                 since
                 the
                 Restauration
                 ;
                 but
                 somewhat
                 in
                 it
                 displeasing
                 King
                 Charles
                 the
                 Second
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 forbid
                 coming
                 on
                 the
                 Stage
                 ,
                 till
                 Mr.
                 Waller
                 Reviving
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 wholly
                 altering
                 the
                 last
                 Act
                 (
                 which
                 is
                 Printed
                 in
                 his
                 Poems
                 )
                 appeared
                 again
                 publickly
                 .
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Masque
                   of
                   Grays-Inn
                   and
                   the
                   Inner
                   Temple-Gentlemen
                   ,
                
                 fol.
                 This
                 was
                 presented
                 at
                 the
                 Marriage
                 of
                 the
                 Princess
                 Elizabeth
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Prince
                 Palatine
                 of
                 the
                 Rhyne
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Banquetting
                 House
                 of
                 White●all
                 ;
                 written
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Beaumont
                 alone
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Monsieur
                   Thomas
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 has
                 appeared
                 since
                 on
                 the
                 Stage
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 new
                 Title
                 ,
                 call'd
                 ,
                 
                   Trick
                   for
                   Trick
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Nice
                   Valour
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Passionate
                   mad
                   Man
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Night
                   Walker
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   little
                   Thief
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 has
                 been
                 Acted
                 since
                 the
                 Restauration
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 King's
                 Servants
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Noble
                   Gentleman
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 Play
                 has
                 appeared
                 of
                 late
                 years
                 with
                 a
                 new
                 Title
                 ,
                 call'd
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Fool
                   's
                   Pre●erment
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Three
                   Dukes
                   of
                   Dunstable
                
                 ,
                 Riviv'd
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Durfey
                 .
              
               
                 
                 Philaster
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Love
                   lies
                   a
                   Bleeding
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 A
                 Play
                 often
                 Acted
                 formerly
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 of
                 late
                 Years
                 ,
                 is
                 accounted
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 our
                 Authors
                 have
                 Published
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Pilgrim
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 Reviv'd
                 and
                 Acted
                 some
                 Years
                 since
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Prophetess
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 is
                 Reviv'd
                 under
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 the
                 Prophetess
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   History
                   of
                   Dioclesian
                
                 ,
                 an
                 Opera
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1690.
                 
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 what
                 reason
                 Mr.
                 Langbain
                 has
                 to
                 attribute
                 the
                 revival
                 to
                 Mr.
                 Dryden
                 ,
                 when
                 't
                 was
                 Mr.
                 
                 Betterton's
                 .
                 The
                 true
                 History
                 you
                 may
                 find
                 in
                 Nicephorus
                 ,
                 lib.
                 6.
                 and
                 7.
                 
                 Eusebius
                 lib.
                 8.
                 
                 Baronii
                 An.
                 204.
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Queen
                   of
                   Corinth
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Rule
                   a
                   Wife
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   a
                   Wife
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 Play
                 has
                 been
                 sometimes
                 Acted
                 of
                 late
                 days
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Scornful
                   Lady
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 Acted
                 often
                 in
                 these
                 days
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 is
                 likewise
                 Printed
                 in
                 Quarto
                 ,
                 1691.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Sea
                   Voyage
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 Play
                 has
                 been
                 Reviv'd
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Durfey
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 new
                 Title
                 ,
                 call'd
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Common-wealth
                   of
                   Women
                
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 part
                 resembles
                 
                 Shakespear's
                 Tempest
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Spanish
                   Curate
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Gerardo's
                   Hist.
                
                 of
                 
                   Don
                   Iohn
                
                 p.
                 202.
                 and
                 from
                 the
                 
                   Spanish
                   Curate
                
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Author
                 ,
                 p.
                 214.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Thiery
                   and
                   Theodoret
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 and
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 imperfect
                 in
                 the
                 last
                 Act
                 in
                 the
                 folio
                 Edition
                 ,
                 but
                 supplied
                 in
                 the
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 the
                 
                   French
                   Chronicles
                
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Reign
                 of
                 Clotair
                 II.
                 See
                 
                   Fredegarius
                   ,
                   De
                   Serres
                   ,
                   Mezeray
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Two
                   Noble
                   Kinsmen
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 Mr.
                 Shakespear
                 assisted
                 in
                 the
                 writing
                 of
                 this
                 Play.
                 
              
               
                 Valentinian
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 and
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 ,
                 has
                 been
                 Reviv'd
                 and
                 Alter'd
                 by
                 the
                 late
                 Earl
                 of
                 Rochester
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 with
                 great
                 Applause
                 .
                 The
                 Quarto
                 Edition
                 ,
                 Published
                 1685.
                 with
                 a
                 Preface
                 relating
                 to
                 the
                 Author
                 and
                 his
                 Works
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Amm.
                   Marcellinus
                   .
                   Procopius
                   .
                   Hist.
                   Evagrius
                   ,
                
                 and
                 other
                 Writers
                 of
                 those
                 times
                 .
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Wife
                   for
                   a
                   Month
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 See
                 the
                 Story
                 hereof
                 in
                 Mariana
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Louis
                   de
                   Mayerne
                   Turquet
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 History
                 of
                 Sancho
                 VIII
                 .
                 King
                 of
                 Leon.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Wild
                   Goose
                   Chase
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 Play
                 has
                 been
                 in
                 good
                 repute
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Wit
                   at
                   several
                   Weapons
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 built
                 on
                 the
                 Wits
                 ;
                 writ
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   D'avenant
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Wit
                   without
                   Money
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 Reviv'd
                 and
                 Acted
                 in
                 
                   Little
                   Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                
                 ,
                 immediately
                 after
                 the
                 Theatre
                 in
                 
                   Drury
                   Lane
                
                 was
                 burnt
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 new
                 Prologue
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Dryd●n
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   Woman
                   Hater
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 Reviv'd
                 by
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   D'avenant
                
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 *
                 new
                 Prologue
                 writ
                 in
                 Prose
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Fletcher
                 writ
                 this
                 Play
                 without
                 the
                 Assistance
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Beaumont
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Womans
                   Prize
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Tamer
                   Tam'd
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 built
                 on
                 the
                 
                   Taming
                   of
                   the
                   Shrew
                
                 ,
                 writ
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Shakespear
                 ,
                 and
                 may
                 be
                 taken
                 as
                 a
                 Counter
                 part
                 thereof
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Women
                   Pleas'd
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 See
                 the
                 most
                 Comical
                 parts
                 hereof
                 taken
                 from
                 Nov.
                 6.
                 
                 Day
                 7.
                 and
                 Day
                 8.
                 
                 Nov.
                 8.
                 &c.
                 of
                 
                   Boccace's
                   Novels
                
                 .
              
            
             
               Mr.
               Fletcher
               join'd
               with
               
                 Ben.
                 Iohnson
              
               and
               Middleton
               ,
               in
               one
               other
               Comedy
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 The
                 Widow
              
               ,
               placed
               under
               Iohnson
               ;
               and
               Mr.
               Beaumont
               has
               writ
               a
               Book
               of
               Poems
               ,
               Elegies
               ,
               Sonnets
               ,
               &c.
               last
               Edition
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1653.
               
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Ford.
               
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               the
               
                 Middle
                 Temple
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               I.
               and
               besides
               those
               Plays
               he
               has
               join'd
               with
               Rowley
               and
               Decker
               ,
               he
               has
               writ
               seven
               entirely
               alone
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Broken
                   Heart
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1633.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 
                   Black
                   Fryers
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Craven
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Fancies
                   Chast
                   and
                   Noble
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1638.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Phoenix
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Queens
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Macdonel
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Antrim●
                 in
                 Ireland
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Ladies
                   Tryal
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comed●●
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1639.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 in
                 
                   Drury
                   Lane
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 
                   Iohn
                   Wyrley
                
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
                 and
                 Mrs.
                 
                   Mary
                   Wyrley
                
                 his
                 Wife
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Lovers
                   Melancholy
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1629.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 
                   Black
                   Fryers
                
                 ,
                 and
                 publickly
                 at
                 the
                 Globe
                 by
                 the
                 King's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 several
                 of
                 his
                 Friends
                 of
                 Grays-Inn
                 in
                 particular
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 the
                 whole
                 Society
                 in
                 general
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Loves
                   Sacrifice
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1633.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Queens
                 Servants
                 at
                 the
                 Phoenix
                 in
                 
                   Drury
                   Lane
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 
                   Iohn
                   Ford
                
                 of
                 Grays-Inn
                 ,
                 Esq.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Perkin
                   Warbeck
                
                 ;
                 an
                 Historical
                 Play
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1634.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Queens
                 Servants
                 in
                 
                   Drury
                   Lane
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 William
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 
                   New
                   Castle
                
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 truth
                 of
                 the
                 Story
                 see
                 
                   Gainsford's
                   Hist.
                   of
                   Perkin
                   Warbeck
                
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 and
                 our
                 
                   English
                   Chronicles
                
                 in
                 the
                 Reign
                 of
                 Henry
                 VII
                 .
              
               
                 
                   'T
                   is
                   Pity
                   she
                   's
                   a
                   Whore
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1633.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Queens
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 at
                 the
                 Phaenix
                 in
                 
                   Drury
                   Lane
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 
                 to
                 the
                 truly
                 Noble
                 Iohn
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Peterborough
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Mordant
                 ,
                 Baron
                 of
                 Turney
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Suns
                   Darling
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Mask
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1657.
                 
                 Presented
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 at
                 the
                 Cock-pit
                 in
                 
                   Drury
                   Lane
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Southampton
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 not
                 wholly
                 written
                 by
                 this
                 Author
                 ,
                 but
                 Decker
                 join'd
                 with
                 him
                 therein
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Ford.
               
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               I.
               and
               has
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Loves
                 Labyrinth
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Royal
                 Shepherdess
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1660.
               
               Part
               of
               it
               taken
               from
               
                 Gomersal's
                 Tragedy
                 of
                 S●●rza
              
               ,
               Duke
               of
               Millain
               ,
               and
               is
               bound
               up
               with
               his
               other
               Works
               in
               8
               vo
               .
               1661.
               
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Fountain
               .
            
             
               A
               Devonshire
               Gentleman
               who
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               K.
               Charles
               II.
               and
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Reward
                 of
                 Virtue
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1661.
               never
               Acted
               whilst
               the
               Author
               liv'd
               ,
               but
               after
               his
               Death
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               Reviv'd
               and
               Alter'd
               it
               ;
               and
               then
               under
               another
               Title
               ,
               (
               viz.
               )
               
                 The
                 Royal
                 Shepherdess
              
               ,
               it
               was
               Acted
               with
               Applause
               .
            
          
           
             
               Abraham
               Fraunce
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Poet
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ;
               in
               a
               Book
               writ
               by
               him
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 The
                 Countess
                 of
                 Pembroke's
                 Ivy-Church
              
               ,
               is
               one
               Dramatick
               Pastoral
               ,
               entituled
               .
            
             
               
                 Amintas
                 Pastoral
              
               ;
               4
               to
               .
               1591.
               writ
               in
               Hexameters
               ,
               and
               is
               a
               Translation
               of
               Tasso's
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 Ralph
                 Freeman
              
               .
            
             
               THis
               Gentleman
               after
               the
               Martyrdom
               of
               K.
               Charles
               I.
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               Imperiale
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1655.
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               
                 Iohn
                 Morris
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               For
               the
               Plot
               consult
               
                 Pontanus
                 ,
                 Budaeus's
                 Treasury
                 of
                 Ancient
                 and
                 Modern
                 Times
                 ,
                 Beard
                 's
                 Theatre
                 of
                 God's
                 Iudgments
                 ,
              
               part
               2.
               page
               45.
               
               
                 Wanley's
                 History
                 of
                 Man
              
               ,
               Book
               4.
               
               Chapt.
               2.
               
               
                 Goulart
                 
                 Hist.
                 Admirables
                 de
                 Notre
                 temps
                 ,
              
               Tom.
               1.
               p.
               362.
               and
               
                 Bandello's
                 Novels
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Vlpian
               Fulwell
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               in
               Queen
               
               Elizabeth's
               Reign
               ,
               who
               writ
               in
               Rhime
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Like
                 will
                 to
                 like
                 quoth
                 the
                 Devil
                 to
                 the
                 Collier
              
               ;
               an
               Interlude
               4
               to
               .
               1587.
               
               This
               ancient
               piece
               was
               so
               contriv'd
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               be
               Acted
               by
               five
               Persons
               ;
               shews
               what
               Punishments
               overtake
               the
               Licentious
               ,
               and
               what
               Rewards
               the
               Virtuous
               receive
               ;
               it
               s
               printed
               in
               an
               old
               black
               English
               Letter
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             G
          
           
             
               
                 George
                 Gascoign
              
               ,
               Esq.
               
            
             
               AN
               ancient
               Poet
               who
               writ
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               Queen
               
               Elizabeth's
               Reign
               ,
               he
               was
               of
               Grays-Inn
               ,
               and
               has
               left
               us
               four
               Dramatick
               pieces
               ,
               of
               which
               in
               their
               order
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Glass
                   of
                   Government
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1575.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 also
                 printed
                 in
                 an
                 old
                 black
                 Letter
                 ,
                 like
                 that
                 of
                 
                 Fulwell's
                 ,
                 and
                 shews
                 the
                 Punishments
                 for
                 Vice
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Rewards
                 for
                 Virtue
                 .
              
               
                 Iocasta
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1556.
                 
                 Translated
                 from
                 the
                 Greek
                 of
                 Euripides
                 by
                 this
                 Author
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Kinwelmersh
                 of
                 Grays-Inn
                 ,
                 where
                 it
                 was
                 presented
                 .
              
               
                 Supposes
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1566.
                 presented
                 also
                 at
                 Grays-Inn
                 ,
                 Enlished
                 from
                 the
                 famous
                 Italian
                 Oriosto
                 .
                 This
                 and
                 the
                 former
                 ,
                 are
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 Antients
                 Plays
                 in
                 our
                 English
                 Tongue
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Pleasure
                   at
                   Kenelworth-Castle
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Masque
                 ,
                 but
                 what
                 year
                 when
                 Printed
                 I
                 cannot
                 tell
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 play'd
                 before
                 the
                 Queen
                 for
                 her
                 Entertainment
                 there
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Author
               has
               Publish'd
               divers
               Poems
               with
               his
               Plays
               ,
               printed
               4
               to
               .
               1587.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Henry
               Glapthorn
               .
            
             
               I
               Know
               no
               more
               of
               this
               Author
               ,
               than
               that
               he
               writ
               five
               Plays
               in
               the
               time
               of
               K.
               Charles
               I.
               which
               follow
               ;
               
                 
                   
                     Albertus
                     Wallenstein
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   1640.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Globe
                   on
                   the
                   Bank
                   side
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   .
                   See
                   the
                   German
                   Writers
                   of
                   Ferdinand
                   the
                   2
                   d's
                   Reign
                   .
                   
                     Spondanus●s
                     Continuation
                  
                   of
                   Baronius
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Argalus
                     and
                     Parthenia
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1639.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   presented
                   before
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   at
                   Court
                   ;
                   and
                   afterwards
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   private
                   House
                   in
                   
                     Drury
                     Lane
                  
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   Sir
                   
                     Philip
                     Sidney's
                     Arcadia
                  
                   ,
                   sol
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Hollander
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1640.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Cock-Pit
                   in
                   
                     Drury
                     Lane
                  
                   ,
                   as
                   also
                   at
                   Court
                   before
                   their
                   Majesties
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Ladies
                     Priviledge
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1640.
                   
                   Acted
                   both
                   at
                   Court
                   before
                   their
                   Majesties
                   ,
                   and
                   at
                   the
                   Cock-Pit
                   in
                   
                     Drury
                     Lane
                  
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Wit
                     in
                     a
                     Constable
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1640.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Cock-Pit
                   in
                   
                     Drury
                     Lane
                  
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   .
                
              
            
             
               He
               also
               Published
               a
               Poem
               call'd
               Whitehall
               ,
               which
               are
               Printed
               in
               Quarto
               1639.
               
            
          
           
             
               Tho.
               Goff
               .
            
             
               HE
               was
               born
               about
               the
               year
               1592.
               began
               his
               Studies
               at
               Westminster-School
               ,
               finish'd
               them
               at
               
                 Christ-Church
                 ,
                 Oxon
              
               ,
               whether
               he
               remov'd
               at
               Eighteen
               .
               He
               went
               out
               Batchelor
               of
               Divinity
               ,
               and
               had
               the
               Living
               of
               East-Clandon
               in
               Surrey
               ,
               and
               a
               Xantippe
               to
               his
               Wife
               ,
               whose
               Tongue
               ,
               &c.
               he
               could
               not
               bear
               so
               indifferently
               as
               sometimes
               ,
               but
               as
               my
               Author
               observes
               ,
               let
               it
               shorten
               his
               Days
               .
               He
               was
               Buried
               in
               the
               said
               Parish-Church
               ,
               1627.
               and
               has
               written
               divers
               Poetical
               Pieces
               :
               His
               Plays
               five
               in
               Number
               ,
               follow
               :
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Careless
                     Shepherdess
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Pastoral
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1656.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   Salisbury-Court
                   ,
                   before
                   their
                   Majesties
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   with
                   good
                   Applause
                   .
                   To
                   which
                   Play
                   is
                   added
                   an
                   Alphabetical
                   Catalogue
                   of
                   all
                   Plays
                   till
                   that
                   time
                   published
                   i●
                   English
                   ,
                   but
                   very
                   Erronious
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Couragious
                     Turk
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     Amurath
                     the
                     First
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1656.
                   
                   Acted
                   by
                   the
                   Students
                   of
                   Christ-Church
                   in
                   Oxon.
                   For
                   the
                   Plot
                   ,
                   see
                   
                     Leunclavius
                     ,
                     Chalcocondylas
                     ,
                     Knolles
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   in
                   the
                   Reign
                   of
                   Amurath
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Orestes
                     his
                     Tragedy
                  
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1656.
                   
                   Acted
                   also
                   by
                   the
                   Students
                   of
                   Christ-Church
                   in
                   Ox●n
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Euripides's
                     Orestes
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     Sophocles's
                     Electra
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Raging
                     Turk
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     Bajazet
                     the
                     Second
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1656.
                   which
                   was
                   likewise
                   Acted
                   by
                   the
                   Students
                   of
                   
                     Christ-Church
                     ,
                     Ox●n
                  
                   .
                   For
                   the
                   Plot
                   consult
                   the
                   same
                   Turkish
                   Histories
                   before
                   mentioned
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Solimus
                     Emperor
                     of
                     the
                     Turks
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1638.
                   
                   For
                   the
                   Plot
                   consult
                   also
                   the
                   Turkish
                   Historians
                   ,
                   as
                   
                     Paul.
                     Iovius
                     ,
                     Mezeray
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   in
                   the
                   Reign
                   of
                   Solimus
                   the
                   First
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Three
               of
               these
               five
               Plays
               mentioned
               to
               be
               Acted
               at
               Oxon
               ,
               are
               Printed
               together
               in
               one
               Volume
               8
               vo
               .
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               Gomersal
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               ,
               like
               the
               last
               ,
               a
               Divine
               ,
               born
               1602.
               at
               London
               ,
               at
               Fourteen
               was
               entred
               at
               Christ-Church
               in
               Oxon
               ,
               and
               chosen
               Student
               of
               that
               Royal
               Foundation
               ,
               past
               through
               his
               several
               Degrees
               to
               Batchelor
               of
               Divinity
               ,
               and
               dy'd
               1646.
               
               He
               writ
               one
               Play
               by
               the
               Name
               of
               ,
            
             
               
                 Lodovick
                 Sforza
                 ,
                 Duke
                 of
                 Millain
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1632.
               
               For
               the
               Story
               see
               Guiccardine
               ,
               lib.
               1,2
               .
               
                 &c.
                 Mezeray
              
               and
               
                 Philip
                 de
                 Comines
              
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Ch.
               VIII
               .
               This
               Author
               has
               writ
               several
               Poems
               ,
               some
               of
               them
               Divine
               ,
               which
               are
               Printed
               with
               this
               Play
               in
               8
               vo
               .
               Also
               some
               Sermons
               Printed
               4
               to
               .
               1663.
               
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               Gould
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               now
               living
               ,
               formerly
               a
               Domestick
               of
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Charles
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               Middlesex
               ;
               and
               since
               teaches
               School
               in
               the
               Country
               .
               He
               has
               given
               us
               One
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Rival
                 Sisters
              
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 Violence
                 of
                 Love
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               4
               to
               .
               1696.
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               Iames
               ,
               Earl
               of
               
                 Abingdon
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               This
               Play
               was
               well
               received
               ,
               tho'
               delay'd
               for
               some
               time
               the
               Acting
               ,
               as
               the
               Author
               complains
               in
               his
               Epistle
               .
               The
               Plot
               is
               almost
               entirely
               taken
               out
               of
               
               Shirly's
               
                 Maids
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               tho'
               he
               has
               left
               out
               the
               Characters
               of
               Signior
               Sharkino
               ,
               a
               sharking
               Doctor
               ,
               and
               his
               Man
               Scarabeo
               ;
               the
               Story
               is
               taken
               originally
               out
               of
               
               Reynolds's
               
                 God's
                 Revenge
                 against
                 Murder
              
               ,
               Book
               2.
               
               Hist.
               7.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Francis
                 Gouldsmith
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               I
               Can
               only
               say
               ,
               this
               Author
               liv'd
               in
               Charles
               the
               First
               's
               time
               ,
               and
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               Sophompaneos
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 History
                 of
                 Ioseph
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1640.
               with
               Annotations
               ,
               this
               Divine
               Dramma
               was
               writ
               in
               Latin
               by
               
                 Hugo
                 
                 Grotius
              
               ,
               translated
               by
               our
               Author
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               ●ee
               the
               44th
               ,
               and
               45th
               Chapter
               of
               
                 Genesis
                 ,
                 Philo
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Life
               of
               
                 Iosephus
                 ,
                 Iustin
              
               ,
               Book
               36.
               
               
               Eusebius's
               
                 Preparation
                 to
                 the
                 Gospel
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 George
                 Granville
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               THIS
               Gentleman
               is
               of
               the
               Noble
               Family
               of
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               the
               Earl
               of
               Bath
               ,
               and
               his
               Nephew
               :
               A
               Person
               of
               uncommon
               Qualifications
               ,
               and
               one
               that
               gives
               as
               much
               Honour
               to
               the
               Name
               he
               bears
               ,
               as
               he
               has
               receiv'd
               from
               it
               ;
               whose
               Wit
               ,
               Personal
               Bravery
               ,
               and
               Sweetness
               of
               Temper
               ,
               have
               made
               him
               the
               Delight
               of
               all
               that
               know
               him
               .
               The
               great
               Mr.
               Waller
               has
               expressed
               his
               Esteem
               of
               him
               ,
               in
               a
               Copy
               of
               Verses
               in
               return
               of
               some
               made
               to
               him
               by
               Mr.
               Granville
               .
               He
               has
               already
               given
               the
               World
               Two
               Plays
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Heroick
                   Love
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 in
                 
                   Little
                   Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 is
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 our
                 Modern
                 Tragedies
                 ,
                 and
                 writ
                 after
                 the
                 manner
                 of
                 the
                 Ancients
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 much
                 more
                 natural
                 and
                 easie
                 than
                 that
                 of
                 our
                 Modern
                 Dramatists
                 .
                 The
                 Plot
                 is
                 built
                 on
                 the
                 First
                 Book
                 of
                 
                   Homer
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   She-Gallants
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 in
                 
                   Little
                   Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                
                 ,
                 1696.
                 4
                 to
                 .
              
            
             
               This
               Play
               has
               ,
               next
               the
               
                 Plain
                 Dealer
              
               ,
               more
               just
               and
               substantial
               Reflections
               and
               Satyrical
               Observations
               ,
               than
               any
               of
               our
               English
               Comedies
               ;
               the
               Dialogue
               is
               not
               only
               easy
               ,
               but
               nervous
               ;
               and
               indeed
               he
               makes
               his
               Persons
               speak
               more
               Wit
               than
               the
               Stage
               is
               generally
               us'd
               to
               ,
               which
               arm'd
               a
               Faction
               against
               it
               ,
               tho'
               ev'n
               that
               was
               not
               sufficient
               totally
               to
               suppress
               its
               Success
               ,
               for
               it
               was
               very
               often
               Acted
               to
               the
               Satis●action
               of
               most
               that
               saw
               it
               with
               impartiality
               ,
               and
               would
               be
               contented
               to
               be
               pleas'd
               .
               The
               Episode
               of
               the
               Four
               Sisters
               is
               taken
               out
               of
               the
               French
               Marquiss
               ,
               in
               the
               Romance
               of
               Ibraim
               .
            
          
           
             
               Alexander
               Green.
               
            
             
               HE
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               and
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Polititian
                 Cheated
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1663.
               
               This
               Play
               I
               do
               not
               find
               to
               be
               ever
               Acted
               .
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               Green.
               
            
             
               T●IS
               Poet
               liv'd
               and
               writ
               One
               Play
               and
               part
               of
               another
               in
               Queen
               Elizabeth's
               Reign
               ,
               was
               Master
               of
               Arts
               in
               Cambridge
               ,
               and
               has
               Published
               some
               other
               Pieces
               .
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 Honourable
                 History
                 of
                 Fryar
                 Bacon
                 ,
                 and
                 Fryar
                 Bungy
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               consult
               
               Plot
               's
               Hist.
               of
               Oxonshire
               ,
               and
               
                 Wood
                 Antiquit.
                 Oxon.
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 Looking-Glass
                 for
                 London
                 and
                 England
              
               .
               For
               this
               see
               the
               Account
               of
               Dr.
               Lodge
               ,
               with
               whom
               he
               joined
               in
               this
               Divine
               Drama
               .
               This
               Author
               has
               writ
               divers
               other
               Pieces
               ,
               most
               of
               them
               Printed
               in
               an
               old
               Black
               Letter
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             H.
             
          
           
             
               
                 William
                 Ha●ington
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               OUR
               Poet
               in
               the
               midst
               of
               the
               late
               Civil
               Wars
               ,
               devoted
               himself
               to
               the
               Muses
               ,
               and
               among
               their
               Productions
               is
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Queen
                 of
                 Arragon
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               Fol.
               1640.
               
               Acted
               both
               at
               Court
               and
               the
               Black-Fryars
               .
               He
               has
               a
               Book
               of
               Poems
               ,
               called
               ,
               Castara
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1640.
               also
               the
               History
               or
               Chronicle
               of
               Edward
               the
               Fourth
               ,
               Fol.
               1640.
               
            
          
           
             
               Ioseph
               Harris
               .
            
             
               A
               Player
               yet
               living
               ,
               and
               Brother
               to
               the
               Famous
               Organist
               of
               the
               City
               of
               London
               ;
               he
               has
               been
               more
               than
               once
               aiming
               at
               Authority
               ,
               by
               the
               Help
               of
               his
               Friends
               ;
               he
               has
               Publish'd
               Two
               Plays
               under
               his
               Name
               ,
               called
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Mistakes
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   
                     False
                     Report
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   169.
                   which
                   Play
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   am
                   inform'd
                   ,
                   was
                   originally
                   compos'd
                   by
                   another
                   ,
                   and
                   put
                   into
                   his
                   Hands
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   he
                   made
                   shift
                   ,
                   by
                   altering
                   it
                   ,
                   to
                   spoil
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     City-Bride
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   
                     Merry
                     Cuckold
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   new
                   Theatre
                   in
                   
                     Little
                     Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                  
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ;
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1696.
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Honourable
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Walter
                  
                   ,
                   Bar.
                   This
                   Play
                   miscarried
                   ,
                   tho'
                   borrowed
                   from
                   Iohn
                   Webster's
                   
                     Cure
                     for
                     a
                     Cuckold
                  
                   ,
                   whole
                   Scenes
                   being
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   but
                   spoil'd
                   by
                   the
                   Transposer
                   ;
                   for
                   which
                   he
                   wou'd
                   seem
                   to
                   make
                   amends
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Performances
                   of
                   the
                   Musicians
                   ,
                   and
                   ●o
                   far
                   he
                   is
                   in
                   the
                   Right
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Peter
               Hausted
               .
            
             
               HE
               was
               born
               at
               Oundle
               ,
               in
               Northamptonshi●e
               ,
               proceeded
               to
               Master
               of
               Arts
               ,
               in
               
                 Queens-College
                 ,
                 Cambridge
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Charles
               
               the
               First
               ;
               he
               was
               impatient
               of
               Censure
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               his
               admired
               Ben.
               and
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Rival
                 Friends
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1632.
               
               Acted
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               at
               Cambridge
               .
               The
               Scene
               betwixt
               Love-all
               and
               
                 Hamershin
                 ,
                 Act
              
               3.
               
               Scene
               7.
               from
               that
               betwixt
               
                 True-wit
                 ,
                 Daw
              
               ,
               and
               La-Fool
               ,
               in
               
               Ben's
               
                 Silent
                 Woman
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ioseph
               Haynes
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Person
               is
               mentioned
               here
               ,
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               an
               abominable
               Play
               that
               is
               mentioned
               under
               his
               Name
               ,
               but
               he
               is
               not
               the
               Author
               of
               it
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 A
                 Fatal
                 Mistake
              
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 Plot
                 spoil'd
              
               ,
               Printed
               4
               to
               .
               1696.
               but
               never
               Acted
               .
            
          
           
             
               Richard
               Head.
               
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               ,
               born
               in
               Ireland
               of
               English
               Parents
               ,
               his
               Father
               was
               a
               Minister
               ,
               and
               murdered
               in
               the
               Massacree
               1641.
               
               He
               had
               a
               little
               smattering
               of
               the
               University
               of
               Oxon
               ,
               but
               was
               soon
               removed
               to
               a
               Book-seller
               in
               St.
               
               Paul's
               Church-Yard
               ,
               London
               .
               He
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Hic
                 &
                 Vbique
              
               ,
               or
               the
               
                 Humours
                 of
                 Dublin
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1663.
               
               Dedicated
               to
               Charles
               ,
               Duke
               of
               Monmouth
               .
               He
               writ
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               most
               of
               the
               Third
               Parts
               of
               the
               
                 English
                 Rogue
                 ,
                 The
                 Art
                 of
                 Wheedling
                 ,
              
               8
               
                 vo
                 .
                 The
                 Complaisant
                 Companion
              
               ,
               12
               
                 mo
                 .
                 Venus's
                 Cabinet
                 unlock'd
              
               ,
               12
               mo
               .
               with
               several
               other
               small
               Treatises
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               Hemmings
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               ,
               of
               whom
               I
               can
               only
               say
               ,
               That
               he
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               was
               Master
               of
               Arts
               of
               Oxford
               ,
               and
               he
               writ
               Two
               Plays
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   Fatal
                   Contract
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1653.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Iames
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Northampton
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 Isabella
                 ,
                 his
                 Vertuous
                 Countess
                 .
                 Since
                 the
                 Restauration
                 of
                 King
                 Charles
                 the
                 Second
                 ,
                 it
                 has
                 been
                 twice
                 reviv'd
                 ,
                 first
                 under
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 
                   Love
                   and
                   Revenge
                
                 ,
                 with
                 little
                 Alterations
                 ;
                 and
                 about
                 Ten
                 Years
                 ago
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 the
                 Eunuch
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 Plot
                 ,
                 consult
                 
                   Gregorie
                   de
                   Tours
                   ,
                   lib.
                
                 4
                 ,
                 5
                 ,
                 
                   &c.
                   
                   Aimion
                   ,
                   Valois
                   ,
                   De
                   Serres
                   ,
                   Mezeray
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 in
                 the
                 Reigns
                 of
                 Chilperic
                 the
                 First
                 ,
                 and
                 Clot●air
                 the
                 Second
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Iews
                   Tragedy
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 Printed
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1662.
                 
                 For
                 the
                 Plot
                 ,
                 consult
                 
                 Iosephus's
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Iews
                   ,
                   Book
                
                 6
                 ,
                 and
                 7.
                 where
                 you
                 may
                 find
                 the
                 fatal
                 Overthrow
                 by
                 Vespasian
                 and
                 Titus
                 his
                 Son
                 ,
                 agreeable
                 to
                 that
                 famous
                 History
                 by
                 Iosephus
                 ,
                 Printed
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1662.
                 
              
            
          
           
             
               Iasper
               Heywood
               .
            
             
               SON
               of
               
                 Iohn
                 Heywood
              
               ,
               first
               of
               Merton
               ,
               and
               then
               of
               
                 All-Souls-College
                 ,
                 Oxon
              
               ,
               which
               he
               left
               for
               St.
               Omers
               ,
               where
               he
               prov'd
               a
               zealous
               Biggotted
               Iesuit
               ,
               and
               the
               first
               that
               seminary
               sent
               for
               England
               :
               some
               say
               he
               was
               (a)
               Hanged
               ;
               others
               ,
               That
               he
               was
               ,
               with
               Seventy
               more
               ,
               of
               that
               and
               other
               Orders
               ,
               taken
               the
               Year
               1585.
               and
               (b)
               sent
               away
               beyond
               Sea.
               While
               he
               was
               of
               Oxford
               ,
               he
               tran●lated
               Three
               of
               
               Seneca's
               Plays
               ,
               (
               viz.
               )
               
                 
                   
                     Hercules
                     Furens
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Compare
                   this
                   with
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   of
                   Euripides
                   ,
                   bearing
                   the
                   same
                   Title
                   .
                
                 
                   Thyestes
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   which
                   our
                   Author
                   translated
                   ,
                   whilst
                   he
                   was
                   of
                   All-Souls
                   ,
                   in
                   Oxon
                   ;
                   he
                   has
                   added
                   a
                   Scene
                   at
                   the
                   End
                   of
                   the
                   Fifth
                   Act.
                   
                
                 
                   Tr●as
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   
                     to
                     .
                     Farnaby
                  
                   stiles
                   this
                   ,
                   a
                   Divine
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   and
                   highly
                   commends
                   it
                   ;
                   
                     Dan.
                     Heinsius
                  
                   also
                   commends
                   and
                   prefers
                   it
                   before
                   the
                   Troades
                   of
                   Euripides
                   .
                
              
            
             
               These
               Three
               Tragedies
               ,
               translated
               by
               our
               Author
               from
               Seneca
               ,
               are
               printed
               together
               in
               a
               Black
               Letter
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1581.
               
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Heywood
               .
            
             
               FATHER
               of
               the
               foregoing
               Poet
               ,
               and
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               Edward
               the
               Sixth
               ,
               and
               Queeen
               Mary
               the
               First
               ,
               at
               North-Mims
               ,
               in
               Hertfordshire
               ,
               was
               Sir
               Tho.
               More
               's
               Neighbour
               ,
               and
               in
               Favour
               with
               Queen
               Mary
               ;
               after
               whose
               Death
               ,
               flying
               for
               Religion
               ,
               he
               died
               at
               Mechlem
               ,
               1556.
               was
               one
               of
               our
               first
               Dramatick
               Writers
               ;
               and●
               tho'
               a
               Papist
               ,
               severe
               on
               their
               Regular
               Clergy
               ,
               as
               they
               call
               '
               em
               .
            
             
               
                 Four
                 P●s
              
               ,
               an
               Interlude
               ,
               4
               to
               .
            
             
               A
               Play
               between
               Iohn
               the
               Husband
               and
               Tib
               his
               Wife
               .
            
             
               A
               Play
               between
               the
               Pardoner
               ,
               the
               Fryar
               ,
               the
               Curate
               and
               Neighbour
               Prat.
               
            
             
               A
               Play
               of
               Gentleness
               and
               Nobility
               ,
               Two
               Parts
               .
            
             
               A
               Play
               of
               Love.
               
            
             
               A
               Play
               of
               the
               Weather
               ,
               styl'd
               ,
               
                 A
                 new
                 and
                 very
                 merry
                 Interlude
                 of
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 Weathers
                 ,
                 Fol.
              
               1533.
               
            
             
             
               These
               being
               some
               of
               the
               first
               Plays
               appeared
               in
               our
               English
               Language
               ,
               nothing
               in
               Commendation
               will
               be
               expected
               of
               them
               .
               This
               Author
               writ
               Two
               or
               Three
               Books
               of
               Epigrams
               ,
               Publish'd
               in
               4
               to
               .
               also
               a
               Book
               called
               
                 Monumenta
                 Literaria
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Heywood
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               was
               both
               Actor
               and
               Poet
               ,
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               King
               Iames
               I.
               He
               writ
               ,
               or
               had
               assisted
               in
               composing
               Two
               Hundred
               and
               Twenty
               Plays
               ,
               of
               which
               there
               are
               but
               Twenty
               Five
               remain
               entire
               .
               (a)
               Mr.
               Langbain
               sets
               up
               for
               a
               Vindication
               of
               this
               Author
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               Book
               that
               he
               condemns
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               which
               indeed
               is
               enough
               to
               render
               his
               Iudgment
               very
               much
               suspected
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Variety
               of
               Plays
               he
               had
               read
               ,
               either
               corrupted
               his
               Taste
               ,
               or
               else
               that
               he
               never
               had
               any
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Golden
                   Age
                
                 ,
                 or
                 
                   The
                   Lives
                   of
                   Iupiter
                   and
                   Saturn
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1611.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 
                   Red
                   Bull
                
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Queen's
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
                 See
                 
                 Galtruchius's
                 
                   Poetical
                   Hist.
                
                 Ross's
                 
                   M●stagogus
                   Poeticus●
                   Hollyoak
                   ,
                   Littleton
                
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Dictionaries
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Silver
                   Age
                
                 ,
                 a
                 History
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1613.
                 
                 See
                 Plautus
                 ,
                 Ovid's
                 
                   Metamorph
                   .
                   lib.
                
                 3.
                 and
                 other
                 
                   Poetical
                   Hist.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Brazen
                   Age
                
                 ,
                 a
                 History
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1613.
                 
                 See
                 
                 Ovid's
                 
                   Metamorph.
                   lib.
                
                 4
                 ,
                 7
                 ,
                 8
                 ,
                 and
                 9.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Iron
                   Age
                
                 ,
                 Part
                 I.
                 a
                 History
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1632.
                 
                 For
                 the
                 Plot
                 ,
                 &c.
                 see
                 
                   Virgil
                   ,
                   Homer
                   ,
                   Lucian
                   ,
                   Ovid
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Iron
                   Age
                
                 ,
                 Part
                 II.
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1632.
                 
                 For
                 the
                 Plot
                 ,
                 consult
                 the
                 same
                 Authors
                 before
                 mentioned
                 .
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Challenge
                   for
                   Beauty
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1636.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Black-Fryars
                 ,
                 and
                 at
                 the
                 Globe
                 on
                 the
                 Bank
                 Side
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Dutchess
                   of
                   Suffolk
                
                 ,
                 her
                 Life
                 ,
                 a
                 History
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 1631.
                 
                 Acted
                 then
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 Plot
                 ,
                 see
                 
                 Fox's
                 
                   Martyrology
                   ,
                   An.
                   Dom.
                
                 1558.
                 and
                 
                 Clark's
                 
                   Martyrology
                   ,
                   pag.
                
                 521.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Edward
                   the
                   Fourth
                
                 ,
                 Two
                 Parts
                 ,
                 a
                 History
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 16●●
                 .
                 See
                 the
                 Story
                 hereof
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Chronicles
                 of
                 
                   Hollingshead
                   ,
                   Speed
                   ,
                   Du
                   Chesne
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   English
                   Traveller
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comidy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1633.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Cock-Pit
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
                 Both
                 Plot
                 and
                 Language
                 of
                 Lyonel
                 and
                 Reignald
                 ,
                 stollen
                 from
                 
                 Plautus's
                 Mostellaria
                 .
                 See
                 the
                 Story
                 of
                 
                   Wincote
                   ,
                   Geraldine
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Dalavil
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 
                   History
                   of
                   Women
                
                 ,
                 by
                 this
                 Author
                 ,
                 where
                 he
                 affirms
                 the
                 said
                 Stories
                 at
                 large
                 to
                 be
                 true
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Fair
                   Maid
                   of
                   the
                   Exchange
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1637.
                 wherein
                 are
                 related
                 the
                 pleasant
                 Passages
                 ,
                 and
                 merry
                 Humours
                 of
                 the
                 Cripple
                 of
                 Fanchurch
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Kirkman
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 reckon
                 this
                 Play
                 to
                 our
                 Author
                 ;
                 but
                 Mr.
                 Langbain
                 makes
                 a
                 Question
                 thereof
                 ,
                 
                 since
                 his
                 Name
                 is
                 not
                 prefixt
                 ;
                 nor
                 ,
                 says
                 he
                 ,
                 the
                 Stile
                 and
                 Oeconomy
                 does
                 not
                 resemble
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 his
                 Labours
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Fair
                   Maid
                   of
                   the
                   West
                
                 ,
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   A
                   Girl
                   worth
                   Gold
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 Part
                 I.
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1631.
                 
                 Acted
                 before
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 Queen
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Fair
                   Maid
                   of
                   the
                   West
                
                 ,
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   A
                   Girl
                   worth
                   Gold
                
                 ,
                 Part
                 II.
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1631.
                 
                 Acted
                 likewise
                 before
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 Queen
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
                 Both
                 these
                 Plays
                 had
                 ,
                 in
                 those
                 Times
                 ,
                 good
                 Repute
                 ;
                 and
                 afterwards
                 serv'd
                 for
                 the
                 Subject
                 of
                 a
                 Romance
                 ,
                 called
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   English
                   Lover
                
                 ,
                 writ
                 by
                 
                   Iohn
                   Dancer
                
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 our
                 foregoing
                 Authors
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Fortune
                   by
                   Land
                   and
                   Sea
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1655.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Queen's
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
                 Our
                 Author
                 was
                 join'd
                 ,
                 in
                 composing
                 this
                 Play
                 ,
                 by
                 
                   William
                   Rowley
                
                 ,
                 hereafter
                 mentioned
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Four
                   London
                   Prentices
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   Conquests
                   of
                   Ierusalem
                   ,
                
                 History
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1635.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 
                   Red
                   Bull
                
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Queen's
                 Servants
                 .
                 Founded
                 on
                 Godfrey
                 of
                 Bulloign
                 .
                 See
                 Tasso
                 ,
                 Fuller's
                 
                   Hist.
                   of
                   the
                   Holy
                   War
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Dr.
                 
                 Nalson's
                 
                   History
                   of
                   the
                   Crasaide
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   If
                   you
                   know
                   not
                   me
                   ,
                   you
                   know
                   no
                   body
                   ,
                
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Troubles
                   of
                   Queen
                   Elizabeth
                
                 ,
                 in
                 Two
                 Parts
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1623.
                 
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                 Cambden's
                 
                   History
                   of
                   Queen
                   Elizabeth
                
                 ,
                 also
                 Speed
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 our
                 English
                 Chronicles
                 in
                 her
                 Reign
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Lancashire
                   Witches
                
                 ,
                 4
                 
                   to
                   .
                   London
                
                 ,
                 16●●
                 .
                 See
                 this
                 Story
                 in
                 Verse
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 large
                 Volume
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Author
                 ,
                 called
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Hierarchy
                   of
                   Angels
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   lib.
                
                 8.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Love's
                   Mistriss
                
                 ,
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Queen's
                   Mask
                
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1640.
                 
                 Acted
                 before
                 their
                 Majesties
                 ,
                 and
                 divers
                 Ambassadors
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Phenix
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                 Apuleius's
                 
                   Golden
                   Ass.
                
                 4
                 to
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Maiden-head
                   ,
                   well
                   lost
                
                 ,
                 A
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1634.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Rape
                   of
                   Lucrece
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1638.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 
                   Red
                   Bull
                
                 ,
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Tit.
                   Livius
                   ,
                   dec
                
                 .
                 1.
                 cap.
                 58
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Robert
                   ,
                   Earl
                   of
                   Huntingdon's
                   Down-fall
                   ,
                
                 a
                 History
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1601.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Nottingham
                 ,
                 Lord
                 High
                 Admiral
                 of
                 
                 England's
                 Servants
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Stow
                   ,
                   Speed
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Baker's
                   Chronicles
                
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Life
                 of
                 King
                 Richard
                 the
                 First
                 ;
                 
                   Fuller's
                   Worthies
                
                 in
                 the
                 Account
                 of
                 Nottinghamshire
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Robert
                   ,
                   Earl
                   of
                   Huntingdon's
                   Death
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1601.
                 
                 This
                 Earl
                 was
                 usually
                 called
                 ,
                 
                   Robin
                   Hood
                
                 ,
                 of
                 merry
                 Sherwood
                 ,
                 Plot
                 from
                 the
                 aforesaid
                 English
                 Chronicles
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Royal
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   Loyal
                   Subject
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1627.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Queen's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
                 Compare
                 this
                 with
                 the
                 
                   Loyal
                   Subject
                
                 ,
                 writ
                 by
                 Beaumont
                 and
                 Fletcher
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Wise
                   Woman
                   of
                   Hogsden
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1638.
                 often
                 times
                 Acted
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Woman
                   Kill'd
                   with
                   Kindness
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 .
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1617.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Queen's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
              
            
             
               Our
               Author
               has
               Published
               several
               other
               Pieces
               ,
               in
               Verse
               and
               Prose
               ,
               as
               
                 The
                 Hierarchy
                 of
                 Angels
                 ,
                 Fol.
                 The
                 Life
                 and
                 Troubles
                 of
                 Queen
                 Elizabeth
                 ,
              
               8
               
                 vo
                 .
                 The
                 Lives
                 of
                 Nine
                 Women
                 Worthies
                 ,
              
               4
               
                 to
                 .
                 The
                 General
                 History
                 of
                 Women
                 ,
              
               8
               
                 vo
                 .
                 An
                 Apology
                 for
                 Actors
                 ,
              
               4
               to
               .
               and
               
                 Pleasant
                 Dialogues
                 and
                 Drama's
              
               8
               vo
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Henry
                 Higden
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               I
               Know
               not
               whether
               this
               Gentleman
               be
               yet
               living
               or
               not
               ;
               but
               he
               was
               a
               Barrister
               of
               the
               Honourable
               Society
               of
               the
               
                 Middle
                 Temple
              
               :
               A
               Person
               known
               to
               all
               the
               conversable
               part
               of
               the
               Town
               ,
               for
               his
               Pleasant
               and
               Facetious
               Company
               ;
               and
               allow'd
               to
               be
               a
               Man
               of
               Wit
               ,
               tho'
               it
               were
               to
               be
               wish'd
               he
               had
               not
               Publish'd
               his
               Play
               of
            
             
               
                 The
                 wary
                 Widdow
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 Sir
                 Noisy
                 Parrat
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               1693.
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               Charles
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               
                 Middlesex
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               The
               ill
               Success
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               the
               Author
               gives
               us
               in
               the
               Preface
               ,
               which
               complains
               of
               the
               ungenerous
               Usage
               the
               Bear-garden
               Criticks
               gave
               it
               with
               Catealls
               ,
               &c.
               which
               ,
               how
               short
               soever
               it
               may
               be
               of
               what
               might
               be
               expected
               from
               so
               celebrated
               a
               Wit
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Higden
               was
               esteemed
               ,
               it
               could
               never
               deserve
               ;
               since
               Sir
               
                 Charles
                 Sidley
              
               could
               think
               it
               worthy
               a
               Prologue
               of
               his
               making
               .
               'T
               is
               usher'd
               into
               the
               World
               by
               Five
               Copies
               of
               English
               Verse
               ,
               and
               One
               of
               Latin.
               
            
          
           
             
               Barton
               Holyday
               .
            
             
               HE
               was
               born
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               in
               All-Saints
               Parish
               in
               Oxon
               ;
               his
               Cousin
               ,
               Dr.
               Ravis
               ,
               early
               entred
               ,
               and
               chose
               him
               Student
               of
               Christ-Church
               ;
               after
               his
               Degrees
               of
               Batchelor
               and
               Master
               of
               Arts
               ,
               was
               made
               Archdeacon
               of
               Oxonshire
               ,
               died
               1661.
               at
               Ei●ly
               ,
               near
               Oxon
               ,
               and
               was
               buried
               at
               Christ-Church
               in
               Oxon.
               He
               writ
               One
               Play
               ,
               under
               the
               Title
               of
            
             
               TEXNOTAMIA
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Marriage
                 of
                 the
                 Arts
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1630.
               
               Acted
               by
               the
               Students
               of
               Christ-Church
               ,
               aforesaid
               ,
               at
               Shrove-tide
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               then
               in
               good
               Esteem
               .
               He
               hath
               written
               divers
               Pieces
               ,
               as
               his
               Translation
               of
               the
               Satyrs
               of
               Iuvenal
               and
               Perseus
               ,
               
               with
               Notes
               and
               Sculptures
               ,
               Fol.
               A
               Version
               of
               the
               Odes
               of
               Horrace
               ;
               divers
               Sermons
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               and
               Two
               Tracts
               in
               Latin.
               
            
          
           
             
               Charles
               Hool
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Gentleman
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               the
               Two
               Charles's
               ,
               being
               born
               at
               Wakefield
               ,
               in
               York-shire
               ,
               was
               entred
               at
               Lincoln-College
               in
               Oxon
               ,
               at
               Eighteen
               ,
               and
               afterwards
               taking
               his
               Master's
               Degree
               ,
               he
               taught
               School
               at
               these
               several
               Places
               (
               viz.
               )
               Rotheram
               in
               
                 York-shire
                 ,
                 Red-Cross-Street
              
               ,
               and
               Arundel-Buildings
               ,
               in
               London
               .
               And
               ,
               after
               the
               King's
               Restauration
               ,
               in
               Wales
               ,
               he
               translated
            
             
               
               Terrence's
               Comedies
               ,
               in
               all
               ,
               Six
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1676.
               
               Printed
               in
               English
               and
               Latin
               ,
               for
               the
               use
               of
               Young
               Schollars
               ,
               in
               many
               Places
               Castrated
               .
            
             
               He
               hath
               translated
               divers
               other
               things
               ,
               as
               
               AEsop's
               
                 Fables
                 ,
                 Corderius
                 ,
                 Cato
                 ,
                 Comenii
                 Orbis
                 Pictus
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               He
               has
               also
               Publish'd
               a
               Grammar
               ,
               an
               Explanation
               of
               the
               Accidence
               ,
               and
               a
               Greek
               Testament
               with
               Themes
               in
               the
               Margin
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Charles
               Hopkins
               .
            
             
               A
               Young
               Gentleman
               that
               is
               now
               living
               ,
               his
               Father
               was
               that
               eminently
               Learned
               and
               Pious
               Divine
               ,
               
                 Ezekiel
                 Hopkins
              
               ,
               Bishop
               of
               London-Derry
               ,
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Ireland
               .
               Our
               Poet
               was
               born
               in
               Devonshire
               ,
               but
               carried
               ,
               when
               a
               Child
               ,
               to
               his
               Father's
               See
               ;
               and
               when
               he
               had
               past
               his
               Childhood
               under
               so
               good
               a
               Fa●her
               ,
               he
               removed
               first
               to
               Dublin-College
               ,
               and
               thence
               to
               Cambridge
               ;
               whence
               he
               went
               to
               the
               Wars
               of
               Ireland
               ,
               and
               having
               there
               exerted
               his
               early
               Valour
               ,
               in
               so
               Glorious
               a
               Cause
               as
               that
               of
               his
               Country
               ,
               Religion
               ,
               and
               Liberty
               ,
               he
               returned
               to
               England
               ,
               and
               made
               London
               his
               Aboad
               ;
               where
               he
               fell
               into
               the
               Acquaintance
               of
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               best
               Wit
               ,
               and
               Parts
               ,
               whose
               Age
               and
               Genius
               were
               most
               agreeable
               to
               his
               own
               .
               He
               is
               one
               of
               those
               who
               is
               ,
               beyond
               Controversy
               ,
               born
               a
               Poet
               ,
               which
               he
               has
               shown
               in
               all
               the
               Pieces
               he
               has
               already
               Publish'd
               ;
               the
               Sweetness
               of
               his
               Numbers
               ,
               and
               Easiness
               of
               his
               Thoughts
               ,
               in
               the
               several
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               he
               has
               Publish'd
               ,
               particularly
               his
               Translations
               out
               of
               Ovid
               ,
               Printed
               for
               Mr.
               Tonson
               ,
               shew
               him
               born
               to
               translate
               that
               Author
               ;
               for
               ,
               if
               that
               Opinion
               of
               Pythagoras
               were
               true
               ,
               we
               should
               conclude
               ,
               the
               Soul
               of
               the
               tender
               Naso
               ,
               were
               transmigrated
               into
               Mr.
               Hopkins
               :
               All
               the
               other
               Translators
               of
               that
               Po●t
               ,
               have
               lost
               his
               Genius
               ,
               his
               Versification
               and
               Softness
               .
               But
               the
               Occasion
               of
               his
               being
               mentioned
               here
               is
               ,
               his
               having
               Publish'd
               Two
               Plays
               ,
               with
               different
               Success
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Boadicea
                 ,
                 Queen
                 of
                 Britain
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Lincolns-Inn-Fields
               ,
               1697.
               4
               to
               .
               and
               Dedicated
               ,
               in
               Verse
               ,
               to
               Mr.
               Congreve
               .
               This
               Play
               met
               with
               great
               Applause
               ,
               pleasing
               both
               the
               Ladies
               and
               Gentlemen
               ;
               and
               indeed
               ,
               besides
               the
               peculiar
               Sweetness
               of
               his
               Numbers
               ,
               for
               it
               is
               written
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               he
               has
               in
               this
               Play
               touch'd
               the
               Passions
               ,
               and
               the
               First
               Scene
               of
               the
               Fourth
               Act
               ,
               betwixt
               Cassibellan
               and
               Camilla
               ,
               where
               she
               discovers
               her
               Rape
               ,
               is
               most
               Masterly
               perform'd
               .
               The
               Story
               is
               the
               same
               with
               Bonduca
               ,
               she
               being
               sometimes
               called
               ,
               Boadicea
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               Bonduca
               .
               You
               may
               read
               of
               her
               in
               the
               Fourteenth
               Book
               of
               
               Tacitus's
               Annals
               ,
               the
               Second
               Book
               of
               
               Milton's
               
                 History
                 of
                 England
              
               ,
               the
               Seventh
               Page
               of
               
                 Vbaldino
                 de
                 cita
                 delle
                 donne
                 illus●ri
                 del
                 Regno
                 d'
                 Ingelterra
                 &
                 Scotia
                 ,
              
               and
               Mr.
               
               Tyrrell's
               
                 History
                 of
                 England
              
               ,
               lately
               Publish'd
               ,
               Vol.
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 Pyrrhus
                 ,
                 King
                 of
                 Epirus
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               Acted
               at
               the
               new
               Theatre
               ,
               in
               
                 Little
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
              
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               1695.
               4
               to
               .
               and
               Dedicated
               to
               his
               illustrious
               Highness
               ,
               the
               Duke
               of
               Gloucester
               .
               This
               was
               our
               Author's
               First
               Play
               ,
               in
               which
               there
               is
               a
               great
               deal
               that
               shews
               him
               a
               Poet
               ,
               but
               not
               enough
               ,
               it
               seems
               ,
               to
               gain
               it
               that
               Success
               which
               he
               desired
               :
               He
               was
               very
               Young
               when
               it
               was
               writ
               ,
               and
               therefore
               may
               be
               well
               excus'd
               for
               wanting
               that
               Correctness
               ,
               which
               a
               more
               Mature
               Author
               ,
               perhaps
               ,
               wou'd
               have
               observ'd
               .
               The
               History
               of
               Pyrrhus
               is
               to
               be
               found
               in
               
                 Livy
                 ,
                 Book
                 Plutarch
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Life
               of
               that
               King
               ,
               
                 Lucius
                 Florus
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Edward
                 Howard
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               BRother
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Robert
                 Howard
              
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Noble
               Family
               of
               Berk-shire
               ,
               't
               is
               to
               be
               wish'd
               ,
               that
               his
               Friends
               cou'd
               either
               have
               prevail'd
               with
               him
               to
               have
               Publish'd
               none
               of
               his
               Poetry
               ,
               or
               have
               been
               less
               severe
               upon
               him
               ,
               he
               has
               Four
               Plays
               in
               Print
               ,
               viz.
               
               
                 
                   
                     Man
                     of
                     New-Market
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1678.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   but
                   with
                   little
                   Applause
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Six
                     Days
                     Adventure
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1671.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   
                   York's
                   Theatre
                   ,
                   in
                   Dorset-Garden
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   met
                   with
                   no
                   good
                   Success
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Vsurper
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1668.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Woman's
                     Conquest
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1677.
                   
                   Acted
                   by
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   
                   York's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   in
                   Dorset-Garden
                   .
                   This
                   Author
                   has
                   written
                   Two
                   Books
                   of
                   Poetry
                   ,
                   in
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   One
                   call'd
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     British
                     Princess
                  
                   ;
                   the
                   other
                   ,
                   
                     Poems
                     and
                     Essays
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   a
                   Paraphrase
                   on
                   
                   Cicero's
                   Laelius
                   ;
                   Printed
                   1675.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               
                 Iames
                 Howard
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               the
               Noble
               Family
               of
               the
               Howards
               ,
               that
               has
               Two
               Plays
               in
               Print
               ,
               under
               the
               Titles
               of
               
                 
                   
                     All
                     Mistaken
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Mad
                     Couple
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1672.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     English
                     Monsieur
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1674.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   .
                   These
                   Two
                   Plays
                   met
                   with
                   somewhat
                   better
                   Success
                   than
                   those
                   of
                   the
                   beforegoing
                   Author
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 Robert
                 Howard
              
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Honourable
               Person
               is
               Brother
               to
               the
               above
               mentioned
               Mr.
               
                 Edward
                 Howard
              
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               Earl
               of
               Berks
               ,
               who
               has
               long
               since
               quitted
               the
               barren
               Fields
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               for
               the
               more
               advantagious
               Post
               of
               the
               State
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               has
               ,
               for
               many
               Years
               ,
               made
               a
               considerable
               Figure
               ,
               being
               Auditor
               of
               the
               Exchequer
               ,
               &c.
               
               I
               have
               not
               the
               Honour
               to
               say
               much
               of
               my
               own
               Knowledge
               of
               him
               ,
               but
               I
               am
               told
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               no
               small
               Part
               of
               his
               Character
               ,
               to
               be
               a
               Patron
               and
               Encourager
               of
               Learning
               ;
               which
               is
               a
               peculiar
               Merit
               ,
               in
               an
               Age
               when
               the
               selfish
               Vices
               of
               the
               trading
               Part
               of
               the
               Nation
               ,
               are
               got
               into
               the
               first
               Ranks
               of
               Men
               ,
               who
               will
               not
               be
               so
               expensive
               ,
               to
               keep
               a
               Creature
               meerly
               for
               its
               Wit
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Prior
               says
               of
               one
               .
               He
               has
               writ
               these
               Six
               following
               Plays
               ,
               viz.
               
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Blind
                     Lady
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   This
                   is
                   usually
                   bound
                   with
                   divers
                   other
                   Poems
                   of
                   his
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   Re-printed
                   ,
                   or
                   at
                   least
                   ,
                   a
                   new
                   Title
                   Printed
                   ,
                   1696.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Committee
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1665.
                   
                   This
                   is
                   esteemed
                   an
                   excellent
                   Play
                   ,
                   and
                   often
                   times
                   Acted
                   in
                   these
                   Times
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Great
                     Favourite
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Duke
                     of
                     Lerma
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1688.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   .
                   See
                   
                     Mariana
                     ,
                     Turquet
                     ,
                     De
                     Mayern
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Indian
                     Queen
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1665.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   is
                   writ
                   in
                   Heroick
                   Verse
                   ,
                   and
                   formerly
                   Acted
                   with
                   general
                   Applause
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   but
                   now
                   turn'd
                   into
                   an
                   Opera
                   ,
                   and
                   many
                   times
                   of
                   late
                   represented
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   Theatre
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   like
                   Success
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Surprisal
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1665.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   formerly
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   Theatre
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Vestal
                     Virgin
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     Roman
                     Ladies
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   Acted
                   also
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   Place
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   the
                   same
                   Actors
                   ,
                   but
                   not
                   of
                   late
                   Years
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   has
                   a
                   double
                   Fifth
                   Act
                   ,
                   one
                   ending
                   Tragically
                   ,
                   the
                   other
                   Succesfully
                   .
                   Four
                   of
                   his
                   above
                   Plays
                   ,
                   are
                   Printed
                   together
                   Fol.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               
                 Iames
                 Howel
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               born
               at
               Abermarlis
               ,
               in
               Caermarthenshire
               ,
               in
               South-Wales
               ,
               1594.
               the
               Seat
               now
               of
               a
               worthy
               Gentleman
               of
               the
               Noble
               Name
               and
               Family
               of
               Cornwallis
               ,
               he
               was
               at
               Sixteen
               sent
               from
               Hereford-School
               ,
               to
               
                 Iesus-College
                 ,
                 Oxon.
              
               In
               the
               Year
               1618.
               he
               was
               sent
               beyond
               Sea
               ,
               by
               Sir
               
                 Robert
                 Mansel
              
               ;
               he
               travelled
               the
               
                 Low
                 Countries
              
               from
               
                 Italy
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               was
               employed
               by
               King
               Iames
               ,
               in
               Negotiations
               in
               Spain
               ;
               was
               Secretary
               to
               the
               Lord
               Scroop
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               President
               of
               the
               North
               ,
               &c.
               
               He
               writ
               and
               translated
               Nine
               and
               Forty
               Books
               :
               He
               died
               about
               the
               Beginning
               of
               November
               ,
               1666.
               and
               lies
               buried
               on
               the
               North
               Side
               of
               the
               Temple-Church
               ,
               with
               this
               Inscription
               over
               him
               on
               the
               Wall
               ;
               
                 Iacobus
                 Howel
                 ,
                 Cambro
                 Britannus
                 ,
                 Regius
                 Historiographus
                 ,
                 in
                 Anglia
                 primus
                 ;
                 qui
                 post
                 varias
                 peregrinationes
                 ,
                 tandem
                 Naturae
                 Cursum
                 peregit
                 ,
                 Satur
                 Annorum
                 ,
                 &
                 famae
                 Domi
                 ,
                 forisque
                 huc
                 usque
                 erraticus
                 ,
                 hic
                 fixus
                 ,
              
               1666.
               
               He
               writ
               One
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Nuptials
                 of
                 Peleus
                 and
                 Thetis
                 ,
              
               a
               Masque
               and
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1654.
               
               Acted
               at
               Paris
               ,
               by
               the
               French
               King
               ,
               Duke
               of
               York
               ,
               Duke
               of
               
                 Anjou
                 ,
                 Henrietta
                 Maria
              
               ,
               Princess
               of
               Conti
               ,
               with
               others
               of
               the
               Nobility
               there
               .
               The
               Author
               translated
               it
               from
               an
               Italian
               Comedy
               .
               The
               Plot
               is
               taken
               from
               
               Ovid's
               
                 Metamorph.
                 Lib.
              
               11.
               aud
               
                 Catulli
                 Argonoutica
                 ●ive
                 Epithalamium
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             I
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Ievorn
               .
            
             
               A
               Dancing-Master
               and
               Player
               ,
               was
               a
               Man
               of
               uncommon
               Activity
               ,
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               Charles
               and
               Iames
               the
               Second
               ,
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               intituled
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Devil
                 of
                 a
                 Wife
              
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Comical
                 Transformation
              
               ,
               a
               Farce
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1686.
               
               Acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Queens
               Theatre
               Dorset-Garden
               .
               Taken
               from
               the
               Story
               of
               Mopsa
               in
               Sir
               Philip
               Sidney's
               Arcadia
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Thomas
               Ingeland
               .
            
             
               HE
               was
               of
               Cambridge
               ,
               in
               Queen
               Elizabeth's
               Reign
               ,
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               intituled
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Disobedient
                 Child
              
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               which
               he
               calls
               ,
               
                 A
                 Pretty
                 Merry
                 Interlude
              
               .
               'T
               is
               Printed
               in
               an
               old
               Black
               Letter
               ,
               so
               long
               since
               ,
               that
               it
               had
               not
               any
               Date
               of
               the
               Year
               .
            
          
           
             
               Benjamin
               Iohnson
               .
            
             
               WEstminster
               gave
               him
               Birth
               ,
               and
               the
               First
               Rudiments
               of
               his
               Learning
               ,
               under
               
                 Mr.
                 Cambden
              
               ;
               which
               St.
               Iohn's-College
               of
               Cambridge
               ,
               and
               Christ-Church
               of
               Oxon
               finish'd
               ,
               where
               he
               took
               his
               Master
               of
               Arts
               Degree
               ;
               Necessity
               drove
               him
               thence
               ,
               to
               follow
               his
               Father-in-Law's
               Trade
               of
               a
               Bricklayer
               ;
               working
               at
               Lincolns-Inn
               ,
               with
               a
               Trowel
               in
               his
               Hand
               ,
               and
               Horace
               in
               his
               Pocket
               ,
               he
               found
               a
               Patron
               that
               set
               him
               free
               from
               that
               Slavish
               Employment
               .
               He
               was
               of
               an
               open
               ,
               free
               Temper
               ;
               blunt
               and
               haughty
               to
               his
               Antagonists
               and
               Criticks
               ;
               a
               Iovial
               and
               Pleasant
               Companion
               ;
               was
               Poet
               Laureat
               to
               Iames
               and
               Charles
               the
               First
               .
               He
               died
               in
               the
               Sixty
               Third
               Year
               of
               his
               Age
               ,
               
                 An.
                 Dom.
              
               1637.
               and
               is
               buried
               in
               Westminster-Abby
               ,
               near
               the
               Belfry
               ,
               with
               only
               this
               Epitaph
               :
            
          
           
             
               O
               RARE
               BEN.
               IOHNSON
               .
            
             
               His
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               about
               Fifty
               in
               Number
               ,
               follow
               :
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Alchymist
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   Acted
                   by
                   the
                   King's
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   first
                   ,
                   1610.
                   and
                   afterwards
                   printed
                   ,
                   viz.
                   1640.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                
                 
                   Bartholomew-Fair
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1640.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                   Acted
                   first
                   at
                   the
                   Hope
                   ,
                   on
                   the
                   Bank-side
                   ,
                   1614.
                   by
                   the
                   Lady
                   Elizabeth's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   and
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   King
                   Iames
                   the
                   First
                   ;
                   and
                   Acted
                   with
                   good
                   Applause
                   ,
                   since
                   King
                   Charles
                   the
                   Second's
                   Restauration
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Cateline
                     his
                     Conspiracy
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1640.
                   and
                   1692.
                   and
                   in
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   16.
                   
                   Acted
                   first
                   by
                   the
                   King's
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   1611.
                   and
                   sometimes
                   since
                   the
                   Restauration
                   ,
                   with
                   good
                   Applause
                   .
                   Is
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   William
                   ,
                   then
                   Earl
                   of
                   Pembrock
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Salust
                     .
                     Hist.
                     Plutarch
                     in
                     Vit.
                     Cic.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Challenge
                     at
                     Tilt
                  
                   ,
                   at
                   a
                   Marriage
                   ,
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1640.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Christmas's
                     Masque
                     ,
                     Fol.
                  
                   1640.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   first
                   Presented
                   at
                   Court
                   ,
                   1616.
                   
                
                 
                   
                   Cloridia
                   ,
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     Rites
                     to
                     Cloris
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   presented
                   by
                   the
                   Queen's
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   her
                   Ladies
                   at
                   Court
                   ,
                   at
                   Shrovetide
                   ,
                   1630.
                   
                   Mr.
                   
                     Inigo
                     Iones
                  
                   assisted
                   in
                   the
                   Invention
                   hereof
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Cynthia's
                     Revels
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     the
                     Fountain
                     of
                     Self-Love
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1640.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                   Acted
                   by
                   the
                   Children
                   of
                   Queen
                   Elizabeth's
                   Chappel
                   .
                   1600.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Devil
                     's
                     an
                     Ass
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1641.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                   Acted
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   1616.
                   
                   See
                   
                   Boccace's
                   
                     Novels
                     ,
                     Day
                  
                   3.
                   
                   Nov.
                   5.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Entertainment
                     at
                     King
                     Iames
                     the
                     First
                     his
                     Coronation
                     .
                     Fol.
                  
                   1692.
                   
                   This
                   contains
                   only
                   Gratulatory
                   Speeches
                   at
                   the
                   said
                   Coronation
                   ,
                   with
                   a
                   Comment
                   by
                   the
                   Author
                   to
                   illustrate
                   the
                   same
                   .
                
                 
                   Entertainment
                   of
                   King
                   Iames
                   and
                   Queen
                   Ann
                   ,
                   at
                   
                     Theobalds
                     ,
                     Fol.
                  
                   1640.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                
                 
                   Entertainment
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   King
                   of
                   Denmark
                   ,
                   at
                   
                     Theobalds
                     ,
                     Iuly
                  
                   24.
                   1606.
                   
                   Fol.
                   1640.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                
                 
                   Entertainment
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   on
                   May-Day
                   ,
                   at
                   Sir
                   William
                   Cornwallis's
                   House
                   at
                   High-gate
                   ,
                   1604.
                   
                   Fol.
                   1640.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                
                 
                   Entertainment
                   of
                   the
                   Queen
                   and
                   Prince
                   at
                   Althrop
                   ;
                   this
                   was
                   the
                   25th
                   of
                   Iune
                   ,
                   1603.
                   at
                   the
                   Lord
                   
                   Spencer's
                   House
                   there
                   ,
                   at
                   their
                   coming
                   First
                   into
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   .
                   Fol.
                   1640.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Every
                     Man
                     in
                     his
                     Humour
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1640.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                   Acted
                   first
                   in
                   the
                   Year
                   1598.
                   by
                   the
                   then
                   Lord
                   
                   Chamberlain's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   and
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   Mr.
                   
                     Cambden
                     ,
                     Clarenceux
                  
                   .
                   It
                   has
                   been
                   reviv'd
                   and
                   Acted
                   since
                   the
                   Restauration
                   ,
                   with
                   good
                   Applause
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   new
                   *
                   Epilogue
                   writ
                   for
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   part
                   of
                   it
                   spoken
                   by
                   Ben.
                   Iohnson's
                   Ghost
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Every
                     Man
                     out
                     of
                     his
                     Humour
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1640.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                   Acted
                   by
                   the
                   then
                   Lord
                   
                   Chamberlain's
                   Servants
                   .
                   This
                   was
                   also
                   revived
                   and
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   1675.
                   with
                   a
                   new
                   †
                   Prologue
                   and
                   Epilogue
                   ,
                   writ
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Duffet
                   ,
                   and
                   spoken
                   by
                   
                     Ioseph
                     Haynes
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Fortunate
                     Isles
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1641.
                   and
                   1692.
                   design'd
                   for
                   the
                   Court
                   on
                   
                     Twelfth
                     Night
                  
                   ,
                   1626.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Golden
                     Age
                     Restored
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1641.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   presented
                   at
                   Court
                   by
                   the
                   Lords
                   and
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   the
                   King's
                   Servants
                   1626.
                   
                
                 
                   Hymnaei
                   ,
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Solemnities
                     of
                     a
                     Masque
                     and
                     Barriers
                     at
                     a
                     Marriage
                     ,
                     F●l
                     .
                  
                   1692.
                   
                   See
                   the
                   Learned
                   Marginal
                   Notes
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Illustration
                   of
                   the
                   Greek
                   and
                   
                     Roman
                     Customs
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Irish
                     Masque
                  
                   at
                   Court
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   presented
                   at
                   Court
                   by
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   the
                   Kings
                   Servants
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     King's
                     Entertainment
                  
                   ,
                   at
                   Welbeck
                   ,
                   in
                   
                     Nottinghamshire
                     ,
                     Fol.
                  
                   1692.
                   
                   This
                   Entertainment
                   was
                   at
                   the
                   then
                   Earl
                   ,
                   since
                   Duke
                   of
                   
                   Newcastle's
                   House
                   ,
                   1633.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Love
                     freed
                     from
                     Ignorance
                     and
                     Folly
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Love
                     Restored
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   presented
                   at
                   Court
                   by
                   Gentleman
                   the
                   King's
                   Servants
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Love's
                     Triumph
                     thro'
                     Callipolis
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Masque
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   perform'd
                   at
                   Court
                   by
                   his
                   late
                   Majesty
                   King
                   Charles
                   the
                   First
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   Lords
                   and
                   Gentlemen
                   assisting
                   ,
                   1630.
                   
                   Mr.
                   Iohnson
                   and
                   Mr.
                   
                     Inigo
                     Iones
                  
                   join'd
                   in
                   the
                   Invention
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Love's
                     Welcome
                  
                   ,
                   an
                   Entertainment
                   for
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   then
                   Earl
                   of
                   
                   Newcastle's
                   at
                   Bolsover
                   ,
                   1634.
                   and
                   Printed
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Magnetick
                     Lady
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     Humours
                     Reconciled
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1640.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   
                     Black
                     Fryars
                  
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   occasioned
                   some
                   Difference
                   or
                   Iarring
                   ,
                   between
                   Dr.
                   Gill
                   ,
                   Master
                   of
                   
                   Paul's
                   School
                   ,
                   and
                   our
                   Author
                   ,
                   Ben.
                   as
                   appears
                   by
                   a
                   Satyrical
                   Copy
                   of
                   Verses
                   writ
                   by
                   the
                   former
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   sharp
                   a
                   Repartee
                   by
                   the
                   latter
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Masque
                     at
                     the
                     Lord
                     Hadington's
                     Marriage
                     ,
                  
                   presented
                   at
                   Court
                   on
                   Shrove-Tuesday-Night
                   ,
                   1608.
                   
                   Printed
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Masque
                     of
                     Augurs
                     ,
                     Fol.
                  
                   1692.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   presented
                   on
                   Twel●th-Night
                   ,
                   1622.
                   with
                   several
                   Anti-masques
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Masque
                     of
                     Owls
                  
                   ,
                   at
                   
                     Kenelworth
                     ,
                     Fol.
                  
                   1692.
                   
                   In
                   this
                   Presentation
                   there
                   was
                   the
                   Ghost
                   of
                   Captain
                   Cox
                   ,
                   mounted
                   on
                   his
                   Hobby-Horse
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Masque
                     of
                     Queens
                  
                   ,
                   celebrated
                   from
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Fame
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Queen
                   of
                   
                     Great
                     Britain
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   her
                   Ladies
                   ,
                   at
                   
                     White-Hall
                     ,
                     Feb.
                  
                   2●
                   1609.
                   
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   
                   See
                   the
                   Marginal
                   Notes
                   .
                   The
                   Author
                   was
                   assisted
                   by
                   Mr.
                   
                     Inigo
                     Iones
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Invention
                   and
                   Architecture
                   of
                   the
                   Scenes
                   belonging
                   thereto
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Masque
                     at
                     the
                     Lord
                     Hayes
                     House
                     ,
                     Fol.
                  
                   1692.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   presented
                   by
                   divers
                   Noblemen
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Entertainment
                   of
                   Monsieur
                   
                     Le
                     Baron
                     de
                     Tour
                  
                   ,
                   Ambassador
                   Extraordinary
                   from
                   the
                   French
                   King.
                   1617.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Metamorphosed
                     Gipsies
                  
                   ,
                   A
                   Masque
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   presented
                   to
                   King
                   Iames
                   the
                   First
                   ,
                   at
                   
                     Burleigh
                     on
                     the
                     Hill
                  
                   ,
                   at
                   Belvoyr
                   ,
                   and
                   at
                   Windsor-Castle
                   .
                   1621.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Mercury
                     Vindicated
                     from
                     the
                     Alchymists
                     at
                     Court
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   presented
                   by
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   the
                   King's
                   Servants
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Mortimer's
                     Fall
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1640.
                   and
                   1692.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   not
                   quite
                   finish'd
                   by
                   the
                   Author
                   ,
                   but
                   left
                   imperfect
                   ,
                   by
                   reason
                   of
                   his
                   Death
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Neptune's
                     Triumph
                     for
                     the
                     Return
                     of
                     Albion
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   presented
                   at
                   Court
                   on
                   Twelfth-Night
                   ,
                   1624.
                   
                
                 
                   
                   
                     News
                     from
                     the
                     New
                     World
                     discovered
                     in
                     the
                     Moon
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   presented
                   ●lso
                   before
                   King
                   Iames
                   the
                   First
                   ,
                   1620.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Oberon
                     ,
                     the
                     Fa●●y
                     Prince
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Masque
                   of
                   Prince
                   
                   Henry's
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   
                   The
                   Author
                   has
                   divers
                   Annotations
                   on
                   this
                   Play.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Pan's
                     Anniversary
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Shepherds
                     Holyday
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   presented
                   at
                   Court
                   before
                   King
                   Iames
                   the
                   First
                   .
                   Mr.
                   
                     Inigo
                     Iones
                  
                   assisted
                   our
                   Author
                   in
                   the
                   Decorations
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Pleasure
                     reconciled
                     to
                     Vertue
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   also
                   presented
                   at
                   Court
                   ,
                   before
                   King
                   Iames
                   the
                   First
                   ,
                   1619.
                   
                   Hereto
                   were
                   some
                   Additions
                   for
                   the
                   Honour
                   of
                   Wales
                   .
                
                 
                   Poetaster
                   ,
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     His
                     Arraignment
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   
                   Acted
                   by
                   the
                   Children
                   of
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Chappel
                   ,
                   1601.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   is
                   adorned
                   with
                   several
                   Translations
                   from
                   the
                   Ancients
                   .
                   See
                   
                   Ovid's
                   
                     Elegies
                     ,
                     Lib.
                  
                   1.
                   
                   Eleg.
                   15.
                   
                   
                     Horat.
                     Sat.
                     Lib.
                  
                   2.
                   
                   Sat.
                   9.
                   and
                   Lib.
                   2.
                   
                   Sat.
                   1
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Queen's
                     Masque
                     of
                     Blackness
                     ,
                     Fol.
                  
                   1692.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   Personated
                   at
                   the
                   Court
                   at
                   White-Hall
                   ,
                   on
                   the
                   Twelfth-Night
                   ,
                   1605.
                   
                
                 
                   —
                   Her
                   
                     Masque
                     of
                     Beauty
                     ,
                     Fol.
                  
                   1692.
                   
                   This
                   also
                   was
                   presented
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   Court
                   ,
                   at
                   White-Hall
                   ,
                   on
                   the
                   Sunday-Night
                   after
                   the
                   Twelfth-Night
                   ,
                   1608.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Sad
                     Shepherd
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     A
                     Tale
                     of
                     Robin
                     Hood
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Pastoral
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   has
                   but
                   Two
                   intire
                   Acts
                   ,
                   finish'd
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Third
                   left
                   imperfect
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Sejanus's
                     Fall
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   first
                   Acted
                   by
                   the
                   King's
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   ,
                   1603.
                   
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Tacitus
                     ,
                     Suetonius
                     ,
                     Seneca
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                   There
                   is
                   an
                   Edition
                   of
                   this
                   Play
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1605.
                   by
                   the
                   Author
                   's
                   own
                   Orders
                   ,
                   with
                   all
                   the
                   Quotations
                   from
                   whence
                   he
                   borrowed
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   his
                   Play.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Silent
                     Woman
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1692.
                   
                   Acted
                   First
                   by
                   the
                   Children
                   of
                   her
                   Majesty's
                   Revels
                   ,
                   1609.
                   
                   Act
                   I.
                   Scene
                   .
                   I.
                   borrowed
                   from
                   
                     Ovid
                     de
                     Arte
                     Amandi
                  
                   :
                   Act.
                   II.
                   Scene
                   II.
                   Part
                   from
                   
                     Iuvenal●
                     Sat.
                  
                   6.
                   
                   Act
                   II.
                   Scene
                   V.
                   from
                   
                     Plaut
                     Auricular
                     ,
                     Act
                  
                   3.
                   
                   Scene
                   5
                   ,
                   &c.
                   This
                   Play
                   has
                   been
                   in
                   good
                   Esteem
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   a
                   farther
                   Commendation
                   you
                   are
                   refer'd
                   to
                   Mr.
                   
                   Dryden's
                   Examen
                   .
                   *
                
                 
                   
                     Speeches
                     at
                     Prince
                     Henry's
                     Barriers
                     ,
                     Fol.
                  
                   1692.
                   
                   These
                   are
                   indeed
                   Printed
                   among
                   his
                   M●sques
                   ,
                   but
                   cannot
                   be
                   accounted
                   one
                   ;
                   only
                   reckoned
                   so
                   in
                   former
                   Catalogues
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Staple
                     of
                     News
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   
                   Acted
                   by
                   his
                   Maje●ty's
                   Servants
                   .
                   In
                   this
                   Play
                   Four
                   Gossips
                   appear
                   on
                   the
                   Stage
                   ,
                   criticising
                   on
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   during
                   the
                   whole
                   Action
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Tale
                     of
                     a
                     Tub
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Time
                     vindicated
                     to
                     himself
                     and
                     his
                     Honors
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   presented
                   at
                   Court
                   on
                   Twelfth-Night
                   ,
                   1623.
                   
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Vision
                     of
                     Delight
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   also
                   presented
                   at
                   Court
                   in
                   Christmas
                   ,
                   1617.
                   
                
                 
                   Vulpone
                   ,
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Fox
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1692.
                   
                   Acted
                   by
                   the
                   King's
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   .
                   This
                   is
                   writ
                   in
                   Imitation
                   of
                   the
                   Comedies
                   of
                   the
                   Ancients
                   .
                
              
            
             
               The
               before
               mentioned
               Plays
               ,
               and
               other
               Poems
               ,
               &c.
               were
               formerly
               printed
               together
               in
               Two
               Volumes
               ,
               Fol.
               1640
               ,
               and
               1641.
               but
               Three
               other
               Pla●●
               which
               are
               there
               omitted
               ,
               are
               hereunder
               mentioned
               ,
               a●d
               may
               be
               found
               in
               the
               late
               Edition
               ,
               printed
               1692.
               
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Case
                   is
                   Altered
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1609.
                 and
                 fol.
                 1692.
                 
                 This
                 was
                 sundry
                 times
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Black
                   Fryars
                
                 .
                 See
                 
                 Plautus's
                 
                   Comed
                   .
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Widow
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1652.
                 and
                 fol.
                 1692.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Private
                 House
                 in
                 
                   Black
                   Fryars
                
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 late
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
                 Fletcher
                 and
                 Middleton
                 joyn'd
                 with
                 the
                 above
                 Author
                 in
                 this
                 Play
                 ,
                 which
                 has
                 been
                 reviv'd
                 since
                 the
                 Restauration
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 King's
                 House
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 new
                 *
                 Prologue
                 and
                 Epilogue
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   New-Inn
                
                 ,
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Light
                   Heart
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1631.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 (
                 says
                 our
                 Author's
                 Title
                 )
                 was
                 never
                 Acted
                 ,
                 but
                 most
                 negligently
                 play'd
                 ,
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 squeamishly
                 beheld
                 ,
                 and
                 censured
                 by
                 others
                 ,
                 the
                 King's
                 Subjects
                 ,
                 1629.
                 
                 Now
                 at
                 last
                 set
                 at
                 Liberty
                 to
                 the
                 Readers
                 ,
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 and
                 Subjects
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 judged
                 .
              
            
             
               These
               last
               ,
               with
               all
               the
               beforegoing
               Plays
               ,
               Masques
               and
               Entertainments
               ,
               with
               an
               English
               Grammar
               ,
               are
               now
               published
               together
               in
               one
               large
               Volume
               ,
               fol.
               1692.
               
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Iones
               .
            
             
               HE
               writ
               ,
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               One
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               Adrasta
               ,
               or
               
                 The
                 Woman's
                 Spleen
                 and
                 Loves
                 Conquest
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1635.
               
               Part
               of
               it
               from
               
                 Boccace's
                 Novels
                 ,
                 Day
              
               8.
               
               Nov.
               8.
               
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Iordan
               .
            
             
               A
               Player
               and
               Poet
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               his
               Reign
               ,
               who
               writ
               and
               published
               One
               Masque
               and
               Two
               Comedies
               ;
               viz.
               
               
                 
                   
                     Fancies
                     Festivals
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   16.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Money
                     's
                     an
                     Ass
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1668.
                   
                
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Walks
                 of
                 Islington
                 and
                 Hogsdon
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Humours
                 of
                 Wood-street-Compter
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1657.
               
               This
               Play
               had
               good
               Success
               ,
               it
               being
               Acted
               Nineteen
               Days
               successively
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               William
               Ioyner
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Gentleman
               was
               born
               in
               Oxonshire
               ,
               sometime
               Fellow
               of
               Magdalen-College
               ;
               which
               ,
               with
               his
               Religion
               ,
               he
               quitted
               ,
               till
               in
               King
               
               Iames's
               Time
               he
               was
               again
               re-placed
               in
               the
               same
               College
               ,
               with
               the
               other
               Popish
               Fellows
               ;
               who
               were
               all
               soon
               after
               displaced
               ,
               by
               an
               Apprehension
               of
               the
               Revolution
               .
               He
               has
               one
               Play
               in
               Print
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Roman
                 Empress
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1671.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 Charles
                 Sidley
              
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               consult
               
                 Zosomi
                 Histor.
              
               *
               Mr.
               Langbain
               supposes
               this
               to
               be
               the
               Story
               of
               Constantine
               ,
               and
               his
               Wife
               and
               Son
               ,
               Crispus
               and
               Faustina
               .
               The
               Author
               has
               imitated
               Oedipus
               and
               Hippolitus
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             K
          
           
             
               Henry
               Killegrew
               .
            
             
               A
               Person
               of
               eminent
               Wit
               in
               K.
               Charles
               the
               First
               's
               Time
               ,
               he
               writ
               a
               Play
               at
               Seventeen
               Years
               of
               Age
               ,
               call'd
               first
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Conspiracy
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1638.
               
               Afterwards
               alter'd
               ,
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               Pallantus
               and
               Eudora
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               Fol.
               1653.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               first
               Acted
               at
               the
               
                 Black
                 Fryars
              
               ,
               with
               Applause
               ,
               and
               the
               first
               Impression
               Printed
               without
               the
               Author's
               Consent
               ,
               whilst
               beyond
               Sea
               ,
               which
               occasion'd
               afterwards
               a
               new
               Impression
               with
               a
               new
               Title
               .
               At
               the
               first
               Acting
               of
               the
               aforegoing
               Play
               ,
               it
               met
               with
               some
               few
               Cavillers
               against
               some
               part
               thereof
               ;
               but
               that
               was
               soon
               over
               ,
               when
               
                 Ben.
                 Iohnson
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               Viscount
               Falkland
               gave
               it
               another
               Encomium
               .
            
          
           
             
               Tho.
               Killegrew
               ,
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               a
               good
               Family
               ,
               and
               a
               celebrated
               Wit
               in
               the
               Reigns
               of
               the
               Two
               K.
               Charles's
               ;
               he
               was
               Page
               of
               Honour
               to
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               Groom
               of
               the
               Bed-Chamber
               to
               the
               Second
               :
               during
               the
               King's
               Exile
               ,
               he
               saw
               
                 France
                 ,
                 Italy
              
               ,
               and
               Spain
               ;
               was
               resident
               at
               
               Venice
               1651.
               
               In
               his
               Banishment
               he
               writ
               most
               of
               these
               Plays
               ,
               and
               died
               several
               Years
               after
               the
               Restauration
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Bellamira
                   ,
                   her
                   Dream
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Love
                   of
                   Shadows
                
                 ,
                 in
                 Two
                 Parts
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 written
                 at
                 Venice
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 first
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 then
                 Dutchess
                 of
                 Richmond
                 and
                 Lenox
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 second
                 to
                 her
                 Sister
                 ,
                 
                   Ann
                   Villiers
                
                 ,
                 then
                 Countess
                 of
                 Essex
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cicilia
                   and
                   Clorinda
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Love
                   in
                   Arms
                
                 ,
                 in
                 Two
                 Parts
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 the
                 first
                 writ
                 at
                 Turin
                 ,
                 the
                 second
                 at
                 Florence
                 .
                 The
                 Scene
                 betwixt
                 
                   Amadeo
                   ,
                   Ducius
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Manlius
                 ,
                 seem
                 copied
                 from
                 
                   Aglatidas
                   ,
                   Artabes
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Megabises
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Grand
                   Cyrus
                   ,
                   Part
                
                 1.
                 
                 Lib.
                 3.
                 
                 
                   Story
                   of
                   Aglatidas
                   and
                   Amestris
                
                 .
              
               
                 Claracilla
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 written
                 at
                 Rome
                 ,
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Lady
                 Shannon
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Parson's
                   Wedding
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 writ
                 at
                 Bazil
                 in
                 Switzerland
                 .
                 The
                 chiefest
                 Incidents
                 in
                 this
                 Play
                 ,
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 found
                 in
                 former
                 Plays
                 ;
                 as
                 the
                 
                   Antiquary
                   ,
                   Ram-Alley
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Pilgrim
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 writ
                 whilst
                 at
                 Paris
                 ,
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Countess
                 of
                 Carnarvan
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Princess
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Love
                   at
                   first
                   Sight
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 writ
                 at
                 Naples
                 ,
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Lady
                 Lovelace
                 ,
                 his
                 Niece
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Prisoners
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 writ
                 at
                 London
                 ,
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Lady
                 Compton
                 ,
                 another
                 of
                 his
                 Nieces
                 .
              
               
                 Thomaso
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Wanderer
                
                 ,
                 in
                 Two
                 Parts
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 fol.
                 The
                 Author
                 has
                 here
                 borrowed
                 ,
                 not
                 only
                 a
                 Story
                 from
                 
                 Fletcher's
                 Captain
                 ,
                 but
                 several
                 things
                 from
                 
                 Iohnson's
                 Fox
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               above
               named
               Plays
               ,
               belonging
               to
               this
               Author
               ,
               are
               all
               printed
               in
               one
               Volume
               ,
               Fol.
               1664.
               
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Killegrew
              
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               lately
               deceased
               ,
               being
               in
               his
               Life
               time
               Vice-Chamberlain
               to
               the
               Queen
               Dowager
               ,
               and
               has
               writ
               several
               Plays
               ;
               as
               
                 
                   Ormasdes
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   
                
                 
                   Pandora
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Converts
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   
                
                 
                   Selindra
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Siege
                     of
                     Vrbin
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   
                
              
            
             
               There
               's
               another
               Play
               ascrib'd
               to
               him
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Imperial
              
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               The
               chief
               Part
               of
               this
               Play
               out
               of
               Latin
               ,
               for
               the
               Plot
               see
               
                 Marcelinus
                 ,
                 Cassiodorus
                 ,
                 Cedrenus
                 ,
                 Evagrius
                 ,
                 Zonatus
                 ,
                 Baronius
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               of
               Zeno
               ,
               the
               Twelfth
               Emperor
               from
               Constantine
               .
            
             
               These
               Plays
               are
               Printed
               in
               one
               Volume
               ,
               
                 fol.
                 Oxon
              
               ,
               1666.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Iohn
               Kirk
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               we
               find
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               First
               K.
               Charles
               ,
               when
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Seven
                 Champions
                 of
                 Christendom
              
               ,
               a
               History
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1638.
               
               Plot
               from
               the
               old
               History
               of
               the
               
                 Seven
                 Champions
                 of
                 Christendom
              
               ,
               and
               
               Heylin's
               
                 Hist.
                 of
                 St.
                 George
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ralph
               Knevet
               .
            
             
               A
               Norfolk
               Gentleman
               ,
               of
               the
               same
               time
               with
               the
               former
               ,
               writ
               a
               Pastoral
               represented
               at
               Norwich
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Rhodon
                 and
                 Iris
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1631.
               
               Dedicated
               to
               
                 Nicholas
                 Bacon
              
               ,
               Esq.
               
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Kyd.
               
            
             
               THIS
               Translator
               Liv'd
               in
               Queen
               Elizabeth's
               Reign
               ,
               and
               Publish'd
               One
               Play
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Pompey
                 the
                 Great
                 ,
                 his
                 Fair
                 Cornelias
              
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1595.
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Countess
               of
               Sussex
               .
               This
               he
               translated
               from
               the
               French
               of
               
                 Robert
                 Garnier
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             L
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Lacey
               .
            
             
               AN
               Excellent
               Comedian
               of
               the
               King's
               Company
               ,
               was
               born
               near
               Doncaster
               in
               York-shire
               ,
               originally
               a
               Dancing
               Master
               ,
               of
               a
               rare
               Shape
               of
               Body
               ,
               and
               good
               Complexion
               ;
               was
               a
               Lieutenant
               and
               Quarter
               Master
               under
               Col.
               Gerrard
               ,
               afterwards
               Earl
               of
               Macclesfield
               ;
               he
               died
               ,
               Sept.
               17.
               1681.
               
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               fancied
               him
               so
               much
               ,
               as
               to
               have
               his
               Picture
               drawn
               in
               Three
               several
               Figures
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               Table
               ,
               as
               Teague
               in
               the
               
                 Committee
                 ,
                 Scruple
              
               in
               the
               Cheats
               ,
               and
               Gallyard
               in
               the
               Varieties
               .
               He
               was
               not
               satisfied
               to
               excel
               only
               in
               Acting
               ,
               but
               attempted
               these
               Three
               following
               Plays
               ,
               or
               rather
               ,
               Farces
               ;
               besides
               which
               ,
               he
               added
               the
               —
               of
               
                 Sauny
                 the
                 Scot
              
               ,
               to
               the
               
                 Taming
                 of
                 the
                 Shrew
              
               .
            
             
               
               
                 
                   The
                   Dumb
                   Lady
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Farrier
                   made
                   Physician
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1672.
                 
                 Plot
                 and
                 Language
                 from
                 
                   Mollieres
                   le
                   Medicin
                   Malgre
                   luy
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Old
                   Troop
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Monsieur
                   Ragou
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1672.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Hercules
                   Buffoon
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Poetical
                   Squire
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1684.
                 publish'd
                 after
                 his
                 Death
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Leanard
               .
            
             
               A
               Plagiary
               of
               extraordinary
               Assurance●
               that
               set
               up
               with
               other
               Mens
               Writings
               for
               the
               Name
               of
               an
               Author
               .
               He
               published
               Two
               Plays
               under
               these
               Titles
               ,
               (
               viz.
               )
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Country
                     Innocence
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Chamber-maid
                     turn'd
                     Quaker
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1677.
                   
                   Taken
                   from
                   a
                   Play
                   ,
                   call'd
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Country
                     Girl
                  
                   ,
                   by
                   Brewer
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Rambling
                     Iustice
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Iealous
                     Husbands
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1680.
                   
                   Most
                   part
                   from
                   a
                   Play
                   ,
                   call'd
                   
                     More
                     Dissemblers
                     besides
                     Women
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   by
                   Middleton
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Nath.
               Lee.
               
            
             
               ALL
               the
               Account
               I
               can
               give
               you
               of
               our
               Author
               ,
               is
               ,
               That
               he
               was
               Son
               of
               a
               Minister
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
               had
               part
               of
               his
               Education
               at
               Cambridge
               ,
               was
               received
               with
               general
               Applause
               in
               most
               of
               his
               Plays
               .
               He
               run
               Mad
               ,
               and
               was
               some
               Years
               in
               Bethlem
               ,
               and
               after
               he
               was
               let
               out
               he
               was
               never
               perfectly
               well
               ;
               so
               died
               in
               the
               Street
               in
               the
               Night
               Time.
               That
               he
               has
               shewn
               a
               Master-piece
               in
               
                 Lucius
                 Iunius
                 Brutus
              
               ,
               which
               scarce
               one
               of
               his
               Contemporaries
               have
               equal'd
               ,
               and
               none
               excel'd
               ,
               can
               never
               be
               doubted
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Caesar
                   Borgia
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1680.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 .
                 See
                 
                   Guiciardine
                   ,
                   lib.
                
                 5
                 ,
                 6.
                 
                 
                   Mariana
                   ,
                   lib.
                
                 27
                 ,
                 28.
                 
                 Sir
                 Paul
                 Ricaut's
                 
                   Contin
                   .
                   of
                   Platina
                
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Reign
                 of
                 Pope
                 Alexander
                 the
                 Sixth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Constantine
                   the
                   Great
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1684.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Eusebius
                   de
                   vitâ
                   Constantini
                   ,
                   Zonarus
                   ,
                   Eutropius
                   ,
                   Baronius
                   ,
                   Ammianus
                   Marcellinus
                   ,
                
                 and
                 
                 Beard
                 's
                 
                   Theatre
                   of
                   God's
                   Iudgments
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Gloriana
                   ,
                   the
                   Court
                   of
                   Augustus
                   Caesar
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1676.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 M●jesties
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Dutchess
                 of
                 Portsmouth
                 .
                 See
                 the
                 Stories
                 of
                 
                   Caesario
                   ,
                   Marcellus
                
                 and
                 Iulia
                 ,
                 in
                 
                   Cleopatra
                   ,
                   Part
                
                 1.
                 
                 Book
                 3.
                 
                 Part
                 5.
                 
                 Book
                 3.
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Lucius
                   ,
                   Iunius
                   Brutus
                   ,
                   Father
                   of
                   his
                   Country
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1681.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 ,
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Dorset
                 and
                 Middlesex
                 .
                 See
                 the
                 Story
                 of
                 
                   Iunius
                   Brutus
                   in
                   Clelia
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Romance
                 ,
                 Par.
                 2.
                 
                 Book
                 1.
                 and
                 Part
                 3.
                 
                 Book
                 1.
                 
                 
                 And
                 for
                 the
                 true
                 History
                 ,
                 consult
                 
                   Florus
                   ,
                   Livy
                   ,
                   Dion
                   ,
                   Hallicar
                   ,
                   Orosius
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Massacre
                   of
                   Paris
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1690.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 .
                 See
                 
                   Thuanus
                   Pierre
                   Mathieu
                   ,
                   Davila
                   ,
                   Mezeray
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 If
                 you
                 compare
                 a
                 Play
                 ,
                 call'd
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Duke
                   of
                   Guise
                
                 ,
                 with
                 this
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 find
                 divers
                 Passages
                 there
                 borrowed
                 from
                 hence
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mithridates
                   ,
                   King
                   of
                   Pontus
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1678.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Dorset
                 and
                 Middlesex
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Appian
                   ,
                   Alexand.
                   Roman
                   Hist.
                   Florus
                   ,
                   Vell.
                   Paterculus
                   ,
                
                 and
                 Plutarch
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Lives
                   of
                   Scylla
                   ,
                   Lucullus
                   ,
                   Pompey
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Nero
                   ,
                   Emperor
                   of
                   Rome
                   ,
                   his
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1675.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Rochester
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Suetonius
                   in
                   vita
                   Neronis
                   ,
                   Aurelius
                   Victor
                   ,
                   Tacitus
                   Annal.
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Princess
                   of
                   Cleve
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1689.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Queen's
                 Theatre
                 in
                 
                   Dorset
                   Garden
                
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Charles
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Dorset
                 and
                 Middlesex
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Chamberlain
                 of
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Houshold
                 .
                 Founded
                 on
                 a
                 Romance
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Title
                 ;
                 see
                 also
                 a
                 Book
                 called
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   French
                   Rogue
                
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Rival
                   Queens
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Death
                   of
                   Alexander
                   the
                   Great
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1677.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Iohn
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Mulgrave
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Quint.
                   Curt.
                
                 Plutarch's
                 
                   Life
                   of
                   Alexander
                   the
                   Great
                   ,
                   Iustin
                   ,
                   Iosephus
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 Sophonisba
                 ;
                 or
                 
                 Hannibal's
                 Overthrow
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1676.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Dutchess
                 of
                 Portsmouth
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 Sir
                 
                   Walter
                   Raleighs
                   Hist.
                   of
                   the
                   World
                   ,
                
                 Book
                 5.
                 
                 Chap.
                 3.
                 
                 Sect.
                 18.
                 
                 
                   Livy
                   ,
                   Florus
                   ,
                   Appian
                   ,
                   Diodorus
                   ,
                   Polibius
                   ,
                   Iustin
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 Theodosius
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Force
                   of
                   Love
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1680.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 Royal
                 Highnesses
                 Servants
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 her
                 Grace
                 ,
                 the
                 Dutchess
                 of
                 Richmond
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 Pharamond
                 ,
                 a
                 Romance
                 ;
                 
                   Euseb.
                   Hist.
                   Ecclesiastica
                   ;
                   Varannes
                   ;
                   Martian
                   ,
                
                 and
                 Theodosius
                 .
              
            
             
               Most
               of
               these
               Plays
               have
               been
               applauded
               by
               the
               Spectators
               ,
               and
               their
               Worth
               acknowledged
               by
               Dryden
               ,
               and
               other
               Poets
               ,
               in
               divers
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               before
               some
               of
               them
               .
               He
               joined
               with
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               in
               Two
               other
               Plays
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 The
                 Duke
                 of
                 Guise
              
               ,
               and
               Oedipus
               ,
               both
               Tragedies
               ,
               for
               which
               see
               under
               
                 Dryden
                 Senior
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Iohn
               Lilly.
               
            
             
               ONE
               of
               the
               first
               Reformers
               of
               our
               Language
               ,
               in
               Queen
               Elizabeth's
               Days
               ;
               he
               was
               born
               in
               Kent
               ,
               bred
               in
               
                 Magdalen-College
                 ,
                 Oxon
              
               ,
               and
               there
               took
               his
               Degree
               of
               Master
               of
               Arts
               ,
               1575.
               
               The
               Time
               of
               his
               Death
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               he
               has
               published
               these
               Nine
               Plays
               following
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Alexander
                   and
                   Campaspe
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 12
                 mo
                 .
                 1632.
                 
                 Acted
                 on
                 a
                 
                   Twelfth
                   Night
                
                 ,
                 before
                 the
                 Queen
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Children
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 of
                 
                 Paul's
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 after
                 at
                 
                   Black
                   Fryars
                
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                 Pliny's
                 
                   Natural
                   Hist.
                   Lib.
                
                 35.
                 
                 Cap.
                 10.
                 
              
               
                 Endimion
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 12
                 mo
                 .
                 1632.
                 
                 Presented
                 also
                 before
                 Queen
                 Elizabeth
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 Children
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                 Lucian's
                 Dialogue
                 between
                 Venus
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Moon
                   ,
                   Natales
                   Comes
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Galtruchius's
                   Hist.
                   of
                   the
                   Heathen
                   Gods.
                   
                
              
               
                 Galathea
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 12
                 mo
                 .
                 1632.
                 
                 Presented
                 likewise
                 before
                 the
                 Queen
                 at
                 Greenwich
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 
                 Paul's
                 on
                 New-Year's-Day
                 .
                 See
                 the
                 Story
                 of
                 Iphis
                 and
                 Ianthe
                 ,
                 in
                 
                   Ovid
                   Metamorph.
                   Lib.
                
                 9.
                 
                 Tab.
                 12
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Love's
                   Metamorphosis
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Pastoral
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1601.
                 
                 First
                 play'd
                 by
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 
                 Paul's
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Children
                 of
                 the
                 Chappel
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Maid's
                   Metamorphosis
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1600.
                 
                 Acted
                 sundry
                 times
                 by
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 
                 Paul's
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mother
                   Bombie
                
                 ,
                 a
                 pleasant
                 conceited
                 Comedy
                 (
                 says
                 the
                 Title
                 )
                 printed
                 12
                 mo
                 .
                 1632.
                 and
                 sundry
                 times
                 play'd
                 by
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 
                 Paul's
                 .
              
               
                 Mydas
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 12
                 mo
                 .
                 1632.
                 
                 This
                 was
                 also
                 play'd
                 before
                 the
                 Queen
                 on
                 
                   Twelfth
                   Day
                
                 at
                 Night
                 ,
                 Apuleius
                 has
                 writ
                 this
                 Story
                 at
                 large
                 in
                 his
                 
                   Aureus
                   Asinus
                
                 .
                 See
                 also
                 
                   Natales
                   Comes
                
                 ,
                 Galtruchius's
                 
                   Hist.
                   of
                   the
                   Heathen
                   Gods
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 Ovid's
                 
                   Metamorph.
                   Lib.
                
                 11.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Sapho
                   and
                   Phaon
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 12
                 mo
                 .
                 1632.
                 
                 Presented
                 before
                 the
                 Queen
                 on
                 
                   Shrove
                   Tuesday
                
                 ,
                 and
                 afterwards
                 at
                 the
                 
                   Black
                   Fryars
                
                 .
                 Plot
                 
                   Ovid
                   Epist.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Woman
                   in
                   the
                   Moon
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1667.
                 
              
            
             
               Six
               of
               the
               above
               Plays
               are
               printed
               together
               12
               mo
               .
               and
               published
               by
               one
               Mr.
               Blount
               ,
               called
               
                 Court
                 Comedies
              
               ;
               the
               other
               three
               are
               printed
               single
               in
               4
               to
               .
               Mr.
               Lilly
               also
               writ
               a
               Book
               called
               ,
               Eupheus
               and
               his
               England
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               at
               that
               time
               much
               esteemed
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Thomas
               Lodge
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               we
               find
               was
               a
               Doctor
               of
               Physick
               ,
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               who
               ,
               during
               his
               Study
               at
               Cambridge
               ,
               writ
               several
               pieces
               of
               Poetry
               ;
               among
               the
               rest
               ,
               Two
               Plays
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   A
                   Looking-Glass
                   for
                   London
                   and
                   England
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1598.
                 
                 One
                 Green
                 joined
                 with
                 our
                 Author
                 towards
                 compleating
                 this
                 Play
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 founded
                 on
                 the
                 Story
                 of
                 Ionas
                 and
                 the
                 Ninevites
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Holy
                 Scripture
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Wounds
                   of
                   Civil
                   War
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Tragedies
                   of
                   Marius
                   and
                   Scylla
                   .
                
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Plutarch
                   in
                   vit
                   .
                   Mar.
                   &
                   Silla
                   :
                
                 see
                 also
                 
                   Aurelius
                   Victor
                   ,
                   Eutropius
                   ,
                   Vell.
                   Paterculus
                   ,
                   Salustius
                   ,
                
                 and
                 
                   T.
                   Livius
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Lower
              
               .
            
             
               A
               Cavalier
               that
               left
               these
               Nations
               during
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               ,
               and
               ,
               in
               Holland
               ,
               gave
               himself
               the
               Diversion
               of
               Poetry
               ;
               among
               the
               rest
               ,
               six
               Plays
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Amorous
                   Phantasm
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 12
                 mo
                 .
                 printed
                 at
                 the
                 Hague
                 ,
                 1658.
                 translated
                 from
                 
                 Quinault's
                 
                   Le
                   Fantome
                   Amoreux
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Inchanted
                   Lovers
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Pastoral
                 ,
                 12
                 mo
                 .
                 printed
                 also
                 at
                 the
                 Hague
                 ,
                 1658.
                 
              
               
                 Horatius
                 ,
                 a
                 Roman
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1656.
                 translated
                 from
                 Corneille
                 ;
                 consult
                 
                   Dion
                   .
                   Hallicarnasceus
                   ,
                   Cassiodorus
                   ,
                   T.
                   Livius
                   ,
                
                 and
                 
                   L.
                   Florus
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Martyr
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 Polyeucte
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1655.
                 
                 For
                 the
                 Story
                 ,
                 see
                 
                   Coeffeteau
                   Hist.
                   Rom.
                   Surius
                   de
                   Vitis
                   Sanctorum
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Noble
                   Ingratitude
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Pastoral
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 12
                 
                   mo
                   .
                   London
                
                 ,
                 1658.
                 translated
                 from
                 the
                 French
                 of
                 Monsieur
                 Quinault
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Phaenix
                   in
                   her
                   Flames
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 ,
                 1639.
                 
                 This
                 was
                 the
                 first
                 the
                 Author
                 writ
                 ,
                 and
                 published
                 before
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 Knight
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Lupon
               .
            
             
               ALL
               I
               know
               of
               him
               is
               ,
               That
               't
               is
               said
               he
               writ
               this
               one
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 All
                 for
                 Money
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             M
          
           
             
               Lewis
               Macchin
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Dumb
                 Knight
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1633.
               
               Acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               his
               Majesty's
               Revels
               .
               Compare
               this
               Play
               with
               one
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 Queen
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Excellency
                 of
                 her
                 Sex
              
               :
               see
               also
               ,
               
                 The
                 Complaisant
                 Companion
              
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               and
               12
               mo
               .
               and
               
               Bandello's
               Novels
               ,
               Tom.
               1.
               
               Nov.
               13
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Maidwell
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               yet
               living
               ,
               who
               having
               made
               it
               his
               Business
               for
               some
               Years
               ,
               to
               educate
               young
               Gentlemen
               ,
               and
               initiate
               them
               in
               the
               Learned
               Tongues
               ,
               has
               at
               length
               quitted
               this
               
                 Ludum
                 Literarium
              
               ,
               for
               a
               quiet
               retreat
               ,
               during
               his
               Application
               to
               this
               Business
               ,
               he
               found
               time
               to
               write
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Loving
                 Enemies
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1680.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               in
               
                 Dorset
                 Garden
              
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honourable
               ,
               
                 Charles
                 Fox
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               The
               Author
               seems
               to
               have
               imitated
               the
               Virtuoso
               ,
               in
               this
               Play.
               
            
          
           
             
               Dr.
               
                 Iasper
                 Maine
              
               .
            
             
               THis
               learned
               Author
               was
               *
               born
               at
               a
               place
               called
               ,
               Hatherleigh
               ,
               a
               Market
               Town
               in
               
                 Devonshire
                 ,
                 An.
                 Dom
              
               1604.
               and
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               King
               Iames
               the
               First
               ,
               passed
               from
               Westminster-School
               ,
               to
               
                 Christ-Church
                 ,
                 Oxon
                 ,
                 An.
                 Dom.
              
               1623.
               in
               the
               Condition
               of
               a
               Servitor
               ,
               where
               he
               was
               encouraged
               in
               his
               Studies
               by
               Dr.
               Duppa
               ,
               and
               the
               next
               Year
               chosen
               into
               the
               Number
               of
               Students
               on
               that
               noble
               Foundation
               .
               He
               passed
               his
               Degrees
               till
               he
               entred
               into
               Orders
               ,
               and
               Plurality
               of
               Two
               Livings
               near
               that
               University
               ,
               both
               in
               the
               Gift
               of
               the
               College
               .
               After
               his
               being
               made
               Doctor
               of
               Divinity
               ,
               and
               turn'd
               out
               by
               the
               Visitation
               of
               the
               late
               Government
               of
               
                 Oliver
                 Cromwel
              
               ,
               he
               was
               received
               into
               the
               Family
               of
               the
               Earl
               of
               Devon
               ,
               having
               lost
               both
               his
               Livings
               .
               In
               the
               Restauration
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               he
               
               found
               his
               Two
               Livings
               ,
               and
               Advancement
               to
               a
               Canon
               of
               Christ-Church
               ,
               as
               also
               Archdeacon
               of
               Chichester
               .
               He
               died
               Decemb.
               6.
               1672.
               and
               was
               buried
               on
               the
               North
               side
               of
               the
               Cathedral
               of
               Christ-Church
               ,
               where
               is
               to
               be
               seen
               a
               short
               †
               Epitaph
               on
               a
               Marble
               Stone
               ,
               placed
               over
               his
               Grave
               by
               his
               Executors
               ,
               Dr.
               South
               and
               Dr.
               Lamphire
               .
               He
               gave
               by
               his
               Will
               500.
               l.
               towards
               re-building
               of
               St.
               
               Paul's
               ,
               and
               to
               Cassington
               ,
               and
               Pyrton
               ,
               near
               Watlington
               ,
               (
               of
               which
               Places
               he
               was
               Vicar
               )
               100
               l.
               each
               .
               He
               writ
               and
               published
               the
               two
               following
               Plays
               :
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Amorous
                     War
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   
                     to
                     .
                     Oxon
                  
                   ,
                   1658.
                   also
                   printed
                   fol.
                   and
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     City
                     Match
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   
                     to
                     .
                     Oxon
                  
                   ,
                   1658.
                   printed
                   also
                   Fol.
                   and
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   This
                   Comedy
                   was
                   acted
                   before
                   their
                   Majesties
                   at
                   White-Hall
                   ,
                   and
                   divers
                   times
                   afterwards
                   at
                   
                     Black
                     Fryars
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   great
                   Applause
                   .
                
              
            
             
               These
               two
               Plays
               are
               usually
               bound
               together
               .
            
             
               This
               Author
               published
               divers
               other
               Books
               ;
               as
               part
               of
               
               Lucian's
               Dialogues
               ,
               Eng.
               Fol.
               divers
               Sermons
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               and
               a
               Poem
               on
               the
               Victory
               over
               the
               Dutch
               ,
               1665
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mrs.
               
                 Delarivier
                 Manley
              
               .
            
             
               THis
               Lady
               has
               very
               happily
               distinguish'd
               her self
               from
               the
               rest
               of
               her
               Sex
               ,
               and
               gives
               us
               a
               living
               Proof
               of
               what
               we
               might
               reasonably
               expect
               from
               Womankind
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               the
               Benefit
               of
               those
               artificial
               Improvements
               of
               Learning
               the
               Men
               have
               ,
               when
               by
               the
               meer
               Force
               of
               Nature
               they
               so
               much
               excel
               .
               Rules
               indeed
               are
               but
               the
               Leading-strings
               to
               support
               and
               carry
               the
               Weaker
               ,
               and
               more
               unobserving
               Heads
               ,
               and
               which
               those
               of
               a
               strong
               Genius
               and
               Penetration
               will
               have
               no
               need
               of
               ,
               since
               a
               just
               Consideration
               of
               Nature
               will
               conduct
               them
               with
               more
               Ease
               and
               Success
               .
               Of
               this
               our
               present
               Authress
               is
               an
               evident
               Proof
               ,
               for
               in
               the
               Two
               Plays
               she
               has
               already
               published
               ,
               we
               find
               no
               part
               of
               Art
               wanting
               ,
               but
               what
               is
               the
               Mechanick
               Part
               ,
               and
               by
               much
               the
               least
               valuable
               .
               There
               is
               a
               Force
               and
               a
               Fire
               in
               her
               Tragedy
               ,
               that
               is
               the
               Soul
               that
               gives
               it
               Life
               ,
               and
               for
               want
               of
               which
               ,
               most
               of
               our
               Modern
               Tragedies
               are
               heavy
               ,
               languid
               ,
               unmoving
               ,
               and
               dull
               .
               In
               her
               Comedy
               there
               is
               an
               easy
               Freedom
               of
               adding
               ,
               which
               confesses
               a
               Conversation
               in
               the
               Authress
               no
               less
               genteel
               and
               entertaining
               .
               This
               Lady
               was
               born
               in
               the
               Isle
               of
               Iersey
               ,
               her
               Father
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Roger
                 Manley
              
               ,
               being
               then
               Governor
               of
               it
               ;
               a
               Gentleman
               of
               a
               double
               Merit
               ,
               both
               the
               Gown
               ,
               and
               the
               Sword
               claiming
               no
               small
               share
               in
               his
               Glory
               ,
               and
               the
               Republick
               of
               Learning
               
               ow'd
               as
               much
               to
               his
               Wit
               and
               Iudgment
               ,
               in
               those
               Books
               which
               he
               was
               pleased
               to
               publish
               ,
               as
               his
               King
               and
               Country
               to
               his
               Loyalty
               ,
               Valour
               and
               Conduct
               .
               And
               well
               might
               our
               Delarivier
               prove
               a
               Muse
               ,
               being
               begot
               by
               such
               a
               Father
               .
               She
               has
               as
               yet
               given
               us
               but
               two
               Plays
               ,
               of
               which
               in
               their
               Order
               :
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Royal
                     Mischief
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Acted
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   in
                   Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                   ,
                   1696.
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   his
                   Grace
                   ,
                   William
                   ,
                   Duke
                   of
                   
                     Devonshire
                     ,
                     &c.
                  
                   
                   The
                   Story
                   ,
                   as
                   she
                   owns
                   ,
                   is
                   originally
                   taken
                   from
                   Sir
                   Iohn
                   Chardin's
                   Travels
                   ,
                   but
                   has
                   receiv'd
                   this
                   Advantage
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Criminals
                   are
                   here
                   punish'd
                   for
                   their
                   Guilt
                   ,
                   who
                   in
                   the
                   Story
                   escape
                   ;
                   a
                   Poetick
                   Iustice
                   ,
                   which
                   ought
                   ever
                   to
                   be
                   observed
                   in
                   all
                   Plays
                   ;
                   for
                   a
                   Iust
                   Audience
                   could
                   never
                   have
                   been
                   pleas'd
                   with
                   the
                   Prosperity
                   of
                   Homais
                   ,
                   and
                   Leavan
                   ,
                   after
                   so
                   very
                   criminal
                   an
                   Amour
                   .
                   I
                   cou'd
                   here
                   give
                   the
                   Reader
                   a
                   Proof
                   how
                   well
                   the
                   Rules
                   of
                   Aristotle
                   are
                   observ'd
                   in
                   this
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   by
                   a
                   Lady
                   who
                   never
                   read
                   him
                   ;
                   and
                   how
                   just
                   all
                   her
                   Metaphors
                   and
                   Allegories
                   are
                   :
                   but
                   that
                   wou'd
                   exceed
                   the
                   Bounds
                   I
                   am
                   prescribed
                   by
                   the
                   Model
                   I
                   'm
                   oblig'd
                   to
                   build
                   on
                   .
                   I
                   shall
                   therefore
                   proceed
                   to
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Lost
                     Lover
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Iealous
                     Husband
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   1696.
                   
                   To
                   this
                   Play
                   is
                   no
                   Epistle
                   Dedicatory
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Preface
                   informs
                   us
                   of
                   its
                   ill
                   Success
                   ,
                   which
                   we
                   cou'd
                   never
                   gather
                   from
                   the
                   reading
                   of
                   it
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   we
                   wou'd
                   ,
                   as
                   we
                   ought
                   ,
                   give
                   any
                   Allowance
                   for
                   the
                   Sex
                   that
                   wrote
                   it
                   ,
                   the
                   Time
                   it
                   was
                   wrote
                   in
                   ,
                   and
                   its
                   being
                   the
                   first
                   Essay
                   of
                   that
                   Nature
                   ,
                   we
                   shou'd
                   agree
                   with
                   her
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   met
                   with
                   a
                   much
                   severer
                   Fate
                   than
                   it
                   deserved
                   .
                
              
            
             
               This
               Lady
               has
               Publish'd
               several
               other
               Books
               ,
               which
               have
               not
               her
               Name
               to
               'em
               ,
               and
               which
               ,
               for
               that
               Reason
               ,
               I
               shall
               forbear
               to
               mention
               their
               Titles
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cosmo
               Manuch
               .
            
             
               A
               Major
               in
               the
               King's
               Army
               ,
               in
               the
               late
               Civil
               War
               ,
               and
               Author
               of
               two
               Plays
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     just
                     General
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1650.
                   
                   This
                   the
                   Author
                   design'd
                   for
                   the
                   Stage
                   ,
                   but
                   was
                   not
                   ever
                   acted
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Loyal
                     Lovers
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1652.
                   
                   The
                   Author
                   ,
                   in
                   this
                   Play
                   ,
                   represents
                   divers
                   of
                   the
                   Committee
                   Men
                   and
                   their
                   Informers
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Gervase
               Markham
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               was
               Son
               to
               
                 Robert
                 Markham
              
               ,
               of
               Cotham
               in
               Nottinghamshire
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               was
               born
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               liv'd
               to
               have
               a
               Captain
               's
               Command
               in
               the
               Civil
               War
               ,
               under
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               .
               He
               writ
               curious
               Pieces
               of
               Husbandry
               ,
               Horsemanship
               ,
               and
               War
               ,
               and
               one
               Play
               ,
               in
               which
               one
               Sampson
               assisted
               ,
               intituled
               ,
            
             
               
                 Herod
                 and
                 Antipater
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1622.
               
               Plot
               from
               
                 Iosephus
                 Hist.
                 Iews
              
               ,
               Book
               14
               ,
               15
               ,
               
                 &c.
                 Spondanus
                 ,
                 Baronii
                 Ann.
                 Salian
                 Torniel
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Christopher
               Marlow
               .
            
             
               A
               Famous
               Poet
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               and
               King
               
               Iames's
               Time
               ,
               contemporary
               with
               the
               Immortal
               Shakespear
               ,
               was
               Fellow-Actor
               with
               Heywood
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               he
               writ
               a
               Poem
               called
               ,
               
                 Hero
                 and
                 Leander
              
               ,
               much
               commended
               ,
               as
               also
               these
               seven
               Plays
               following
               :
               
                 
                   
                     Dr.
                     Faustus
                     his
                     tragical
                     History
                  
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1661
                   ,
                   being
                   the
                   last
                   Edition
                   ,
                   printed
                   with
                   the
                   Addition
                   of
                   many
                   Scenes
                   .
                   Plot
                   ,
                   
                     Camerarii
                     Opera
                     Subsc
                     .
                     Cent.
                  
                   1.
                   
                   Cap.
                   70.
                   
                   
                     Wierus
                     de
                     Praestig
                     .
                     Daemonum
                     ,
                     Lib.
                  
                   2.
                   
                   Cap.
                   4.
                   
                   
                     Lonicerus
                     ,
                     &c.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Dido
                     ,
                     Queen
                     of
                     Carthage
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   16.
                   
                   In
                   this
                   he
                   was
                   joined
                   by
                   Nash.
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                   Virgil's
                   AEneids
                   ,
                   Book
                   4.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Edward
                     the
                     Second
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   16.
                   
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Thomas
                     de
                     la
                     More
                  
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Francis
                     Hubert
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   English
                   Historians
                   of
                   that
                   Time.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Iew
                     of
                     Malta
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1633.
                   
                   Acted
                   by
                   her
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   at
                   the
                   Cock-pit
                   ,
                   and
                   at
                   Whitehall
                   ,
                   before
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   .
                   A
                   Play
                   of
                   great
                   Esteem
                   in
                   those
                   Days
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Lust's
                     Dominion
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Lascivious
                     Queen
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1661.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   has
                   been
                   acted
                   of
                   late
                   Years
                   ,
                   under
                   the
                   Title
                   of
                   Abdelazar
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Moor's
                     Revenge
                  
                   :
                   with
                   few
                   Alterations
                   ,
                   by
                   Mrs.
                   Behn
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Massacre
                     at
                     Paris
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     Death
                     of
                     the
                     Duke
                     of
                     Guise
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   Acted
                   by
                   the
                   Lord
                   Admiral
                   's
                   Servants
                   .
                   Is
                   not
                   divided
                   into
                   Acts.
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Davila
                     ,
                     Thuanus
                     ,
                     Dupleix
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Mezeray
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Reigns
                   of
                   Char.
                   IX
                   .
                   and
                   Hen.
                   III.
                   of
                   France
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     Tamberlain
                     the
                     Great
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Scythian
                     Shepherd
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   Two
                   Parts
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1593.
                   
                   Acted
                   also
                   by
                   the
                   Lord
                   Admiral
                   's
                   Servants
                   .
                   Plot
                   ,
                   
                     Iean
                     du
                     Bec
                     ,
                     Laonicus
                     ,
                     Chalcocondilas
                     ,
                     Pet.
                     Bizarus
                     ,
                     Knolles
                     Hist.
                     Turks
                     ,
                     L'Histoire
                     de
                     Tamerlain
                     ,
                  
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   and
                   his
                   Life
                   in
                   English
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Shakerly
               Marmion
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               born
               at
               Ainoe
               ,
               in
               
                 Northamptonshire
                 ,
                 Ianuary
              
               ,
               1602.
               initiated
               in
               Letters
               at
               
                 Thame-School
                 ,
                 Oxonshire
              
               ;
               from
               thence
               about
               sixteen
               Years
               of
               Age
               ,
               was
               sent
               to
               
                 Wadham-College
                 ,
                 Oxon
              
               ,
               and
               continued
               a
               Member
               thereof
               ,
               till
               after
               he
               took
               his
               Master
               of
               Arts
               Degree
               .
               He
               writ
               these
               three
               Comedies
               :
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Antiquary
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1641.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Cock-pit
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   .
                   
                   Aurelio's
                   Marriage
                   is
                   an
                   Incident
                   in
                   some
                   other
                   Plays
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Fine
                     Companion
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1633.
                   
                   Acted
                   by
                   Prince
                   
                   Charles's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   in
                   Salisbury-Court
                   ,
                   as
                   also
                   before
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   at
                   White-Hall
                   ,
                   with
                   great
                   Applause
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   dedicated
                   to
                   Sir
                   
                     Ralph
                     Dutton
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Holland's
                     Leaguer
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1632.
                   
                   Acted
                   also
                   by
                   Prince
                   
                   Charles's
                   Servants
                   in
                   Salisbury-Court
                   ,
                   with
                   good
                   Applause
                   .
                   Several
                   Things
                   in
                   this
                   Play
                   borrowed
                   from
                   
                     Petronius
                     Arbiter
                  
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Marston
               .
            
             
               THis
               Poet
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Iames
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               writ
               eight
               Plays
               ,
               six
               of
               which
               are
               usually
               bound
               together
               in
               one
               Volumn
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1633.
               and
               one
               of
               them
               reviv'd
               not
               many
               Years
               since
               ,
               and
               acted
               with
               Success
               ,
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               
                 The
                 Revenge
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Match
                 in
                 Newgate
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Antonia
                 and
                 Melida
              
               ,
               Two
               Parts
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1602.
               and
               8
               vo
               .
               1633.
               frequently
               acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               
               Paul's
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Dutch
                   Courte●an
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1605.
                 and
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1633.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Black-Fryars
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 the
                 Queen's
                 Majesty's
                 Revels
                 .
                 The
                 Story
                 of
                 Cockledemoy
                 ,
                 in
                 this
                 Play
                 ,
                 is
                 borrowed
                 from
                 a
                 French
                 Book
                 ,
                 entituled
                 ,
                 
                   des
                   Contes
                   du
                   Monde
                
                 ,
                 also
                 from
                 the
                 English
                 Book
                 of
                 Novels
                 call'd
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Palace
                   of
                   Pleasure
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Insatiate
                   Countess
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4to
                 .
                 1603.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 
                   Black
                   Fryars
                
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Montius
                   Hist.
                   of
                   Naples
                
                 :
                 see
                 also
                 Dr.
                 
                 Fuller's
                 
                   Prophane
                   State
                
                 ,
                 Chap.
                 2.
                 and
                 
                   God's
                   Revenge
                   against
                   Adultery
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 Hist.
                 5.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Male
                   Content
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1604.
                 
                 Mr.
                 Webster
                 laid
                 the
                 Plat-Form
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 Author
                 Marston
                 ,
                 moulded
                 it
                 into
                 a
                 Play.
                 
              
               
                 Parasitaster
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Fawn
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1606.
                 and
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1633.
                 
                 Act
                 3.
                 
                 Scene
                 1.
                 from
                 
                   Ovid's
                   Amor.
                   Lib.
                
                 2.
                 
                 Eleg.
                 4.
                 see
                 
                 Boccace's
                 Novels
                 ,
                 Day
                 3.
                 
                 Nov.
                 3.
                 
              
               
                 
                 
                   Sophonisba
                   ,
                   her
                   Tragedy
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Wonder
                   of
                   Women
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1633.
                 
                 Plot
                 from
                 Sir
                 
                   Walter
                   Raliegh
                   ,
                   Polibius
                   ,
                   Appian
                   ,
                   Livy's
                   Hist.
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   What
                   you
                   will
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1633.
                 
                 Copied
                 from
                 
                   Plautus
                   Amphitrio
                
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Phillips
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Winstanly
                 have
                 made
                 him
                 Author
                 of
                 another
                 Play
                 ,
                 called
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Faithful
                   Shepherd
                
                 ,
                 but
                 his
                 Name
                 not
                 being
                 thereto
                 ,
                 nor
                 he
                 ever
                 owning
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 conclude
                 ,
                 with
                 Mr.
                 Langbain
                 ,
                 that
                 't
                 is
                 none
                 of
                 his
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Mason
               .
            
             
               THis
               Poet
               was
               Master
               of
               Arts
               in
               King
               Iames
               the
               First
               's
               Time
               ,
               and
               writ
               one
               Play
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Muleasses
                 ,
                 the
                 Turk
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               1610.
               
               Acted
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               his
               Majesty's
               Revels
               .
               This
               Author
               ,
               in
               his
               Title
               Page
               ,
               calls
               it
               ,
               A
               Worthy
               Tragedy
               ,
               and
               had
               a
               great
               Conceit
               of
               its
               meeting
               with
               Success
               ,
               adding
               in
               the
               Front
               ,
               this
               Sentence
               of
               Horace
               ,
               
                 
                   Sume
                   Superbiam
                   quaesitam
                   meritis
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Philip
               Massenger
               .
            
             
               A
               Poet
               who
               was
               born
               at
               Salisbury
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               his
               Father
               liv'd
               and
               dy'd
               in
               the
               Service
               of
               the
               then
               Earl
               of
               Montgomery
               ,
               and
               sent
               his
               Son
               ,
               our
               Poet
               ,
               to
               St.
               Alban-Hall
               ,
               in
               Oxon
               ,
               where
               he
               remain'd
               a
               Student
               for
               three
               or
               four
               Years
               .
               He
               was
               intimate
               with
               
                 Rowley
                 ,
                 Middleton
                 ,
                 Field
                 ,
                 Decker
                 ,
              
               and
               even
               Fletcher
               .
               He
               left
               this
               World
               in
               March
               ,
               1669.
               and
               on
               the
               seventeenth
               Day
               of
               that
               Month
               ,
               was
               buried
               in
               St.
               
                 Mary
                 Overies-Church
              
               in
               Southwark
               ,
               in
               the
               Grave
               where
               Mr.
               Fletcher
               had
               been
               before
               buried
               .
               In
               Sir
               Ast●n
               Cockain's
               Epigrams
               you
               may
               find
               an
               Epitaph
               on
               him
               ,
               Book
               1.
               
               Ep.
               100.
               
               He
               writ
               fourteen
               Plays
               intire
               ,
               and
               joined
               with
               Middleton
               and
               Rowley
               in
               some
               others
               ;
               of
               which
               in
               their
               Order
               :
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Bashful
                     Lover
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1655.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   private
                   House
                   in
                   Black-Fryars
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   with
                   good
                   Applause
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Bondman
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1638.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Cock-Pit
                   in
                   Drury-Lane
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   most
                   excellent
                   Princess
                   ,
                   the
                   Lady
                   Elizabeth
                   ,
                   her
                   Servants
                   :
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   ,
                   Philip
                   ,
                   Earl
                   of
                   Montgomery
                   .
                   The
                   reducing
                   the
                   Slaves
                   by
                   the
                   Sight
                   of
                   the
                   Whips
                   ,
                   is
                   taken
                   from
                   the
                   Story
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Scythian
                     Slaves
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     City
                     Madam
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1659.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Private
                   House
                   in
                   Black-fryars
                   ,
                   with
                   great
                   Applause
                   ,
                   and
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   
                   t●uly
                   Noble
                   and
                   Virtuous
                   Lady
                   ,
                   Ann
                   ,
                   Countess
                   of
                   Oxon.
                   This
                   has
                   been
                   esteemed
                   a
                   good
                   Play.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Duke
                     of
                     Millain
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1638.
                   as
                   it
                   had
                   been
                   often
                   acted
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Black-fryars
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                   Iosephus's
                   
                     Hist.
                     Iews
                     ,
                     Book
                  
                   15.
                   
                   Chap.
                   4.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Emperor
                     of
                     the
                     East
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1632.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Black-fryars
                   and
                   Globe
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   :
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   ,
                   Iohn
                   ,
                   Lord
                   Mohun
                   ,
                   Baron
                   of
                   Oke-hampton
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Socrates
                     ,
                     Lib.
                  
                   7.
                   
                   
                     Nicephorus
                     ,
                     Lib.
                  
                   14.
                   
                   
                     Baronius
                     ,
                     &c.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     fatal
                     Dowry
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1632.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Black-fryars
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ;
                   Mr.
                   Field
                   ,
                   an
                   Author
                   before-mentioned
                   ,
                   joyn'd
                   with
                   him
                   in
                   this
                   Play.
                   Charlois
                   Ransoming
                   his
                   Father's
                   Corps
                   by
                   his
                   own
                   Imprisonment
                   ,
                   taken
                   from
                   Cymon
                   ,
                   in
                   
                     Val.
                     Max.
                     Lib.
                  
                   5.
                   
                   Cap.
                   4.
                   
                   Ex.
                   9.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Great
                     Duke
                     of
                     Florence
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1636.
                   
                   The
                   Title
                   calls
                   it
                   ,
                   a
                   Comical
                   History
                   ,
                   often
                   presented
                   with
                   good
                   Allowance
                   ,
                   by
                   her
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Phaenix
                   in
                   Drury-Lane
                   .
                   The
                   Dedication
                   to
                   the
                   truly
                   Honoured
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Noble
                   Favourer
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Robert
                     Wiseman
                  
                   ,
                   of
                   Thorrells-Hall
                   ,
                   in
                   Essex
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Speed
                     ,
                     Stow
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   our
                   English
                   Chronicles
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Reign
                   of
                   King
                   Edgar
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Guardian
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1655.
                   
                   The
                   Title
                   also
                   calls
                   this
                   ,
                   a
                   Comical
                   History
                   ,
                   often
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   private
                   House
                   in
                   Black-fryars
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   late
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   with
                   great
                   Applause
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                   Boccace's
                   Novels
                   ,
                   Day
                   8.
                   
                   Nov.
                   7.
                   and
                   from
                   the
                   
                     Cimmerian
                     Matron
                  
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Maid
                     of
                     Honour
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1632.
                   
                   This
                   was
                   oftentimes
                   acted
                   with
                   good
                   Allowance
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Phaenix
                   in
                   Drury-Lane
                   ,
                   by
                   her
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   Sir
                   
                     Francis
                     Foliambe
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Sir
                   
                     Tho.
                     Bland
                  
                   .
                   The
                   Play
                   is
                   recommended
                   by
                   Sir
                   
                     Aston
                     Cokain
                  
                   ,
                   who
                   prefix'd
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   Verses
                   thereto
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     A
                     New
                     Way
                     to
                     pay
                     Old
                     Debts
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1633.
                   often
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Phaenix
                   in
                   Drury-Lane
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Queen's
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   ,
                   Robert
                   ,
                   Earl
                   of
                   Carnarvan
                   .
                   Sir
                   
                     Thomas
                     Iay
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Sir
                   
                     Henry
                     Moody
                  
                   have
                   very
                   much
                   commended
                   this
                   Play.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Old
                     Law.
                     Vide
                     Middleton
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Picture
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1636.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Globe
                   and
                   Black-fryars
                   Play-Houses
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Noble
                   Society
                   of
                   the
                   Inner-Temple
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   the
                   
                     Fortunate
                     deceived
                     ,
                     and
                     Vnfortunate
                     Lovers
                     ,
                  
                   Nov.
                   4.
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Deceived
                     Lovers
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Renegado
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1630.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   private
                   Play-House
                   ,
                   in
                   Drury-Lane
                   ,
                   by
                   her
                   Maiesty's
                   Servants
                   ;
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   ,
                   
                     George
                     Harding
                  
                   ,
                   Baron
                   of
                   Barkley-Castle
                   ,
                   and
                   Knight
                   of
                   the
                   Honourable
                   Order
                   of
                   the
                   Bath
                   .
                   Mr.
                   
                     Shirley
                     ,
                     &c.
                  
                   have
                   commended
                   this
                   Play
                   by
                   Copies
                   of
                   Verses
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     The
                     Roman
                     Actor
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1629.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   private
                   House
                   in
                   the
                   Black-fryars
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   King's
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ;
                   dedicated
                   to
                   Sir
                   
                     Philip
                     Knivet
                  
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Tho.
                     Iay
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Tho.
                     Bellingham
                  
                   ,
                   of
                   Newtimber
                   ,
                   in
                   Sussex
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                   This
                   Play
                   is
                   recommended
                   by
                   divers
                   Copies
                   of
                   Verses
                   from
                   
                     Ford
                     ,
                     Goff
                     ,
                     May
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Dramatick
                   Poets
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Tacitus
                     ,
                     Aurelius
                     ,
                     Victor
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Suetonius
                   in
                   the
                   Life
                   of
                   Domitian
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     A
                     Very
                     Woman
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   
                     Prince
                     of
                     Tarent
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1655.
                   
                   The
                   Plot
                   of
                   this
                   resembles
                   that
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Obstinate
                     Lady
                  
                   ,
                   writ
                   by
                   Sir
                   
                     Aston
                     Cokain
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Virgin
                     Martyr
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1661.
                   
                   Acted
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   with
                   great
                   Applause
                   .
                   Mr.
                   Decker
                   assisted
                   our
                   Author
                   in
                   this
                   Play.
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Valesius
                     ,
                     Roswedius
                     ,
                     Eusebii
                     Hist.
                  
                   Lib.
                   8.
                   
                   Cap.
                   17.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Vnnatural
                     Combat
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1639.
                   presented
                   by
                   the
                   King's
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Globe
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   his
                   much
                   honoured
                   Friend
                   ,
                   
                     Anthony
                     Sentliger
                  
                   ,
                   of
                   Oukham
                   in
                   Kent
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                   This
                   Play
                   is
                   without
                   Prologue
                   or
                   Epilogue
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Bashful
                     Lover
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   Guardian
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   
                     Very
                     Woman
                  
                   ,
                   are
                   printed
                   together
                   in
                   one
                   Volume
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               May.
               
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               a
               good
               Family
               in
               Sussex
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ;
               he
               was
               some
               Years
               a
               Fellow-Commoner
               of
               Sidney-College
               in
               
               Cambridge
               ●
               whence
               removing
               to
               London
               ,
               and
               the
               Court
               ,
               he
               grew
               to
               an
               Intimacy
               with
               
                 Endymion
                 Porter
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               and
               others
               ;
               but
               disgusted
               with
               the
               little
               Encouragement
               he
               met
               with
               ,
               which
               is
               indeed
               no
               Place
               for
               Reward
               of
               Merit
               ,
               he
               retired
               .
               In
               the
               Year
               1652.
               he
               died
               suddenly
               ,
               being
               Five
               and
               Fifty
               Years
               Old
               ,
               and
               lies
               buried
               in
               the
               West
               Side
               of
               the
               North
               Isle
               of
               Westminster-Abby
               ,
               near
               Mr.
               Cambden
               .
               But
               now
               to
               his
               Plays
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Agrippina
                   ,
                   Empress
                   of
                   Rome
                
                 ,
                 her
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 12
                 mo
                 .
                 1639.
                 
                 In
                 the
                 first
                 Act
                 of
                 this
                 Play
                 ,
                 the
                 Printer
                 committed
                 an
                 Error
                 ,
                 by
                 printing
                 some
                 few
                 Pages
                 twice
                 over
                 .
                 Plot
                 ,
                 see
                 
                   Tacitus
                   ,
                   Suetonius
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Petronius
                   Arbiter
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Antigone
                   ,
                   the
                   Thebane
                   Princess
                
                 ,
                 her
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1631.
                 
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 most
                 Worthily
                 Honoured
                 
                   Endymion
                   Porter
                
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                 Sophocles's
                 Antigone
                 ,
                 and
                 
                 Seneca's
                 Thebais
                 ;
                 see
                 also
                 
                 Statius's
                 Thebais
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cleopatra
                   ,
                   Queen
                   of
                   Egypt
                
                 ,
                 her
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 12
                 mo
                 .
                 1639.
                 
                 Acted
                 some
                 Years
                 before
                 printed
                 ,
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 accomplish'd
                 Sir
                 
                   Kenelm
                   Digby
                
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Appian
                   de
                   Bellis
                   Civ
                   .
                   L.
                   Florus
                   ,
                
                 Lib.
                 4.
                 
                 
                   Suetonius
                   in
                   vit
                   .
                   August
                
                 .
                 and
                 
                   Plutarchus
                   in
                   Vit.
                   M.
                   Antonii
                
                 .
                 he
                 has
                 also
                 made
                 bold
                 with
                 
                 Calimachus's
                 Epig.
                 on
                 Timon
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   Heir
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1633.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Company
                 of
                 Revels
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 accounted
                 an
                 ingenious
                 and
                 modest
                 Play
                 ,
                 and
                 much
                 commended
                 by
                 Mr.
                 
                   Thomas
                   Carew
                
                 ,
                 who
                 has
                 a
                 Copy
                 of
                 Verses
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 printed
                 with
                 the
                 Play.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Old
                   Couple
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1651.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 has
                 been
                 formerly
                 in
                 repute
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 chief
                 Design
                 of
                 it
                 seems
                 to
                 be
                 against
                 Coveteousness
                 .
              
            
             
               Two
               of
               the
               above
               Plays
               ,
               (
               viz.
               )
               Agrippina
               and
               Antigone
               ,
               are
               usually
               bound
               together
               in
               a
               small
               Volume
               ,
               12
               mo
               .
               This
               Author
               has
               publish'd
               a
               Translation
               of
               
               Lucan's
               Pharsalia
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1635.
               and
               
               Virgil's
               Georgicks
               ,
               with
               Annotations
               ,
               1622.
               also
               a
               History
               of
               the
               late
               Civil
               Wars
               in
               England
               ,
               which
               he
               calls
               ,
               
                 A
                 Breviary
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               Mead.
               
            
             
               HE
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               King
               Iames
               and
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               was
               of
               
                 Christ-Church-College
                 ,
                 Oxon
              
               ,
               and
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               which
               was
               publish'd
               after
               his
               Death
               .
               The
               Title
               of
               his
               Play
               is
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Combat
                 of
                 Love
                 and
                 Friendship
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               formerly
               presented
               by
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               Christ-Church
               in
               Oxon
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               printed
               at
               London
               ,
               1654.
               
            
          
           
             
               Matthew
               Medbourn
               .
            
             
               AN
               Actor
               in
               the
               Duke's
               Company
               ,
               being
               a
               Papist
               and
               committed
               to
               Newgate
               about
               the
               Popish
               Plot
               ,
               where
               he
               died
               ;
               but
               some
               Years
               before
               he
               published
               one
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               Tartuffe
               ;
               or
               ,
               the
               
                 French
                 Puritan
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1670.
               
               Acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               Henry
               ,
               Lord
               Howard
               ,
               of
               Norfolk
               .
               Translated
               from
               the
               French
               of
               Molliere
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Meriton
               .
            
             
               THis
               Scribler
               liv'd
               since
               the
               Restauration
               ,
               and
               accounted
               the
               dullest
               and
               most
               impotent
               of
               Dramatick
               Poets
               in
               his
               Time
               ,
               he
               publish'd
               Two
               Plays
               :
               
                 
                   
                     Love
                     and
                     War
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1658.
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   truly
                   Noble
                   ,
                   Iudicious
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   most
                   esteemed
                   Brother
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     Geo.
                     Meriton
                  
                   .
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   find
                   this
                   Play
                   was
                   ever
                   acted
                   ,
                   or
                   deserved
                   acting
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     The
                     Wandring
                     Lover
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1658.
                   
                   The
                   Title
                   makes
                   you
                   believe
                   it
                   was
                   acted
                   several
                   times
                   privately
                   ,
                   at
                   sundry
                   Places
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Author
                   and
                   his
                   Friends
                   ,
                   with
                   great
                   Applause
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Dedication
                   is
                   to
                   the
                   Ingenious
                   ,
                   Iudicious
                   ,
                   and
                   much
                   Honoured
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   
                     Francis
                     Wright
                  
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Middleton
              
               ,
               vide
               Fletcher
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               King
               Iames
               and
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ;
               was
               Contemporary
               and
               Associate
               with
               
                 Deckar
                 ,
                 Rowley
                 ,
                 Massinger
                 ,
                 Fletcher
              
               and
               Iohnson
               .
               Under
               the
               Title
               of
               Iohnson
               ,
               you
               have
               an
               Account
               that
               he
               join'd
               with
               him
               and
               Fletcher
               ,
               in
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               the
               Widow
               .
               He
               was
               assisted
               by
               Massinger
               and
               Rowley
               ,
               in
               writing
               another
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               the
               
                 Old
                 Law
              
               :
               by
               Deckar
               ,
               in
               the
               
                 Roaring
                 Girl
              
               ,
               and
               by
               Mr.
               Rowley
               ,
               in
               three
               others
               ;
               besides
               those
               he
               writ
               and
               publish'd
               ,
               entirely
               his
               own
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   Any
                   thing
                   for
                   a
                   Quiet
                   Life
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1662.
                 
                 This
                 was
                 not
                 printed
                 till
                 that
                 Year
                 ,
                 tho'
                 long
                 before
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Black-Fryars
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Success
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Blurt
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Constable
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Spaniard's
                   Night-Walk
                
                 ;
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1602.
                 
                 Acted
                 sundry
                 times
                 privately
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 
                 Paul's
                 .
                 Our
                 Author's
                 Name
                 is
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 Title
                 Page
                 ;
                 but
                 nevertheless
                 ,
                 on
                 good
                 Grounds
                 ,
                 attributed
                 to
                 him
                 by
                 
                   Kirkman
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Changeling
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1653.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 and
                 Salisbury-Court
                 ,
                 with
                 great
                 Applause
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 one
                 of
                 those
                 Plays
                 in
                 which
                 he
                 was
                 assisted
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Rowley
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 Plot
                 ,
                 consult
                 the
                 Story
                 of
                 Alsemero
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Beatrice
                   Ioanna
                
                 ,
                 in
                 
                   God's
                   Revenge
                   against
                   Murther
                   ,
                   fol.
                
                 writ
                 by
                 Dr.
                 Reynolds
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Chast
                   Maid
                   in
                   Cheapside
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1620.
                 
                 This
                 is
                 entituled
                 ,
                 A
                 pleasant
                 conceited
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 often
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Swan
                 on
                 the
                 Bank-Side
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Lady
                 Elizabeth
                 ,
                 her
                 Servants
                 .
              
               
                 
                   A
                   fair
                   Quarrel
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1622.
                 
                 This
                 is
                 another
                 of
                 those
                 Plays
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 Mr.
                 Rowley
                 join'd
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 nobly
                 dispos'd
                 ,
                 and
                 faithful
                 Breasted
                 ,
                 
                   Robert
                   Grey
                
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Grooms
                 of
                 his
                 Highness's
                 Chamber
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Cynthio
                   Giraldi
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Novel
                 ,
                 Dec.
                 4.
                 
                 Nov.
                 5.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Family
                   of
                   Love
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1608.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Revels
                 .
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Game
                   at
                   Chess
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Globe
                 on
                 the
                 Bank-Side
                 .
                 The
                 Game
                 being
                 play'd
                 before
                 Loyola
                 ,
                 between
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 of
                 Rome
                 ,
                 the
                 latter
                 loses
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Inner-Temple
                   Masque
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Masque
                   of
                   Heroes
                
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1640.
                 presented
                 by
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 ancient
                 and
                 noble
                 House
                 ,
                 as
                 an
                 Entertainment
                 for
                 many
                 eminent
                 Ladies
                 .
                 Tho'
                 this
                 Play
                 was
                 writ
                 about
                 Twenty
                 Years
                 before
                 printed
                 ,
                 yet
                 Mrs.
                 Behn
                 approv'd
                 of
                 it
                 so
                 much
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 she
                 writ
                 her
                 Comedy
                 called
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   City
                   Heiress
                
                 ,
                 she
                 borrowed
                 part
                 thereof
                 .
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Mad
                   World
                   ,
                   my
                   Masters
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 is
                 said
                 to
                 be
                 often
                 acted
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Mayor
                   of
                   Queenborough
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1661.
                 often
                 acted
                 with
                 much
                 Applause
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
                 You
                 have
                 in
                 this
                 Play
                 ,
                 several
                 Dumb
                 Shews
                 .
                 Plot
                 ,
                 see
                 the
                 Reign
                 of
                 Vortiger
                 ,
                 in
                 
                   Du
                   Chesne
                   ,
                   Stow
                   ,
                   Speed
                   ,
                
                 and
                 other
                 English
                 Chronicles
                 .
              
               
                 Michaelmas-Term
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 whether
                 ever
                 acted
                 .
              
               
                 
                   More
                   Desemblers
                   besides
                   Women
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1657.
                 
              
               
                 
                   No
                   Wit
                   ,
                   no
                   Help
                   like
                   a
                   Woman's
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1657.
                 
                 This
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 preceding
                 Play
                 ,
                 with
                 
                   Women
                   ,
                   beware
                   Women
                
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 had
                 bound
                 together
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 small
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 or
                 12
                 mo
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Old
                   Law
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   A
                   New
                   Way
                   to
                   Please
                   you
                   ,
                
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1656.
                 
                 The
                 Title
                 calls
                 it
                 ,
                 An
                 Excellent
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 acted
                 before
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 Queen
                 ,
                 with
                 great
                 Applause
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Rowley
                 and
                 Massenger
                 join'd
                 with
                 him
                 in
                 this
                 Play.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Phaenix
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1607.
                 
                 Acted
                 several
                 times
                 by
                 the
                 Children
                 of
                 
                 Paul's
                 ,
                 before
                 his
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
                 See
                 the
                 Story
                 writ
                 by
                 
                   Mignel
                   de
                   Cervantes
                
                 ,
                 called
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Force
                   of
                   Love
                
                 ,
                 being
                 a
                 Spanish
                 Novel
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Roaring
                   Girl
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Mall
                   Cut-Purse
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1611.
                 as
                 it
                 has
                 lately
                 been
                 acted
                 on
                 the
                 Fortune
                 Stage
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Prince's
                 Players
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Langbain
                 says
                 ,
                 he
                 never
                 saw
                 this
                 Play
                 ,
                 and
                 Ranks
                 it
                 under
                 Middleton
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 take
                 most
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 
                 Deckar's
                 ,
                 who
                 joyn'd
                 in
                 it
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 has
                 an
                 odd
                 sort
                 of
                 an
                 Epistle
                 Dedicatory
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Comick
                 Play-Readers
                 ,
                 Venery
                 and
                 Laughter
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Spanish
                   Gipsies
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1661.
                 acted
                 both
                 at
                 the
                 Private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 and
                 Salisbury-Court
                 ,
                 with
                 great
                 Applause
                 .
                 In
                 this
                 Play
                 he
                 was
                 join'd
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Rowley
                 .
                 See
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Plot
                 in
                 a
                 Spanish
                 Novel
                 ,
                 call'd
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Force
                   of
                   Blood
                
                 ,
                 writ
                 by
                 
                   M.
                   de
                   Cervantes
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Trick
                   to
                   catch
                   the
                   Old
                   One
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1616.
                 
                 The
                 Title
                 says
                 ,
                 it
                 has
                 been
                 often
                 in
                 Action
                 at
                 
                 Paul's
                 and
                 Black-Fryars
                 ,
                 before
                 their
                 Majesties
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 ,
                 in
                 those
                 Times
                 ,
                 accounted
                 a
                 good
                 Play.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Triumphs
                   of
                   Love
                   and
                   Antiquity
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Masque
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1619.
                 
                 Dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Cockain
                
                 ,
                 Knight
                 ,
                 then
                 Lord
                 Mayor
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 ,
                 and
                 Lord
                 General
                 of
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Military
                 Forces
                 .
                 This
                 ,
                 tho'
                 accounted
                 by
                 other
                 Catalogues
                 
                 a
                 Masque
                 ,
                 is
                 little
                 more
                 than
                 Speeches
                 spoke
                 ,
                 as
                 now
                 in
                 these
                 Days
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Mayors
                 ,
                 in
                 Pageants
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Women
                   ,
                   beware
                   Women
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1657.
                 
                 See
                 Hippolito
                 and
                 Isabella
                 ,
                 a
                 Romance
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 usually
                 bound
                 with
                 two
                 others
                 of
                 his
                 before-mentioned
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   World
                   toss'd
                   at
                   Tennis
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Masque
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1620.
                 said
                 to
                 be
                 divers
                 times
                 acted
                 to
                 the
                 Contentment
                 of
                 many
                 Noble
                 and
                 Worthy
                 Spectators
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Prince's
                 Servants
                 .
                 The
                 Dedication
                 is
                 to
                 the
                 truly
                 Noble
                 ,
                 Charles
                 ,
                 then
                 Lord
                 Howard
                 ,
                 Baron
                 of
                 Effingham
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 his
                 Vertuous
                 and
                 Worthy
                 Wife
                 ,
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Mary
                 ,
                 then
                 Lady
                 Effingham
                 ,
                 the
                 Eldest
                 Daughter
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Cockain
                
                 ,
                 Knight
                 ,
                 then
                 Lord
                 Mayor
                 of
                 
                   London
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Your
                   Five
                   Gallants
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Black-Fryars
                 .
                 A
                 Play
                 printed
                 without
                 any
                 Date
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 all
                 probability
                 ,
                 the
                 first
                 he
                 ever
                 writ
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Milton
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               of
               that
               Excellence
               of
               Genius
               and
               Learning
               ,
               that
               none
               of
               any
               Age
               or
               Nation
               ,
               I
               think
               ,
               has
               excel'd
               him
               :
               during
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               ,
               and
               after
               the
               Death
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               he
               was
               advanced
               to
               considerable
               Posts
               in
               the
               Government
               ,
               as
               Under
               Secretary
               of
               State
               ,
               &c.
               and
               he
               was
               a
               strenuous
               Defender
               of
               the
               Power
               and
               Liberty
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               upon
               which
               that
               Government
               immediately
               stood
               .
               His
               Controversy
               with
               Salmatius
               was
               very
               famous
               all
               over
               Europe
               ,
               and
               his
               Victory
               cost
               his
               Adversary
               his
               Life
               ,
               tho'
               he
               himself
               lost
               his
               Eyes
               .
               I
               have
               been
               told
               ,
               that
               after
               the
               Restauration
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               he
               taught
               School
               at
               ,
               or
               near
               Greenwich
               .
               The
               Time
               or
               Place
               of
               his
               Birth
               ,
               Education
               or
               Death
               ,
               I
               am
               ignorant
               of
               .
               He
               writ
               two
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               viz.
               
               
                 
                   
                     Samson
                     Agonistes
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1680.
                   
                   Mr.
                   
                     Dryden
                     Sen.
                  
                   has
                   ,
                   in
                   his
                   Aureng-zebe
                   ,
                   borrowed
                   some
                   Thoughts
                   from
                   this
                   Poem
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   founded
                   on
                   Scripture
                   .
                   Consult
                   the
                   Thirteenth
                   Chapter
                   of
                   
                     Iudges
                     ,
                     &c.
                  
                   also
                   
                     Tornier
                     ,
                     Salian
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Ioseph
                     .
                     Antiq.
                     lib.
                  
                   5.
                   
                
                 
                   A
                   Masque
                   presented
                   at
                   Ludlow-Castle
                   ,
                   1634.
                   
                   Printed
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1687.
                   
                   It
                   was
                   published
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Laws
                   ,
                   who
                   compos'd
                   the
                   Musick
                   ,
                   dedicating
                   it
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   ,
                   Iohn
                   ,
                   Lord
                   Viscount
                   Brackley
                   ,
                   Son
                   and
                   Heir
                   Apparent
                   to
                   Iohn
                   ,
                   Earl
                   of
                   Bridgewater
                   ,
                   Viscount
                   Brackley
                   ,
                   Lord
                   President
                   of
                   Wales
                   ,
                   and
                   one
                   of
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   most
                   Honourable
                   Privy
                   Council
                   ;
                   before
                   whom
                   it
                   was
                   presented
                   .
                   He
                   writ
                   besides
                   ,
                   divers
                   Pieces
                   in
                   Poetry
                   and
                   History
                   ,
                   as
                   
                     Paradise
                     Lost
                  
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   and
                   Fol.
                   with
                   Sculptures
                   ;
                   
                     Paradise
                     Regain'd
                  
                   ,
                   8
                   
                     vo
                     .
                     Hist.
                     of
                     Britain
                  
                   ,
                   4
                   
                     to
                     .
                     Pro
                     populo
                     Anglicano
                     defensio
                     ,
                  
                   12
                   
                     mo
                     .
                     The
                     Doctrine
                     and
                     Discipline
                     of
                     Divorce
                     ,
                  
                   4
                   
                     to
                     .
                     &c.
                  
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               
                 Walter
                 Montague
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 THE
                 Shepherds
                 Paradise
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1649.
               
               This
               was
               privately
               acted
               before
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               Ladies
               of
               Honour
               ;
               and
               was
               then
               well
               esteem'd
               .
            
          
           
             
               Peter
               Motteux
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               now
               living
               ,
               who
               ,
               tho'
               born
               and
               bred
               at
               Roan
               in
               Normandy
               ,
               has
               made
               himself
               so
               far
               Master
               of
               our
               Language
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               able
               to
               divert
               the
               Town
               in
               Two
               Plays
               ,
               the
               first
               call'd
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     Love
                     's
                     a
                     Iest
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   new
                   Theatre
                   in
                   
                     Little
                     Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                  
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   1696.
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   Charles
                   ,
                   Lord
                   Clifford
                   ,
                   of
                   Lanesborough
                   .
                   The
                   Author
                   owns
                   ,
                   in
                   his
                   Preface
                   ,
                   himself
                   indebted
                   to
                   the
                   Italians
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   hint
                   of
                   the
                   two
                   Scenes
                   where
                   Love
                   is
                   made
                   in
                   Iest
                   ;
                   as
                   also
                   some
                   Speeches
                   and
                   Thoughts
                   here
                   and
                   there
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Loves
                     of
                     Mars
                     and
                     Venus
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   Play
                   set
                   to
                   Musick
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   New
                   Theatre
                   ,
                   in
                   
                     Little
                     Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                  
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1696.
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Honourable
                   Collone
                   Codrington
                   .
                   In
                   his
                   Preface
                   he
                   owns
                   the
                   Story
                   to
                   be
                   
                   Ovid's
                   ,
                   an●
                   that
                   he
                   has
                   taken
                   the
                   Dance
                   of
                   the
                   Cyclops
                   from
                   Mr.
                   
                   Shadwell's
                   Psyche
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Novelty
              
               ,
               every
               Act
               a
               Play
               ,
               being
               a
               short
               Pastoral
               ,
               Comedy
               ,
               Masque
               ,
               Tragedy
               ,
               and
               Farce
               ;
               acted
               at
               the
               new
               Theatre
               in
               
                 Little
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
              
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1697.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Charles
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               of
               Bonnington
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               In
               the
               Preface
               he
               lets
               us
               know
               ,
               that
               the
               Pastoral
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               Thyrsis
               ,
               is
               written
               by
               his
               ingenious
               Friend
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 I.
                 Oldmixon
              
               .
               The
               Tragedy
               ,
               which
               he
               calls
               ,
               
                 The
                 Vnfortunate
                 Couple
              
               ,
               is
               the
               latter
               and
               most
               moving
               part
               of
               Dr.
               
               Filmer's
               
                 Vnnatural
                 Brother
              
               .
               That
               the
               Farce
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 Natural
                 Magick
              
               ,
               is
               an
               Imitation
               of
               Part
               of
               a
               French
               Comedy
               ,
               of
               one
               Act
               ,
               after
               the
               Italian
               Manner
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               find
               many
               in
               the
               
                 Theatre
                 Italien
                 .
                 Hercules
              
               ,
               the
               Masque
               ,
               is
               his
               own
               ,
               tho'
               I
               have
               seen
               one
               on
               the
               same
               Subject
               by
               a
               French
               Author
               ,
               and
               represented
               at
               Brussels
               .
               The
               Comedy
               is
               his
               own
               too
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 All
                 without
                 Money
              
               .
            
             
               Tho'
               this
               bears
               the
               Name
               of
               
                 The
                 Novelty
              
               ,
               it
               can
               be
               call'd
               so
               only
               as
               some
               of
               our
               modern
               Opinions
               in
               Philosophy
               are
               call'd
               new
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               because
               they
               have
               laid
               by
               unthought
               of
               a
               great
               while
               ;
               for
               as
               these
               are
               to
               be
               met
               with
               among
               the
               Old
               Philosophers
               ,
               so
               is
               this
               Model
               to
               be
               found
               in
               Sir
               William
               Davenant's
               
                 Play-House
                 to
                 be
                 Lett.
              
               I
               shall
               only
               add
               ,
               That
               the
               greatest
               Novelty
               is
               the
               odd
               sort
               
               of
               Numbers
               us'd
               in
               his
               Friends
               Pastoral
               :
               What
               Authority
               he
               may
               have
               for
               it
               ,
               I
               don't
               know
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               Mountford
               .
            
             
               THE
               Birth
               and
               Parentage
               of
               this
               Author
               I
               know
               nothing
               of
               ;
               the
               first
               Figure
               he
               made
               was
               ,
               in
               the
               part
               of
               Tall-Boy
               ,
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               for
               which
               ,
               being
               taken
               Notice
               ,
               he
               was
               advanc'd
               on
               the
               Theatre
               ,
               till
               he
               got
               into
               the
               Family
               of
               the
               late
               Lord
               Chancellor
               Iefferies
               ;
               from
               whence
               he
               return'd
               to
               the
               Stage
               ,
               where
               he
               continued
               till
               he
               was
               kill'd
               in
               
                 Norfolk-Buildings
                 ,
                 London
              
               .
               He
               has
               publish'd
               three
               Plays
               .
            
             
               
                 Greenwich-Park
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1691.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Algernon
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Essex
                 ,
                 Viscount
                 
                   Malden
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
                 This
                 is
                 a
                 very
                 pretty
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 and
                 has
                 been
                 always
                 received
                 with
                 general
                 Applause
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Injur'd
                   Lovers
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Ambitious
                   Father
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1688.
                 the
                 Dedication
                 is
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Iames
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Arran
                 ,
                 Son
                 to
                 his
                 Grace
                 ,
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Hamilton
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 did
                 not
                 succeed
                 as
                 the
                 Author
                 wish'd
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Life
                   and
                   Death
                   of
                   Dr.
                   Faustus
                   ,
                
                 made
                 into
                 a
                 Farce
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Humours
                 of
                 Harlequin
                 and
                 Scaramauch
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 were
                 several
                 times
                 acted
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Lee
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ievoa
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Queen's
                 Theatre
                 in
                 Dorset-Garden
                 ,
                 newly
                 reviv'd
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 in
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Succesful
                   Strangers
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1690.
                 
                 Acted
                 by
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Servants
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal.
                 Its
                 Dedication
                 is
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Thomas
                 (
                 now
                 Lord
                 )
                 Wharton
                 ,
                 Comptroller
                 of
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Houshold
                 .
                 The
                 Catastrophe
                 from
                 
                   The
                   Rival
                   Brothers
                
                 ,
                 in
                 
                   Scarron's
                   Novels
                
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 somewhat
                 exceeded
                 the
                 preceding
                 one
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             N.
             
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Nabbs
               .
            
             
               HE
               was
               accounted
               a
               Third
               Rate
               Poet
               ,
               who
               liv'd
               in
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               's
               Time
               ,
               there
               is
               published
               of
               his
               Writings
               ,
               Eight
               Dramatick
               Pieces
               ,
               which
               follow
               in
               Alphabetical
               Order
               :
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Bride
                  
                   ,
                   called
                   ,
                   a
                   pleasant
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1640.
                   
                   Acted
                   first
                   ,
                   Two
                   Years
                   before
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Private
                   House
                   in
                   Drury-Lane
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   .
                   Dedicated
                   to
                   several
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Honorable
                   Houses
                   of
                   the
                   Inns
                   of
                   Court
                   ,
                   his
                   Friends
                   .
                
                 
                   Covent-Garden
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1638.
                   first
                   acted
                   by
                   the
                   Queen's
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   1632.
                   
                   The
                   Dedication
                   is
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Worthy
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Suckling
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Hanibal
                     and
                     Scipio
                  
                   ,
                   called
                   ,
                   An
                   Historical
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1637.
                   but
                   acted
                   first
                   in
                   the
                   Year
                   1635.
                   by
                   the
                   Queen's
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   private
                   House
                   in
                   Drury-Lane
                   .
                   Plot
                   founded
                   on
                   History
                   ;
                   see
                   the
                   Lives
                   of
                   Hanibal
                   and
                   Scipio
                   ,
                   in
                   
                     Corn.
                     Nepos
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Plutarch
                   ;
                   see
                   also
                   
                     Livy
                     ,
                     L.
                     Florus
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     An
                     Entertainment
                     on
                     the
                     Prince's
                     Birth-Day
                     ,
                  
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   This
                   is
                   ranked
                   under
                   Nabbs
                   ,
                   in
                   Mr.
                   
                   Langbain's
                   Catalogue
                   ,
                   as
                   also
                   in
                   
                   Kirkman's
                   and
                   others
                   ,
                   but
                   omitted
                   in
                   Mr.
                   
                   Langbain's
                   Account
                   of
                   the
                   Poets
                   ,
                   for
                   what
                   Reason
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   .
                
                 
                   Microcosmos
                   ,
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1637.
                   presented
                   (
                   says
                   the
                   Title
                   )
                   with
                   general
                   liking
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   private
                   House
                   in
                   Salisbury-Court
                   ,
                   and
                   here
                   set
                   down
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Intention
                   of
                   the
                   Author
                   .
                   The
                   Dedication
                   is
                   to
                   the
                   Service
                   and
                   Delight
                   of
                   all
                   truly
                   Noble
                   ,
                   Generous
                   ,
                   and
                   Honest
                   Spirìts
                   .
                   This
                   is
                   a
                   Masque
                   which
                   has
                   good
                   Morality
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   (
                   as
                   I
                   find
                   )
                   was
                   commended
                   by
                   Bro●e
                   ,
                   and
                   others
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Spring
                     's
                     Glory
                     ,
                     Vindicating
                     Love
                     by
                     Temperance
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   Masque
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1638.
                   
                   This
                   has
                   much
                   of
                   Morality
                   also
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   commended
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Chamberlain
                   ,
                   a
                   then
                   noted
                   Poet
                   ,
                   and
                   others
                   .
                   It
                   's
                   dedicated
                   to
                   
                     Peter
                     Ball
                  
                   ,
                   Esq.
                   There
                   is
                   joined
                   with
                   this
                   
                     A
                     Presentation
                  
                   ,
                   as
                   intended
                   for
                   Prince
                   
                   Charles's
                   Birth-Day
                   ,
                   (
                   viz.
                   )
                   May
                   29.
                   which
                   ,
                   in
                   other
                   Catalogues
                   has
                   been
                   stiled
                   an
                   Interlude
                   .
                   There
                   are
                   besides
                   ,
                   many
                   Poems
                   ,
                   Epigrams
                   ,
                   Elegies
                   and
                   Epithalamiums
                   .
                
                 
                   Tottenham-Court
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   printed
                   1638.
                   but
                   acted
                   five
                   Years
                   before
                   ,
                   in
                   Salisbury-Court
                   :
                   And
                   is
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Worshipful
                   ,
                   
                     Will.
                     Mills
                  
                   ,
                   Esq.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Vnfortunate
                     Mother
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1640.
                   
                   It
                   is
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Worshipful
                   ,
                   
                     Richard
                     Brathwait
                  
                   ,
                   Esq.
                   Some
                   of
                   the
                   Author's
                   Friends
                   bestowed
                   commendatory
                   Verses
                   on
                   this
                   Play
                   ,
                   tho'
                   it
                   did
                   not
                   bear
                   acting
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Woman-Hater
                     Arraigned
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Charles
                     the
                     First
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   have
                   been
                   by
                   Philips
                   and
                   Winstanly
                   ,
                   plac'd
                   to
                   this
                   Author
                   ,
                   but
                   without
                   any
                   Ground
                   or
                   Reason
                   :
                   for
                   which
                   see
                   among
                   the
                   Anonymous
                   Plays
                   ,
                   hereafter
                   mentioned
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Nash.
               
            
             
               A
               Contemporary
               with
               the
               former
               ,
               tho'
               of
               a
               more
               eminent
               Character
               ;
               he
               was
               bred
               at
               Cambridge
               ,
               and
               writ
               two
               Plays
               ,
               called
               ,
               
               
                 
                   
                     Dido
                     ,
                     Queen
                     of
                     Carthage
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   This
                   was
                   not
                   wholly
                   writ
                   by
                   him
                   ,
                   for
                   Marlow
                   did
                   somewhat
                   assist
                   therein
                   .
                   The
                   Story
                   from
                   
                     Virgils
                     AEneids
                     ,
                     lib.
                  
                   1
                   ,
                   &
                   4.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Summers
                     Last
                     Will
                     and
                     Testament
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   This
                   Author
                   has
                   writ
                   divers
                   other
                   small
                   Pieces
                   ,
                   both
                   in
                   Verse
                   and
                   Prose
                   ;
                   but
                   not
                   that
                   Play
                   of
                   
                     See
                     me
                     ,
                     and
                     see
                     me
                     not
                     ,
                  
                   as
                   alledged
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Philips
                   and
                   Winstanley
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Alexander
               Nevile
               .
            
             
               A
               Young
               Gentleman
               ,
               that
               at
               sixteen
               undertook
               to
               translate
               the
               Oedipus
               of
               Seneca
               ,
               and
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               .
            
             
               Oedipus
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               printed
               1581.
               but
               was
               Englished
               by
               him
               about
               twenty
               Years
               before
               ,
               and
               is
               dedicated
               to
               Dr.
               Wotton
               ,
               then
               one
               of
               the
               Queen's
               Majesty's
               Privy
               Council
               .
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               Nevile
               .
            
             
               A
               Fellow
               of
               
                 King's-College
                 ,
                 Cambridge
              
               ,
               in
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               's
               Time
               ,
               and
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               entituled
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Poor
                 Scholar
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1662.
               written
               divers
               Years
               before
               printed
               ,
               but
               I
               do
               not
               find
               it
               was
               ever
               acted
               ,
               tho
               recommended
               by
               some
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               by
               three
               other
               Poets
               of
               that
               Time.
               
            
          
           
             
               William
               ,
               Duke
               of
               Newcastle
               .
            
             
               MR.
               Langbain
               has
               always
               ,
               a
               good
               Word
               for
               Quality
               ,
               he
               can
               see
               no
               Blemish
               in
               that
               Person
               that
               has
               a
               Title
               ,
               tho'
               he
               be
               so
               sharp
               sighted
               in
               all
               those
               of
               a
               lower
               Station
               ;
               and
               he
               is
               so
               transported
               on
               this
               worthy
               Nobleman
               ,
               that
               he
               baulks
               the
               Curiosity
               of
               his
               Reader
               ,
               for
               some
               Account
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               to
               vent
               a
               clumsey
               Flattery
               .
               He
               was
               of
               the
               Illustrious
               and
               Ancient
               Family
               of
               Cavendish
               ,
               a
               zealous
               Follower
               of
               the
               Royal
               Cause
               ,
               and
               with
               it
               exil'd
               ;
               during
               his
               Aboad
               at
               Antwerp
               ,
               he
               writ
               a
               Book
               of
               Horsemanship
               .
               He
               was
               an
               Encourager
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               and
               a
               Poet
               himself
               .
               You
               may
               find
               his
               Life
               at
               large
               ,
               written
               by
               his
               Dutchess
               .
               We
               have
               four
               Comedies
               of
               his
               in
               Print
               ;
               as
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Country
                     Captain
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1649.
                   
                   It
                   was
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Black-Fryars
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   with
                   good
                   Applause
                   ;
                   and
                   ●sually
                   bound
                   up
                   with
                   another
                   of
                   his
                   ,
                   called
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Variety
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Humorous
                     Lovers
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1677.
                   
                   Acted
                   by
                   his
                   Royal
                   Highness
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   
                   York's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   with
                   great
                   Applause
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     The
                     Triumphant
                     Widow
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Medley
                     of
                     Humours
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1677.
                   and
                   acted
                   by
                   his
                   Royal
                   Highness
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   
                   York's
                   Servants
                   .
                   This
                   was
                   esteemed
                   a
                   good
                   Play
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Shadwell
                   had
                   so
                   good
                   an
                   Opinion
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   borrowed
                   a
                   great
                   part
                   thereof
                   ,
                   to
                   compleat
                   his
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   call'd
                   ,
                   Bury-Fair
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Variety
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1649.
                   presented
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   at
                   the
                   Black●Fryars
                   .
                   Tho'
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Name
                   be
                   not
                   to
                   this
                   ,
                   or
                   
                     The
                     Country
                     Captain
                  
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   usually
                   bound
                   with
                   it
                   ;
                   yet
                   ,
                   by
                   Mr.
                   
                   Cartwright's
                   Works
                   ,
                   and
                   others
                   ,
                   we
                   find
                   Satisfaction
                   enough
                   to
                   believe
                   them
                   his
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Margaret
               ,
               Dutchess
               of
               Newcastle
               .
            
             
               THE
               Honourable
               Consort
               of
               the
               fore-mentioned
               Duke
               ,
               whose
               Plays
               and
               Poetry
               have
               made
               some
               Noise
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               have
               at
               least
               met
               with
               Mr.
               Langbain
               for
               an
               Admirer
               and
               Defender
               .
               I
               know
               not
               her
               Family
               ,
               nor
               Time
               of
               Birth
               or
               Death
               .
               She
               has
               published
               six
               and
               Twenty
               Plays
               ,
               reckoning
               those
               writ
               in
               two
               Parts
               ,
               each
               of
               them
               for
               two
               .
               They
               are
               usually
               bound
               in
               two
               Volumes
               fol.
               1662
               ,
               and
               1668.
               
               Their
               Names
               follow
               :
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Apocriphal
                     Ladies
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1662.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   is
                   not
                   divided
                   into
                   Acts
                   ,
                   but
                   has
                   variety
                   of
                   Scenes
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   Number
                   of
                   three
                   and
                   twenty
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Bell
                     in
                     Campo
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   in
                   two
                   Parts
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1662.
                   
                   In
                   the
                   last
                   Part
                   you
                   may
                   find
                   several
                   Copies
                   of
                   Verses
                   writ
                   by
                   his
                   Grace
                   ,
                   the
                   Duke
                   ,
                   her
                   Husband
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Blazing
                     World
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1668.
                   
                   This
                   ,
                   tho
                   stil'd
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   yet
                   was
                   never
                   perfected
                   by
                   the
                   Authoress
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Bridalls
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1668.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Comical
                     Hash
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1662.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   ,
                   by
                   Accident
                   ,
                   omitted
                   in
                   Mr.
                   
                   Langbain's
                   Catalogue
                   of
                   Plays
                   ,
                   and
                   ignorantly
                   by
                   other
                   Catalogue
                   Publishers
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Convent
                     of
                     Pleasure
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1668.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Female
                     Accademy
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1662.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Lady
                     Contemplation
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   two
                   Parts
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1662.
                   
                   The
                   Duke
                   assisted
                   in
                   some
                   Scenes
                   of
                   both
                   Parts
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Love's
                     Adventures
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   two
                   Parts
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   ●ol
                   .
                   1662.
                   
                   The
                   Duke
                   writ
                   also
                   the
                   Epithalamium
                   and
                   Song
                   in
                   the
                   last
                   Part.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Matrimonial
                     Troubles
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   two
                   Parts
                   ,
                   the
                   first
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   the
                   last
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1662.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Nature's
                     Three
                     Daughters
                  
                   (
                   viz.
                   )
                   
                     Beauty
                     ,
                     Love
                     ,
                     and
                     Wit
                     ,
                  
                   in
                   two
                   parts
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1662.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Presence
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1668.
                   
                   The
                   Scenes
                   designed
                   for
                   this
                   Play
                   ,
                   were
                   so
                   numerous
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Dutchess
                   thought
                   it
                   would
                   lengthen
                   it
                   too
                   much
                   ,
                   therefore
                   printed
                   them
                   seperately
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     Publick
                     Wooing
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1662.
                   
                   Two
                   Scenes
                   and
                   two
                   Songs
                   at
                   the
                   End
                   of
                   this
                   Play
                   ,
                   with
                   divers
                   Speeches
                   therein
                   ,
                   are
                   writ
                   by
                   his
                   Grace
                   ,
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Newcastle
                   .
                
                 
                   Religions
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1662.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Several
                     Wits
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   Fol.
                   1662.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Sociable
                     Companions
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Female
                     Wits
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1668.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Vnnatural
                     Tragedy
                     ,
                     fol.
                  
                   1662.
                   
                   The
                   Prologue
                   and
                   Epilogue
                   of
                   this
                   Play
                   ,
                   were
                   writ
                   by
                   his
                   Grace
                   ,
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Newcastle
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Wits
                     Cabal
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   two
                   Parts
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1662.
                   
                   The
                   Epilogue
                   of
                   the
                   first
                   Part
                   was
                   also
                   writ
                   by
                   his
                   Grace
                   ,
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Newcastle
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Youth's
                     Glory
                     ,
                     and
                     Death's
                     Banquet
                     ,
                  
                   in
                   two
                   Parts
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   1662.
                   
                   Two
                   Scenes
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Speeches
                   of
                   the
                   first
                   Part
                   ,
                   as
                   also
                   the
                   Songs
                   and
                   Verses
                   in
                   the
                   second
                   Part
                   ,
                   were
                   also
                   writ
                   by
                   his
                   Grace
                   ,
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Newcastle
                   .
                
              
            
             
               Besides
               these
               Dramatick
               Works
               ,
               she
               has
               writ
               divers
               other
               Pieces
               ;
               as
               ,
               
                 The
                 Life
                 of
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 New-Castle
                 ,
              
               1667.
               also
               the
               same
               in
               Latin
               ,
               1668.
               
               
                 Philosophical
                 Fancies
              
               ,
               1653.
               
               A
               Volume
               of
               Poems
               ,
               1653.
               
               
                 Philosophical
                 Opinions
              
               ,
               1655.
               
               
                 Nature's
                 Picture
                 ,
                 drawn
                 by
                 Fancies
                 Pencil
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 Life
              
               ;
               at
               the
               End
               of
               which
               was
               her
               own
               Life
               ,
               1656.
               
               A
               Volume
               of
               Orations
               ,
               1662.
               
               
                 Philosophical
                 Letters
              
               ,
               1664.
               
               Two
               hundred
               and
               eleven
               
                 So●●●bl●
                 Letters
              
               ,
               1664.
               
               All
               which
               Volumes
               are
               printed
               in
               fol.
               
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Newton
               .
            
             
               ONE
               of
               the
               Translators
               of
               Seneca
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               he
               translated
               one
               entirely
               ,
               and
               club'd
               with
               
                 Iasper
                 Heywood
              
               and
               
                 Alexander
                 Nevile
              
               in
               the
               rest
               ;
               but
               publish'd
               them
               all
               together
               ,
               with
               a
               Dedication
               to
               Sir
               
                 Thomas
                 Henage
              
               ,
               then
               Treasurer
               of
               her
               Majesty's
               Chamber
               .
               Philips
               ,
               in
               his
               
                 Theatrum
                 Poetarum
              
               ,
               ascribes
               one
               other
               Play
               to
               this
               Author
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 Tamberlain
                 the
                 Great
              
               ,
               which
               is
               none
               of
               his
               ,
               but
               
               Marlo's
               .
            
             
               Thebais
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               Translated
               from
               Seneca
               ,
               as
               before
               intimated
               ,
               it
               has
               no
               Chorus
               ,
               and
               is
               the
               shortest
               of
               all
               that
               Author's
               Tragedies
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Norton
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Tho.
                 Sackvile
              
               .
            
             
               THese
               Twin
               Authors
               liv'd
               in
               Queen
               Elizabeth's
               Reign
               ,
               the
               latter
               was
               Lord
               Buckhurst
               ,
               and
               in
               1
               Iac.
               created
               Earl
               of
               
                 Dorset
                 ,
                 Mar.
              
               13.
               1603.
               
            
             
             
               
                 Ferrex
                 and
                 Porrex
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               first
               printed
               1665.
               but
               since
               by
               the
               Title
               of
            
             
               Gorboduc
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               re-printed
               ,
               1590.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               presented
               by
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Inner-Temple
               ,
               before
               the
               Queen
               's
               most
               excellent
               Majesty
               ;
               and
               accounted
               an
               excellent
               Play
               ,
               full
               of
               Morality
               .
               Plot
               from
               our
               British
               Chronicles
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Nuce
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               likewise
               in
               Queen
               Elizabeth's
               Time
               ,
               who
               translated
               one
               of
               
               Seneca's
               Plays
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               Octavia
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               Consult
               
                 Sueton.
                 in
                 vit
                 .
                 Claud.
                 Tacitus
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               12.
               c.
               14.
               
               
                 Dion
                 .
                 Nero
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
          
        
         
           
             O
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Otway
               .
            
             
               THE
               Place
               of
               Mr.
               
               Otway's
               Birth
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               but
               he
               was
               of
               a
               good
               Family
               ,
               and
               has
               a
               Nephew
               a
               Captain
               in
               the
               present
               Service
               .
               He
               was
               bred
               at
               Christ-Church
               ,
               in
               Oxford
               ,
               and
               thence
               remov'd
               to
               London
               ,
               not
               going
               on
               with
               the
               Design
               of
               being
               of
               the
               Clergy
               .
               Tho'
               at
               first
               he
               met
               with
               but
               little
               Encouragement
               here
               ,
               but
               what
               a
               small
               Allowance
               and
               Sallery
               from
               the
               Play-house
               afforded
               (
               for
               he
               was
               first
               a
               Player
               )
               but
               after
               he
               had
               writ
               
                 Don
                 Carlos
              
               ,
               he
               began
               to
               have
               a
               Name
               ,
               having
               in
               that
               Play
               discovered
               some
               Touches
               of
               a
               Tallent
               ,
               very
               few
               of
               our
               English
               Poets
               have
               been
               Master
               of
               ,
               in
               moving
               the
               Passions
               ,
               that
               are
               ,
               and
               ought
               to
               be
               the
               Aim
               of
               all
               Tragick
               Poets
               ,
               Terror
               and
               Pity
               ;
               and
               in
               which
               none
               equal'd
               him
               ,
               in
               his
               two
               following
               Tragedies
               of
               
                 The
                 Orphan
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Venice
                 Preserv'd
              
               .
               He
               was
               a
               Iovial
               Companion
               ,
               and
               a
               great
               Lover
               of
               the
               Bottle
               ,
               and
               Particularly
               of
               Punch
               ;
               the
               last
               thing
               he
               made
               before
               his
               Death
               ,
               being
               an
               excellent
               Song
               on
               that
               Liquor
               .
               We
               have
               in
               Print
               of
               his
               ,
               ten
               Plays
               ;
               another
               more
               excellent
               than
               all
               of
               them
               ,
               is
               ,
               by
               some
               malicious
               or
               designing
               Person
               suppress'd
               ,
               either
               hereafter
               to
               set
               up
               a
               Reputation
               to
               themselves
               ,
               by
               owning
               it
               ,
               or
               to
               procure
               a
               Profit
               by
               selling
               it
               for
               their
               own
               .
            
             
               
                 Alcibiades
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1675.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 .
                 The
                 Dedication
                 is
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Charles
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Middlesex
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 the
                 first
                 Product
                 of
                 our
                 Author
                 .
                 The
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                 
                   Corn.
                   Nepos
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Plutarch
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 the
                 Life
                 of
                 Alcibiades
                 ;
                 but
                 he
                 has
                 varied
                 from
                 the
                 Story
                 ,
                 making
                 Alcibiades
                 a
                 more
                 scrupulous
                 Man
                 than
                 the
                 Historians
                 do
                 ,
                 who
                 accuse
                 him
                 of
                 Adultery
                 with
                 the
                 Queen
                 of
                 
                   Agis
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Atheist
                
                 ;
                 or
                 the
                 second
                 Part
                 of
                 
                   The
                   Soldier
                   's
                   Fortune
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1684.
                 
                 The
                 Dedication
                 is
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Eland
                 ,
                 Eldest
                 Son
                 to
                 the
                 Marquess
                 of
                 Hallifax
                 .
                 Plot
                 ,
                 in
                 Part
                 ,
                 taken
                 from
                 
                   The
                   Invisible
                   Mistress
                
                 ,
                 in
                 
                   Scarron's
                   Novels
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Cheats
                   of
                   Scapin
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Farce
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1667.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 :
                 It
                 is
                 printed
                 with
                 
                   Titus
                   and
                   Berenice
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 after
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 writ
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 Author
                 .
                 'T
                 is
                 translated
                 from
                 Molliere
                 ,
                 which
                 ,
                 originally
                 is
                 
                   Terrences
                   Phormio
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Caius
                   Marius
                   ,
                   his
                   History
                   and
                   Fall
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1680.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 ;
                 and
                 its
                 Dedication
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 Viscount
                 Faulkland
                 .
                 Part
                 of
                 it
                 stollen
                 from
                 
                   Shakespear's
                   Romeo
                   and
                   Iuliet
                
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 Plutarch
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 Life
                 of
                 
                   Caius
                   Marius
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Lucan's
                   Pharsalia
                
                 ,
                 Book
                 2.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Don
                   Carlos
                   ,
                   Prince
                   of
                   Spain
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1679.
                 
                 The
                 Dedication
                 is
                 to
                 his
                 Royal
                 Highness
                 ,
                 the
                 Duke
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 the
                 second
                 Play
                 our
                 Author
                 ever
                 writ
                 ,
                 and
                 gain'd
                 him
                 great
                 Reputation
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 the
                 Novel
                 so
                 called
                 ,
                 12
                 mo
                 .
                 you
                 may
                 also
                 consult
                 the
                 Spanish
                 Chronicles
                 in
                 the
                 Life
                 of
                 Philip
                 the
                 Second
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Friendship
                   in
                   Fashion
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1678.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
                 It
                 s
                 Dedication
                 is
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Charles
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Dorset
                 and
                 Middlesex
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Orphan
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Vnhappy
                   Marriage
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1680.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 .
                 It
                 s
                 Dedication
                 to
                 her
                 Royal
                 Highness
                 ,
                 the
                 Dutchess
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 acccounted
                 an
                 excellent
                 Play
                 ,
                 and
                 often
                 acted
                 of
                 late
                 Days
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 the
                 History
                 of
                 
                   Brandon
                   ,
                   p.
                
                 17.
                 and
                 
                   The
                   English
                   Adventures
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Novel
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Soldiers
                   Fortune
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1681.
                 acted
                 by
                 their
                 Royal
                 Highnesses
                 Servants
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 .
                 The
                 Lady
                 Dunce
                 ,
                 making
                 her
                 Husband
                 Agent
                 ,
                 is
                 from
                 
                   Moliere
                   Escole
                   de
                   Maris
                   ,
                   &c.
                
                 See
                 also
                 
                   Boccace's
                   Novels
                
                 ,
                 Day
                 3.
                 
                 Nov.
                 3.
                 and
                 
                   Scarron's
                   Comical
                   Romance
                
                 ,
                 p.
                 227.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Titus
                   and
                   Berenice
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1677.
                 to
                 which
                 is
                 joined
                 
                   The
                   Cheats
                   of
                   Scapin
                
                 ,
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Iohn
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Rochester
                 .
                 Translated
                 from
                 Monsieur
                 Racine
                 ;
                 it
                 wants
                 two
                 Acts
                 of
                 the
                 usual
                 Number
                 .
                 The
                 Story
                 of
                 Titus
                 and
                 Berenice
                 you
                 may
                 find
                 in
                 
                   Suetonius
                   ,
                   Dionisius
                   ,
                   Iosephus
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Venice
                   Preserv'd
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   A
                   Plot
                   discovered
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1688.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 ;
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Dutchess
                 of
                 Portsmouth
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 an
                 incomparable
                 Play
                 ,
                 and
                 often
                 acted
                 of
                 late
                 Days
                 .
                 The
                 Plot
                 is
                 taken
                 from
                 a
                 little
                 Book
                 ,
                 printed
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 being
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 the
                 Conspiracy
                 of
                 the
                 Spaniards
                 against
                 Venice
                 .
              
            
             
             
               This
               Author
               writ
               a
               small
               Piece
               ,
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 Poet's
                 Complaint
                 to
                 his
                 Muse
                 ,
              
               4
               to
               .
               1680.
               also
               a
               Pastoral
               on
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ,
               which
               is
               publish'd
               in
               Mrs.
               
               Behn's
               Lycidas
               ,
               8
               
                 vo
                 .
                 p.
              
               81.
               and
               since
               his
               Death
               ,
               is
               printed
               a
               Translation
               of
               his
               from
               the
               French
               ,
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Triumvirates
              
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1686.
               
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Oldmixon
               .
            
             
               THis
               Gentleman
               is
               of
               an
               ancient
               Family
               of
               Oldmixon
               ,
               near
               Bridgewater
               in
               Somersetshire
               .
               As
               for
               the
               particulars
               of
               his
               Life
               ,
               I
               can
               say
               little
               of
               them
               ,
               only
               that
               he
               has
               given
               the
               World
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               Amintas
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal.
               The
               Title
               Page
               lets
               us
               know
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               taken
               from
               the
               Aminta
               of
               Tasso
               ,
               and
               the
               Preface
               informs
               us
               of
               the
               ill
               Success
               it
               met
               with
               on
               the
               Stage
               :
               which
               indeed
               cannot
               be
               attributed
               to
               the
               English
               Author's
               Performance
               ,
               which
               is
               as
               well
               as
               the
               Original
               wou'd
               allow
               ;
               but
               ,
               with
               Submission
               to
               our
               Author
               's
               better
               Iudgment
               ,
               I
               must
               needs
               say
               ,
               that
               Pastoral
               it self
               ,
               tho'
               never
               so
               well
               writ
               ,
               is
               not
               a
               Subject
               fit
               for
               so
               long
               an
               Entertainment
               as
               that
               of
               the
               Stage
               .
               This
               the
               Ancients
               very
               well
               knew
               ,
               and
               therefore
               they
               wisely
               confin'd
               it
               to
               a
               narrower
               Compass
               ,
               as
               is
               evident
               from
               the
               Idyllia
               of
               Theocritus
               ,
               and
               the
               Bucolics
               of
               Virgil
               :
               For
               the
               sedater
               Passions
               (
               which
               our
               Author
               himself
               attributes
               to
               a
               Shepherd's
               Life
               )
               of
               these
               Innocent
               People
               represented
               in
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               cannot
               afford
               so
               lively
               Pleasure
               to
               an
               Audience
               ,
               as
               may
               ballance
               the
               Length
               of
               their
               Attention
               ,
               that
               must
               of
               necessity
               grow
               languid
               ,
               and
               tyr'd
               ,
               with
               so
               very
               calm
               an
               Emotion
               ,
               which
               is
               still
               kept
               active
               by
               the
               more
               violent
               Passions
               ,
               proper
               for
               Tragedy
               .
               This
               extending
               of
               the
               ancient
               Pastoral
               to
               so
               unreasonable
               a
               length
               was
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Farce
               ,
               an
               Italian
               Invention
               ,
               and
               not
               one
               jot
               the
               better
               ,
               because
               cover'd
               with
               so
               great
               a
               Name
               as
               
               Tasso's
               .
               I
               cou'd
               never
               find
               that
               Authority
               wou'd
               silence
               the
               Sentiments
               of
               Nature
               and
               Reason
               ;
               and
               Tasso
               ,
               that
               has
               been
               guilty
               of
               Absurdeties
               enough
               in
               his
               Epic
               Poem
               ,
               must
               not
               be
               suppos'd
               infallible
               in
               his
               Pastoral
               .
               After
               all
               ,
               I
               am
               of
               Opinion
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               but
               a
               weak
               Refuge
               to
               fly
               to
               the
               Opinion
               or
               Taste
               of
               a
               Foreign
               Nation
               ,
               from
               the
               Iudgment
               of
               our
               own
               ;
               for
               I
               'm
               satisfy'd
               that
               there
               are
               not
               fewer
               Men
               of
               Sence
               ,
               in
               England
               ,
               and
               a
               great
               many
               more
               of
               Learning
               ,
               than
               Italy
               affords
               us
               .
               Aminta
               might
               please
               there
               ,
               but
               if
               we
               judge
               by
               our
               Taste
               of
               Poetry
               ,
               and
               with
               ours
               by
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               it
               pleas'd
               without
               Reason
               ,
               and
               only
               perhaps
               for
               the
               Novelty
               ,
               or
               ,
               which
               is
               yet
               most
               likely
               ,
               because
               it
               was
               sung
               in
               Italy
               ,
               that
               Musical
               Nation
               minding
               more
               the
               Performance
               of
               the
               Composer
               ,
               than
               Poet.
               All
               that
               can
               be
               said
               for
               our
               Author
               is
               ,
               that
               in
               an
               ill
               Choice
               ,
               he
               has
               equal'd
               his
               Original
               ,
               and
               in
               some
               Places
               improv'd
               it
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             P
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Palsgrave
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               was
               a
               Batchelor
               of
               Divinity
               ,
               and
               Chaplain
               to
               King
               Henry
               the
               Eighth
               .
               He
               published
               one
               Play
               under
               the
               Title
               of
            
             
               Acolastus
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1540.
               dedicated
               to
               King
               Henry
               th●
               Eighth
               ;
               translated
               from
               the
               Latin
               Play
               of
               the
               same
               Name
               ,
               writ
               by
               
                 Guil.
                 Fullonius
              
               ,
               and
               printed
               in
               Old
               English
               Character
               .
               'T
               is
               the
               Parable
               of
               the
               Prodigal
               Son.
               
            
          
           
             
               Peaps
               .
            
             
               A
               Scholar
               of
               
                 Eaten
                 School
              
               ,
               who
               at
               seventen
               ,
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
               
                 Love
                 in
                 its
                 Extasy
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1649.
               but
               written
               many
               Years
               before
               't
               was
               printed
               .
            
          
           
             
               George
               Peel
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               was
               Master
               of
               Arts
               in
               
                 Christ-Church-College
                 ,
                 Oxon
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               writ
               two
               Plays
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   David
                   and
                   Bethshabe
                   ,
                   their
                   Love
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   Tragedy
                   of
                   Absalom
                   ,
                
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1599.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Title
                 says
                 ,
                 was
                 divers
                 times
                 play'd
                 on
                 the
                 Stage
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 Holy
                 Scripture
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Edward
                   the
                   first
                
                 ,
                 a
                 History
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1593.
                 
                 This
                 King
                 was
                 sirnamed
                 Long-Shanks
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Play
                 gives
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 his
                 return
                 from
                 the
                 
                   Holy
                   Land
                
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Life
                 of
                 Kewellin
                 ,
                 Rebel
                 in
                 Wales
                 ;
                 it
                 also
                 relates
                 the
                 Story
                 of
                 Queen
                 Eleanor's
                 sinking
                 by
                 Chairing-Cross
                 ,
                 and
                 rising
                 again
                 at
                 Queen-Hithe
                 ,
                 before
                 called
                 Potters-Hithe
                 .
                 See
                 
                   Grafton
                   ,
                   Martin
                   ,
                   Hollingshead
                   ,
                   Stow
                   ,
                
                 and
                 other
                 English
                 Chronicles
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Tragedy
               of
               
                 Alphonsus
                 ,
                 Emperor
                 of
                 Germany
              
               ,
               by
               mistake
               ,
               plac'd
               to
               him
               ,
               in
               ●ome
               Catalogues
               ,
               is
               not
               his
               ,
               but
               
               Chapman's
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mrs.
               
                 Catharine
                 Philips
              
               .
            
             
               SHE
               was
               ,
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               ,
               born
               in
               Brecknock-shire
               ,
               in
               
               Wales
               ●
               Contemporary
               of
               Cowley
               ,
               and
               much
               praised
               by
               him
               .
               I
               must
               confess
               ,
               I
               cannot
               but
               prefer
               Mrs.
               Behn
               infinitely
               before
               her
               ;
               she
               
               seems
               to
               be
               a
               very
               cold
               Writer
               ,
               while
               you
               may
               find
               in
               Aphra
               both
               Fire
               and
               Easiness
               ,
               which
               Mrs.
               Philips
               wanted
               .
               She
               dy'd
               of
               the
               Small
               Pox
               ,
               Iune
               ,
               22.
               1664.
               
               Aged
               31.
               
            
             
               Horace
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               Fol.
               1678.
               
               Translated
               from
               the
               French
               of
               Corneille
               .
               This
               Authress
               leaving
               the
               Play
               unfinish'd
               at
               her
               Death
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Denham
              
               compleated
               it
               ,
               by
               adding
               the
               fifth
               Act
               ;
               after
               which
               ,
               it
               was
               acted
               at
               Court
               by
               Persons
               of
               Quality
               .
               Plot
               from
               
                 Livy
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               1.
               c.
               2.
               
               
                 L.
                 Florus
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               Pompey
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               1678.
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               with
               great
               Applause
               .
               There
               was
               usually
               at
               the
               End
               acted
               a
               Farce
               of
               Sir
               William
               Davenant's
               ,
               which
               you
               may
               find
               in
               his
               
                 Play-House
                 to
                 be
                 Lett.
              
               The
               Earl
               of
               Orrery
               ,
               and
               Countess
               of
               Cork
               ,
               were
               the
               Chief
               Instruments
               of
               bringing
               this
               Play
               in
               English
               ,
               to
               light
               .
               Translated
               also
               from
               Corneille
               ,
               and
               Plot
               from
               
                 Lucan's
                 Pharsalia
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mrs.
               
                 Mary
                 Pix
              
               .
            
             
               THis
               is
               a
               Lady
               yet
               living
               ,
               and
               in
               this
               Poetick
               Age
               ,
               when
               all
               Sexes
               and
               Degrees
               venture
               on
               the
               Sock
               or
               Buskins
               ,
               she
               has
               boldly
               given
               us
               an
               Essay
               of
               her
               Talent
               in
               both
               ,
               and
               not
               without
               Success
               ,
               tho'
               with
               little
               Profit
               to
               her self
               .
            
             
               
                 Ibrahim
                 ,
                 the
                 Thirteenth
                 Emperor
                 of
                 the
                 Turks
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               1696.
               4
               to
               .
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Richard
                 Minchal
              
               ,
               of
               Burton
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               This
               Play
               ,
               if
               it
               want
               the
               Harmony
               of
               Numbers
               ,
               and
               the
               Sublimity
               of
               Expression
               ,
               has
               yet
               a
               Quality
               ,
               that
               at
               least
               ballances
               that
               Defect
               ,
               I
               mean
               the
               Passions
               ;
               for
               the
               Distress
               of
               Morena
               never
               fail'd
               to
               bring
               Tears
               into
               the
               Eyes
               of
               the
               Audience
               ;
               which
               few
               Plays
               ,
               if
               any
               since
               
               Otway's
               ,
               have
               done
               ;
               and
               yet
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               true
               End
               of
               Tragedy
               .
               She
               informs
               us
               ,
               that
               by
               mistake
               it
               was
               called
               
                 Ibrahim
                 the
                 Thirteenth
              
               ,
               when
               it
               should
               have
               been
               called
               ,
               
                 Ibrahim
                 the
                 Twelfth
              
               ,
               the
               Story
               you
               may
               find
               in
               Sir
               Paul
               Ricaut's
               
                 Continuation
                 of
                 the
                 Turkish
                 History
              
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Innocent
                 Mistress
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               
                 Little
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
              
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               1697.
               4
               to
               .
               The
               Prologue
               and
               Epilogue
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Motteux
               .
               This
               is
               a
               diverting
               Play
               ,
               and
               met
               with
               good
               Success
               ,
               tho'
               acted
               in
               the
               hot
               Season
               of
               the
               Year
               ,
               our
               Poetress
               has
               endeavoured
               to
               imitate
               the
               Easiness
               and
               Way
               of
               the
               Author
               of
               
                 Vertue
                 in
                 Danger
              
               ,
               and
               
                 The
                 Provok'd
                 Wife
              
               .
               She
               has
               borrowed
               some
               Incidents
               from
               other
               Plays
               ;
               as
               Mrs.
               
               Beauclair's
               carrying
               of
               Mrs.
               Flywife
               from
               Sir
               
                 Francis
                 Wildlove
              
               ,
               from
               the
               
                 Vertuous
                 Wife
              
               doing
               the
               same
               to
               her
               Husband's
               Mistress
               .
               Then
               the
               Scene
               in
               the
               Park
               betwixt
               Sir
               Francis
               and
               her
               in
               her
               Mask
               ,
               is
               a
               kind
               of
               Copy
               in
               young
               Bellair
               ,
               and
               Harriots
               in
               Sir
               Fopling
               .
               Miss
               Peggy
               seems
               a
               Copy
               of
               Miss
               Hoyden
               ,
               as
               Chattal
               is
               of
               several
               of
               the
               parts
               written
               of
               late
               for
               Mr.
               Dogget
               .
               But
               notwithstanding
               these
               
               Imitations
               ,
               which
               ever
               have
               been
               allowed
               in
               Poets
               ,
               the
               Play
               has
               its
               peculiar
               Merit
               ;
               and
               as
               a
               Lady
               carried
               the
               Prize
               of
               Poetry
               in
               France
               this
               Year
               ,
               so
               in
               Iustice
               ,
               they
               are
               like
               to
               do
               in
               England
               ;
               tho'
               indeed
               we
               use
               them
               more
               barbarously
               ,
               and
               defraud
               them
               both
               of
               their
               Fame
               and
               Profit
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Spanish
                 Wives
              
               ,
               a
               Farce
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Gardens
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               1696.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honourable
               Collonel
               Tipping
               ,
               of
               Whitfield
               .
               This
               Farce
               had
               the
               good
               Fortune
               to
               please
               ,
               and
               it
               must
               be
               own'd
               ,
               there
               are
               two
               or
               three
               pleasant
               Turns
               in
               it
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               consult
               the
               Novel
               of
               the
               Pilgrim
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Samuel
                 Pordage
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               Lately
               ,
               if
               not
               still
               ,
               a
               Member
               of
               Lincolns-Inn
               ,
               and
               Author
               of
               two
               Plays
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     Herod
                     and
                     Mariamne
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1673.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   ,
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Dutchess
                   of
                   Albermarle
                   .
                   A
                   Play
                   writ
                   many
                   Years
                   before
                   it
                   was
                   prefer'd
                   to
                   the
                   Stage
                   ,
                   where
                   it
                   was
                   receiv'd
                   with
                   great
                   Satisfaction
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Ioseph
                     .
                     Hist.
                     Philo
                     Iudaus
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Cleopatra
                   ,
                   a
                   Romance
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Story
                   of
                   Tyridates
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Siege
                     of
                     Babylon
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1678.
                   dedicated
                   to
                   her
                   Royal
                   Highness
                   the
                   Dutchess
                   of
                   York
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Romance
                   of
                   Cleopatra
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Henry
               Porter
               .
            
             
               AUthor
               of
               an
               Historical
               Play
               ,
               in
               Queen
               Elizabeth's
               Reign
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Two
                 Angry
                 Women
                 of
                 Abingdon
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 humourous
                 Mirth
                 of
                 Dick
                 Coomes
                 ,
                 and
                 Nicholas
                 Proverbs
                 ,
                 two
                 Serving-men
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1599.
               acted
               by
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               the
               Earl
               of
               Nottingham
               ,
               Lord
               High
               Admiral
               's
               Servants
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Porter
               .
            
             
               THis
               Gentleman
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               the
               two
               
               Charles's
               ,
               and
               writ
               ,
               1664.
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Carnival
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1664.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Villain
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 16.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 is
                 now
                 sometimes
                 acted
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Sandford
                 having
                 gain'd
                 great
                 Reputation
                 by
                 playing
                 the
                 part
                 of
                 Malignii
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               George
               Powell
               .
            
             
               SON
               of
               Mr.
               Powell
               ,
               an
               ancient
               Player
               ,
               lately
               dead
               ;
               he
               is
               more
               eminent
               for
               playing
               than
               writing
               ,
               tho'
               there
               are
               some
               Plays
               under
               his
               Name
               ;
               as
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     Alphonso
                     King
                     of
                     Naples
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1691.
                   
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   ,
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   her
                   Grace
                   the
                   Dutchess
                   of
                   Ormond
                   .
                   The
                   Prologue
                   is
                   written
                   by
                   
                     Io.
                     Haynes
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Epilogue
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Durfey
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Brutus
                     of
                     Alba
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     Augustus's
                     Triumph
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   new
                   Opera
                   ,
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   in
                   
                     Dorset
                     Garden
                  
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   1690
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   and
                   dedicated
                   by
                   
                     Sam.
                     Briscoe
                  
                   ,
                   Bookseller
                   to
                   
                     George
                     Powel
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Iohn
                     Verbruggen
                  
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   has
                   not
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   the
                   whole
                   Title
                   new
                   ,
                   for
                   
                     Brutus
                     of
                     Alba
                  
                   is
                   a
                   Play
                   of
                   Mr.
                   
                   Tate's
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   Design
                   taken
                   out
                   of
                   several
                   old
                   Plays
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     treacherous
                     Brother
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1690.
                   acted
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Patentees
                   and
                   Sharers
                   of
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Theatre
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     The
                     Wall-Flower
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Romance
                   ,
                   fol.
                   writ
                   by
                   Dr.
                   Baily
                   ,
                   formerly
                   President
                   of
                   St.
                   
                   Iohn's
                   ,
                   Oxon.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     A
                     very
                     good
                     Wife
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1695.
                   acted
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   honoured
                   
                     Alexander
                     Popham
                  
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                   The
                   Prologue
                   is
                   writ
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Congreve
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   is
                   taken
                   whole
                   Pages
                   together
                   out
                   of
                   Brome
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Preston
               .
            
             
               I
               Know
               no
               more
               of
               this
               Author
               ,
               than
               that
               he
               has
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 Cambyses
                 ,
                 King
                 of
                 Persia
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               a
               very
               ancient
               Play
               with
               an
               odd
               ,
               long
               Title
               ,
               which
               runs
               thus
               ,
               (
               viz.
               )
               A
               lamentable
               Tragedy
               ,
               mixt
               full
               of
               pleasant
               Mirth
               ;
               containing
               the
               Life
               of
               Cambyses
               ,
               King
               of
               Persia
               ,
               from
               the
               beginning
               of
               his
               Kingdom
               unto
               his
               Death
               ;
               his
               one
               good
               Deed
               of
               Execution
               ,
               after
               the
               many
               
                 Wicked
                 Deeds
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Tyrannous
                 Murders
              
               committed
               by
               and
               through
               him
               :
               and
               last
               of
               all
               ,
               his
               
                 odious
                 Death
                 ,
                 by
                 God's
                 Iustice
                 appointed
                 .
                 Done
                 in
                 such
                 Order
                 as
                 followeth
                 .
                 London
                 ,
              
               Printed
               by
               
                 Iohn
                 Alde
              
               .
               It
               is
               writ
               in
               old
               fashion'd
               Metre
               ,
               and
               has
               no
               Date
               .
               Plot
               from
               Herodotus
               and
               Iustin.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Edmund
               Prestwich
               .
            
             
               OF
               whom
               I
               know
               no
               more
               ,
               than
               that
               't
               is
               said
               ,
               he
               has
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
               
                 
                   Hippolitus
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1641.
                   
                   A
                   Play
                   ,
                   which
                   Mr.
                   Langbain
                   says
                   ,
                   he
                   never
                   saw
                   ;
                   the
                   Author's
                   Name
                   is
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   who
                   took
                   the
                   Plot
                   from
                   that
                   of
                   Seneca
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   Phaedra
                   of
                   Euripides
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Hectors
                  
                   ,
                   another
                   Play
                   ,
                   has
                   been
                   by
                   some
                   Catalogues
                   attributed
                   to
                   this
                   Author
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   cannot
                   learn
                   for
                   any
                   Reason
                   it
                   should
                   be
                   his
                   ,
                   so
                   you
                   find
                   it
                   placed
                   among
                   the
                   Anonymous
                   Plays
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Q
          
           
             
               Francis
               Quarles
               .
            
             
               HE
               was
               born
               at
               Stewards
               ,
               a
               Seat
               in
               Rumford
               ,
               in
               the
               Parish
               of
               
                 Horn-Church
                 ,
                 Essex
              
               ,
               his
               Father
               was
               
                 Iames
                 Quarles
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               Clerk
               of
               the
               
                 Green
                 Cloth
              
               ,
               and
               Purveyor
               to
               Quen
               Elizabeth
               .
               He
               studied
               first
               at
               
                 Christ-Church
                 ,
                 Cambridge
              
               ,
               then
               at
               Lincolns-Inn
               ;
               was
               Cup-bearer
               to
               the
               Queen
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
               Secretary
               to
               Bishop
               Vsher
               ,
               and
               Cronologer
               to
               the
               City
               of
               London
               .
               He
               suffered
               Persecution
               by
               the
               Government
               then
               it
               being
               ,
               for
               a
               Book
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 Loyal
                 Convert
              
               .
               The
               Troubles
               of
               Ireland
               brought
               him
               to
               die
               at
               Home
               ,
               in
               the
               Two
               and
               Fiftieth
               Year
               of
               his
               Age
               ,
               Sept.
               8.
               1644.
               
               Home
               had
               Eighteen
               Children
               by
               one
               Wife
               ,
               and
               lies
               buried
               in
               St.
               
               Foster's
               Church
               ,
               London
               .
               He
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Virgin
                 Widow
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1649.
               
            
             
               He
               writ
               divers
               other
               Pieces
               ,
               as
               a
               Book
               of
               Emblems
               ,
               which
               has
               born
               many
               Editions
               ;
               a
               Book
               of
               Poems
               ,
               wherein
               is
               the
               History
               of
               
                 Sampson
                 ,
                 Ionah
                 ,
                 Esther
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Iob
                 Militant
                 ;
                 Argalus
                 and
                 Parthenia
                 ;
                 Enchiridion
                 of
                 Meditations
                 ,
                 Divine
                 and
                 Moral
                 ;
                 Pentalogia
                 ,
              
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Quintessence
                 of
                 Meditation
                 ;
                 The
                 Loyal
                 Convert
                 ,
              
               with
               some
               others
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             R
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Randolph
               .
            
             
               HOughton
               in
               Northamptonshire
               gave
               Birth
               ,
               Westminster
               School
               ,
               and
               
                 Trinity
                 Colledge
                 ,
                 Cambridge
              
               ,
               (
               where
               he
               was
               Fellow
               )
               a
               learned
               Education
               to
               this
               Poet.
               He
               was
               an
               adopted
               Son
               of
               
                 Ben.
                 Iohnson
              
               ;
               and
               dyed
               Young
               ,
               tho'
               his
               exact
               Age
               I
               know
               not
               ;
               he
               writ
               these
               following
               Plays
               .
            
             
               
                 Amintas
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Impossible
                   Dowry
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Pastoral
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1688.
                 
                 This
                 was
                 acted
                 before
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 Queen
                 at
                 White-Hall
                 .
              
               
                 Aristippus
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Iovial
                   Philosopher
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1688.
                 to
                 which
                 is
                 added
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Conceited
                   Pedlar
                
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 presented
                 in
                 a
                 private
                 Shew
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Hey
                   for
                   Honesty
                   ,
                   Down
                   with
                   Knavery
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1651.
                 
                 Translated
                 from
                 
                 Aristophanes's
                 Plautus
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 since
                 augmented
                 and
                 published
                 in
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 by
                 another
                 Hand
                 ,
                 (
                 viz.
                 )
                 F.
                 I.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Iealous
                   Lovers
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1668.
                 
                 This
                 was
                 presented
                 to
                 their
                 Majesties
                 at
                 Cambridge
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Students
                 of
                 Trinity-Colledge
                 ,
                 and
                 has
                 been
                 accounted
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 his
                 Plays
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 revised
                 by
                 the
                 Author
                 in
                 his
                 Life-time
                 ,
                 and
                 since
                 reviv'd
                 on
                 the
                 Stage
                 ,
                 1682.
                 
                 It
                 is
                 dedicated
                 to
                 Dr.
                 Comber
                 ,
                 Dean
                 of
                 Carlisle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Muses
                   Looking-Glass
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1681.
                 before
                 called
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Entertainment
                
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   Aston
                   Cockain
                
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Rich
                 ,
                 formerly
                 of
                 
                   Christ-Church
                   Colledge
                   ,
                   Oxon
                
                 ,
                 have
                 given
                 great
                 Commendation
                 of
                 this
                 Play.
                 
              
            
             
               The
               two
               first
               and
               two
               last
               of
               these
               Plays
               are
               printed
               at
               Oxon
               with
               his
               Poems
               .
            
          
           
             
               Edward
               Ravenscroft
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               an
               Ancient
               Family
               ,
               and
               tho'
               design'd
               for
               the
               Law
               ,
               and
               once
               a
               Member
               of
               the
               
                 Middle
                 Temple
              
               ,
               was
               pleased
               to
               quit
               the
               rugged
               Paths
               of
               Business
               for
               Poetry
               ,
               in
               which
               he
               has
               performed
               with
               various
               Success
               .
               So
               omitting
               Mr.
               
               Langbain's
               Personal
               Reflections
               ,
               which
               ●avour
               strongly
               of
               the
               University
               ,
               I
               shall
               proceed
               to
               an
               Account
               of
               the
               Plays
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Anatomist
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Sham
                   Doctor
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1697.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 in
                 Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                 ,
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 
                   Thomas
                   Ravenfcroft
                
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
                 late
                 High-Sheriff
                 of
                 Flintshire
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 met
                 with
                 extraordinary
                 Success
                 having
                 the
                 Advantage
                 of
                 the
                 excellent
                 Musick
                 of
                 
                   The
                   Loves
                   of
                   Mars
                   and
                   Venus
                
                 perform'd
                 with
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   Canterbury
                   Guests
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   A
                   Bargain
                   Broken
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 1695.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 
                   Rowland
                   Eyre
                
                 
                   Esq
                
                 this
                 Play
                 had
                 not
                 that
                 Success
                 the
                 Poet
                 desired
                 ,
                 as
                 may
                 be
                 gathered
                 from
                 the
                 Epistle
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Careless
                   Lovers
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1673.
                 
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 .
                 Part
                 of
                 this
                 Play
                 borrowed
                 from
                 
                   Molliere's
                   Monsieur
                   de
                   Pourceaugnac
                
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Citizen
                   turn'd
                   Gentleman
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1675.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 ,
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 his
                 Highness
                 ,
                 Prince
                 Rupert
                 .
                 Borrowed
                 from
                 the
                 same
                 Author
                 he
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 in
                 the
                 fore-going
                 Play
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Molliere's
                   le
                   Burgois
                   Gentlehome
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Dame
                   Dobson
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Cunning
                   Woman
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1684.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 .
                 Translated
                 from
                 
                   La
                   Deveniresse
                
                 ,
                 a
                 French
                 Comedy
                 .
              
               
                 
                   English
                   Lawyer
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1678.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 translated
                 from
                 the
                 Latin
                 Ignoramus
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Italian
                   Husband
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1697.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 in
                 Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                 .
                 To
                 this
                 Play
                 ,
                 besides
                 the
                 Prologue
                 ,
                 is
                 prefixt
                 a
                 Dialogue
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 calls
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Prelude
                
                 .
                 This
                 Discourse
                 is
                 managed
                 by
                 the
                 Poet
                 ,
                 a
                 Critick
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Peregrine
                 ,
                 the
                 Poet's
                 Friend
                 ;
                 Mr.
                 Peregrine
                 and
                 the
                 Poet
                 would
                 make
                 it
                 out
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Italian
                 Way
                 of
                 writing
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 in
                 Three
                 Acts
                 ,
                 is
                 very
                 commendable
                 ;
                 That
                 I
                 shall
                 leave
                 to
                 the
                 Decision
                 of
                 our
                 great
                 Master
                 Horace
                 ,
                 who
                 will
                 have
                 the
                 Dramma
                 neither
                 more
                 nor
                 less
                 than
                 Five
                 .
                 Then
                 the
                 Poet
                 seems
                 under
                 another
                 Mistake
                 ,
                 in
                 thinking
                 ,
                 that
                 because
                 an
                 Italian
                 Lady
                 would
                 esteem
                 you
                 a
                 dull
                 ,
                 heavy
                 and
                 Phlegmatick
                 Lover
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 should
                 waste
                 time
                 in
                 idle
                 Ceremony
                 and
                 Complement
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 Excuse
                 enough
                 for
                 her
                 yielding
                 so
                 soon
                 in
                 his
                 Play
                 :
                 For
                 if
                 they
                 are
                 such
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 no
                 fitter
                 for
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 than
                 one
                 of
                 our
                 English
                 Prostitutes
                 ,
                 and
                 can
                 here
                 merit
                 no
                 more
                 Pity
                 .
                 And
                 tho'
                 it
                 is
                 an
                 extraordinary
                 thing
                 to
                 make
                 us
                 pity
                 the
                 Guilty
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 I
                 know
                 none
                 but
                 Otway
                 could
                 do
                 )
                 yet
                 the
                 Audience
                 must
                 be
                 very
                 Compassionate
                 ,
                 to
                 pity
                 so
                 willing
                 an
                 Adultery
                 as
                 this
                 ;
                 and
                 her
                 Repentance
                 proceeds
                 from
                 Fear
                 ,
                 more
                 than
                 a
                 Sense
                 of
                 the
                 Crime
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 least
                 from
                 the
                 seeming
                 Generosity
                 of
                 the
                 Husband
                 ,
                 join'd
                 with
                 a
                 Fear
                 of
                 Death
                 .
                 Our
                 Poet
                 is
                 under
                 the
                 same
                 Mistake
                 with
                 other
                 of
                 our
                 modern
                 Writers
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 fond
                 of
                 cruel
                 ,
                 barbarous
                 ,
                 and
                 bloody
                 Stories
                 ,
                 and
                 think
                 no
                 Tragedy
                 can
                 be
                 good
                 ,
                 without
                 some
                 Villain
                 in
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 of
                 this
                 elsewhere
                 .
                 As
                 for
                 the
                 Laconic
                 Way
                 he
                 effects
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 only
                 say
                 this
                 ,
                 That
                 it
                 was
                 in
                 use
                 only
                 with
                 the
                 Lacedemonians
                 ,
                 who
                 were
                 also
                 Masters
                 of
                 their
                 Passions
                 ;
                 and
                 never
                 the
                 more
                 natural
                 for
                 being
                 short
                 ,
                 for
                 very
                 few
                 Passions
                 ,
                 and
                 only
                 some
                 part
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 drawn
                 in
                 that
                 snip●snap
                 way
                 .
                 I
                 only
                 say
                 this
                 in
                 respect
                 to
                 the
                 Ancients
                 ,
                 whose
                 Practice
                 is
                 natural
                 ,
                 and
                 directly
                 contrary
                 to
                 our
                 Author's
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   King
                   Edgar
                   and
                   Alfreda
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1677.
                 
                 Plot
                 from
                 English
                 Chronicles
                 ;
                 see
                 also
                 
                   The
                   Annals
                   of
                   Love
                
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   London
                   Cuckolds
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1683.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 .
                 Plot
                 part
                 from
                 
                   Scarron's
                   Novels
                
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 Nov.
                 1.
                 (
                 viz.
                 )
                 
                   The
                   Fruitless
                   Precaution
                
                 .
                 Part
                 from
                 
                   Les-Contes
                   Du-Sieur
                   D'ouville
                
                 ,
                 8
                 
                   vo
                   .
                   part
                
                 2.
                 pag.
                 121.
                 
                 And
                 part
                 from
                 
                   Boccace's
                   Novels
                   ,
                   Day
                
                 7.
                 
                 Nov.
                 6
                 ,
                 7.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Scaramouch
                   a
                   Philosopher
                   ,
                   Harloquin
                   a
                   School-Booy
                   ,
                   Bravo
                   a
                   Merchant
                   and
                   Magician
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 after
                 the
                 Italian
                 Manner
                 ,
                 4
                 to●
                 1677.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal.
                 Part
                 of
                 this
                 Play
                 taken
                 from
                 
                   Molliere's
                   Le
                   Bourgeois
                   Gentlehomme
                
                 ;
                 and
                 part
                 from
                 
                   Le
                   Marriage
                   Force
                
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Wrangling
                   Lovers
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Invisible
                   Mistress
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1677.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 .
                 Compare
                 this
                 with
                 a
                 Play
                 called
                 ,
                 
                   Les
                   Engagements
                   du
                   Hazard
                
                 ,
                 by
                 Corneille
                 ;
                 and
                 a
                 Romance
                 ,
                 called
                 ,
                 
                   Deceptio
                   Visus
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Seeing
                   and
                   Believing
                   are
                   two
                   Things
                   ,
                
                 8
                 vo
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Tragedy
                 of
                 
                   Titus
                   Andronicus
                
                 ,
                 by
                 Shakespear
                 ,
                 was
                 about
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 Popish
                 Plot
                 ,
                 revived
                 and
                 altered
                 by
                 this
                 our
                 Author
                 ;
                 who
                 ,
                 in
                 his
                 Epistle
                 ,
                 denies
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 
                 Shakespear's
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 boasts
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 Labour
                 and
                 Pains
                 therein
                 ,
                 by
                 making
                 great
                 Alterations
                 and
                 Additions
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 not
                 only
                 refined
                 the
                 Language
                 ,
                 but
                 made
                 many
                 Scenes
                 entirely
                 new
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Rawlins
               .
            
             
               PRincipal
               Graver
               of
               the
               Mint
               to
               both
               the
               K.
               
               Charles's
               ,
               till
               he
               died
               ,
               1670.
               and
               when
               he
               was
               very
               young
               ,
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Rebellion
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1640.
               acted
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Company
               of
               Revels
               ,
               Nine
               Days
               successively
               ,
               as
               also
               divers
               times
               since
               with
               good
               Applause
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               a
               Kinsman
               of
               his
               ,
               
                 Robert
                 Ducie
              
               ,
               of
               Aston
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Stafford
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               There
               is
               printed
               11
               Copies
               of
               Verses
               with
               this
               Play
               ,
               in
               Commendation
               of
               the
               Author
               .
            
          
           
             
               Edward
               Revet
               .
            
             
               THE
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               published
               1671.
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Town
                 Shifts
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Suburbs
                 Iustice
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1671.
               acted
               at
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               ,
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               .
               This
               is
               an
               instructive
               Play.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Nathaniel
               Richards
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               published
               one
               Play
               about
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 Messalina
                 ,
                 the
                 Roman
                 Empress
              
               ,
               her
               Tragedy
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1640.
               
               This
               was
               acted
               divers
               times
               by
               the
               Company
               of
               his
               Majesty's
               Revels
               ,
               with
               great
               Applause
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               
                 Iohn
                 Cary
              
               ,
               Viscount
               Rochford
               .
               Plot
               from
               
                 Suetonius
                 ,
                 Claudian
                 ,
                 Pliny
                 ,
                 Iuvenal
                 ,
              
               and
               Plutarch
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               Rider
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               was
               Master
               of
               Arts
               ,
               and
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Twins
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1655.
               acted
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Salisbury-Court
               ,
               with
               general
               Applause
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 William
                 Rowley
              
               ,
               vide
               Webster
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               HE
               studied
               once
               at
               
                 Pembrook-Hall
                 ,
                 Cambridge
              
               ,
               and
               was
               in
               writing
               Associate
               with
               
                 Shakespear
                 ,
                 Fletcher
                 ,
                 Massinger
                 ,
                 Heywood
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 All
                 's
                 lost
                 by
                 Lust
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1633.
               acted
               at
               the
               Phaenix
               in
               Drury-Lane
               ,
               by
               the
               Lady
               
                 Elizabeth's
                 Servants
              
               .
               Plot
               ,
               
                 Lipsii
                 Monita
              
               ,
               Lib.
               1.
               
               Cap.
               5.
               &c.
               Turquet
               ,
               Lib.
               5.
               
               Cap.
               30.
               
               
                 Vnfortunate
                 Lovers
              
               ,
               Nov.
               3.
               
            
             
               
                 A
                 Match
                 at
                 Midnight
              
               ,
               a
               pleasant
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1633.
               
               Plot
               of
               
               Bloodhound's
               being
               hid
               under
               the
               Widow's
               Bed
               ,
               taken
               from
               an
               old
               Story
               ,
               you
               may
               also
               find
               in
               
                 The
                 English
                 Rogue
              
               ,
               part
               4.
               chap.
               19.
               
            
             
               
                 A
                 Shoemaker
                 's
                 a
                 Gentleman
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1638.
               styled
               ,
               A
               merry
               and
               Pleasant
               Comedy
               ,
               as
               it
               has
               been
               sundry
               times
               acted
               at
               the
               
                 Red
                 Bull.
              
               Plot
               from
               
                 The
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Gentle
                 Craft
                 ,
              
               4
               to
               .
            
             
               
                 A
                 new
                 Wonder
                 ,
                 a
                 Woman
                 never
                 vext
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               1632.
               
               The
               Widow
               's
               finding
               her
               Wedding
               Ring
               in
               a
               Fishes
               Belly
               ,
               founded
               on
               the
               Story
               of
               Polycrates
               ,
               in
               Thalia
               of
               Herodotus
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Spanish
                 Gipsies
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               See
               Middleton
               ,
               who
               joined
               with
               him
               in
               this
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Witch
                 of
                 Edmonton
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1658.
               acted
               by
               the
               Prince's
               Servants
               at
               the
               Cock-pit
               in
               Drury-Lane
               ,
               as
               also
               once
               at
               Court
               ,
               with
               great
               Applause
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Samuel
               Rowley
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               writes
               himself
               Servant
               to
               the
               Prince
               of
               Wales
               ,
               which
               by
               the
               Date
               of
               his
               Play
               must
               be
               Charles
               II.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Noble
                 Spanish
                 Soldier
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 A
                 Contract
                 broken
                 justly
                 revenged
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1634.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               printed
               after
               the
               Author's
               Death
               .
            
             
               
                 When
                 you
                 see
                 me
                 ,
                 you
                 know
                 me
                 ,
              
               or
               the
               famous
               Chronical
               History
               of
               Henry
               VIII
               .
               with
               the
               Birth
               and
               vertuous
               Life
               of
               Edward
               ,
               Prince
               of
               Wales
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1632.
               
               This
               was
               play'd
               by
               the
               Prince
               of
               
               Wales's
               Servants
               .
               Plot
               from
               
                 English
                 Chronicles
              
               ;
               see
               also
               the
               Life
               of
               King
               Henry
               VIII
               .
               by
               the
               Lord
               Herbert
               ,
               of
               Cherbury
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ioseph
               Rutter
               .
            
             
               A
               Dependant
               of
               the
               Family
               of
               the
               Lord
               Dorset
               ,
               and
               Servant
               to
               his
               Son
               ,
               and
               at
               his
               Command
               ,
               translated
               the
               Cid
               of
               Corneille
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Cid
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1637.
               acted
               before
               their
               Majesties
               at
               Court
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               Cock-Pit
               in
               Drury-Lane
               ,
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               dedicated
               to
               Edward
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               ,
               whose
               Son
               put
               his
               Hand
               to
               some
               part
               of
               the
               Translation
               from
               Corneille
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Cid
              
               ,
               Part
               II.
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1640.
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lady
               
                 Theophil
                 a
                 Cook.
              
               This
               part
               was
               also
               translated
               from
               Corneille
               ,
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               at
               the
               Command
               of
               his
               Majesty
               .
               These
               Plays
               are
               generally
               bound
               together
               ,
               and
               are
               founded
               on
               History
               ;
               see
               
                 Roderic
                 de
                 Tolede
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Mariana
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Shepherds
                 Holiday
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1635.
               acted
               before
               their
               Majesties
               at
               White-Hall
               ,
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Servants
               .
               This
               is
               written
               in
               Blank
               Verse
               ,
               and
               attributed
               to
               our
               Author
               by
               Kirkman
               ,
               in
               his
               former
               Catalogues
               ,
               though
               there
               is
               no
               more
               than
               
                 I.
                 R.
              
               affixed
               to
               the
               Title
               Page
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Rymer
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               born
               in
               the
               North
               of
               England
               ,
               the
               Country
               of
               his
               Family
               ,
               but
               I
               cannot
               be
               positive
               to
               the
               County
               ;
               of
               which
               University
               he
               was
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               but
               his
               first
               Applications
               in
               this
               Town
               were
               to
               the
               Law
               in
               Grays-Inn
               .
               However
               ,
               his
               Learning
               and
               Love
               to
               Poetry
               led
               him
               to
               a
               Consideration
               of
               those
               Authors
               ,
               which
               set
               him
               up
               for
               a
               Critic
               ;
               and
               it
               must
               be
               confess'd
               ,
               that
               he
               has
               merited
               some
               Praise
               in
               his
               Preface
               to
               Rapin
               ,
               and
               the
               first
               part
               of
               this
               
               View
               of
               the
               Tragedies
               of
               the
               last
               Age
               ;
               tho'
               I
               cannot
               so
               much
               as
               agree
               with
               those
               that
               allow
               most
               of
               the
               Errors
               he
               has
               found
               in
               Shakespear
               ,
               Iust
               ;
               for
               I
               'm
               confident
               it
               may
               be
               made
               Evident
               ,
               that
               not
               the
               fifth
               part
               have
               any
               Iustice.
               He
               ,
               since
               the
               Death
               of
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               ,
               has
               the
               Place
               of
               Historiographer
               to
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               for
               which
               Office
               't
               is
               certain
               his
               Learning
               very
               well
               qualifies
               him
               .
            
             
               Edgar
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 English
                 Monarch
              
               ,
               an
               Heroick
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1678.
               dedicated
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               .
               Mr.
               Ravencro●t
               hath
               writ
               a
               Play
               on
               the
               same
               Subject
               ,
               published
               the
               Year
               before
               this
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               consult
               
                 W.
                 Malmsbury
                 ,
                 H.
                 H.
                 Huntingdon
                 ,
                 Rog.
                 Hoveden
                 ,
                 Pol.
                 Virgil
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               English
               Chronicles
               :
               see
               also
               
                 The
                 Annals
                 of
                 Love
              
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             S
          
           
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Sackvile
              
               ,
               see
               Norton
               .
               Thomas
               St.
               Serf
               .
            
             
               THE
               Author
               of
               one
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 Tarugo's
                 Wiles
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Coffee-House
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1668.
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               Y●rk's
               Theatre
               ;
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               George
               ,
               Marquess
               of
               Huntley
               .
               One
               part
               of
               this
               Play
               is
               built
               on
               
                 No
                 Puedeser
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 It
                 cannot
                 be
              
               ,
               a
               Spanish
               Play
               :
               and
               another
               part
               on
               
                 Si●
                 Courtly
                 Nice
              
               ,
               written
               by
               Mr.
               Crown
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               Sampson
               .
            
             
               A
               Retainer
               of
               Sir
               Henry
               Willoughby's
               Family
               of
               Richley
               in
               Derby-shire
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               .
               He
               writ
               one
               Play
               and
               part
               of
               another
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Vow
                 breaker
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Fair
                 Maid
                 of
                 Clifton
                 ,
                 in
                 Nottingham-shire
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1633.
               acted
               by
               several
               Companies
               with
               great
               Applause
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to●
               Mrs.
               
                 Ann
                 Willoughby
              
               ,
               Daughter
               to
               Sir
               Henry
               ,
               aforesaid
               .
            
             
               
                 Herod
                 and
                 Antipater
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               See
               Markham
               ,
               with
               whom
               he
               joined
               in
               this
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               
                 George
                 Sandys
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               THis
               Poet
               was
               Son
               of
               Edwin
               ,
               Archbishop
               of
               York
               ,
               born
               at
               Bishops-Th●rp
               ,
               in
               York-shire
               ,
               1577.
               was
               ●nter'd
               in
               St.
               
                 Mary-Hall
                 ,
                 Oxon
              
               ,
               at
               Eleven
               Years
               old
               ;
               began
               his
               Travels
               about
               the
               World
               1610.
               the
               Year
               of
               the
               Murder
               of
               Henry
               IV.
               of
               France
               .
               among
               his
               Poetical
               Works
               he
               translated
               a
               Latin
               Play
               of
               
                 Hugo
                 Grotius
              
               ,
               entituled
               ,
               
                 Christ's
                 Passi●n
              
               .
               He
               died
               at
               Boxley-Abby
               ,
               in
               Kent
               ,
               being
               his
               Nephew
               Mr.
               
               W●at's
               Seat
               ,
               and
               buried
               in
               the
               Chancel
               of
               that
               Church
               ,
               March
               7.
               1643.
               
            
             
               
                 Christ's
                 Passion
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1640.
               dedicated
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               .
               Translated
               from
               the
               Latin
               of
               
                 Hugo
                 Grotius
              
               ,
               with
               Annotations
               .
               It
               was
               reprinted
               with
               Sculptures
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1688.
               
            
             
               This
               Author
               also
               translated
               
                 Ovid's
                 Metamorphosis
              
               ,
               published
               likewise
               with
               Sculptures
               ,
               Fol.
               1632.
               
            
          
           
             
               Charles
               Saunders
               .
            
             
               THis
               young
               Gentleman
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               whilst
               a
               King's
               Scholar
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 Tamberlain
                 the
                 Great
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1681.
               acted
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               as
               also
               before
               the
               King
               at
               Oxon.
               This
               Play
               was
               highly
               commended
               by
               Mr.
               Banks
               ,
               and
               other
               Poets
               .
               Plot
               from
               Asteria
               and
               Tamerlane
               ,
               a
               Novel
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Scot.
               
            
             
               AN
               Author
               yet
               living
               ,
               he
               was
               a
               Westminster
               Scholar
               ,
               and
               lately
               a
               Student
               in
               Cambridge
               ,
               who
               has
               given
               the
               Town
               two
               new
               Plays
               in
               Appearance
               ,
               at
               least
               two
               new
               Titles
               ,
               the
               first
               in
               Order
               ,
               and
               writing
               ,
               is
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Mock
                     Marriage
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   in
                   Dorset-Garden
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   1696.
                   
                   This
                   Author
                   has
                   given
                   us
                   no
                   Proof
                   of
                   his
                   Talent
                   in
                   Flattery
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   has
                   dedicated
                   neither
                   of
                   those
                   Plays
                   he
                   has
                   appeared
                   in
                   ;
                   but
                   he
                   has
                   that
                   part
                   of
                   a
                   Poet
                   however
                   ,
                   of
                   flattering
                   himself
                   (
                   as
                   indeed
                   every
                   Man
                   does
                   more
                   or
                   less
                   )
                   in
                   defending
                   what
                   the
                   Town
                   has
                   once
                   condemned
                   ,
                   for
                   tho'
                   a
                   bad
                   Play
                   may
                   take
                   ,
                   yet
                   we
                   hear
                   very
                   few
                   Instances
                   that
                   a
                   good
                   one
                   miscarried
                   ;
                   't
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   this
                   is
                   like
                   other
                   general
                   Rules
                   ,
                   not
                   without
                   its
                   Exception
                   .
                   This
                   particular
                   Play
                   met
                   with
                   pretty
                   good
                   Success
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Season
                   of
                   the
                   Year
                   ,
                   considering
                   it
                   the
                   first
                   Essay
                   of
                   a
                   young
                   Writer
                   ,
                   unacquainted
                   with
                   the
                   Town
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     The
                     Vnhappy
                     Kindness
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     A
                     Fruitless
                     Revenge
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy●
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   1696.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   is
                   only
                   the
                   
                     Wife
                     for
                     a
                     Month
                  
                   of
                   
                   Fletcher's
                   alter'd
                   ,
                   tho'
                   he
                   has
                   thought
                   fit
                   to
                   retain
                   its
                   greatest
                   Faults
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Character
                   of
                   the
                   Wife
                   ,
                   whose
                   Behaviour
                   to
                   her
                   Husband
                   ,
                   to
                   provoke
                   him
                   to
                   ease
                   her
                   of
                   her
                   Maiden-head
                   ,
                   is
                   by
                   no
                   means
                   agreeable
                   to
                   the
                   Modesty
                   of
                   the
                   Sex
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   a
                   Sin
                   against
                   the
                   Manners
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Elkanah
               Settle
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               now
               living
               ,
               who
               was
               some
               time
               at
               
                 Trinity-Colledge
                 ,
                 Oxon
              
               ;
               but
               coming
               to
               London
               ,
               and
               having
               been
               there
               possessed
               with
               Poetry
               ,
               spent
               a
               very
               good
               Fortune
               ,
               and
               then
               stuck
               to
               the
               Stage
               ,
               which
               yet
               would
               not
               stick
               to
               him
               ;
               his
               ●ickleness
               in
               political
               Principles
               (
               having
               once
               been
               an
               active
               Man
               for
               the
               Whigg-Party
               )
               lost
               him
               too
               his
               Friends
               on
               the
               other
               Side
               ,
               without
               any
               Reward
               for
               his
               Desertion
               .
               Whatever
               his
               Plays
               are
               (
               which
               if
               compar'd
               with
               the
               best
               of
               our
               present
               Writers
               ,
               I
               mean
               some
               of
               them
               ,
               far
               excel
               'em
               )
               in
               the
               Opinion
               of
               his
               Enemies
               ,
               he
               has
               perform'd
               in
               some
               ,
               with
               no
               less
               applause
               than
               Merit
               ;
               in
               his
               Dispute
               with
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               he
               had
               evidently
               the
               better
               of
               him
               ;
               tho'
               ,
               being
               a
               modest
               Man
               ,
               he
               suffer'd
               himself
               to
               be
               run
               down
               by
               his
               Antagonist
               in
               his
               Interest
               in
               the
               Town
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Ambitious
                 Slave
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 A
                 Generous
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1694.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honoured
               
                 Iohn
                 Bright
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               which
               Dedication
               the
               Author
               begins
               with
               the
               ●ll
               Fortune
               of
               the
               Play.
               The
               Scene
               he
               has
               plac'd
               in
               Persia
               ,
               from
               whence
               I
               find
               he
               is
               scarce
               to
               be
               got
               .
            
             
               
                 Cambyses
                 ,
                 King
                 of
                 Persia
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1675.
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Illustrious
               Princess
               Ann
               ,
               Dutchess
               of
               Monmouth
               .
               This
               Play
               sold
               two
               Impressions
               before
               this
               time
               of
               printing
               ,
               and
               is
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               .
               Plot
               ,
               Iustin
               ,
               Lib.
               1.
               
               Cap.
               9.
               
               
                 Amianus
                 Marcellinus
              
               ,
               Lib.
               23.
               
               Herodotus
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Conquest
                 of
                 China
                 by
                 the
                 Tartars
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1676.
               ●cted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lord
               Castle-Ris●●g
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               founded
               on
               History
               ,
               and
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               .
               Plot
               ,
               
                 Heylin's
                 Cosmography
              
               ,
               Book
               3.
               
               
                 Conquest
                 of
                 China
              
               by
               Signior
               Palafax
               ,
               Englished
               ,
               8
               
                 vo
                 .
                 Lewis
                 de
                 Gusman
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Gonzales
                 de
                 Mendoza
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Distressed
                 Innocence
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Princess
                 of
                 Persia
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1691.
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Iohn
               ,
               Lord
               Cutts
               ,
               Baron
               of
               Gowram
               .
            
             
             
               This
               Play
               our
               Author
               writ
               after
               ten
               Years
               Silence
               ,
               and
               pays
               his
               publick
               Acknowledgment
               to
               Mr.
               Betterton
               ,
               for
               his
               several
               extraordinary
               hints
               to
               the
               heightning
               of
               its
               best
               Characters
               ,
               and
               how
               he
               was
               indebted
               to
               Mr.
               Montfort
               for
               the
               last
               Scene
               thereof
               ,
               who
               also
               writ
               the
               Epilogue
               .
               The
               Story
               of
               
                 Hormidas
                 and
                 Cleomira
              
               built
               on
               true
               History
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Empress
                 of
                 Morocco
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1673.
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               with
               Sculptures
               ;
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               Henry
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Norwich
               ,
               and
               Earl
               Marshal
               of
               England
               .
               This
               Play
               was
               writ
               against
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Crown
               ,
               and
               called
               ,
               
                 Notes
                 and
                 Observations
                 on
                 the
                 Empress
                 of
                 Morocco
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 Some
                 few
                 Erratas
                 to
                 be
                 printed
                 instead
                 of
                 the
                 Sculptures
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 second
                 Edition
                 of
                 that
                 Play.
              
               4
               to
               ,
               1674.
               
               Which
               Pamphlet
               was
               answered
               by
               another
               .
            
             
               
                 Fatal
                 Love
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 forc'd
                 Inconstancy
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1680.
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 Rob.
                 Owen
              
               .
               Plot
               from
               
                 Achilles
                 Tatius's
                 Clitophon
                 and
                 Lucippe
              
               ,
               a
               Romance
               ,
               Book
               5.
               which
               Romance
               is
               likewise
               in
               English
               ,
               printed
               8
               vo
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Female
                 Prelate
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 History
                 of
                 the
                 Life
                 and
                 Death
                 of
                 Pope
                 Ioan
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1680.
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Anthony
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Shaftsbury
               .
               Plot
               from
               
                 Platina's
                 Lives
                 of
                 the
                 Popes
              
               ,
               Englished
               by
               Sir
               
                 Paul
                 Ricaut
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Life
               and
               Death
               of
               
                 Pope
                 Ioan
              
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1675.
               wherein
               is
               a
               List
               of
               such
               Authors
               who
               affirm
               ,
               and
               others
               who
               deny
               the
               Truth
               of
               this
               Story
               .
               There
               is
               also
               another
               small
               Book
               of
               the
               Life
               and
               Death
               of
               
                 Pope
                 Ioan
              
               ,
               writ
               Dialogue-wise
               ,
               by
               one
               Mr.
               Cook
               ,
               formerly
               Fellow
               of
               
                 Vniversity-Colledge
                 ,
                 Oxon.
              
               which
               Piece
               was
               so
               much
               valued
               then
               ,
               that
               't
               was
               translated
               into
               French
               by
               
                 I.
                 de
                 la
                 Montaign
              
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Heir
                 of
                 Morocco
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 Gayland
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1682.
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lady
               
                 Henrietta
                 Wentworth
              
               ,
               Baroness
               of
               Nettlested
               .
            
             
               
                 Ibrahim
                 ,
                 the
                 Illustrious
                 Bassa
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1677.
               acted
               at
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               Albermarle
               ;
               it
               is
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               .
               Plot
               from
               
                 The
                 Illustrious
                 Bassa
              
               ,
               a
               Romance
               ,
               Fol.
               
            
             
               
                 Love
                 and
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1675.
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Duke
               of
               Newcastle
               .
               A
               great
               part
               of
               this
               Play
               taken
               from
               another
               ,
               called
               ,
               
                 Fatal
                 Contract
              
               ,
               writ
               by
               Mr.
               Hemmings
               ,
               formerly
               of
               the
               University
               of
               Oxon.
               
            
             
               
                 Pastor
                 Fido
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Faithful
                 Shepherd
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1677.
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Lady
               
                 Elizabeth
                 Delaval
              
               .
               It
               was
               first
               translated
               by
               Sir
               
                 Richard
                 Fanshaw
              
               ,
               from
               the
               Italian
               of
               Guarini
               ,
               which
               Translation
               our
               Author
               has
               endeavoured
               to
               improve
               .
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 World
                 in
                 the
                 Moon
              
               ,
               an
               Opera
               ;
               4
               to
               .
               1698.
               as
               it
               is
               performed
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Christopher
                 Roth
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               This
               is
               something
               unusual
               ,
               being
               a
               comical●
               Opera
               .
               I
               think
               great
               part
               of
               the
               Run
               betwixt
               
                 Palmerin
                 ,
                 Worthy
              
               ,
               Sir
               Dotterel
               ,
               and
               Iacin●ha
               ,
               pleasant
               enough
               ,
               tho'
               the
               first
               and
               late
               Essay
               of
               our
               Author
               in
               the
               Soc.
               
            
          
           
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Shadwell
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               a
               good
               Family
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Norfolk
               ,
               was
               well
               received
               by
               the
               Noblemen
               of
               Wit
               ,
               especially
               the
               present
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               ,
               the
               late
               Duke
               of
               
                 Newcastle
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               he
               was
               on
               the
               Revolution
               made
               Poet
               Laureat
               ,
               which
               place
               he
               held
               till
               his
               Death
               ,
               which
               happened
               about
               three
               or
               four
               Years
               since
               .
               His
               Comedies
               ,
               at
               least
               some
               of
               them
               ,
               shew
               him
               to
               understand
               Humour
               ;
               and
               if
               he
               cou'd
               have
               drawn
               the
               Character
               of
               a
               Man
               of
               Wit
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               that
               of
               a
               Coxcomb
               ,
               there
               wou●d
               have
               been
               nothing
               wanting
               to
               the
               Perfection
               of
               his
               Dramatick
               Fables
               .
               But
               to
               his
               Plays
               in
               their
               Order
               ,
               being
               Seventeen
               in
               Number
               ,
               (
               viz.
               )
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Amorous
                     Bigotte
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   Second
                   part
                   of
                   
                     Teague
                     O
                     Divelly
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1690.
                   acted
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   Charles
                   ,
                   then
                   Earl
                   ,
                   now
                   Duke
                   of
                   Shrewsbury
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Bury
                     Fair
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1689.
                   acted
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   Charles
                   ,
                   Earl
                   of
                   Dorset
                   and
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   then
                   Lord
                   Chamberlain
                   of
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Hoshold
                   .
                   Part
                   of
                   this
                   Play
                   taken
                   from
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   
                   Newcastle's
                   
                     Triumphant
                     Widow
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   part
                   from
                   
                   Molliere's
                   
                     Precieuses
                     Ridicules
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Epsom
                     Wells
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1676.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   his
                   Grace
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Newcastle
                   .
                   'T
                   is
                   a
                   pleasant
                   Commendation
                   of
                   Mr.
                   Langbain
                   ,
                   (
                   whose
                   
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                     〈◊〉
                  
                   Mr.
                   Shadwell
                   is
                   )
                   to
                   bring
                   Monsieur
                   St.
                   Euveremont's
                   Praise
                   of
                   it
                   who
                   cannot
                   speak
                   a
                   Word
                   of
                   English
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   Consequence
                   none
                   of
                   the
                   best
                   Iudges
                   of
                   the
                   Goodness
                   of
                   our
                   English
                   Plays
                   ,
                   which
                   require
                   a
                   Mastery
                   of
                   our
                   Tongue
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Humourists
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1671.
                   acted
                   by
                   his
                   Royal
                   Highness's
                   Servants
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   most
                   Illustrious
                   Margaret
                   ,
                   Dutchess
                   of
                   Newcastle
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   (
                   tho'
                   the
                   Design
                   of
                   it
                   was
                   good
                   )
                   met
                   with
                   many
                   Enemies
                   at
                   its
                   first
                   appearance
                   on
                   the
                   Stage
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Lancashire
                     Witches
                     ,
                     and
                     Teague
                     O
                     Divelly
                     ,
                     the
                     Irish
                     Priest
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1682.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   .
                   Heywood
                   and
                   Brome
                   have
                   writ
                   on
                   the
                   same
                   Subject
                   ,
                   but
                   not
                   so
                   diverting
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Libertine
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1676.
                   acted
                   by
                   his
                   Royal
                   Highnesses
                   Servants
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   his
                   Grace
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Newcastle
                   .
                   This
                   is
                   accounted
                   one
                   of
                   his
                   best
                   Plays
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   diverting
                   enough
                   .
                   
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Molliere's
                     L'Athee
                     Foudroye
                     ,
                     &
                     H.
                     Atheisto
                     Fulminato
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Miser
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1672.
                   acted
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   Charles
                   ,
                   Lord
                   Buckhurst
                   ,
                   now
                   Earl
                   of
                   Dorset
                   and
                   Middlesex
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Mollieres
                     L'avaree
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Psyche
                   ,
                   an
                   Opera
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1675.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   ,
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   his
                   Grace
                   Iames
                   ,
                   Duke
                   of
                   Monmouth
                   .
                   This
                   being
                   the
                   first
                   Play
                   he
                   writ
                   in
                   Rhime
                   ,
                   met
                   with
                   divers
                   Enemies
                   .
                   Our
                   Author
                   made
                   use
                   of
                   the
                   French
                   Psyche
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   
                     Apuleius's
                     Asinus
                     Aureus
                  
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   also
                   in
                   English
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1639.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Royal
                     Shepherdess
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   .
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1669.
                   acted
                   by
                   his
                   Highness
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   
                   York's
                   Servants
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   is
                   taken
                   from
                   
                     The
                     Reward
                     of
                     Vertue
                  
                   ,
                   writ
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Fountain
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Scowrers
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1691.
                   acted
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   by
                   his
                   Widow
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   late
                   Queen
                   ,
                   of
                   ever
                   blessed
                   Memory
                   .
                   I
                   think
                   in
                   this
                   Comedy
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   of
                   noisy
                   Humour
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   not
                   unpleasant
                   .
                   The
                   Characters
                   of
                   Eugenia
                   ,
                   and
                   Clara
                   are
                   Copies
                   of
                   Sir
                   
                     George
                     Etheridge
                  
                   ,
                   at
                   least
                   that
                   of
                   Eugenia
                   is
                   of
                   Harriot
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   is
                   Sir
                   
                     William
                     Rant
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   faint
                   one
                   of
                   Dorimant
                   ,
                   and
                   Sir
                   
                     Frederic
                     Frolick
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Squire
                     of
                     Alsatia
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1688.
                   acted
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Dorset
                   and
                   Middlesex
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   ,
                   which
                   met
                   with
                   good
                   Success
                   ,
                   is
                   founded
                   on
                   
                   Terence's
                   Adelphi
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     sullen
                     Lovers
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Impertinents
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1670.
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   his
                   Grace
                   William
                   ,
                   Duke
                   of
                   Newcastle
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Molliere's
                     Les
                     Facheaux
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Timon
                     of
                     Athens
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Man-hater
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1678.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   ,
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   late
                   Duke
                   of
                   Buckingham
                   .
                   Most
                   part
                   of
                   this
                   Play
                   is
                   
                   Shakespear's
                   ;
                   nay
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Criticks
                   say
                   ,
                   all
                   of
                   it
                   that
                   is
                   good
                   for
                   any
                   thing
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     True
                     Widow
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1679.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   ,
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   Sir
                   
                     Charles
                     Sidley
                  
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   has
                   not
                   appeared
                   very
                   often
                   on
                   the
                   Stage
                   ,
                   tho'
                   Mr.
                   Langbain
                   commends
                   the
                   Characters
                   and
                   Humours
                   to
                   be
                   as
                   well
                   drawn
                   as
                   any
                   of
                   this
                   Age.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Volunteers
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Stock-Iobbers
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1693.
                   and
                   dedicated
                   by
                   his
                   Widow
                   to
                   the
                   Queen
                   .
                   Sir
                   
                     Timothy
                     Castrils
                  
                   growing
                   Valiant
                   on
                   his
                   Rencounter
                   with
                   Nickum
                   ,
                   is
                   very
                   like
                   the
                   
                     Little
                     French
                     Lawyer
                  
                   of
                   Fletcher
                   ;
                   only
                   Sir
                   Timothy
                   preserves
                   his
                   Valour
                   to
                   the
                   end
                   of
                   the
                   Play
                   ;
                   tho'
                   we
                   have
                   not
                   the
                   Experiment
                   whether
                   the
                   sight
                   of
                   his
                   Blood
                   would
                   not
                   have
                   had
                   the
                   same
                   Effect
                   on
                   him
                   .
                
                 
                   
                   
                     The
                     Woman
                     Captain
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1680.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Royal
                   Highness's
                   Servants
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   Henry
                   ,
                   Lord
                   Ogle
                   ,
                   Son
                   to
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Newcastle
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               William
               Shakespear
               .
            
             
               HE
               was
               born
               and
               buried
               in
               Stratford
               upon
               Avon
               ,
               in
               Warwickshire
               .
               I
               have
               been
               told
               that
               he
               writ
               the
               Scene
               of
               the
               Ghost
               in
               Hamlet
               ,
               at
               his
               House
               which
               bordered
               on
               the
               Charnel-House
               and
               Church-Yard
               .
               He
               was
               both
               Player
               and
               Poet
               ;
               but
               the
               greatest
               Poet
               that
               ever
               trod
               the
               Stage
               ,
               I
               am
               of
               Opinion
               ,
               in
               spight
               of
               Mr.
               Iohnson
               ,
               and
               others
               from
               him
               ,
               that
               though
               perhaps
               he
               might
               not
               be
               that
               Critic
               in
               Latin
               and
               Greek
               as
               Ben
               ;
               yet
               that
               he
               understood
               the
               former
               ,
               so
               well
               as
               per●ectly
               to
               be
               Master
               of
               their
               Histories
               ,
               for
               in
               all
               his
               Roman
               Characters
               he
               has
               nicely
               followed
               History
               ,
               and
               yo●
               find
               his
               Brutus
               ,
               his
               Cassius
               ,
               his
               Anthony
               ,
               and
               his
               Caesar
               ,
               his
               
                 Coriolanus
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               just
               as
               the
               Historians
               of
               those
               times
               describe
               '
               em
               .
               He
               died
               on
               the
               23d
               of
               April
               ,
               1616.
               and
               is
               buried
               with
               his
               Wife
               and
               Daughter
               in
               Stratford-Church
               afore-said
               ,
               under
               a
               Monument
               on
               which
               is
               a
               Statue
               leaning
               on
               a
               Cushion
               ,
               and
               this
               Inscription
               :
               
                 
                   
                     Ingenio
                     Pylum
                     ,
                     genio
                     Socratem
                     ,
                     arte
                     Maronem
                     ,
                  
                   
                     Terra
                     tegit
                     ,
                     Populus
                     moerit
                     ,
                     Olympus
                     habet
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Stay
                     ,
                     Passenger
                     ,
                     why
                     dost
                     thou
                     go
                     so
                     fast
                     ?
                  
                   
                     Read
                     ,
                     if
                     thou
                     canst
                     ,
                     whom
                     envious
                     Death
                     has
                     plac'd
                  
                   
                     Within
                     this
                     Monument
                     ,
                     Shakespear
                     ,
                     with
                     whom
                  
                   
                     Quick
                     Nature
                     died
                     ,
                     whose
                     Name
                     doth
                     deck
                     the
                     Tomb
                  
                   
                     Far
                     more
                     than
                     cost
                     ,
                     since
                     all
                     that
                     he
                     hath
                     writ
                  
                   
                     Leaves
                     living
                     Art
                     ,
                     but
                     Page
                     ,
                     to
                     serve
                     his
                     Wit.
                  
                   
                     Obiit
                     An.
                     Dom.
                     1616.
                     
                     AEt
                     .
                     53.
                     
                     Die
                     23.
                     
                     Apr.
                     
                  
                
              
            
             
               Near
               the
               Wall
               on
               a
               plain
               Stone
               ,
               which
               covers
               him
               ,
               is
               this
               Epitaph
               :
               
                 
                   Good
                   Friend
                   ,
                   for
                   Iesus
                   Sake
                   forbear
                
                 
                   To
                   dig
                   the
                   Dust
                   enclosed
                   here
                   .
                
                 
                   Blest
                   be
                   the
                   Man
                   that
                   spares
                   these
                   Stones
                   ,
                
                 
                   And
                   curst
                   be
                   he
                   that
                   moves
                   my
                   Bones
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 All
                 's
                 well
                 that
                 ends
                 well
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
               Plot
               from
               
                 Boccace's
                 Novels
                 ,
                 Day
              
               3.
               
               Nov.
               9.
               
               
                 Iuliet
                 of
                 Narbona
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Anthony
                 and
                 Cleopatra
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               Plot
               from
               
                 Plutarch
                 in
                 vita
                 Antonii
              
               .
            
             
             
               
                 As
                 you
                 like
                 it
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               Fol.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Birth
                 of
                 Merlin
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Child
                 has
                 lost
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1662.
               
               Mr.
               Rowley
               join'd
               with
               our
               Author
               in
               this
               Play.
               Plot
               ,
               
                 Ethelword
                 ,
                 G.
                 Monmouth
                 ,
                 Bede
                 ,
                 Polidor
                 ,
                 Virgil
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 A
                 Comedy
                 of
                 Errors
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               fol.
               The
               Ground
               from
               
                 Plautus
                 ,
                 Amphitruo
              
               ,
               and
               Maenechmi
               .
            
             
               Coriolanus
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               Plot
               from
               
                 Plutarch's
                 Life
                 of
                 Coriolanus
              
               ,
               from
               
                 Livy's
                 History
                 ,
                 Dionisius
                 Hallicarnassaeus
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Cromwell
               ,
               (
               Thomas
               ,
               Lord
               )
               
                 his
                 Life
                 and
                 Death
              
               ,
               a
               History
               ,
               fol.
               and
               4
               to
               .
               Plot
               from
               
               Fox's
               
                 Martyrology
                 ,
                 Fuller's
                 Church
                 Hist.
              
               Dr.
               
               Burnet's
               
                 Hist.
                 Reformation
              
               ,
               Wanly's
               
                 Hist.
                 of
                 Man.
              
               Hacwell's
               Apology
               ,
               and
               
               Lloyd's
               
                 English
                 Worthies
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Cymbeline
                 ,
                 his
                 Tragedy
                 ;
                 fol.
              
               Mr.
               
               Durfey's
               
                 Injured
                 Princess
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Fatal
                 Wager
              
               ,
               is
               only
               this
               Play
               reviv'd
               .
               The
               Plot
               from
               
                 Boccace's
                 Novels
                 ,
                 Day
              
               2.
               
               Nov.
               9.
               
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 Fourth
              
               ,
               Two
               Parts
               ,
               History
               ,
               fol.
               the
               first
               Part
               containing
               the
               Life
               of
               
                 Henry
                 Percy
              
               ,
               sirnamed
               Hotspur
               ;
               and
               the
               comical
               part
               the
               Character
               of
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Falstaff
              
               ,
               which
               has
               been
               play'd
               by
               the
               late
               famous
               Mr.
               Lacey
               ,
               to
               Admiration
               .
               In
               the
               second
               part
               you
               have
               an
               Act
               of
               the
               Death
               of
               this
               King
               ,
               and
               the
               Coronation
               of
               his
               Successor
               .
               See
               Geoffry
               of
               
                 Monmouth
                 ,
                 Caxton
                 ,
                 Harding
                 ,
                 Hall
                 ,
                 Grafton
                 ,
                 Martin
                 ,
                 Hollingshead
                 ,
                 Stow
                 ,
              
               and
               other
               our
               
                 English
                 Chronicles
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 Fifth
                 ,
                 his
                 Life
              
               ;
               History
               ,
               fol.
               A
               Comical
               part
               is
               mixt
               with
               the
               Historical
               ,
               and
               contains
               the
               Reign
               of
               this
               King
               ,
               to
               his
               Marriage
               with
               Katharine
               of
               France
               .
               See
               the
               afore-said
               
                 English
                 Chronicles
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 Sixth
              
               ,
               Three
               Parts
               ,
               History
               ,
               fol.
               In
               the
               Second
               is
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               good
               Duke
               Humphrey
               ,
               in
               the
               Third
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
               York
               ;
               all
               the
               Pa●ts
               contain
               the
               whole
               Reign
               of
               this
               King.
               See
               the
               same
               
                 English
                 Chronicles
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 Eighth
                 ,
                 his
                 Life
              
               ;
               History
               ,
               fol.
               The
               part
               of
               King
               Henry
               was
               often
               in
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second's
               Time
               extraordinary
               well
               acted
               by
               Mr.
               Betterton
               .
               See
               our
               
                 English
                 Chronicles
              
               before-mentioned
               .
            
             
               
                 Hamlet
                 ,
                 Prince
                 of
                 Denmark
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               and
               4
               to
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               see
               
                 Saxo-Grammaticus
                 ,
                 Crantzius
                 ,
                 Pontanus
                 ,
                 Idacius
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Iohn
                 ,
                 King
                 of
                 England
              
               ;
               History
               ,
               fol.
               for
               the
               Plot
               see
               our
               
                 English
                 Chronicles
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Iohn
                 ,
                 King
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 his
                 troublesom
                 Reign
                 ,
              
               in
               two
               parts
               ,
               History
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1611.
               with
               the
               Discovery
               of
               King
               
                 Richard
                 Caeur
                 de
                 Lyons
              
               ,
               Base
               Son
               (
               as
               vulgarly
               called
               )
               Fawconbridge
               ;
               also
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               said
               King
               Iohn
               at
               
                 Swinstead
                 Abby
              
               .
               These
               Plays
               were
               several
               times
               acted
               by
               the
               Queen's
               Majesty's
               Players
               ,
               tho
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts
               ,
               and
               differ
               much
               from
               the
               other
               Play
               in
               Folio
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Iulius
                 Caesar
              
               ,
               a
               Tagedy
               ,
               fol.
               and
               4
               to
               Founded
               on
               History
               .
               It
               was
               reviv'd
               and
               acted
               divers
               times
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               the
               late
               King
               Charles
               II.
               For
               the
               Prologue
               ,
               which
               was
               highly
               commended
               ,
               see
               a
               small
               Book
               ,
               called
               
                 Covent-Garden
                 Drollery
                 ,
                 pag.
              
               9.
               and
               for
               the
               History
               ,
               see
               
                 Plutarch
                 ,
                 Livy
                 ,
                 Suetonius
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Lear
                 ,
                 King
                 of
                 England
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               and
               4
               to
               .
               This
               Play
               has
               been
               reviv'd
               with
               Alterations
               by
               our
               present
               Poet
               Laureat
               .
               For
               the
               true
               Story
               ,
               see
               
               Milton's
               
                 Hist.
                 of
                 England
              
               ,
               beginning
               pag.
               17.
               see
               also
               
                 Leland
                 ,
                 Monmouth
                 ,
                 Gloucester
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Locrine
                 ,
                 Eldest
                 Son
                 to
                 King
                 Brutus
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               and
               4
               to
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               ,
               see
               
                 Milton's
                 Hist.
                 of
                 England
              
               ,
               and
               the
               afore-said
               Authors
               .
            
             
               
                 London
                 Prodigal
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               fol.
               and
               4
               to
               .
            
             
               
                 Love●s
                 Labour
                 lost
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               fol.
               
            
             
               Mackbeth
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               and
               4
               to
               .
               revived
               and
               re-printed
               with
               Alterations
               and
               Songs
               ,
               and
               now
               often
               acted
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               consult
               Buchanan
               ,
               and
               others
               who
               have
               written
               Scottish
               Affairs
               ;
               see
               also
               Heywood
               of
               
                 Angels
                 ,
                 p.
              
               508.
               
               
               Heylin's
               
                 Cosmography
                 ,
                 Book
              
               1.
               
            
             
               
                 Measure
                 for
                 Measure
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               fol.
               For
               the
               Plot
               see
               
                 Cynthio
                 Giraldi
                 ,
                 Dec.
              
               8.
               
               Nov.
               5.
               
               
                 Lipsii
                 Monita
                 ,
                 p.
              
               125.
               
               
                 Histoirs
                 Admirabiles
                 de
                 nôtre
                 temps
                 .
                 p.
              
               216.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Merchant
                 of
                 Venice
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               fol.
               
            
             
               
                 Midsummer-Nights
                 Dream
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               fol.
               The
               comical
               part
               hereof
               is
               printed
               4
               to
               .
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 Bottom
                 the
                 Weaver
              
               ,
               and
               acted
               by
               small
               Parties
               at
               
                 Bartholomew
                 Fair
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Places
               :
               and
               since
               publish'd
               under
               the
               Name
               of
               
                 The
                 Fairy
                 Queen
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Much
                 ado
                 about
                 nothing
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               fol.
               Sir
               
                 William
                 D'avenant
              
               made
               use
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               and
               
                 Measure
                 for
                 Measure
              
               ,
               in
               composing
               his
               
                 Law
                 against
                 Lovers
              
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               see
               
                 Ariosto's
                 Orlando
                 Furioso
                 ,
                 Book
              
               5.
               and
               
                 Spencer's
                 Fairy
                 Queen
                 ,
                 Book
              
               2.
               
            
             
               
                 Oldcastle
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Cobham's
                 Life
                 and
                 Death
                 ,
              
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               See
               
                 Fuller's
                 Church
                 Hist.
              
               and
               
                 Fox's
                 Book
                 of
                 Martyrs
              
               ,
               where
               you
               may
               find
               Sir
               Iohn
               Oldcastle's
               Life
               at
               large
               .
            
             
               
                 Othello
                 ,
                 Mo●r
                 of
                 Venice
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               and
               4
               to
               .
               This
               is
               still
               often
               acted
               ,
               and
               esteemed
               one
               of
               the
               best
               of
               our
               Author's
               Plays
               .
               Plot
               from
               
                 Cynthio's
                 Novels
                 ,
                 Dec.
              
               3.
               
               Nov.
               7.
               
            
             
               
                 Pericles
                 ,
                 Prince
                 of
                 Tyre
              
               ,
               History
               ,
               fol.
               This
               Play
               was
               much
               admired
               in
               the
               Author's
               Life
               time
               and
               published
               before
               his
               Death
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Puritan
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Widow
                 of
                 Watling-Street
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               fol.
               This
               was
               accounted
               a
               very
               diverting
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 the
                 Second
              
               ,
               History
               ,
               fol.
               4
               to
               .
               Our
               Poet
               Laureat
               ,
               Mr.
               Tate
               ,
               altered
               it
               ,
               An.
               1681.
               he
               and
               Mr.
               Dryden
               have
               much
               applauded
               this
               Play.
               Plot
               from
               
                 English
                 Chronicles
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 the
                 Third
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Landing
                 of
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Richmond
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Battle
                 of
                 Bosworth-Field
                 ,
              
               History
               ,
               fol.
               for
               the
               Plot
               consult
               our
               
                 English
                 Chronicles
              
               .
            
             
             
               
                 Romeo
                 and
                 Iuliet
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               Plot
               from
               
                 Bandello's
                 Novels
              
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Taming
                 of
                 the
                 Shrew
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               fol.
               The
               Story
               of
               the
               Tinkar
               ,
               so
               diverting
               ,
               may
               be
               found
               in
               
                 Goulart's
                 Hist.
                 Admirabiles
              
               and
               
                 Pontus
                 Heuterus
                 ,
                 Rerum
                 Burdicarum
              
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Tempest
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               fol.
               and
               4
               to
               .
               This
               has
               been
               reviv'd
               and
               alter'd
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ,
               who
               brought
               it
               much
               in
               esteem
               ,
               and
               is
               of
               late
               Days
               often
               acted
               .
            
             
               
                 Titus
                 Andronichus
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               and
               4
               to
               .
               This
               Play
               has
               been
               reviv'd
               and
               altered
               by
               Mr.
               Ravenscroft
               .
            
             
               
                 Timon
                 of
                 Athens
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               and
               4
               to
               .
               This
               Play
               ,
               as
               publish'd
               first
               by
               our
               Author
               ,
               was
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts
               ,
               but
               has
               been
               reviv'd
               with
               Alterations
               ,
               by
               Mr.
               Shadwell
               ,
               and
               for
               a
               few
               Years
               past
               ,
               as
               often
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               as
               any
               Tragedy
               I
               know
               .
            
             
               
                 Troilus
                 and
                 Cressida
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               This
               was
               reviv'd
               with
               Alterations
               ,
               by
               Mr.
               Dryden
               ;
               who
               added
               divers
               new
               Scenes
               .
               Plot
               from
               
               Chaucer's
               
                 Troilus
                 and
                 Cressida
              
               .
            
             
               Twelfth-Night
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 What
                 you
                 will
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               fol.
               Plot
               from
               
                 Plautus
                 ,
                 Amphitruo
                 ,
                 Maenechmi
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Two
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 Verona
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               .
               fol.
               
            
             
               
                 A
                 Winters
                 Tale
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               fol.
               Plot
               from
               Dorastus
               and
               Fawnia
               ,
               4
               to
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 York-shire
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 fol.
              
               When
               this
               Play
               was
               first
               printed
               ,
               the
               Title
               then
               told
               you
               ,
               the
               Story
               was
               
                 new
                 ,
                 lamentable
                 ,
                 and
                 true
                 .
              
               The
               Play
               ,
               being
               but
               very
               short
               ,
               is
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts
               ,
               and
               may
               rather
               be
               accounted
               an
               Interlude
               than
               a
               Tragedy
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Arraignment
                 of
                 Paris
              
               ,
               which
               you
               may
               find
               among
               the
               Anonymous
               Plays
               ,
               has
               been
               by
               Kirkman
               ascribed
               to
               this
               Author
               ,
               but
               not
               being
               in
               any
               Edition
               of
               Shakespear
               ,
               I
               much
               question
               whether
               it
               be
               any
               of
               his
               .
            
             
               Our
               Author
               writ
               little
               else
               ,
               we
               find
               in
               print
               only
               two
               small
               pieces
               of
               Poetry
               publish'd
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Quarles
                 ,
                 viz.
                 Venus
                 and
                 Adonis
                 ,
              
               8
               vo
               .
               1602.
               and
               
                 The
                 Rape
                 of
                 Lucrece
              
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1655.
               
            
          
           
             
               Lewis
               Sharp
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               ,
               who
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               writ
               but
               one
               Play
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Noble
                 Stranger
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1640.
               acted
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Salisbury-Court
               ,
               by
               her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 Edmund
                 Williams
              
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Edward
               Sharpham
               .
            
             
               A
               Member
               of
               the
               Middle-Temple
               ,
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               Iames
               the
               First
               ,
               writ
               and
               published
               one
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Fleir
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1615.
               acted
               in
               the
               Black-Fryars
               ,
               by
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               Revels
               .
               Compare
               this
               with
               a
               Play
               of
               
               Marston's
               ,
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 Fawne
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               Shepheard
               .
            
             
               A
               Zealous
               Cavalier
               in
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               ,
               writ
               a
               Play
               against
               the
               Parliament
               Party
               ,
               stil'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Committee-Man
                 curried
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               in
               Two
               Parts
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1647.
               
               Much
               of
               it
               stollen
               from
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Suckling
              
               ,
               and
               Sir
               Robert
               Stapleton's
               Translation
               of
               Iuvenal
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Edward
                 Sherburn
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               THis
               Gentleman
               Translated
               Two
               of
               
               Seneca's
               Tragedies
               ,
               and
               is
               ,
               for
               ought
               I
               know
               ,
               yet
               living
               .
            
             
               Medea
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1648.
               with
               Annotations
               .
               Mr.
               Stanly
               in
               his
               Poems
               has
               writ
               a
               Vindication
               of
               this
               Play.
               
            
             
               Troades
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Royal
                 Captives
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1679.
               
               These
               are
               printed
               together
               ,
               with
               some
               Poems
               of
               the
               same
               Author
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Shipman
              
               ,
               Esq.
               
            
             
               THis
               Gentleman
               dy'd
               in
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second's
               Time
               ,
               having
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 the
                 Third
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 Stab'd
                 by
                 a
                 Fryar
                 ;
                 with
                 the
                 Fall
                 of
                 the
                 Guises
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1678.
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Henry
               ,
               Lord
               Marquess
               of
               Dorchester
               .
               Plot
               from
               Davila
               ,
               and
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               Espernon's
               Life
               ,
               fol.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Henry
               Shirley
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               who
               liv'd
               in
               the
               〈◊〉
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               which
               was
               publish'd
               after
               his
               Death
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Martyr'd
                 Soldier
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1638.
               acted
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Drury-Lane
               ,
               and
               other
               publick
               Theatres
               by
               her
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               with
               great
               Applause
               .
               Plot
               ,
               
                 Baronius
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
            
          
           
             
               Iames
               Shirley
               .
            
             
               A
               Contemporary
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Namesake
               of
               the
               Former●
               he
               was
               once
               of
               Grays-Inn
               ,
               and
               Servant
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               a
               Poet
               esteemed
               in
               the
               Days
               of
               Charles
               the
               First
               .
               Mr.
               Langbain
               gives
               him
               no
               small
               Praise
               ,
               and
               indeed
               he
               does
               to
               most
               of
               the
               indifferent
               Poets
               ,
               so
               that
               shou'd
               a
               Stranger
               to
               our
               Poets
               read
               him●
               they
               wou'd
               make
               an
               odd
               Collection
               of
               our
               English
               Writers
               ,
               for
               they
               wou'd
               be
               sure
               to
               take
               
                 Heywood
                 ,
                 Shirley
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               and
               leave
               
                 Dryden
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               He
               has
               printed
               37
               Plays
               ,
               of
               wh●ch
               in
               their
               Order
               .
               He
               dy'd
               since
               the
               Restauration
               .
            
             
               
                 Arcadia
                 ,
                 a
                 Pastoral
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1640.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Phaenix
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 Sir
                 Philip
                 Sidney's
                 
                   Arcadia
                   ,
                   fol.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Ball
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1639.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
                 Our
                 Author
                 was
                 assisted
                 by
                 Chapman
                 in
                 this
                 Play.
                 
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Bird
                   in
                   a
                   Cage
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 16●●
                 .
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Phaenix
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 Mr.
                 
                   William
                   Prinne
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Brothers
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1652.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Black-Fryars
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 his
                 noble
                 Friend
                 ,
                 
                   Thomas
                   Stanley
                
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Cardinal
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1652.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Black-Fryars
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 his
                 Friend
                 ,
                 
                   G.
                   B.
                
                 
                   Esq
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Changes
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Love
                   in
                   a
                   Maze
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1632.
                 presented
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Salisbury-Court
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Company
                 of
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Revels
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 the
                 Lady
                 
                   Dorothy
                   Shirley
                
                 ,
                 in
                 Verse
                 .
                 Compare
                 this
                 and
                 the
                 
                   Maiden
                   Queen
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Chabot
                   ,
                   Admiral
                   of
                   France
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1639.
                 acted
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Chapman
                 join'd
                 with
                 our
                 Author
                 in
                 this
                 Play.
                 Plot
                 ,
                 
                   Paul
                   Iovius
                   ,
                   Paul
                   AEmilius
                   ,
                   Mezeray
                   ,
                
                 and
                 other
                 French
                 Chronicles
                 and
                 Histories
                 in
                 the
                 Reign
                 of
                 Francis
                 the
                 First
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   Constant
                   Maid
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   Love
                   will
                   find
                   out
                   the
                   Way
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1667.
                 
                 This
                 was
                 acted
                 at
                 a
                 new
                 House
                 ,
                 called
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Nursery
                
                 in
                 Hatton-Garden
                 .
                 You
                 may
                 find
                 
                 Hadwell's
                 courting
                 of
                 the
                 Widow
                 Bellamy
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Advice
                 
                   〈…〉
                   fair
                
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Subject
                 of
                 divers
                 other
                 Plays
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Contention
                   for
                   Honour
                   and
                   ●●●●es
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Masque
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1633.
                 dedicated
                 to
                 
                   Edward
                   Golding
                   〈◊〉
                   Colston
                
                 ,
                 in
                 Narthamptonshire
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
                 This
                 Author
                 ,
                 with
                 this
                 and
                 ●ome
                 other
                 Matter
                 ,
                 composed
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 called
                 ,
                 
                   Honoria
                   and
                   Mammon
                
                 ,
                 hereafter
                 mentioned
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Contention
                   of
                   Ajax
                   and
                   Vlysses
                   for
                   Achilles's
                   Armour
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Masque
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1658.
                 
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Ovid's
                   Metamorposis
                   ,
                   Book
                
                 13.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Coronation
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 Which
                 Play
                 by
                 some
                 means
                 or
                 other
                 ,
                 was
                 printed
                 with
                 
                 Beaumont's
                 and
                 
                 Fletcher's
                 Plays
                 ,
                 tho'
                 none
                 of
                 theirs
                 .
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Cou●●
                   Secret
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 firs●
                 printed
                 1653.
                 then
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Black-Fryars
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 William
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Strafford
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cupid
                   and
                   Death
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Masque
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1659.
                 
                 For
                 the
                 Plot
                 ,
                 see
                 
                 Ogilby's
                 
                   AEsop's
                   Fables
                   ,
                   Vol.
                
                 1.
                 
                 Fab.
                 39.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Doubtful
                   Heir
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1652.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Black-Fryars
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Edmund
                   Bowyer
                
                 .
                 For
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Story
                 ,
                 see
                 
                   The
                   English
                   Adventurers
                
                 .
                 8
                 
                   vo
                   .
                   part
                
                 3.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Duke's
                   Mistress
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1638.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Example
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1637.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Gamester
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1637.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 .
                 Plot
                 ,
                 Queen
                 
                   Margaret's
                   Novels
                   ,
                   Day
                
                 1.
                 
                 Nov.
                 8.
                 and
                 
                   Vnlucky
                   Citizen
                
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Gentleman
                   of
                   Venice
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1655.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Salisbury-Court
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Tho.
                   Nightingale
                
                 ,
                 Baronet
                 .
                 For
                 the
                 Plot
                 ,
                 consult
                 
                   Gayton's
                   Notes
                   on
                   Don
                   Quixot
                   ,
                   Book
                
                 4.
                 
                 Chap.
                 6.
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Grateful
                   Servant
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1655.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Francis
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Rutland
                 .
                 Compare
                 this
                 Play
                 with
                 
                   The
                   Humerous
                   Courtier
                
                 ,
                 writ
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 Author
                 .
              
               
                 Hide-Park
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1637.
                 presented
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Henry
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Holland
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Honoria
                   and
                   Mammon
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 Plot
                 grounded
                 on
                 a
                 Masque
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Author's
                 ,
                 call'd
                 ,
                 
                   Contention
                   for
                   Honour
                   and
                   Riches
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   Humorous
                   Courtier
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1640.
                 presented
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Imposture
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1652.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Black-Fryars
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Rob.
                   Bolles
                
                 ,
                 Baronet
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Lady
                   of
                   Pleasure
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1637.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 Richard
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Lovelace
                 ,
                 of
                 Hurley
                 .
                 Part
                 of
                 this
                 Play
                 resembles
                 part
                 in
                 
                   The
                   Grateful
                   Servant
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Love
                   Tricks
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   the
                   School
                   of
                   Compliments
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1667.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 in
                 Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 Royal
                 Higness
                 ,
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 
                 York's
                 Servants
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Love's
                   Cruelty
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1640.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 Cornet
                 
                   George
                   Porter
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 
                   Charles
                   Porter
                
                 .
                 See
                 
                   Cynthio's
                   Novels
                   ,
                   Dec.
                
                 3.
                 
                 Nov.
                 6.
                 and
                 Q.
                 
                   Margaret's
                   Novels
                   ,
                   Day
                
                 4.
                 
                 Nov
                 '
                 6.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Maid's
                   Revenge
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1639.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 with
                 good
                 Applause
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 is
                 dedicated
                 to
                 
                   Henry
                   Osborn
                
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   Reynold's
                   God's
                   Revenge
                   against
                   Murther
                   ,
                   fol.
                   Book
                
                 2.
                 
                 Hist.
                 7.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Opportunity
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 d●dicated
                 to
                 Capt.
                 
                   Richard
                   Owen
                
                 .
                 Compare
                 this
                 Play
                 with
                 
                   Shakespear's
                   Measure
                   for
                   Measure
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Politician
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1655.
                 presented
                 at
                 Salisbury-Court
                 ,
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 
                   Walter
                   Moyle
                
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
                 For
                 the
                 Plot
                 see
                 the
                 Countess
                 of
                 
                   Montgomery's
                   Vrania
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Royal
                   Master
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1638.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 in
                 Dublin
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 Castle
                 there
                 before
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 Deputy
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 George
                 ,
                 Earl
                 of
                 Kildare
                 .
                 By
                 the
                 many
                 Copies
                 of
                 Verses
                 in
                 Commendation
                 of
                 this
                 Play
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 guess
                 it
                 was
                 well
                 esteem'd
                 .
              
               
                 
                   St.
                   Patrick
                   for
                   Ireland
                
                 ,
                 a
                 History
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1640.
                 
                 There
                 is
                 but
                 one
                 part
                 of
                 this
                 Play
                 printed
                 ;
                 a
                 second
                 was
                 designed
                 by
                 the
                 Author
                 for
                 the
                 Press
                 ,
                 but
                 never
                 publish'd
                 .
                 See
                 
                   Bedes
                   Life
                   of
                   St.
                   Patrick
                   ,
                   Sigibert
                   ,
                   Baleus
                   ,
                   Baronius
                   ,
                
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Sisters
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1652.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Black-Fryars
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 
                   William
                   Paulet
                
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Traytor
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1635.
                 acted
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Newcastle
                 .
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 one
                 Mr.
                 
                 Rivers's
                 ,
                 a
                 Iesuit
                 ,
                 tho'
                 alter'd
                 a
                 little
                 and
                 introduc'd
                 into
                 the
                 House
                 by
                 Shirley
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Triumph
                   of
                   Beauty
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Masque
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1646.
                 
                 Compare
                 this
                 to
                 the
                 comical
                 Part
                 of
                 the
                 
                   Midsummer-Nights
                   Dream
                
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 part
                 to
                 
                   Bottom
                   the
                   Weaver
                
                 ,
                 both
                 by
                 Shakesp●ar
                 :
                 see
                 also
                 
                 Lucian's
                 Dialogues
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 printed
                 with
                 the
                 Author's
                 Poems
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   The
                   Wedding
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 16.
                 acted
                 by
                 her
                 Majesty's
                 Serva●●s
                 at
                 the
                 Phenix
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 
                   William
                   Gower
                
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Witty
                   Fair
                   one
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1633.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Bushell
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Young
                   Admiral
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1637.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 private
                 House
                 in
                 Drury-Lane
                 ;
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Right
                 Honourable
                 ,
                 George
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Barkley
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 Charles
                 Sidley
              
               .
            
             
               THis
               Noble
               Gentleman
               is
               yet
               living
               ,
               and
               has
               been
               esteem'd
               a
               Man
               of
               the
               First
               Rank
               of
               Wit.
               He
               writ
               these
               three
               following
               Plays
               :
               
                 
                   
                     Anthony
                     and
                     Cleopatra
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1677.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Appian
                     ,
                     Dion
                     Cassius
                     ,
                     Plutarch's
                     Life
                     of
                     M.
                     Anthony
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Bellamira
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Mistress
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1687.
                   acted
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servant
                   .
                   The
                   Ground
                   from
                   
                     Terrence's
                     Eunuchus
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Mulberry
                     Garden
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1668.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   is
                   dedicated
                   to
                   her
                   Grace
                   the
                   Dutchess
                   of
                   Richmond
                   and
                   Lenox
                   .
                   Sir
                   
                     Iohn
                     Everyoung
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Sir
                   
                     Samuel
                     Forecastle
                  
                   copied
                   from
                   
                     Molliere's
                     L'Escole
                     de
                     Maris
                  
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Smith
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               Snenton
               ,
               in
               York-shire
               ,
               and
               now
               (
               or
               lately
               )
               living
               ;
               he
               writ
               a
               Play
               that
               was
               never
               acted
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               Cytherea
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Enamouring
                 Girdle
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1677.
               
               This
               Play
               the
               Author
               dedicated
               to
               the
               
                 Northern
                 Gentry
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               Smith
               .
            
             
               THis
               Autho●
               writ
               one
               Play
               in
               King
               Iames
               the
               First
               his
               Reign
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Hector
                 of
                 Germany
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Palsgrave
                 Prime
                 Elector
              
               ;
               a
               History
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1615.
               acted
               at
               the
               
                 Red
                 Bull
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               by
               a
               Company
               of
               young
               Citizens
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               right
               Honourable
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Swinnerton
              
               ,
               Lord
               Mayor
               of
               London
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts.
               He
               writ
               ,
               with
               the
               Assistance
               of
               one
               Mr.
               Webbe
               ,
               a
               Book
               call'd
               ,
               
                 The
                 Description
                 of
                 the
                 County
                 Palatine
                 of
                 Chester
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Thomas
               Southern
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               now
               living
               ,
               who
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               been
               inform'd
               ,
               made
               his
               first
               Application
               to
               the
               Law
               ;
               but
               quitted
               those
               rougher
               Studies
               for
               the
               more
               pleasing
               Entertainment
               of
               the
               Muses
               ;
               and
               after
               the
               writing
               of
               two
               Plays
               ,
               with
               no
               ill
               Success
               ,
               at
               least
               with
               very
               good
               Iudges
               ,
               mov'd
               by
               his
               active
               Temper
               ,
               he
               left
               ,
               for
               some
               Years
               ,
               the
               calmer
               retreat
               of
               Poetry
               for
               the
               War
               ;
               till
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               1690.
               he
               presented
               the
               Town
               with
               that
               diverting
               Comedy
               of
               
                 Sir
                 Anthony
                 Love
              
               ,
               and
               Six
               more
               ,
               but
               of
               all
               in
               their
               order
               :
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Disappointment
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Mother
                     in
                     Fashion
                  
                   ;
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   1684.
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   ,
                   Iames
                   ,
                   Earl
                   of
                   Ossery
                   (
                   the
                   present
                   Duke
                   of
                   O●mond
                   )
                   .
                   
                     The
                     Curious
                     Impertinent
                  
                   of
                   the
                   incomparable
                   History
                   of
                   
                     Don
                     Quixot
                  
                   ,
                   seems
                   to
                   have
                   given
                   our
                   Author
                   an
                   Hint
                   of
                   the
                   Plot.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Loyal
                     Brother
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Persian
                     Prince
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   ,
                   1682.
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   his
                   Grace
                   ,
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Richmond
                   .
                   This
                   was
                   his
                   first
                   Play
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   built
                   on
                   the
                   Novel
                   of
                   
                     Tachmas
                     ,
                     Prince
                     of
                     Persia
                  
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Fatal
                     Marriage
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Innocent
                     Adultery
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Play
                   ,
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   ,
                   1694.
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   
                     Anthony
                     Hammond
                  
                   ,
                   of
                   
                     Somersham
                     Place
                  
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                   In
                   the
                   Dedication
                   our
                   Author
                   owns
                   his
                   taking
                   a
                   hint
                   of
                   the
                   Tragical
                   part
                   of
                   this
                   Play
                   ,
                   from
                   a
                   Novel
                   of
                   Mrs.
                   Behn's
                   ,
                   call'd
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Nun
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Fair
                     Vow-breaker
                  
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   receiv'd
                   with
                   vast
                   Applause
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   yet
                   acted
                   with
                   Success
                   ;
                   the
                   Distress
                   of
                   the
                   Story
                   being
                   extreamly
                   moving
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Passions
                   very
                   well
                   touch'd
                   by
                   the
                   Author
                   ;
                   tho'
                   had
                   he
                   made
                   Villeroy
                   and
                   Biron
                   Friends
                   ,
                   it
                   wou'd
                   have
                   something
                   heighten'd
                   the
                   Distress
                   .
                   In
                   the
                   Comical
                   part
                   ,
                   the
                   Hint
                   of
                   Fernando
                   being
                   persuaded
                   to
                   believe
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   been
                   dead
                   ,
                   buried
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   Purgatory
                   ,
                   seems
                   to
                   be
                   owing
                   to
                   
                     The
                     Little
                     Thief
                  
                   of
                   Fletcher
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Maids
                     Last
                     Prayer
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     Any
                     thing
                     rather
                     than
                     Fail
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   ,
                   1693.
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Honourable
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     Charles
                     Boyl
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Oroonoko
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   1696.
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   his
                   Grace
                   ,
                   William
                   ,
                   Duke
                   of
                   
                     Devonshire
                     ,
                     &c.
                  
                   in
                   which
                   the
                   Author
                   makes
                   this
                   ingenuous
                   Acknowledgement
                   ,
                   which
                   few
                   Poets
                   have
                   formerly
                   done
                   ;
                   viz.
                   
                   
                     I
                     stand
                     engaged
                     to
                     Mrs.
                     Behn
                     for
                     the
                     occasion
                     of
                     a
                     most
                     passionate
                     Distress
                     in
                     my
                     last
                     Play
                     ,
                     (
                     which
                     was
                     
                       The
                       Innocent
                       Adultry
                    
                     )
                     and
                     in
                     a
                     Conscience
                     that
                     I
                     had
                     not
                     made
                     her
                     a
                     sufficient
                     Acknowledgment
                     ,
                     I
                     have
                     run
                     farther
                     into
                     her
                     Debt
                     ,
                     with
                     a
                     Design
                     to
                     oblige
                     
                     me
                     to
                     be
                     Honest
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     every
                     one
                     may
                     find
                     me
                     out
                     for
                     Ingratitude
                     ,
                     when
                     I
                     don't
                     say
                     all
                     that
                     's
                     fit
                     for
                     me
                     upon
                     that
                     Subject
                     :
                     she
                     had
                     a
                     great
                     Command
                     of
                     the
                     Stage
                     ,
                     and
                     I
                     have
                     often
                     wonder'd
                     that
                     she
                     should
                     bury
                     her
                     Favourite
                     Hero
                     in
                     a
                     Novel
                     ,
                     when
                     she
                     might
                     have
                     reviv'd
                     him
                     in
                     the
                     Scene
                     .
                  
                   I
                   have
                   quoted
                   this
                   ,
                   because
                   't
                   is
                   very
                   uncommon
                   with
                   Authors
                   to
                   speak
                   well
                   of
                   those
                   they
                   borrow
                   from
                   in
                   their
                   Writings
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   have
                   known
                   a
                   great
                   Man
                   perpetually
                   rail
                   at
                   the
                   French
                   Authors
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   contradict
                   his
                   Reflections
                   on
                   them
                   ,
                   by
                   filling
                   his
                   Writings
                   with
                   their●
                   Wit
                   and
                   Designs
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   have
                   so
                   often
                   experienc'd
                   this
                   Particular
                   ,
                   among
                   the
                   Writers
                   of
                   our
                   Age
                   ,
                   that
                   when
                   I
                   hear
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   condemn
                   ,
                   either
                   our
                   Ancient
                   or
                   Modern
                   Authors
                   ,
                   I
                   conclude
                   ,
                   he
                   has
                   been
                   robbing
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   would
                   deter
                   us
                   from
                   finding
                   out
                   his
                   Theft
                   .
                   But
                   as
                   to
                   this
                   Play
                   of
                   Oroonoko
                   ,
                   you
                   find
                   our
                   Poet
                   has
                   allow'd
                   the
                   Plot
                   of
                   it
                   Mrs.
                   Behn's
                   ;
                   for
                   on
                   that
                   Prince
                   she
                   has
                   compos'd
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   her
                   Novels
                   :
                   and
                   as
                   it
                   must
                   be
                   confess'd
                   that
                   the
                   Play
                   had
                   not
                   its
                   mighty
                   Success
                   without
                   an
                   innate
                   Excellence
                   ;
                   so
                   in
                   my
                   Opinion
                   ,
                   the
                   necessary
                   regularities
                   a
                   Dramatick
                   Poet
                   is
                   obliged
                   to
                   observe
                   ,
                   has
                   left
                   many
                   Beauties
                   in
                   the
                   Novel
                   ,
                   which
                   our
                   Author
                   cou'd
                   not
                   transfer
                   to
                   his
                   Poem
                   .
                   As
                   Mrs.
                   Barrey
                   did
                   the
                   Poet
                   all
                   the
                   Iustice
                   so
                   admirable
                   an
                   Actress
                   ,
                   when
                   she
                   most
                   exerts
                   her self
                   ,
                   could
                   do
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   
                     Innocent
                     Adultery
                  
                   ;
                   so
                   Mr.
                   Verbruggen
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Part
                   of
                   Oroonoko
                   ,
                   by
                   doing
                   the
                   Author
                   Right
                   ,
                   got
                   himself
                   the
                   Reputation
                   of
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   best
                   Actors
                   of
                   his
                   time
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Sir
                     Anthony
                     Love
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Rambling
                     Lady
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1690.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   by
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Servants
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   
                     Tho.
                     Skipwith
                  
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                   (
                   now
                   Sir
                   Thomas
                   )
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   met
                   with
                   extraordinary
                   Success
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Wives
                     excuse
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     Cuckolds
                     make
                     themselves
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   their
                   Majestses
                   Servants
                   ,
                   1692.
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   it
                   seems
                   did
                   not
                   take
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   was
                   expected
                   ,
                   but
                   is
                   usher'd
                   into
                   print
                   by
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   Verses
                   of
                   his
                   Friend
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Dryden
                   ;
                   in
                   which
                   he
                   ●ustly
                   reflects
                   on
                   the
                   depraved
                   Taste
                   of
                   the
                   Age
                   ,
                   especially
                   in
                   these
                   Two
                   Lines
                   ,
                   on
                   the
                   Fault
                   of
                   those
                   Poets
                   ,
                   who
                   debauch
                   the
                   Palate
                   of
                   the
                   Audience
                   .
                   
                     
                       Far●e
                       in
                       it self
                       is
                       of
                       a
                       nasty
                       Scent
                       ;
                    
                     
                       But
                       the
                       Gain
                       smells
                       not
                       of
                       the
                       Excrement
                       .
                    
                  
                   For
                   if
                   there
                   be
                   not
                   so
                   intricate
                   a
                   Plot
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   certainly
                   a
                   gaity
                   of
                   Conversation
                   ,
                   and
                   Purity
                   of
                   Language
                   ,
                   which
                   few
                   of
                   our
                   Poets
                   observe
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               
                 Thomas
                 Stanley
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Learned
               Gentleman
               of
               Cumberloe-Green
               ,
               in
               Hertfordshire
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               time
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               writ
               the
               History
               of
               the
               Philosophers
               ,
               and
               in
               that
               a
               Play
               of
               Aristophanes
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Clouds
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               fol.
               1687.
               
               Translated
               from
               Aristophanes
               ,
               printed
               with
               his
               History
               of
               Philosophy
               ,
               Re-printed
               about
               Ten
               Years
               since
               .
               He
               translated
               
               AEschylus's
               Tragedies
               into
               Latin
               ;
               also
               Anacreon
               and
               Moschus
               ,
               from
               the
               Greek
               .
               He
               has
               publish'd
               likewise
               divers
               Translations
               from
               
                 Latin
                 ,
                 Spanish
              
               ,
               and
               Italian
               ;
               besides
               his
               Poems
               in
               English
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               and
               two
               small
               Romances
               or
               Novels
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 Robert
                 Stapleton
              
               .
            
             
               A
               Learned
               Author
               who
               was
               Gentleman
               Usher
               of
               the
               Privy
               Chamber
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second
               ;
               and
               is
               ,
               I
               suppose
               ,
               still
               living
               .
               He
               writ
               Two
               Plays
               :
               
                 
                   
                     Hero
                     and
                     Leander
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1669.
                   dedicated
                   to
                   her
                   Grace
                   ,
                   the
                   Dutchess
                   of
                   Monmouth
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Ovid's
                     Epistles
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Musaeus's
                     Erotopagnion
                     ,
                     Greek
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Latin.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Slighted
                     Maid
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1663.
                   dedicated
                   to
                   his
                   Grace
                   ,
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   Monmouth
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Mart.
                     Epigr.
                  
                   4.
                   &c.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Stephens
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               ,
               who
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Iames
               the
               first
               ,
               writ
               one
               very
               long
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Cynthia's
                 Revenge
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1613.
               
               Plot
               from
               
                 Lucan's
                 Pharsalia
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Ovid's
                 Metamorphosis
                 ,
                 lib.
              
               13.
               
            
          
           
             
               William
               Strode
               .
            
             
               POet
               and
               Divine
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               Frst
               ;
               he
               was
               born
               in
               Devonshire
               ,
               entred
               at
               Nineteen
               ,
               and
               admitted
               Student
               of
               
                 Christ-Church
                 ,
                 Oxon
              
               ;
               having
               taken
               most
               of
               his
               Degrees
               ,
               was
               chose
               University-Orator
               ,
               and
               after
               that
               commenc'd
               Doctor
               ,
               and
               was
               made
               a
               Cannon
               by
               the
               King.
               He
               died
               March
               11.
               1644.
               and
               was
               buried
               at
               Christ-Church
               afore-said
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Floating
                 Island
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1655.
               acted
               by
               the
               Students
               of
               Christ-Church
               ,
               before
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               at
               Oxon.
               1639.
               
               The
               Airs
               and
               Songs
               were
               set
               by
               Mr.
               
                 Henry
                 Lawes
              
               .
               The
               Author
               had
               transcribed
               
               and
               dedicated
               the
               Play
               to
               his
               honoured
               Patron
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Helle
              
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               not
               printed
               till
               some
               Years
               after
               his
               Death
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               full
               o●
               Morality
               .
               The
               Author
               publish'd
               three
               Sermons
               besides
               the
               Play.
               
            
          
           
             
               I.
               Studley
               .
            
             
               ANother
               Translator
               of
               
               Seneca's
               Tragedies
               ,
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               of
               which
               he
               English'd
               Four
               :
               viz.
               
               
                 
                   Agamemnon
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Our
                   Author
                   has
                   added
                   a
                   whole
                   Scene
                   in
                   the
                   Fifth
                   Act.
                   
                
                 
                   Hippolitus
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   This
                   is
                   a
                   very
                   regular
                   Play
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   Time
                   ,
                   Place
                   ,
                   and
                   Action
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Hercules
                     Oetaeus
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   A
                   Resemblance
                   of
                   
                     Sophocles
                     Trachiniai
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Medea
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   In
                   this
                   Seneca
                   imitates
                   Euripides
                   ,
                   but
                   at
                   too
                   great
                   a
                   distance
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   also
                   regular
                   ,
                   as
                   most
                   of
                   his
                   Tragedies
                   are
                   .
                   This
                   Translator
                   has
                   altered
                   the
                   Chorus
                   of
                   the
                   First
                   Act.
                   
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Suckling
              
               .
            
             
               WAS
               born
               at
               Witham
               ,
               in
               Middlesex
               ,
               1631.
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Eleventh
               Month
               ;
               he
               spoke
               Latin
               at
               Five
               Years
               old
               ,
               and
               writ
               it
               at
               Nine
               .
               He
               was
               Comptroller
               to
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               .
               An
               excellent
               Musician
               and
               Poet
               :
               made
               a
               Campaign
               with
               Gustavus
               ,
               and
               was
               in
               Five
               Sieges
               ,
               Three
               Battles
               ,
               &c.
               he
               was
               at
               the
               Expence
               of
               12000
               l.
               to
               raise
               a
               Troop
               for
               the
               King.
               He
               writ
               Four
               Plays
               ,
               viz.
               
               
                 
                   Aglaura
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   fol.
                   and
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   presented
                   at
                   the
                   private
                   House
                   in
                   Black-Fryars
                   .
                   The
                   Author
                   has
                   so
                   alter'd
                   the
                   last
                   Act
                   ,
                   that
                   't
                   is
                   at
                   the
                   Pleasure
                   of
                   the
                   Actors
                   to
                   make
                   it
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   or
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   .
                
                 
                   Brenoralt
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Discontented
                     Colonel
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   presented
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   private
                   House
                   in
                   Black-Fryars
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Goblins
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   presented
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   at
                   the
                   private
                   House
                   in
                   Black-Fryars
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Sad
                     One
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   This
                   Play
                   Sir
                   Iohn
                   never
                   finish'd
                   .
                
              
            
             
               These
               Plays
               ,
               with
               his
               other
               Works
               ,
               are
               printed
               together
               8
               vo
               .
               the
               last
               Edition
               printed
               1676.
               
               If
               you
               would
               see
               a
               farther
               Character
               of
               this
               Author
               ,
               see
               
                 Lloyd's
                 Memoirs
                 ,
                 fol.
                 pag.
              
               159.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Gilbert
               Swinhoe
               .
            
             
               A
               Northumberland
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Vnhappy
                 Fair
                 Irene
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1658.
               
               Plot
               from
               
               Bandello's
               Novels
               ,
               and
               
                 Turkish
                 Chronicles
              
               ,
               Life
               of
               Mahomet
               the
               First
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             T
          
           
             
               
                 Nahum
                 Tate
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               OUR
               present
               Poet
               Laureat
               ,
               a
               Person
               of
               great
               Probity
               of
               Manners
               ,
               Learning
               ,
               and
               good
               Nature
               :
               His
               Birth
               and
               Education
               (
               as
               I
               have
               been
               told
               )
               he
               owes
               to
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Ireland
               :
               He
               has
               ,
               for
               several
               Years
               ,
               had
               the
               Patronage
               of
               the
               present
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               ,
               and
               has
               Merit
               to
               deserve
               more
               than
               he
               has
               met
               with
               from
               others
               :
               He
               is
               guilty
               of
               Modesty
               ,
               of
               which
               few
               of
               his
               Profession
               know
               much
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               the
               noisy
               pushing
               Man
               in
               Poetry
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               other
               things
               ,
               that
               prevails
               with
               Fame
               as
               well
               as
               Fortune
               .
               But
               now
               to
               his
               Drammatick
               Composures
               .
            
             
               
                 Brutus
                 of
                 Alba
              
               ,
               an
               Opera
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1678.
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               it
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               Charles
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               Middlesex
               .
               Plot
               from
               
                 Virgil's
                 AEneids
                 ,
                 Book
              
               4.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Cuckold's
                 Haven
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 An
                 Alderman
                 no
                 Conjurer
              
               ,
               a
               Farce
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1685.
               acted
               at
               the
               Queen's
               Theatre
               in
               Dorset-Garden
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Col.
               
                 Edmund
                 Ashton
              
               .
               Plot
               from
               
                 Eastward
                 Hoe
              
               ,
               and
               
                 The
                 Devil
                 's
                 an
                 Ass.
              
               
            
             
               
                 A
                 Duke
                 and
                 no
                 Duke
              
               ,
               a
               Farce
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1685.
               acted
               by
               their
               Majesties
               Servants
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Hewyt
              
               .
               In
               this
               Play
               are
               divers
               Songs
               set
               to
               Musick
               with
               thorough
               Basses
               for
               the
               Theorbo
               or
               Bass-Viol
               .
               Plot
               from
               
                 Trappolin
                 supposed
                 a
                 Prince
              
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Ingratitude
                 of
                 a
                 Common-Wealth
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Fall
                 of
                 Caius
                 Martius
                 Coriolanus
              
               ;
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1682.
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               Charles
               ,
               Lord
               Herbert
               ,
               Marques
               of
               Worcester
               .
               Part
               of
               this
               Play
               borrowed
               from
               
               Shakespear's
               
               Coriolanus
               ●
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 Island
                 Princess
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1687.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               Henry
               ,
               Lord
               Walgrave
               .
               Reviv'd
               with
               Alterations
               from
               Fletcher
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Loyal
                 General
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1680.
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               is
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Edward
                 Taylor
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               
                 Lear
                 ,
                 King
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Three
                 Daughters
              
               ;
               an
               Historical
               Play
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1687.
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               it
               is
               Dedicated
               to
               
                 Thomas
                 Boteler
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               and
               reviv'd
               with
               Alterations
               from
               Shakespear
               ;
               and
               now
               call'd
               ,
               
                 The
                 Ancient
                 History
                 of
                 King
                 Lear
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 Richard
                 the
                 Third
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Sicilian
                 Vsurper
              
               ;
               a
               History
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1681.
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 George
                 Raynsford
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               with
               a
               Prefatory
               Epistle
               in
               Vindication
               of
               the
               Author
               by
               Reason
               of
               the
               Prohibition
               of
               this
               Play
               on
               the
               Stage
               .
               Reviv'd
               from
               Shakespear
               .
            
             
               This
               our
               Author
               has
               publish'd
               divers
               Poems
               on
               several
               Occasions
               ,
               some
               of
               them
               printed
               8
               vo
               .
               one
               Volume
               whereof
               are
               all
               his
               own
               ,
               another
               Volume
               by
               several
               Hands
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Tateham
               .
            
             
               CIty
               Poet
               in
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               's
               Time.
               Mr.
               Langbain
               has
               found
               out
               a
               pleasant
               Compensation
               for
               his
               want
               of
               Wit
               ,
               viz.
               his
               Loyalty
               ,
               which
               might
               be
               something
               to
               attone
               for
               the
               Defects
               of
               a
               Servants
               Brains
               ,
               but
               I
               think
               very
               little
               for
               those
               of
               a
               Poet.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Distracted
                 State
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1651.
               
               This
               Play
               was
               written
               Ten
               Years
               before
               printed
               ,
               and
               is
               dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Sidley
              
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 Rump
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Mirrour
                 of
                 the
                 late
                 Times
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1661.
               acted
               at
               the
               private
               House
               in
               Dorset-Court
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Walter
                 Iames
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               This
               Play
               has
               been
               reviv'd
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               
                 The
                 Roundheads
              
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               consult
               our
               
                 English
                 Chronicles
              
               of
               the
               Civil
               Wars
               .
            
             
               
                 Scots
                 Vagaries
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 A
                 Knot
                 of
                 Knaves
              
               ;
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1652.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Robert
                 Dormer
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               This
               Play
               is
               writ
               in
               a
               
                 Sc●tch
                 Dialect
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Love
                 Crowns
                 the
                 End
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1657.
               acted
               by
               the
               Scholars
               of
               Bringham
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Nottingham
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               very
               short
               and
               not
               divided
               into
               Acts
               ;
               you
               may
               find
               it
               printed
               with
               his
               Poems
               ,
               1657.
               8
               vo
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Robert
               Taylor
               .
            
             
               THE
               Author
               of
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Hog
                 has
                 lost
                 his
                 Pearl
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1611.
               divers
               times
               publickly
               acted
               by
               certain
               London
               Prentices
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Thompson
               .
            
             
               A
               Poor
               Plagiary
               ,
               that
               could
               not
               disguise
               or
               improve
               his
               Thefts
               .
            
             
               These
               two
               following
               Plays
               go
               under
               his
               Name
               ;
               viz.
               
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     English
                     Rogue
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1668.
                   acted
                   (
                   says
                   the
                   Title
                   )
                   before
                   several
                   Persons
                   of
                   Honour
                   ,
                   with
                   great
                   Applause
                   ,
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   Mrs.
                   
                     Alice
                     Barret
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Mother
                     Shipton
                     ,
                     her
                     Life
                  
                   ;
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   The
                   Author
                   hereof
                   says
                   ,
                   't
                   was
                   acted
                   Nine
                   Days
                   together
                   ,
                   with
                   great
                   Applause
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   a
                   Book
                   so
                   called
                   in
                   Prose
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   but
                   most
                   of
                   the
                   Characters
                   and
                   Language
                   from
                   
                     The
                     City
                     Madam
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     The
                     Chast
                     Maid
                     of
                     Cheapside
                  
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Nicholas
               Trot.
               
            
             
               HE
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               Arthur
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               .
            
          
           
             
               Richard
               Tuke
               .
            
             
               AUthor
               of
               a
               Play
               that
               represents
               the
               Danger
               of
               the
               Soul
               in
               this
               World
               ,
               and
               was
               once
               called
               
                 The
                 Souls
                 Warfare
              
               ;
               now
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Divine
                 Comedian
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 right
                 Vse
                 of
                 Plays
              
               ,
               improv'd
               in
               a
               Sacred
               ,
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1672.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               Mary
               ,
               Countess
               of
               Warwick
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               Tuke
               .
            
             
               AN
               Essex
               Gentleman
               ,
               a
               Collonel
               ,
               who
               in
               1661.
               translated
               a
               Play
               from
               the
               Spanish
               ,
               called
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Adventurers
                 of
                 Five
                 Hours
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-Comedy
               4
               to
               .
               1662.
               being
               the
               Second
               Edition
               ;
               it
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               
                 Henry
                 Howard
              
               ,
               of
               Norfolk
               .
               This
               Play
               is
               of
               good
               Repute
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Cyril
               Turner
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               who
               writ
               in
               the
               Time
               of
               King
               Iames
               the
               First
               ,
               two
               Plays
               ,
               entituled
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Atheists
                     Tragedy
                  
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   The
                   Conveyance
                   away
                   of
                   Sebastian
                   and
                   Fresco
                   ,
                   on
                   her
                   Husband's
                   approach
                   ,
                   is
                   taken
                   from
                   
                     Boccace's
                     Novels
                     ,
                     Day
                  
                   7.
                   
                   Nov.
                   6.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Loyal
                     Brother
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Revenger's
                     Tragedy
                  
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Tutchin
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               of
               those
               Times
               ,
               who
               has
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Vnfortunate
                 Shepherd
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1683.
               
               This
               is
               printed
               with
               a
               Piece
               call'd
               ,
               
                 A
                 Discourse
                 of
                 Life
              
               ,
               in
               Prose
               ;
               and
               some
               Poems
               on
               several
               Occasions
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             V
          
           
             
               Captain
               
                 Van
                 Brug
              
               .
            
             
               THO'
               this
               Gentleman's
               Modesty
               has
               hitherto
               hindred
               him
               from
               setting
               his
               Name
               to
               any
               of
               the
               Plays
               that
               he
               has
               Writ
               ,
               yet
               they
               are
               so
               Universally
               known
               to
               be
               his
               ,
               and
               own'd
               by
               him
               to
               the
               Stage
               by
               all
               other
               ways
               ,
               that
               it
               cannot
               reasonably
               be
               taken
               amiss
               by
               him
               ,
               to
               find
               his
               Name
               here
               ,
               since
               it
               is
               not
               in
               the
               Power
               of
               Envy
               to
               mention
               it
               ,
               without
               the
               highest
               Value
               and
               Esteem
               .
               This
               Gentleman
               ,
               as
               I
               am
               informed
               ,
               was
               born
               in
               Cheshire
               ,
               and
               by
               more
               than
               a
               Common
               Education
               ,
               and
               Converse
               with
               the
               best
               Company
               qualified
               for
               these
               Performances
               ,
               which
               have
               got
               him
               the
               Preference
               to
               all
               our
               Modern
               Writers
               of
               Comedy
               ,
               since
               Mr.
               Wycherly
               ,
               and
               Sir.
               
                 George
                 Etheridge
              
               have
               left
               the
               Stage
               ;
               and
               with
               all
               the
               due
               Respect
               that
               I
               owe
               those
               two
               great
               Men
               ,
               I
               must
               place
               Mr.
               
                 Van
                 Brug
              
               in
               their
               Form
               ,
               for
               the
               sprightliness
               of
               his
               Wit
               ,
               the
               ea●iness
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               force
               of
               the
               Conversation
               of
               his
               Plays
               are
               such
               ,
               that
               none
               else
               can
               stand
               in
               Competition
               with
               him
               .
               Methinks
               in
               the
               Comparison
               of
               his
               Plays
               ,
               with
               most
               of
               our
               other
               Drammatic
               Pieces
               ,
               there
               is
               the
               same
               difference
               ,
               which
               there
               is
               betwixt
               the
               Draughts
               of
               
                 Van
                 Dike
                 ,
                 Titian
              
               ,
               and
               other
               great
               Masters
               of
               former
               Days
               ,
               and
               some
               of
               our
               best
               Painters
               now
               ;
               these
               are
               indeed
               
               good
               Representations
               ,
               but
               his
               are
               the
               things
               they
               Represent
               ;
               (
               if
               you
               'll
               pardon
               that
               seeming
               Contradiction
               of
               the
               Expression
               )
               many
               of
               our
               Writers
               have
               given
               us
               good
               Images
               of
               the
               Fools
               of
               our
               Age
               ,
               but
               they
               are
               still
               but
               Images
               ;
               but
               ,
               when
               you
               read
               or
               see
               Mr.
               Van
               Brug's
               ,
               you
               see
               the
               very
               Originals
               ,
               all
               is
               so
               free
               ,
               so
               easie
               and
               so
               bold
               ,
               as
               perswade
               them
               to
               be
               no
               Copies
               ,
               you
               evidently
               see
               the
               Lineaments
               of
               Nature
               ,
               without
               the
               stifness
               of
               Art
               ,
               which
               would
               but
               debase
               his
               Work.
               Others
               of
               our
               Comic
               Writers
               ,
               who
               have
               succeeded
               most
               in
               that
               way
               ,
               pick
               out
               Characters
               that
               are
               indeed
               diverting
               enough
               on
               the
               Stage
               ,
               but
               which
               scarce
               one
               sensible
               Man
               in
               a
               Thousand
               can
               read
               in
               his
               Chamber
               ,
               so
               much
               is
               left
               to
               the
               Action
               :
               But
               Mr.
               Van
               Brug's
               Characters
               are
               Compos'd
               of
               that
               part
               of
               Nature
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               so
               Monstrous
               to
               shock
               the
               Reader
               ,
               or
               Nauseate
               his
               Palate
               ,
               but
               which
               yield
               a
               pleasing
               Entertainment
               ;
               he
               puts
               Folly
               into
               such
               a
               Light
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               as
               diverting
               to
               the
               Reader
               as
               Spectator
               ;
               and
               his
               Fools
               are
               so
               pleasing
               ,
               that
               you
               are
               not
               weary
               of
               their
               Company
               before
               they
               leave
               you
               .
            
             
               Another
               Quality
               distinct
               from
               many
               of
               our
               Received
               Poets
               ,
               is
               ,
               That
               his
               Men
               of
               Wit
               are
               really
               so
               ,
               and
               not
               like
               Mr.
               
               Shadwell's
               the
               dullest
               in
               the
               Play
               :
               I
               have
               ventured
               to
               say
               all
               this
               ,
               without
               either
               the
               Prospect
               of
               Encolpius
               in
               
                 Petronius
                 Arbiter
                 ,
                 Vt
                 foris
                 Cenaris
                 Poetam
                 Laudasti
                 ,
              
               or
               the
               fear
               of
               that
               Wity
               Censure
               of
               
                 The
                 Plain
                 Dealer
              
               ,
               for
               
                 choosing
                 to
                 flatter
                 the
                 Poets
                 of
                 the
                 Age
                 ,
                 rather
                 than
                 not
                 flatter
                 at
                 all
                 .
              
               Because
               one
               that
               is
               unknown
               ,
               can
               have
               but
               little
               expectations
               of
               the
               former
               ,
               or
               justly
               deserve
               the
               latter
               ,
               when
               he
               speaks
               but
               what
               is
               justly
               his
               due
               ;
               unless
               the
               Praise
               of
               Wit
               be
               as
               unallowable
               as
               superfluous
               .
               He
               has
               Honoured
               his
               Country
               with
               three
               Plays
               that
               he
               owns
               :
               Of
               these
               in
               their
               Order
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   AEsop
                   ,
                   A
                   Comedy
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   1697.
                   
                   In
                   the
                   Preface
                   we
                   learn
                   both
                   the
                   Fate
                   of
                   the
                   Play
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Author
                   owes
                   his
                   Foundation
                   to
                   the
                   French
                   ;
                   for
                   it
                   was
                   writ
                   Originally
                   in
                   French
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Boursaut
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   almost
                   the
                   same
                   Fate
                   there
                   as
                   here
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   its
                   Success
                   ;
                   the
                   first
                   day
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   lik'd
                   ,
                   the
                   next
                   it
                   scarce
                   gain'd
                   Ground
                   ,
                   the
                   third
                   it
                   held
                   up
                   its
                   Head
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   fourth
                   Triumphed
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   in
                   Paris
                   Acted
                   for
                   near
                   a
                   Month
                   together
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   so
                   far
                   from
                   wanting
                   any
                   Beauties
                   of
                   the
                   French
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   e'ry
                   where
                   excels
                   it
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   extreamly
                   diverting
                   Scene
                   of
                   Sir
                   
                     Polydorus
                     Hog-stye
                  
                   ,
                   may
                   be
                   said
                   to
                   be
                   entirely
                   his
                   own
                   ,
                   as
                   are
                   all
                   the
                   three
                   Scenes
                   that
                   were
                   since
                   added
                   of
                   the
                   Players
                   ,
                   the
                   Senator
                   and
                   the
                   Beau
                   ,
                   and
                   which
                   were
                   receiv'd
                   with
                   Universal
                   Applause
                   ,
                   as
                   indeed
                   they
                   justly
                   merited
                   .
                   It
                   will
                   perhaps
                   be
                   wondered
                   that
                   it
                   should
                   Act
                   so
                   very
                   often
                   in
                   Paris
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   hold
                   out
                   a
                   Fortnight
                   nor
                   ten
                   days
                   here
                   ;
                   for
                   which
                   there
                   may
                   be
                   two
                   Reasons
                   Assigned
                   :
                   First
                   ,
                   in
                   Paris
                   there
                   is
                   not
                   that
                   foolish
                   and
                   extravagant
                   Prejudice
                   against
                   the
                   Stage
                   ,
                   as
                   is
                   entertain'd
                   in
                   a
                   numerous
                   Party
                   of
                   this
                   City
                   ,
                   who
                   rail
                   against
                   that
                   and
                   Common
                   Prayer
                   with
                   an
                   equal
                   Zeal
                   :
                   So
                   that
                   in
                   
                   Paris
                   almost
                   e'ry
                   one
                   goes
                   to
                   the
                   Theatre
                   ,
                   here
                   not
                   the
                   tenth
                   part
                   ,
                   for
                   Hypocrisie
                   and
                   Business
                   here
                   ,
                   divide
                   the
                   greater
                   part
                   to
                   their
                   several
                   and
                   different
                   Offices
                   :
                   Another
                   Reason
                   is
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   Governours
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   were
                   unwilling
                   to
                   wear
                   it
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   balk'd
                   the
                   Run
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   ignorant
                   of
                   the
                   several
                   Objections
                   made
                   against
                   this
                   Play
                   by
                   the
                   Criticks
                   ,
                   viz.
                   that
                   the
                   Scenes
                   are
                   loose
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   at
                   all
                   akin
                   to
                   the
                   Plot●
                   and
                   may
                   be
                   cut
                   out
                   and
                   alter'd
                   in
                   perpetuum
                   ,
                   without
                   the
                   least
                   Injury
                   or
                   Advantage
                   to
                   the
                   thin
                   and
                   frail
                   Design
                   of
                   the
                   Play
                   ;
                   that
                   in
                   Lydia
                   ,
                   before
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   Alexander
                   the
                   Great
                   ,
                   they
                   talk
                   of
                   Iustices
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   ,
                   Fox
                   Hunting
                   ,
                   Flanders
                   Horses
                   and
                   other
                   things
                   which
                   are
                   entirely
                   Modern
                   ;
                   but
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   time
                   that
                   these
                   Accusations
                   must
                   be
                   confess'd
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   ill
                   grounded
                   ;
                   it
                   must
                   be
                   own'd
                   ,
                   that
                   without
                   these
                   Faults
                   we
                   must
                   have
                   lost
                   Beauties
                   of
                   greater
                   Consequence
                   .
                   This
                   I
                   'm
                   sure
                   ,
                   there
                   has
                   never
                   been
                   on
                   the
                   Stage
                   ,
                   a
                   Play
                   of
                   more
                   general
                   Satyr
                   since
                   the
                   
                     Plain
                     Dealer
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   there
                   are
                   such
                   Publick
                   and
                   useful
                   Morals
                   recommended
                   to
                   the
                   Audience
                   ,
                   that
                   will
                   be
                   as
                   beneficial
                   to
                   the
                   Common-weal
                   ,
                   as
                   diverting
                   to
                   the
                   immediate
                   Spectators
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Provok'd
                   Wife
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 in
                 
                   Little
                   Lincolns-Inn-Fields
                
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 1697.
                 
                 To
                 speak
                 of
                 this
                 Play
                 as
                 I
                 ought
                 ,
                 I
                 shou'd
                 have
                 the
                 Pen
                 of
                 the
                 Author
                 who
                 Writ
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 recommending
                 the
                 Reader
                 to
                 a
                 Perusal
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 greatest
                 Praise
                 I
                 can
                 give
                 it
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 cannot
                 omit
                 the
                 Objections
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 made
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 our
                 Criticks
                 ,
                 viz.
                 That
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 loose
                 Play
                 ,
                 without
                 Design
                 ,
                 or
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 a
                 Design
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 such
                 a
                 one
                 as
                 the
                 just
                 Rules
                 of
                 Comedy
                 exclude
                 ,
                 since
                 it
                 teaches
                 the
                 Wives
                 how
                 they
                 ought
                 to
                 return
                 the
                 Brutality
                 of
                 their
                 Husbands
                 .
                 I
                 cannot
                 by
                 any
                 means
                 allow
                 this
                 Objection
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 Design
                 seems
                 to
                 me
                 as
                 just
                 as
                 the
                 Reflections
                 and
                 Wit
                 of
                 it
                 are
                 poinant
                 ,
                 the
                 Conversation
                 lively
                 and
                 genteel
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 rather
                 teaches
                 Husbands
                 how
                 they
                 ought
                 to
                 expect
                 their
                 Wives
                 shou'd
                 make
                 them
                 a
                 Return
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 use
                 them
                 as
                 Sir
                 
                   Iohn
                   Brute
                
                 did
                 his
                 ;
                 such
                 Husbands
                 may
                 learn
                 ,
                 that
                 slighted
                 and
                 abused
                 Virtue
                 and
                 Beauty
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 provoked
                 to
                 hearken
                 to
                 the
                 prevailing
                 Motives
                 of
                 Revenge
                 .
                 I
                 can
                 never
                 think
                 any
                 reasonable
                 Man
                 shou'd
                 suppose
                 a
                 Woman
                 entirely
                 divested
                 of
                 a
                 sense
                 of
                 Humanity
                 ,
                 or
                 insensible
                 either
                 of
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 an
                 agreeable
                 Temptation
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 the
                 Pleasure
                 it
                 yields
                 :
                 and
                 as
                 most
                 of
                 our
                 Vices
                 are
                 the
                 surest
                 Guard
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 source
                 of
                 our
                 Virtues
                 ,
                 I
                 'm
                 confident
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Husbands
                 ill
                 Usage
                 of
                 his
                 Wife
                 deprives
                 himself
                 of
                 her
                 Love
                 ,
                 he
                 dismisses
                 the
                 surest
                 Guard
                 of
                 their
                 common
                 Honour
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 her
                 Pride
                 and
                 Care
                 of
                 her
                 Reputation
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 of
                 force
                 enough
                 against
                 Revenge
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 strong
                 sollicitations
                 of
                 an
                 agreeable
                 Person
                 ,
                 that
                 demonstrates
                 a
                 value
                 for
                 what
                 the
                 Possessor
                 slights
                 :
                 So
                 that
                 it
                 cannot
                 be
                 deny'd
                 ,
                 that
                 this
                 Moral
                 is
                 of
                 admirable
                 Use
                 ;
                 and
                 offers
                 a
                 Truth
                 to
                 our
                 consideration
                 ,
                 
                 which
                 wou'd
                 often
                 prevent
                 the
                 Ruin
                 of
                 Families
                 ,
                 which
                 generally
                 begins
                 with
                 the
                 Husbands
                 Faults
                 .
                 I
                 know
                 of
                 no
                 Thefts
                 in
                 this
                 Play
                 ,
                 or
                 indeed
                 any
                 of
                 this
                 Gentlemans
                 ,
                 but
                 what
                 he
                 has
                 own'd
                 in
                 his
                 Preface
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Relapse
                
                 ,
                 or
                 
                   Virtue
                   in
                   Danger
                
                 ,
                 being
                 the
                 sequel
                 to
                 
                   Loves
                   last
                   Shift
                
                 or
                 
                   The
                   Fool
                   in
                   Fashion
                
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 Acted
                 at
                 the
                 Theatre
                 Royal
                 ,
                 1697.
                 
                 This
                 Play
                 was
                 received
                 with
                 mighty
                 applause
                 ,
                 and
                 spight
                 of
                 the
                 broken
                 Scenes
                 ,
                 which
                 must
                 be
                 allowed
                 an
                 irregularity
                 that
                 might
                 have
                 been
                 avoided
                 ,
                 has
                 its
                 just
                 and
                 uncommon
                 Merits
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 think
                 the
                 Character
                 of
                 my
                 Lord
                 Foppington
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 at
                 all
                 fall
                 short
                 of
                 that
                 Masterpiece
                 of
                 Sir
                 
                   Fopling
                   Flutter
                
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 challenges
                 the
                 next
                 place
                 ,
                 in
                 preference
                 to
                 all
                 of
                 that
                 kind
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 Stage
                 has
                 been
                 almost
                 as
                 Fruitful
                 in
                 Beaux
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Boxes
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               time
               when
               these
               three
               Plays
               were
               written
               is
               uncertain
               ;
               but
               all
               appeared
               in
               a
               little
               time
               of
               one
               another
               ,
               and
               this
               which
               comes
               last
               in
               the
               Alphabet
               ,
               was
               the
               first
               in
               the
               Representation
               ;
               and
               as
               he
               informs
               us
               in
               the
               Prologue
               ,
               was
               Wrote
               in
               six
               Weeks
               ,
               a
               sign
               of
               a
               double
               Blessing
               ,
               of
               bringing
               forth
               without
               Pain
               ,
               and
               even
               Children
               Perfect
               and
               Beautiful
               ,
               without
               the
               usual
               nine
               Months
               Travel
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             W
          
           
             
               Lewis
               Wager
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               (
               who
               was
               a
               Clerk
               in
               Queen
               Elizabeth's
               time
               )
               was
               then
               accounted
               a
               Man
               of
               great
               Learning
               .
               He
               writ
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               her
               Reign
               an
               Interlude
               ,
               stil'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Mary
                 Magdalen
                 ,
                 her
                 Life
                 and
                 Repentance
                 ,
              
               4
               to
               .
               1567.
               
               This
               was
               printed
               in
               an
               old
               Black
               Letter
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               acted
               by
               four
               or
               five
               Persons
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Edmund
                 Waller
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               THis
               Gentleman
               was
               of
               a
               good
               Family
               ,
               and
               Estate
               ,
               the
               last
               ●ncommon
               with
               so
               good
               a
               Poet●
               he
               was
               belov'd
               by
               all
               that
               knew
               him
               ,
               for
               his
               personal
               Merit
               and
               Affability
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               admir'd
               for
               his
               Poetry
               .
               He
               died
               about
               Eight
               Years
               ●ince
               .
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 Maid's
                 Tragedy
              
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               1690.
               
               This
               was
               a
               Play
               of
               
               Fletcher's
               and
               is
               reviv'd
               with
               great
               Alterations
               by
               this
               our
               Author
               ,
               and
               printed
               with
               his
               Works
               .
            
             
               
                 Pompey
                 the
                 Great
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1664.
               acted
               by
               his
               Highness
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Servants
               .
               Translated
               from
               Corneille
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               the
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               Middlesex
               assisted
               .
            
          
           
             
               George
               Wapul
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               who
               has
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Tide
                 tarrieth
                 for
                 no
                 Man
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1611.
               printed
               so
               long
               since
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               Langbain
               could
               not
               find
               what
               Volume
               or
               Date
               it
               was
               of
               .
               It
               is
               stiled
               ,
               A
               most
               pleasant
               and
               merry
               Comedy
               ,
               right
               pithy
               and
               full
               of
               Delight
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               Wayer
               .
            
             
               HE
               has
               a
               Play
               so
               long
               since
               printed
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               Langbain
               could
               never
               gain
               a
               Sight
               of
               it
               .
               The
               Title
               is
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 longer
                 thou
                 Liv'st
                 the
                 more
                 Fool
                 thou
                 art
                 ,
              
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               but
               so
               old
               that
               it
               has
               no
               Date
               .
               It
               has
               also
               this
               Title
               .
               A
               very
               merry
               and
               pithy
               Comedy
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               R.
               Waver
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               as
               unknown
               as
               the
               two
               former
               :
               he
               publish'd
               but
               one
               Play
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               Langbain
               says
               he
               never
               saw
               ,
               entituled
               ,
            
             
               
                 Lusty
                 Iuventus
              
               ,
               an
               Interlude
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               printed
               without
               any
               Date
               .
               Tho'
               Mr.
               Langbain
               attributes
               this
               Play
               to
               
                 R.
                 Waver
              
               ,
               yet
               his
               Name
               is
               not
               to
               the
               Title
               Page
               ,
               nor
               any
               where
               about
               the
               Play
               ,
               to
               give
               him
               that
               Assurance
               ;
               but
               I
               suppose
               he
               depended
               on
               former
               Catalogues
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Webster
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               was
               Clerk
               of
               St.
               Andrews
               Parish
               in
               Hol●ourn
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               Contemporary
               with
               
                 Decker
                 ,
                 Marston
              
               ,
               and
               Rowley
               ;
               so
               he
               join'd
               with
               'em
               in
               several
               Plays
               ,
               besides
               several
               he
               writ
               himself
               ;
               as
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     Appius
                     and
                     Virginia
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1659.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   .
                   There
                   are
                   more
                   Editions
                   than
                   one
                   of
                   this
                   Play
                   ,
                   and
                   has
                   been
                   reviv'd
                   and
                   alter'd
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Betterton
                   .
                   For
                   the
                   Plot
                   see
                   
                     Livii
                     Hist.
                     Florus
                     ,
                     &c.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   
                   
                     The
                     Devil's
                     Law-Case
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     When
                     Women
                     go
                     to
                     Law
                     ,
                     the
                     Devil
                     is
                     full
                     of
                     Business
                     ,
                  
                   a
                   Tragi-Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1623.
                   acted
                   by
                   her
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   Sir
                   
                     Tho.
                     Finch
                  
                   .
                   Plot
                   in
                   part
                   from
                   
                     Skenkii
                     Observat.
                     Medic.
                  
                   p.
                   2●
                   .
                   
                     Goulart's
                     Histoires
                     Admirabiles
                     de
                     nôtre
                     Temps
                     ,
                  
                   Tom.
                   1.
                   and
                   
                     V.
                     Maximus
                  
                   ,
                   lib.
                   1.
                   cap.
                   8.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Dutchess
                     of
                     Malfey
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1623.
                   and
                   1678.
                   first
                   acted
                   privately
                   at
                   Black-Fryars
                   ,
                   then
                   publickly
                   at
                   the
                   Globe
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   ,
                   George
                   ,
                   Lord
                   Barkley
                   .
                   Reviv'd
                   and
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke
                   of
                   
                   York's
                   Theatre
                   .
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Bandello's
                     Novels
                     ,
                     Nov.
                  
                   19.
                   
                   
                     Goulart
                     Hist.
                     Admirab
                  
                   .
                   p.
                   226.
                   
                   
                     Beard
                     's
                     Theatre
                     of
                     God's
                     Iudgments
                  
                   ,
                   Book
                   2.
                   
                   Ch.
                   24.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     White
                     Devil
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Tragedy
                     of
                     P.
                     Giordano
                     Vrsini
                     ,
                     Duke
                     of
                     Brachiano
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     Life
                     and
                     Death
                     of
                     Vittoria
                     Corombona
                     ,
                     the
                     Famous
                     Venetian
                     Curtezan
                  
                   ;
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1612.
                   and
                   1665.
                   first
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Phaenix
                   in
                   Drury-Lane
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Queen's
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   and
                   since
                   reviv'd
                   and
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   .
                
              
            
             
               In
               these
               two
               following
               Plays
               our
               Author
               was
               assisted
               by
               Mr.
               Rowley
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   A
                   Cure
                   for
                   a
                   Cuckold
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1661.
                 
                 This
                 was
                 several
                 Times
                 formerly
                 acted
                 with
                 great
                 Applause
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Thracian
                   Wonder
                
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1661.
                 our
                 Authors
                 call
                 this
                 a
                 Comical
                 History
                 ,
                 several
                 times
                 acted
                 with
                 great
                 Applause
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               
                 Iohn
                 Weston
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               THis
               Author
               ,
               whose
               Name
               is
               not
               Watson
               ,
               as
               
                 Mr.
                 Langbain
              
               mistakes
               ,
               writ
               a
               Play
               in
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second's
               Time
               ,
               stil'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Amazon
                 Queen
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Amours
                 of
                 Thalestris
                 to
                 Alexander
                 the
                 Great
              
               ;
               Tragi-Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1667.
               
               This
               Play
               writ
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               appeared
               not
               on
               the
               Stage
               .
               Plot
               from
               Strabo
               ,
               lib.
               11.
               
               
                 Q.
                 Curt.
              
               lib.
               6.
               and
               Iustin
               ,
               lib.
               3.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Whitaker
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               ,
               in
               King
               Charles
               the
               Second's
               Reign
               ,
               publish'd
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Conspiracy
              
               ,
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 the
                 Change
                 of
                 Government
              
               ;
               a
               Tragedy
               4
               to
               .
               1680.
               in
               Heroick
               Verse
               ,
               and
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke
               of
               
               York's
               Theatre
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Dr.
               
                 Robert
                 Wild.
              
               
            
             
               THis
               Author
               ,
               tho'
               a
               Presbyterian
               Doctor
               ,
               writ
               one
               Play
               and
               divers
               Poems
               ,
               but
               is
               most
               famous
               for
               his
               
                 Iter
                 Boreale
              
               .
               The
               Play
               is
               intituled
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Benefice
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1689.
               
               The
               Design
               taken
               from
               another
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 The
                 Return
                 from
                 Parnassus
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 A
                 Scourge
                 for
                 Simony
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Leonard
               Willan
               .
            
             
               THE
               Author
               of
               a
               Play
               ,
               publish'd
               one
               Pastoral
               in
               Verse
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               As●raea
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 True
                 Love's
                 Mirrour
              
               ;
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               ●
               1651.
               
               It
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Illustrious
               Princess
               ,
               Mary
               ,
               Dutchess
               of
               Richmond
               and
               Lenox
               .
               Plot
               from
               a
               Romance
               so
               called
               .
            
          
           
             
               George
               Wilkins
               .
            
             
               HE
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               and
               writ
               (
               besides
               one
               he
               join'd
               with
               Day
               and
               Rowley
               in
               )
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 M●series
                 of
                 Inforced
                 Marriage
              
               ,
               a
               Tragi-comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1637.
               
               Mrs.
               Behn
               took
               her
               Plot
               and
               great
               part
               of
               the
               Language
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               to
               her
               
                 Town
                 Fop
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 Sir
                 Timothy
                 Tawdry
              
               .
               The
               other
               Play
               he
               join'd
               in
               ,
               is
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 Travels
                 of
                 Three
                 English
                 Brothers
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               Wilmot
               .
            
             
               A
               Poet
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth's
               Reign
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               Request
               of
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Inner-Temple
               ,
               writ
               ,
            
             
               
                 Tanc●ed
                 and
                 Grismond
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1592.
               acted
               before
               her
               Majesty
               by
               the
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Inner-Temple
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               it
               to
               the
               Right
               Worshipful
               and
               Vertuous
               Ladies
               ,
               the
               Lady
               
                 Mary
                 Peter
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Lady
               
                 Ann
                 Grey
              
               .
               Plot
               ,
               Nov.
               1.
               
               Day
               4.
               of
               
                 Boccace's
                 Novels
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Wilson
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               of
               the
               Place
               of
               whose
               Birth
               I
               am
               ignorant
               ;
               he
               was
               once
               Recorder
               of
               Londonderry
               ,
               and
               sometime
               resided
               in
               Dublin
               ,
               where
               he
               writ
               Belphegor
               ,
               which
               was
               afterwards
               acted
               in
               London
               
               He
               died
               about
               three
               Years
               since
               ,
               near
               Leicester-Fields
               ,
               but
               where
               buried
               I
               know
               not
               .
               He
               is
               Author
               of
               four
               Plays
               ;
               viz.
               
               
                 
                   
                     Andronicus
                     Commenius
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1663.
                   
                   Plot
                   from
                   
                     Heylin's
                     Cosmography
                  
                   in
                   the
                   Description
                   of
                   
                     Greece
                     ,
                     Cantacusenus
                     ,
                     Leunclavius
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   Belphegor
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Marriage
                     of
                     the
                     Devil
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1690.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Queen's
                   Theatre
                   in
                   Dorset-Garden
                   .
                   Plot
                   taken
                   from
                   a
                   Novel
                   of
                   Machiavel
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Quevedo's
                     Novels
                  
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Cheats
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   Printed
                   two
                   Editions
                   ,
                   the
                   last
                   1671.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   met
                   with
                   Applause
                   when
                   first
                   acted
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   a
                   diverting
                   Comedy
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Projectors
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1665.
                   
                   This
                   Play
                   met
                   with
                   no
                   great
                   Success
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Robert
               Wilson
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               that
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               and
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Cobler's
                 Prophecy
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1655.
               
            
          
           
             
               Nathaniel
               Wood.
               
            
             
               HE
               was
               a
               Clergy-man
               ,
               and
               liv'd
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               in
               the
               City
               of
               Norwich
               ;
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               calling
               it
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Conflict
                 of
                 Conscience
              
               ,
               a
               Pastoral
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1581.
               
               This
               is
               a
               Play
               of
               Morality
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               presented
               by
               six
               Persons
               .
            
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Wright
               .
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               ,
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               ,
               of
               the
               Middle-Temple
               ,
               and
               is
               yet
               living
               ;
               has
               writ
               Two
               Plays
               ,
               of
               which
               in
               their
               Order
               :
               
                 
                   Thyestes
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1674.
                   dedicated
                   to
                   Bennet
                   ,
                   Lord
                   Sherrard
                   .
                   Translated
                   from
                   Seneca
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Mock
                     Thyestes
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Farce
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                   1674.
                   
                   This
                   is
                   writ
                   in
                   Burlesque
                   Verse
                   ,
                   and
                   printed
                   to
                   be
                   bound
                   up
                   with
                   the
                   former
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Wright
               .
            
             
               I
               Can
               give
               no
               Account
               of
               this
               Author
               ,
               only
               that
               he
               has
               a
               Play
               in
               print
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Female
                 Vertuoso's
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1693.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               Charles
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Winchelsea
               .
               The
               Design
               our
               
               Author
               owns
               none
               of
               his
               own
               ,
               but
               of
               some
               Fri●nd
               from
               the
               French.
               The
               Prologue
               written
               and
               spoke
               by
               Mr.
               Dogget
               ;
               yet
               all
               not
               enough
               to
               make
               it
               take
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               Wycherley
               .
            
             
               A
               Shropshire
               Gentleman
               ,
               who
               has
               excell'd
               all
               Writers
               in
               all
               Languages
               ,
               in
               Comedy
               ,
               and
               most
               of
               the
               Poets
               of
               the
               present
               Age
               in
               generous
               Dealing
               with
               those
               he
               owns
               his
               Friends
               ,
               he
               has
               writ
               Four
               Plays
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Country
                     Wise
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1683.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal.
                   This
                   Play
                   from
                   the
                   beginning
                   has
                   been
                   frequently
                   acted
                   with
                   great
                   Applause
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Gentleman
                     Dancing-Master
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1673.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Duke's
                   Theatre
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Love
                     in
                     a
                     Wood
                  
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     St.
                     Iames's
                     Park
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1672.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   ;
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Dutchess
                   of
                   Cleveland
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Plain
                     Dealer
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Comedy
                   ,
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   1678.
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   by
                   his
                   Majesty's
                   Servants
                   .
                   This
                   is
                   accounted
                   the
                   most
                   excellent
                   of
                   all
                   his
                   Comedies
                   ,
                   of
                   which
                   and
                   the
                   Author
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Dryden
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Evelyn
                   gives
                   a
                   large
                   Encomium
                   .
                   Some
                   of
                   the
                   Characters
                   are
                   in
                   
                     Molliere's
                     Le
                     Misanthrope
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Scarron's
                     City
                     Romance
                  
                   ,
                   8
                   vo
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Y
          
           
             
               Robert
               Yarrington
               .
            
             
               AN
               Author
               in
               Queen
               Elizabeth's
               Reign
               ,
               who
               writ
               one
               Play
               ,
               entituled
               ,
            
             
               
                 Two
                 Tragedies
                 in
                 one
              
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1601.
               
               Two
               Murthers
               ,
               one
               of
               a
               Chandler
               and
               his
               Boy
               ,
               the
               other
               of
               a
               Child
               in
               a
               Wood
               ,
               by
               Order
               or
               Contrivance
               of
               his
               Uncle
               ,
               are
               the
               Subject
               of
               this
               Play.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           SUPPOSED
           AUTHORS
           .
        
         
           
             
               R.
               A.
            
             Gent.
             
          
           
             THIS
             Author
             writ
             one
             Play
             ,
             call'd
             ,
          
           
             
               The
               Valiant
               Welch
               Man
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               True
               Chronicle
               History
               of
               the
               Life
               and
               Valiant
               Deeds
               of
            
             Charadoc
             
               the
               Great
               ,
               King
               of
            
             Cambria
             ,
             
               now
               called
            
             Wales
             ;
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1663.
             acted
             by
             the
             Prince
             of
             
             Wales's
             Servants
             ,
             the
             Plot
             ●rom
             
               Vbaldine
               le
               vite
               del
               donne
               illustre
               ,
            
             p.
             6.
             
             
               Tacitus
               Annals
               ,
               Milton's
               History
               of
               England
               ,
            
             and
             from
             our
             
               British
               Chronicles
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             H.
             B.
             
          
           
             THis
             Author
             has
             publish'd
             one
             Play
             ,
             entituled
             ,
          
           
             
               The
               World's
               Idol
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             Plutus
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             8
             vo
             .
             1650.
             
             Translated
             from
             Aristophanes
             ,
             with
             Notes
             and
             a
             Discourse
             upon
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             P.
             B.
             
          
           
             
               THE
               Mock
               Duellist
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               French
               Vallet
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             supposed
             to
             be
             writ
             by
             
               Peter
               Bellon
            
             ,
             Gent.
             4
             to
             .
             1675.
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre
             Royal
             by
             his
             Majesty's
             Servants
             ,
             and
             dedicated
             to
             the
             vertuous
             ,
             accomplisht
             Lady
             ,
             Madam
             
               S.
               C.
            
             
          
        
         
           
           
             I.
             C.
             
          
           
             THis
             Author
             writ
             a
             very
             diverting
             Play
             ,
             call'd
             ,
          
           
             
               The
               Two
               Merry
               Milk
               Maids
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               best
               Words
               near
               the
               Garland
               ,
            
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1661.
             play'd
             before
             the
             King
             with
             great
             Applause
             ,
             by
             the
             Company
             of
             the
             Revels
             .
             Part
             of
             the
             Plot
             from
             the
             Tenth
             Day
             ,
             Nov.
             5.
             of
             
               Boccace's
               Novels
            
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             Foundation
             of
             several
             Plays
             ,
             as
             
             Fletcher's
             Four
             Plays
             in
             One
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             I.
             D.
             
          
           
             UNder
             these
             Two
             Letters
             are
             these
             Two
             Plays
             following
             :
             
               
                 
                   Hell
                   's
                   High
                   Court
                   of
                   Iustice
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Tryal
                   of
                   Three
                   Politick
                   Ghosts
                   ,
                   viz.
                
                 Oliver
                 Cromwell
                 ,
                 
                   King
                   of
                
                 Sweeden
                 ,
                 
                   and
                   Cardinal
                
                 Mazarine
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1661.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Mall
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Modish
                   Lovers
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1674.
                 acted
                 by
                 the
                 King's
                 Servants
                 ,
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 
                   William
                   Whitcom
                   ,
                   Iunior
                
                 ,
                 
                   Esq
                
                 (
                 supposed
                 by
                 Dr.
                 Hide
                 ,
                 the
                 Proto-Bibliothicarius
                 to
                 the
                 University
                 )
                 to
                 be
                 Mr.
                 
                 Dryden's
                 ,
                 tho'
                 it
                 differs
                 much
                 from
                 the
                 Stile
                 of
                 his
                 Works
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             R.
             G.
             
          
           
             THis
             Translator
             and
             Author
             was
             some
             time
             Master
             of
             Arts
             of
             
               Magdalen-Colledge
               ,
               Oxon
            
             ;
             publish'd
             Two
             Plays
             :
             
               
                 
                   Alphonsus
                   ,
                   King
                   of
                   Arragon
                
                 ,
                 a
                 comical
                 History
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1599.
                 as
                 it
                 has
                 been
                 sundry
                 times
                 acted
                 .
              
               
                 Ignoramus
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1662.
                 very
                 often
                 acted
                 with
                 Applause
                 before
                 King
                 Iames
                 the
                 First
                 ,
                 written
                 originally
                 in
                 Latin
                 and
                 translated
                 by
                 our
                 Author
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             S.
             H.
             
          
           
             THis
             Author
             was
             of
             
               Exeter-Colledge
               ,
               Oxon
            
             ;
             and
             whilst
             Batchelor
             of
             Arts
             ,
             writ
          
           
             
               Sicily
               and
               Naples
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Fatal
               Vnion
            
             ;
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1640.
             
             There
             were
             several
             Copies
             of
             Verses
             in
             Praise
             of
             this
             Play
             ,
             writ
             by
             the
             Students
             of
             Oxon.
             
          
        
      
       
         
         
           SUPPOSED
           AUTHORS
           .
        
         
           
             B.
             I.
             
          
           
             UNDER
             these
             Letters
             are
             printed
             these
             Two
             Plays
             :
             
               
                 
                   Guy
                   ,
                   Earl
                   of
                   Warwick
                
                 ;
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 said
                 by
                 some
                 to
                 be
                 writ
                 by
                 
                   Ben.
                   Iohnson
                
                 ,
                 tho
                 much
                 inferior
                 to
                 the
                 Works
                 of
                 that
                 excellent
                 Poet.
                 
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Bashful
                   Lovers
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1655.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Black-Fryars
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 Servants
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             E.
             M.
             
          
           
             THis
             Author
             writ
             one
             Play
             ,
             call'd
             ,
          
           
             
               Saint
               Cecily
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Converted
               Twins
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1667.
             supposed
             to
             be
             writ
             by
             Mr.
             
               Matthew
               Medbourn
            
             ,
             the
             Comedian
             ,
             and
             dedicated
             to
             Queen
             Catharine
             .
             Plot
             From
             
               Eusebius
               ,
               Epiphanius
               ,
               Baronius
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             N.
             N.
             
          
           
             
               ROme's
               Follies
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Amorous
               Fryars
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             lately
             acted
             at
             a
             Person
             of
             Quality's
             House
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1681.
             
             This
             Play
             (
             which
             has
             been
             omitted
             by
             Mr.
             Langbain
             )
             is
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             Anthony
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Shaftsbury
             .
             There
             's
             not
             enough
             in
             this
             Play
             to
             recommend
             it
             to
             the
             nicer
             Iudges
             of
             Poetry
             :
             Instead
             of
             the
             Author's
             Name
             ,
             we
             only
             find
             the
             Two
             Letters
             above-mentioned
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.
             N.
             
          
           
             
               HVntin●ton's
               Divertisement
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             An
             Interlude
             for
             the
             general
             Entertainment
             of
             the
             County
             Feast
             ,
             held
             at
             
               Merchant
               Taylors-Hall
            
             ,
             printed
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1678.
             by
             
               W.
               N.
            
             and
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Nobility
             and
             Gentry
             of
             that
             Country
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             T.
             P.
             
          
           
             THis
             Author
             has
             published
             two
             Plays
             :
             
               
                 
                   The
                   French
                   Conjurer
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1678.
                 acted
                 at
                 the
                 Duke's
                 Theatre
                 .
                 Plot
                 part
                 of
                 it
                 from
                 Gusman
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Stories
                 of
                 Dorido
                 and
                 Cloridia
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Merchant
                 of
                 Sevil.
                 
              
               
                 
                   A
                   Witty
                   Combat
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Female
                   Victor
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragi-Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1663.
                 acted
                 by
                 several
                 Persons
                 of
                 Quality
                 .
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                   The
                   German
                   Princess
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Novel
                 ,
                 in
                 8
                 vo
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Monsieur
             
               P.
               P.
            
             
          
           
             THis
             Translator
             Publish'd
             ,
          
           
             Ariadne
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Marriage
               of
               Bacchus
            
             ;
             an
             Opera
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1674.
             acted
             by
             the
             Royal
             Academy
             of
             Musick
             at
             the
             Theatre
             Royal
             ,
             and
             dedicated
             to
             the
             King
             ;
             being
             a
             Vocal
             Representation
             from
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             set
             to
             Musick
             by
             Mr.
             Grabutt
             ,
             Master
             of
             the
             King's
             Musick
             .
          
        
         
           
             S.
             P.
             
          
           
             TRoades
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             8
             vo
             .
             1660.
             
             Supposed
             to
             be
             writ
             by
             
               Samuel
               Pordage
            
             ,
             and
             taken
             from
             Seneca
             .
          
        
         
           
             T.
             R.
             
          
           
             A
             Translator
             ,
             who
             publish'd
             this
             one
             Play
             ,
             call'd
             ,
          
           
             
               The
               Extravagant
               Shepherd
            
             ,
             a
             Pastoral
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1654.
             and
             dedicated
             to
             Mrs.
             Thornehill
             ,
             of
             Ollantigh
             ,
             in
             Kent
             .
             Translated
             from
             Corneille
             ;
             Plot
             founded
             on
             Lysis
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Extravagant
               Shepherd
            
             ;
             a
             Romance
             ,
             fol.
             
          
        
         
           
             W.
             R.
             
          
           
             
               CHristmas
               Ordinary
            
             ,
             a
             Private
             Shew
             ;
             wherein
             is
             express'd
             the
             jovial
             Freedom
             of
             that
             Festival
             ;
             as
             it
             was
             acted
             at
             a
             Gentleman's
             House
             among
             other
             Revels
             ;
             printed
             1682.
             
             This
             is
             a
             Piece
             that
             falls
             into
             the
             Number
             of
             Dramatick
             Writings
             ,
             tho
             there
             is
             not
             much
             to
             recommend
             it
             to
             this
             Place
             .
             The
             Author
             
             is
             not
             known
             ,
             but
             there
             are
             two
             Letters
             of
             his
             Name
             put
             to
             the
             Title
             Page
             ;
             (
             viz.
             )
             
               W.
               R.
            
             Master
             of
             Arts.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Coronation
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
            
             ,
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Restauration
               of
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             S.
             Master
             of
             Arts.
             
          
           
             THE
             Author
             of
             this
             ancient
             Play
             ,
             printed
             in
             a
             Black
             Letter
             ,
             is
             styled
             by
             him
             ,
             A
             right
             Pithy
             ,
             Pleasant
             ,
             and
             Merry
             Comedy
             ,
             called
             ,
          
           
             
               Gammer
               Gurton's
               Needle
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1561.
             acted
             at
             
               Christ's-College
               ,
               Cambridge
            
             ,
             near
             a
             Hundred
             Years
             ago
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             S.
             
          
           
             UNder
             these
             Two
             Letters
             are
             publish'd
             these
             following
             Plays
             ,
             viz.
             
             
               
                 Andromana
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Merchants
                   Wife
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1660.
                 
                 Plot
                 from
                 Sir
                 Philip
                 Sidney's
                 Arcadia
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Story
                 of
                 Plangus
                 ,
                 p.
                 155.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Masquerade
                   du
                   Ciel
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Masque
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1640.
                 and
                 dedicated
                 to
                 the
                 Queen
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Phillis
                   of
                   Scyros
                
                 ,
                 a
                 Pastoral
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1655.
                 
                 Translated
                 from
                 the
                 Italian
                 of
                 
                   C.
                   Guidubaldo
                   di
                   Bonarelli
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Prince
                   of
                   Priggs
                   Revels
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Practises
                   of
                   that
                   grand
                   Thief
                   ,
                   Captain
                   Iames
                   Hinde
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 This
                 Piece
                 I
                 cou'd
                 never
                 yet
                 get
                 a
                 Sight
                 of
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             S.
             S.
             
          
           
             THis
             Author
             publish'd
             only
             this
             single
             Play
             ,
             entituled
             ,
          
           
             
               The
               Honest
               Lawyer
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1616.
             acted
             by
             the
             Queen's
             Servants
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             T.
             
          
           
             UNder
             these
             two
             Letters
             we
             may
             find
             two
             Plays
             printed
             ,
             viz.
             
             
               
                 
                   Grim
                   ,
                   the
                   Collier
                   of
                   Croyden
                
                 ;
                 or
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Devil
                   and
                   his
                   Dam
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   Devil
                   of
                   St.
                   Dunstan's
                   ,
                
                 a
                 Comedy
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 1662.
                 
                 Plot
                 from
                 
                 Machiavel's
                 Marriage
                 of
                 Belphegor
                 ,
                 a
                 Novel
                 ,
                 fol.
                 't
                 is
                 also
                 printed
                 with
                 
                 Quevedo's
                 Novels
                 ,
                 8
                 vo
                 .
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 
                   Ternary
                   of
                   Plays
                
                 .
              
               
                 Troas
                 ,
                 a
                 Tragedy
                 ,
                 4
                 to
                 .
                 1686.
                 translated
                 from
                 Seneca
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
           
             C.
             W.
             
          
           
             THis
             Author
             is
             supposed
             to
             be
             
               Christopher
               Wase
            
             ,
             late
             one
             of
             the
             Squire-Beadles
             of
             Oxford
             ,
             who
             publish'd
             a
             Play
             call'd
             ,
          
           
             Electra
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             12.
             
             Hague
             ,
             1649.
             presented
             to
             her
             Highness
             the
             Lady
             Elizabeth
             .
             Translated
             from
             Sophocles
             .
          
        
         
           
             E.
             W.
             
          
           
             ONE
             who
             does
             not
             pretend
             to
             be
             the
             Author
             ,
             but
             the
             Occasion
             of
             publishing
             this
             single
             Play
             ;
          
           
             
               Apollo
               Shr●ving
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             8
             vo
             .
             1627.
             writ
             by
             the
             Master
             of
             Hadleigh-School
             in
             Suffolk
             ,
             and
             acted
             there
             by
             his
             Scholar's
             .
          
        
         
           
             I.
             W.
             
          
           
             UNder
             these
             two
             Letters
             is
             printed
             one
             Play
             ,
             call'd
             ,
          
           
             
               The
               Valiant
               Scot.
            
             4
             to
             .
             1637.
             publish'd
             by
             
               William
               Bowyer
            
             ,
             and
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             Iames
             ,
             Marques
             of
             Hamilton
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             W.
             
          
           
             UNder
             these
             two
             Letters
             the
             Author
             publish'd
             this
             Play
             ,
             entituled
             ,
          
           
             Orgula
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Fatal
               Error
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1658.
             and
             dedicated
             to
             the
             most
             accomplish'd
             Lady
             ,
             the
             Lady
             
               Frances
               Wildegooss
            
             ;
             with
             a
             Preface
             shewing
             the
             true
             Nature
             of
             Poesie
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               M.
               W.
            
             Master
             of
             Arts.
             
          
           
             THE
             Second
             Author
             who
             has
             this
             Play
             in
             the
             Ternary
             of
             Plays
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Marriage-Broker
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Pander
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             8
             vo
             .
             1662.
             
             Plot
             from
             
               English
               Chronicles
            
             ,
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             Sebert
             ,
             King
             of
             the
             
               West
               Saxons
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             R.
             W.
             
          
           
             THis
             ancient
             Author
             publish'd
             a
             Play
             many
             Years
             ago
             ,
             which
             Mr.
             Langbain
             gave
             a
             wrong
             Title
             to
             ,
             by
             reason
             he
             never
             saw
             it
             ,
             and
             is
             entituled
             ,
          
           
             
               The
               Three
               Ladies
               of
               London
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             T.
             W.
             
          
           
             THE
             Third
             Author
             who
             has
             this
             following
             Tragedy
             ,
             in
             
               the
               Ternary
               of
               Plays
            
             ,
             call'd
             ,
          
           
             Thornby-Abby
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               London
               Maid
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             8
             vo
             .
             and
             dedicated
             to
             
               William
               Austin
            
             ,
             
               Esq
            
             by
             
               R.
               D.
            
             the
             Publisher
             ;
             and
             translated
             from
             Plautus
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.
             W.
             
          
           
             THE
             Translator
             of
             this
             following
             Comedy
             ,
             call'd
             ,
          
           
             Manaeehmi
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1515.
             
             This
             Author
             had
             several
             others
             translated
             ,
             tho'
             never
             publish'd
             them
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           UNKNOWN
           AUTHORS
           .
        
         
           
             A
          
           
             
               THE
               Abdicated
               Prince
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Adventures
               of
               Four
               Years
            
             ;
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1690.
             acted
             at
             White-Hall
             ,
             by
             several
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             .
          
           
             
               Abraham's
               Sacrifice
            
             ,
             mentioned
             in
             former
             Catalogues
             ,
             but
             I
             question
             whether
             it
             may
             be
             properly
             called
             a
             Play
             ,
             Mr.
             Langbain
             ,
             or
             my self
             ,
             having
             never
             seen
             it
             .
          
           
             
               An
               Alarum
               for
               London
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Siege
               of
               Antwerp
            
             ;
             with
             the
             Adventurous
             Acts
             ,
             and
             Valiant
             Deeds
             of
             the
             Lame
             Soldier
             ;
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1602.
             play'd
             by
             the
             Servants
             of
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Chamberlain
             .
             Plot
             from
             the
             Tragical
             History
             of
             the
             City
             of
             Antwerp
             ,
             4
             to
             .
          
           
             Albion
             ,
             an
             Interlude
             ,
             mentioned
             in
             former
             Catalogues
             ,
             but
             never
             met
             with
             by
             Mr.
             Langbain
             ,
             or
             my self
          
           
             
               Albion's
               Triumph
            
             ,
             a
             Masque
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1631.
             personated
             at
             Court
             by
             the
             King
             ,
             Queen
             ,
             and
             the
             Lords
             ,
             the
             Sunday
             after
             Twelfth-Night
             ,
             1631.
             
          
           
             Albumazer
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1634.
             play'd
             at
             Cambridge
             before
             the
             King
             ,
             by
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             Trinity-Colledge
             ;
             afterwards
             revived
             at
             the
             King's
             House
             with
             a
             new
             Prologue
             writ
             by
             Mr.
             Dryden
             .
          
           
             Aminta
             ,
             a
             Pastoral
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1628.
             
             Translated
             from
             
             Tasso's
             Aminta
             ,
             with
             Ariadne's
             Complaint
             ,
             in
             Imitation
             of
             Anguilara
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Amorous
               Gallant
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               Love
               in
               Fashion
            
             ;
             sometimes
             under
             the
             Title
             of
             
               The
               Amorous
               Orontus
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1675.
             
             Translated
             from
             a
             French
             Play
             ,
             writ
             by
             
               Th.
               Corneille
            
             ,
             stiled
             ,
             
               L'Amour
               Alamode
            
             ;
             the
             Plot
             from
             a
             Spanish
             Play
             writ
             by
             
               Ant.
               de
               Solis
            
             ,
             named
             ,
             
               El
               Amor
               al
               Vso
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Amorous
               Old
               Woman
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               'T
               is
               well
               if
               it
               take
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1684.
             't
             is
             also
             printed
             with
             another
             Title
             ,
             call'd
             ,
             
               The
               Fond
               Lady
            
             .
          
           
             Andronicus
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             
               Impiety's
               Long
               Success
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               Heaven's
               late
               Revenge
            
             .
             8
             vo
             .
             1661.
             
             This
             Play
             is
             not
             mentioned
             by
             Mr.
             Langbain
             ,
             nor
             can
             I
             learn
             who
             is
             the
             Author
             thereof
             .
          
           
           
             
               Arden
               of
               Feversham
            
             ,
             his
             true
             and
             lamentable
             Tragedy
             ,
             who
             was
             barbarously
             Murthered
             by
             the
             means
             of
             his
             Wife
             ,
             who
             being
             in
             Love
             with
             one
             Mosebie
             ,
             hired
             two
             Ruffins
             ,
             
               Black
               Will
            
             and
             Shakbag
             to
             kill
             him
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1599.
             
             Plot
             from
             
               Goodwin
               ,
               Hayward
               ,
               Hollingshead
               ,
               Baker
               ,
            
             and
             
             Beard
             's
             
               Theatre
               of
               God's
               Iudgments
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Arraignment
               of
               Paris
            
             ,
             a
             Pastoral
             ,
             supposed
             by
             Kirkman
             to
             be
             Mr.
             William
             Shakespear's
             .
          
        
         
           
             B
          
           
             
               THE
               Banish'd
               Duke
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Tragedy
               of
               Infortunatuo
            
             ;
             4
             to
             .
             1690.
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre
             Royal.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Battle
               of
               Alcazar
               ,
               Fought
               in
               Barbary
               ,
               between
               Sebastian
               ,
               King
               of
               Portugal
               ;
               and
               Abdelmelech
               ,
               King
               of
               Morocco
               ;
               with
               the
               Death
               of
               Captain
               Stukely
               ,
            
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1594.
             acted
             by
             the
             Lord
             High
             Admiral
             's
             Servants
             .
             Plot
             from
             
             Heylin's
             Cosmography
             in
             the
             History
             of
             
               Spain
               ;
               De
               rebus
               Lusitan
            
             .
             by
             
               Andr.
               Schottum
               ,
               fol.
            
             and
             
             Fuller's
             Worthies
             .
          
           
             
               Band
               ,
               Ruff
               ,
               and
               Cuff
            
             ;
             accounted
             an
             Interlude
             in
             former
             Catalogues
             ,
             but
             neither
             Mr.
             Langbain
             nor
             my self
             ,
             could
             ever
             procure
             the
             Sight
             of
             one
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Bastard
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1552.
             
             Plot
             and
             part
             of
             the
             Language
             is
             taken
             from
             
               The
               Loves
               of
               Schiarra
               and
               Florelia
               ,
            
             in
             the
             
               English
               Lovers
            
             .
             See
             also
             
               The
               Vnfortunate
               Spaniard
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Bloody
               Duke
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Adventures
               for
               a
               Crown
            
             ,
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1690.
             by
             the
             Author
             of
             
               The
               Abdicated
               Prince
            
             ;
             acted
             at
             the
             Court
             of
             
               Alba
               Regalis
            
             ,
             by
             several
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             .
          
           
             Bonduca
             ,
             with
             an
             Entertainment
             of
             Musick
             ,
             Vocal
             and
             Instrumental
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre
             in
             Dorset-Garden
             ,
             1696.
             4
             to
             .
             and
             dedicated
             by
             Mr.
             Powel
             to
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Iefferys
             .
             This
             Play
             on
             the
             Revival
             (
             for
             it
             is
             scarce
             to
             be
             said
             more
             )
             tho'
             the
             two
             Universities
             club'd
             to
             the
             Alterations
             ,
             did
             not
             succeed
             so
             well
             as
             it
             deserv'd
             ,
             considering
             it
             almost
             all
             
             Fletcher's
             .
          
           
             Braggadocio
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Bawd
               turn'd
               Puritan
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1690.
             by
             a
             Person
             of
             Quality
             .
          
        
         
           
             C
          
           
             
               CAEsar's
               Revenge
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             of
             which
             I
             can
             give
             no
             Account
             .
          
           
             
               Charles
               the
               First
               ,
               King
               of
               England
               ,
               his
               Tragedy
               ,
            
             4
             to
             .
             1649.
             and
             dedicated
             to
             King
             Charles
             the
             Second
             ,
             with
             a
             Copy
             of
             Verses
             in
             Praise
             of
             it
             .
             Plot
             from
             
               English
               Chronicles
            
             .
          
           
           
             
               The
               Combat
               of
               Caps
            
             ,
             a
             Masque
             which
             is
             mentioned
             in
             divers
             Catalogues
             ,
             but
             I
             could
             never
             see
             one
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Commmons
               Condition
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             of
             which
             I
             can
             give
             no
             Account
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Constant
               Nymph
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Rambling
               Shepherd
            
             ,
             a
             Pastoral
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1678.
             acted
             at
             the
             Duke's
             Theatre
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Cornish
               Comedy
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1696.
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre
             Royal
             in
             Dorset-Garden
             ,
             by
             his
             Majesty's
             Servants
             ,
             this
             Play
             was
             writ
             by
             a
             Cornish
             Attorney
             ,
             as
             I
             am
             inform'd
             ,
             who
             had
             better
             have
             kept
             to
             the
             other
             Offices
             of
             the
             Quil
             ,
             so
             very
             different
             from
             those
             of
             Parnassus
             .
             'T
             is
             dedicated
             by
             Mr.
             Powel
             to
             
               Christopher
               Rich
            
             ,
             
               Esq
            
             one
             of
             the
             Patentees
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Theatre
             ;
             and
             usher'd
             in
             ,
             like
             other
             Plays
             that
             miss
             of
             Success
             ,
             with
             a
             Preface
             in
             its
             Vindication
             ,
             let
             its
             Fate
             be
             never
             so
             just
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Coronation
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Restauration
               of
               the
               Protestant
               Religion
               ,
               and
               the
               Downfal
               of
               the
               Pope
               ,
            
             4
             to
             .
             1680.
             being
             a
             most
             excellent
             Play
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             acted
             both
             at
             Bartholomew
             and
             
               Southwark
               Fairs
            
             ,
             with
             great
             Applause
             .
             This
             is
             only
             a
             Droll
             ,
             but
             the
             Success
             the
             Current
             of
             the
             Times
             gave
             it
             ,
             met
             with
             a
             Bookseller
             to
             make
             it
             pass
             the
             Press
             ;
             but
             there
             is
             no
             great
             Poetry
             to
             be
             expected
             from
             it
             ,
             or
             any
             Mastery
             of
             Design
             or
             Conduct
             ;
             yet
             if
             the
             Readers
             have
             a
             mind
             to
             see
             a
             particular
             Account
             of
             the
             Transactions
             of
             that
             glorious
             Queen
             ,
             I
             wou'd
             advise
             them
             ,
             besides
             our
             Chronicles
             of
             
               Stow
               ,
               Speed
               ,
               Baker
               ,
               &c.
            
             to
             read
             the
             great
             
             Cambden's
             Elizabeth
             ,
             and
             Dr.
             
             Burnet's
             
               History
               of
               the
               Reformation
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Costly
               Whore
            
             ,
             a
             comical
             History
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1633.
             acted
             by
             the
             Company
             of
             Revels
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Contention
               between
               York
               and
               Lancaster
               ,
            
             two
             Parts
             ,
             
               with
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               good
               Duke
            
             Humphrey
             ,
             
               and
               the
               Banishment
               and
               Death
               of
               the
               Duke
               of
            
             Suffolk
             ,
             
               and
               the
               Tragical
               End
               of
               the
               Proud
               Cardinal
               of
            
             Winchester
             ,
             
               with
               the
               notable
               Rebellion
               of
            
             Iack
             Cade
             ,
             
               and
               the
               Duke
               of
            
             York's
             
               first
               Claim
               to
               the
               Crown
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1600.
             
             This
             Play
             differs
             very
             little
             from
             the
             second
             Part
             of
             
             Shakespear's
             
               Henry
               the
               Sixth
               ,
               fol.
            
             
          
           
             
               The
               Counterfeits
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1679.
             acted
             at
             the
             Duke's
             Theatre
             .
             Plot
             from
             a
             translated
             Spanish
             Novel
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Trapanner
               Trapann'd
            
             ,
             8
             vo
             .
             1655.
             
             Some
             account
             this
             Play
             to
             be
             Iohn
             Leanard's
             ,
             a
             great
             Plagiary
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Counterfeit
               Bridegroom
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Defeated
               Widow
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1677.
             acted
             at
             his
             Royal
             Highness
             the
             Duke's
             Theatre
             .
             'T
             is
             only
             an
             old
             Play
             of
             
             Middleton's
             ,
             call'd
             ,
             
               No
               Wit
               like
               a
               Woman's
            
             ,
             8
             vo
             .
          
           
             
               Cromwell's
               Conspiracy
            
             ,
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             .
             This
             I
             never
             saw
             .
          
           
           
             
               Cruel
               Debtor
            
             ,
             a
             Play
             only
             nam'd
             by
             Mr.
             Kirkman
             ,
             but
             I
             never
             saw
             ●ny
             such
             .
          
           
             
               Cupid's
               Whirligig
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1616.
             several
             times
             acted
             by
             ●he
             Children
             of
             his
             Majesty's
             Revels
             ,
             and
             dedicated
             by
             the
             Publisher
             ,
             to
             Mr.
             
               Rob.
               Hayman
            
             .
             Plot
             ,
             
               Boccace's
               Novels
               ,
               fol.
            
             
          
           
             
               Cyrus
               ,
               King
               of
               Persia
            
             ;
             a
             Tragedy
             .
          
        
         
           
             D
          
           
             
               DAmon
               and
               Pythias
            
             ,
             a
             History
             .
          
           
             Darius
             ,
             (
             stiled
             )
             a
             pretty
             new
             Interlude
             ,
             both
             pithy
             and
             Pleasant
             ,
             of
             the
             Story
             of
             King
             Darius
             ,
             being
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             third
             and
             fourth
             Chapter
             of
             
               Esdras
               .
               Lond.
            
             1565.
             4
             to
             .
             This
             is
             a
             good
             old
             Play
             ,
             and
             the
             Author
             has
             so
             contriv'd
             it
             ,
             that
             Six
             Persons
             may
             ●asily
             act
             it
             .
             The
             Title
             Page
             refers
             the
             Reader
             to
             the
             Place
             where
             (
             if
             his
             Curiosity
             requires
             it
             )
             he
             may
             read
             the
             Story
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Debauchee
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Cred●lous
               Cuckold
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1677.
             acted
             at
             his
             Highness
             the
             Duke
             of
             
             York's
             Theatre
             .
             'T
             is
             a
             Play
             of
             
             Broome's
             reviv'd
             ,
             call'd
             ,
             
               A
               Mad
               Couple
               well
               match'd
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Destruction
               of
               Ierusalem
            
             .
          
           
             
               Dick
               Scorner
            
             ,
             mentioned
             to
             be
             a
             Play
             in
             Mr.
             
             Kirkman's
             Catalogue
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Divine
               Masque
            
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             dedicated
             to
             General
             Monk
             ,
             by
             one
             
               Anthony
               Sadler
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             E
          
           
             
               EDward
               the
               Third
               ,
               his
               Reign
               ,
            
             a
             History
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1599.
             sundry
             times
             play'd
             about
             the
             City
             of
             London
             .
             Plot
             from
             our
             old
             
               English
               Chronicles
            
             .
          
           
             
               Edward
               the
               Third
               ,
               with
               the
               Fall
               of
            
             Mortimer
             ,
             
               Earl
               of
            
             March
             ,
             a
             History
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1690.
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre
             Royal
             ,
             by
             their
             Majesties
             Servants
             ;
             and
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             Henry
             ,
             Lord
             Viscount
             Sidney
             .
             Plot
             from
             the
             
               English
               Chronicles
               ,
               vide
               Walsingham
               ,
               du
               Chesne
               ,
               Grafton
               ,
               Stow
               ,
               Speed
               ,
               M.
               Westminster
               ,
               Fabian
               ,
               Fro●ssart
               ,
               Pol.
               Virgil
               ,
               Hollingshead
               ,
               &c.
            
             as
             also
             
               AEschasius
               Major
            
             ,
             and
             a
             Novel
             translated
             from
             the
             French
             ,
             stiled
             ,
             
               The
               Countess
               of
               Salisbury
            
             ,
             8
             vo
             .
          
           
             Elvira
             ,
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Worst
               not
               always
               True
            
             ;
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1667.
             
             This
             is
             by
             some
             ascribed
             to
             the
             Lord
             Digby
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Empress
               of
               Morocco
            
             ,
             a
             Farce
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1674.
             acted
             by
             his
             Majesty's
             Servants
             .
             Said
             to
             be
             writ
             by
             
               Tho.
               Duffet
            
             .
          
           
             
               English
               Men
               for
               Money
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               A
               Woman
               will
               have
               her
               Will
            
             ;
             a
             very
             pleasant
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1656.
             often
             acted
             with
             great
             Applause
             .
          
           
           
             
               The
               English
               Princes
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Death
               of
            
             Richard
             
               the
               Third
            
             ;
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1673.
             
             This
             Play
             is
             ascribed
             to
             
               Iohn
               Carel
            
             ,
             and
             writ
             in
             Heroick
             Verse
             .
             Plot
             from
             
               Hollingshead
               ,
               Speed
               ,
               Baker
               ,
               Stow
               ,
               Fabian
               ,
               Grafton
               ,
               Pol.
               Virgil
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Enough
               's
               as
               good
               as
               a
               Feast
               ,
            
             a
             Comedy
             .
          
           
             
               Every
               Woman
               in
               her
               Humour
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1609.
             
          
        
         
           
             F
          
           
             
               THE
               Factious
               Citizen
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Melancholy
               Visioner
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1685.
             acted
             at
             the
             Duke's
             Theatre
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Faithful
               Shepherd
            
             ,
             a
             Pastoral
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             Plot
             from
             
               Guarini's
               Il
               Pastor
               Fido.
            
             
          
           
             
               Fair
               Em
               ,
               the
               Miller's
               Daughter
               of
               Manchester
               ;
               with
               the
               Love
               of
               William
               the
               Conqueror
               ,
            
             a
             pleasant
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1631.
             often
             acted
             in
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             by
             the
             Servants
             of
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Strange
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Fairy
               Queen
            
             ,
             an
             Opera
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1692.
             represented
             at
             the
             Queen's
             Theatre
             ,
             by
             their
             Majesties
             Servants
             .
             There
             's
             a
             Preface
             prefixt
             to
             it
             ,
             in
             Defence
             of
             Opera's
             ,
             &c.
             
             'T
             is
             wholly
             borrowed
             from
             the
             
               Midsummer-Night's
               Dream
            
             ,
             of
             Shakespear
             ,
             tho'
             there
             is
             no
             such
             Acknowledgment
             by
             this
             Author
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Fair
               Maid
               of
               Bristow
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1605.
             play'd
             before
             the
             King
             and
             Queen
             at
             
               Hampton
               Court.
            
             
          
           
             
               The
               False
               Favourite
               Disgrac'd
               ,
               and
               the
               Reward
               of
               Loyalty
            
             ;
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             8
             vo
             .
             1657.
             
             This
             Play
             is
             ascribed
             to
             
               George
               Gerbier
               D'Ouvilly
            
             ,
             but
             never
             acted
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Fatal
               Iealousie
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1673.
             acted
             at
             the
             Duke's
             Theatre
             ,
             and
             ascribed
             by
             some
             to
             Mr.
             Pane.
             Plot
             from
             
               Iohannes
               Gigas's
               Postills
            
             ;
             see
             also
             
               Theatre
               of
               God's
               Iudgments
            
             ,
             part
             2.
             p.
             55.
             
             
               Vnfortunate
               Lovers
            
             ,
             Nov.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Feign'd
               Astrologer
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1668.
             translated
             from
             the
             French
             of
             Monsieur
             
               Corneille
               ,
               Iunior
            
             .
             Plot
             from
             
               Calderon's
               El
               Astrologo
               fingido
            
             .
          
           
             
               Fidele
               and
               Fortunatus
            
             ,
             in
             former
             Catalogues
             has
             been
             ascribed
             to
             one
             Barker
             .
          
           
             
               Flora's
               Vagaries
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1670.
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre
             Royal
             ,
             by
             his
             Majesty's
             Servants
             ;
             ascribed
             to
             Mr.
             Rhodes
             .
             Plot
             is
             founded
             on
             
               Boccace's
               Third
               Day
               ,
               Nov.
            
             3.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Folly
               of
               Priestcraft
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1690.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Fond
               Lady
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             The
             same
             with
             
               The
               Amorous
               Old
               Woman
            
             ,
             only
             different
             Titles
             .
          
           
           
             Free-Will
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             translated
             from
             the
             Italian
             ,
             by
             
               H.
               C.
            
             supposed
             to
             be
             
               Henry
               Cheek
            
             .
          
           
             
               Fulgius
               and
               Lucrelle
            
             ,
             I
             can
             say
             nothing
             of
             this
             Play
             ,
             having
             never
             seen
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             G
          
           
             
               THE
               Gentile
               Craft
            
             ,
             see
             
               Shoomakers
               Holiday
            
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             same
             Play.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Ghost
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Woman
               wears
               the
               Breeches
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             writ
             in
             the
             Year
             ,
             1640.
             and
             printed
             4
             to
             .
             1650.
             
          
        
         
           
             H
          
           
             
               THE
               Hector
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               False
               Challenge
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1656.
             
          
           
             
               Henry
               the
               Fifth
               ,
               with
               the
               Battel
               of
               Agen-Court
            
             ;
             a
             History
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1617.
             acted
             by
             the
             King's
             Majesty's
             Servants
             .
             Plot
             from
             the
             
               English
               Chronicles
               ,
               viz.
               Stow
               ,
               Speed
               ,
               Baker
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             Histriomastrix
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Player
               whipt
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1610.
             
             This
             Play
             was
             writ
             in
             the
             time
             of
             Queen
             Elizabeth
             .
          
           
             
               Hoffman
               his
               Tragedy
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               A
               Revenge
               for
               a
               Father
            
             ;
             acted
             with
             great
             Applause
             ,
             at
             the
             Phaenix
             in
             Drury-Lane
             ,
             dedicated
             by
             
               Hugh
               Perry
            
             ,
             to
             his
             Honoured
             Friend
             Mr.
             
               Richard
               Kilvert
            
             .
          
           
             
               How
               to
               chuse
               a
               good
               Wife
            
             from
             a
             Bad
             one
             ,
             a
             pleasant
             conceited
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1634.
             several
             times
             acted
             by
             the
             servants
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             Worcester
             .
             The
             Foundation
             of
             this
             Play
             is
             taken
             from
             a
             Novel
             in
             
               Cynthio
               Giraldi
            
             ,
             Dec.
             3.
             
             Nov.
             5.
             the
             Story
             of
             Anselmes
             saving
             of
             young
             
             Arthur's
             Wife
             ,
             is
             related
             in
             several
             Novels
             ;
             vide
             the
             Ninth
             Novel
             of
             
               The
               Pleasant
               Companion
            
             (
             printed
             in
             8
             
               vo
               .
               London
            
             ,
             1684.
             )
             stil'd
             ,
             
               Love
               in
               the
               Grave
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
          
           
             
               IAck
               Drums
               Entertainment
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Comedy
               of
               Pasquil
               and
               Catherine
               ,
            
             4
             to
             .
             1616.
             several
             times
             acted
             by
             the
             Children
             of
             Pauls●
             Mammon's
             poysoning
             of
             Catherine●s
             Face
             ,
             resembles
             the
             Usage
             of
             Demagoras
             to
             Parthenia
             ,
             in
             Argulus
             and
             Parthenia
             .
          
           
             
               Iack
               Iugler
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             according
             to
             old
             Catalogues
             ,
             but
             I
             could
             never
             procure
             one
             .
          
           
             
               Iack
               Straw's
               Life
               and
               Death
            
             ,
             a
             notorious
             Rebel
             in
             England
             ,
             who
             was
             kill'd
             in
             Smithfield
             by
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             of
             London
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             159●
             .
             This
             Play
             is
             divided
             into
             but
             Four
             Acts.
             Plot
             in
             the
             
               English
               Chronicles
               ,
               
               viz.
               Baker
               ,
               Speed
               ,
               Stow
               ,
            
             &c.
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             Richard
             the
             Second
             .
          
           
             
               Iacob
               and
               Esau
            
             ,
             an
             Interlude
             ,
             this
             Play
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             easy
             to
             be
             perceived
             ,
             is
             founded
             on
             Scripture
             .
             See
             Genesis
             ,
             Chap.
             25
             ,
             26
             ,
             &c.
             See
             also
             Iosephus
             ,
             Lib.
             1.
             
             
               Tornelli
               Annales
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Iames
               the
               Fourth
            
             ,
             a
             History
             .
             The
             Play
             is
             founded
             on
             the
             King
             of
             Scotland
             of
             that
             Name
             .
          
           
             Ieronymo
             ,
             the
             First
             Part
             ,
             with
             the
             Wars
             of
             Portugal
             ;
             or
             ,
             The
             Spanish
             Tragedy
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1605.
             containing
             the
             Life
             and
             Death
             of
             
               Iohn
               Andraea
            
             .
          
           
             
               Ieronymo
               is
               mad
               again
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             The
             Spanish
             Tragedy
             ;
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             containing
             the
             lamentable
             End
             of
             
               D.
               Horatio
            
             and
             Bellimperin
             ,
             with
             the
             pitiful
             Death
             of
             Ieronymo
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1623.
             
             There
             are
             some
             Authors
             that
             have
             quoted
             several
             Lines
             out
             of
             this
             Play
             ,
             
               viz.
               Ben.
               Iohnson
            
             in
             
               Every
               Man
               in
               his
               Humour
               ,
               Shirley
            
             in
             his
             
               Bird
               in
               a
               Cage
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Impatient
               Poverty
            
             ,
             stiled
             a
             Comedy
             by
             some
             Catalogues
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Imperial
               Tragedy
               ;
               fol.
            
             1669.
             acted
             at
             the
             Nursery
             in
             Barbican
             ,
             Plot
             from
             Marcellinus
             and
             Cassiodorus
             ,
             in
             their
             Chronicles
             about
             Zenon
             ;
             see
             also
             ,
             
               Baronius
               ,
               Godeau
               ,
               Zonarus
               ,
               &c.
            
             't
             is
             by
             some
             ascribed
             to
             Sir
             
               William
               Killigrew
            
             ,
             and
             translated
             from
             the
             Latin.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Int●rlude
               of
               Youth
            
             ,
             a
             serious
             ,
             old
             ,
             instructive
             Piece
             ,
             written
             in
             Verse
             in
             4
             to
             .
          
           
             
               Iohn
               the
               Evangelist
            
             ,
             The
             Title
             page
             of
             this
             also
             shews
             the
             Subject
             Divine
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Iovial
               Crew
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Devil
               turn'd
               Ranter
            
             ;
             an
             Interlude
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1651.
             
             This
             is
             a
             Character
             of
             
               The
               Roaring
               Ranters
            
             of
             those
             Times
             represented
             in
             a
             Comedy
             .
          
        
         
           
             K
          
           
             
               KIng
               Edgar
               and
               Alfreda
            
             ,
             a
             History
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             Plot
             from
             
               English
               Chr●nicles
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               King
               and
               Queen's
               Entertainment
               at
            
             Richmond
             ,
             
               after
               their
               leaving
            
             Oxford
             ,
             in
             a
             Masque
             ,
             presented
             by
             the
             most
             Illustrious
             Prince
             
               Charles
               ,
               September
            
             12.
             1636.
             and
             dedicated
             to
             her
             Majesty
             ,
             the
             Queen
             of
             
               Great
               Britain
            
             ,
             by
             a
             Copy
             of
             Verses
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Knack
               how
               to
               know
               an
               Honest
               Man
               ,
            
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1596.
             
             'T
             is
             entituled
             a
             pleasant
             conceited
             Comedy
             ,
             as
             it
             has
             been
             sundry
             times
             play'd
             about
             the
             City
             of
             London
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Knack
               how
               to
               know
               a
               Knave
               ,
            
             a
             very
             pleasant
             and
             merry
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1594.
             several
             times
             acted
             by
             
               Edw.
               Allen
            
             ,
             with
             
             Kemp's
             applauded
             Merriments
             of
             the
             Men
             of
             Goteham
             ,
             in
             receiving
             the
             King
             into
             Goteham
             .
             Plot
             from
             the
             Story
             of
             King
             
               Edgar
               ,
               Ethenwald
            
             
             and
             Alfreda
             ;
             see
             also
             
               Walsingham
               ,
               Grafton
               ,
               Malmesbury
               ,
               Stow
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               The
               Knave
               in
               Grain
               new
               vampt
               ,
            
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1640.
             acted
             at
             the
             Fortune
             with
             very
             great
             Applause
             .
          
           
             
               Knavery
               in
               all
               Trades
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Coffee-House
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1664.
             acted
             in
             the
             Christmas
             Holy-days
             ,
             by
             several
             Apprentices
             with
             great
             Applause
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Knight
               of
               the
               Golden
               Shield
               .
            
             See
             Sir
             Clyomon
             .
          
        
         
           
             L
          
           
             
               THE
               Lady
               Alimony
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Alimony-Lady
            
             ;
             an
             excellent
             pleasant
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1659.
             duly
             authorised
             ,
             daily
             acted
             ,
             and
             frequently
             followed
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Late
               Revolution
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Happy
               Change
            
             ;
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             acted
             throughout
             the
             English
             Dominions
             ,
             in
             the
             Year
             1688.
             written
             by
             a
             Person
             of
             Quality
             ,
             and
             printed
             in
             4
             to
             .
             1690.
             the
             Epistle
             Dedicatory
             is
             to
             all
             true
             English
             Men
             ,
             &c.
             
             This
             Play
             or
             Story
             is
             what
             the
             Title
             Bears
             ,
             
               viz.
               The
               Transactions
               of
               the
               Late
               King
               's
               leaving
               the
               Nation
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Laws
               of
               Nature
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             by
             former
             Catalogues
             ;
             but
             I
             question
             whether
             any
             such
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Levellers
               Levelled
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Independents
               Conspiracy
               to
               root
               ou●
               Monarchy
            
             ;
             an
             Interlude
             written
             by
             
               Mercurius
               Pragmaticus
            
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1647.
             
             This
             is
             dedicated
             to
             the
             late
             King
             Charles
             the
             Second
             .
          
           
             
               Liberality
               and
               Prodigality
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             .
          
           
             Lingua
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Combat
               of
               tho
               .
               Tongue
               and
               the
               five
               Senses
               for
               Superiority
            
             ;
             a
             pleasant
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             Mr.
             Winstanly
             says
             ,
             that
             
               Oliver
               Cromwell
            
             ,
             the
             late
             Usurper
             ,
             acted
             the
             part
             of
             Lactus
             ,
             in
             Cambridge
             ,
             which
             first
             inspir'd
             him
             with
             Ambition
             .
          
           
             
               London
               Chanticlers
            
             ,
             a
             witty
             Comedy
             ,
             full
             of
             various
             and
             delightful
             Mirth
             ,
             often
             acted
             with
             great
             Applause
             ,
             and
             printed
             4
             to
             .
             1659.
             
          
           
             
               Look
               about
               you
            
             ,
             a
             pleasant
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1600.
             play'd
             by
             the
             Servants
             of
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             Lord
             High
             Admiral
             .
             For
             the
             Historical
             Part
             ,
             see
             the
             
               English
               Chronicles
               ;
               viz.
               Baker
               ,
               Speed
               ,
               Pol.
               Virgil
               ,
               Daniel
               ,
               &c.
            
             in
             the
             Reign
             of
             King
             Henry
             the
             Second
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Lost
               Lady
            
             ,
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             fol.
             
          
           
             
               Love
               A-la-mode
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1663.
             acted
             at
             Middlesex
             House
             ,
             with
             great
             Applause
             .
             This
             Play
             is
             justified
             by
             the
             Author
             ,
             who
             ,
             if
             we
             believe
             the
             Title
             Page
             ,
             is
             a
             Person
             of
             Honour
             .
          
           
             
               Love's
               Loadstone
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             of
             which
             I
             refer
             you
             to
             the
             Letter
             P.
             where
             you
             may
             find
             some
             Account
             of
             it
             under
             the
             Title
             of
             Pathomachia
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Battle
               of
               Affections
            
             ;
             which
             is
             the
             same
             Play
             ,
             1630.
             
          
           
           
             Luminalia
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Festival
               of
               Light
            
             ;
             a
             Masque
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1637.
             this
             was
             personated
             (
             the
             same
             Year
             )
             on
             Shrove-Tuesday-Night
             ,
             by
             the
             Queen's
             Majesty
             and
             her
             Ladies
             .
             Mr.
             
               Inigo
               Iones
            
             assisted
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
          
           
             
               MAnhood
               and
               Wisdom
            
             ,
             a
             Play
             mentioned
             in
             other
             Catalogues
             .
          
           
             
               Marcus
               Tullius
               Cicero
            
             ,
             that
             famous
             Orator
             ,
             his
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1651.
             writ
             in
             Imitation
             of
             
               Catiline's
               Conspiracy
            
             ,
             by
             Iohnson
             .
             Plot
             
               Plutarch
               in
               vita
               Ciceronis
               ,
               Appian
               ,
               Dion
               ,
               Lambin
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               Marriage
               of
               Wit
               and
               Science
            
             ,
             an
             Interlude
             .
          
           
             
               Master
               Turbulent
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Melancholicks
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1682.
             as
             it
             was
             acted
             at
             the
             Duke's
             Theatre
             .
          
           
             
               Masque
               of
               Flowers
            
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1614.
             presented
             at
             the
             Banquetting-House
             at
             White-Hall
             ,
             by
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             Grays-Inn
             ,
             on
             Twelfth-Night
             ,
             1631.
             
             It
             is
             dedicated
             to
             Sir
             
               Francis
               Bacon
            
             ,
             then
             Attorney
             General
             .
          
           
             
               Massianello
               ,
               his
               Tragedy
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Rebellion
               of
               Naples
            
             ;
             8
             vo
             .
             1631.
             
             This
             is
             dedicated
             to
             
               Iohn
               Caesar
            
             ,
             of
             Hyde-Hall
             ,
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Hertford
             ,
             
               Esq
            
             Plot
             from
             
             Giraffi's
             History
             of
             Naples
             ,
             Englished
             by
             
               Iames
               Howel
            
             .
          
           
             
               Mercurius
               Britanicus
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               English
               Intelligencer
            
             ;
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             This
             Play
             reflects
             much
             upon
             the
             Iudges
             ,
             
               Cook
               ,
               Hutton
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Persons
             concerned
             in
             the
             Business
             of
             Ship-Money
             .
             It
             has
             but
             four
             Acts.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Merry
               Devil
               of
               Edmonton
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1655.
             
             Plot
             ,
             
             Fuller's
             
               Church
               Hist.
               p.
            
             186.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Morning
               Ramble
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Town-Humours
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1673.
             acted
             at
             the
             Duke's
             Theatre
             .
             This
             Play
             some
             think
             to
             be
             written
             by
             one
             Mr.
             Pane.
             
          
           
             
               Mucedorus
               ,
               the
               King's
               Son
               of
               Valencia
               ;
               and
               Amadon
               ,
               the
               King's
               Daughter
               of
               Arragon
            
             ;
             with
             the
             Merry
             Conceits
             of
             Mouse
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1668.
             acted
             at
             the
             Globe
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             before
             the
             King
             at
             White-Hall
             .
             Supposed
             to
             be
             writ
             by
             Shakespear
             ,
             and
             printed
             formerly
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Muse
               of
               New-market
            
             ,
             containing
             three
             Drolls
             ;
             
               viz.
               The
               Mery
               Milk
               Maids
               of
               Islington
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Rambling
               Gallants
               defeated
               :
               Love
               lost
               in
               the
               Dark
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Drunken
               Couple
               :
               The
               Politick
               Whore
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Conceited
               Cuckold
            
             .
             4
             t.
             .
             1681.
             acted
             (
             as
             the
             Title
             says
             )
             at
             New-market
             .
             All
             three
             Drolls
             stollen
             from
             other
             Plays
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Mistaken
               Beauty
            
             ,
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Lyar
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1685.
             acted
             by
             their
             Majesties
             Servants
             ,
             at
             the
             Theatre
             Royal.
             Translated
             from
             
               Corneille's
               Le
               Menteur
            
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             N
          
           
             
               NEglected
               Vertue
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Vnhappy
               Conqueror
            
             ;
             a
             Play
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre
             Royal
             ,
             by
             his
             Majesty's
             Servants
             ,
             1696.
             4
             to
             .
             and
             dedicated
             by
             Mr.
             Horden
             the
             Player
             ,
             to
             the
             Honourable
             ,
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Smith
            
             ,
             Baronet
             ,
             &c.
             in
             which
             he
             lets
             his
             Patron
             know
             its
             ill
             Success
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             's
             none
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             and
             in
             that
             he
             's
             much
             in
             the
             Right
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             Comical
             Part
             is
             taken
             out
             of
             Fletcher
             .
          
           
             
               Nero's
               Tragedy
            
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             writ
             many
             Years
             since
             ;
             another
             bearing
             the
             like
             Title
             ,
             was
             writ
             and
             publish'd
             by
             Mr.
             Lee.
             Plot
             or
             Hist.
             from
             
               Suetonius
               in
               vita
               Neronis
               ,
               Aurelius
               Victor
               ,
               Sulpitius
               Severus
               ,
            
             and
             
               Tacitus
               Annal.
            
             
          
           
             
               A
               New
               Custom
            
             ,
             an
             Interlude
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1573.
             
             It
             contains
             but
             three
             Acts
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             acted
             by
             four
             Persons
             .
             This
             being
             writ
             in
             Queen
             Elizabeth's
             Time
             ,
             was
             purposely
             to
             vindicate
             the
             Reformation
             .
          
           
             New-market-Fair
             ,
             the
             First
             Part
             ,
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
          
           
             New-market-Fair
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               Mrs.
               Parliament's
               New
               Figaries
            
             ;
             the
             Second
             Part
             ,
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1649.
             and
             the
             Title
             tells
             you
             ,
             writ
             by
             the
             
               Man
               in
               the
               Moon
            
             ,
             and
             printed
             at
             
               You
               may
               go
               look
            
             .
             The
             Intent
             of
             these
             Two
             Plays
             are
             to
             expose
             the
             Rebels
             against
             King
             Charles
             the
             First
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Nice
               Wanton
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             .
          
           
             
               No
               Body
               ,
               and
               Some
               Body
            
             ;
             with
             the
             true
             Chronicle
             History
             of
             Elydure
             ,
             who
             was
             fortunately
             three
             times
             Crown'd
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             acted
             by
             the
             Queen's
             Majesty's
             Servants
             .
             It
             is
             not
             divided
             into
             Acts.
             For
             the
             true
             Story
             consult
             our
             
               English
               Chronicles
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             O
          
           
             
               AN
               Old
               Wives
               Tale.
            
             
          
           
             
               Orlando
               Furioso
               ,
               One
               of
               the
               Twelve
               Peers
               of
               Fr●nce
            
             ;
             a
             Hist.
             4
             to
             .
             1594.
             acted
             before
             the
             Queen's
             Majesty
             .
             It
             is
             not
             divided
             into
             Acts
             :
             Translated
             by
             Sir
             
               Iohn
               Harrington
            
             from
             
             Ariosto's
             Poem
             so
             called
             .
          
        
         
           
             P
          
           
             
               PAstor
               Fido
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Faithful
               Shepherd
            
             ;
             a
             Pastoral
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1602.
             written
             in
             Italian
             by
             Guarini
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             translated
             into
             English
             by
             this
             Author
             ,
             who
             conceals
             his
             Name
             ;
             but
             (
             if
             we
             believe
             the
             Bookseller
             who
             printed
             it
             after
             his
             Decease
             ,
             was
             a
             Relation
             to
             Sir
             
               Edward
               Dimock
            
             ,
             then
             Queen
             Elizabeth's
             Champion
             .
             Sir
             
             
               Richard
               Fanshaw
            
             and
             Mr.
             Settle
             have
             both
             put
             their
             Pens
             to
             the
             same
             Subject
             .
          
           
             Pathomachia
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Battle
               of
               Affections
               ,
               Shadowed
               by
               a
               Feigned
               Seige
               of
               the
               City
            
             Pathopolis
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1630.
             published
             by
             one
             Constable
             ,
             and
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Lord
             Hunsdon
             :
             But
             is
             the
             same
             Play
             as
             
               Love's
               Loadstone
            
             ,
             only
             different
             in
             Title
             .
          
           
             
               Patient
               Grissel
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             .
             Plot
             from
             
             Boccace's
             Novels
             ,
             Day
             10.
             
             Nov.
             10
             fol.
             
          
           
             
               Pausanias
               ,
               the
               Betrayer
               of
               his
               Country
               ,
            
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre
             Royal
             ,
             by
             his
             Majesty's
             Servants
             ;
             written
             by
             a
             Person
             of
             Quality
             ,
             1696.
             4
             to
             .
             and
             dedicated
             to
             
               Anthony
               Henly
            
             ,
             of
             the
             Grange
             in
             Hampshire
             ,
             
               Esq
            
             by
             Mr.
             Southern
             ;
             the
             Epilogue
             being
             writ
             by
             Mr.
             Henly
             ,
             and
             the
             Prologue
             by
             an
             unknown
             Hand
             .
             Mr.
             Southern
             in●orms
             us
             in
             the
             Epistle
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             put
             into
             his
             Hands
             by
             a
             Person
             of
             Quality
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Play
             is
             built
             on
             the
             Model
             of
             the
             Ancients
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             the
             Reformation
             of
             the
             French
             Stage
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             of
             Opinion
             that
             there
             is
             something
             of
             the
             Manly
             Force
             of
             the
             Ancients
             in
             it
             :
             tho'
             the
             perverted
             Iudgments
             of
             the
             Town
             could
             not
             relish
             it
             .
             The
             Story
             you
             will
             find
             in
             his
             Life
             in
             Plutarch
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Pedlar's
               Prophecy
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             .
          
           
             Philotus
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             printed
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             1612.
             
             This
             Play
             shews
             the
             Mischiefs
             oft-times
             happening
             by
             Old
             Age
             Marrying
             with
             Youth
             .
          
           
             
               Piso's
               Conspiracy
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1676.
             acted
             at
             the
             Duke's
             Theatre
             .
             This
             is
             no
             more
             than
             the
             Tragedy
             of
             Nero
             ,
             with
             a
             Title
             chang'd
             ,
             and
             if
             you
             compare
             them
             ,
             will
             find
             no
             Difference
             throughout
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Presbyterian
               Lash
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               Noctroff's
               Maid
               Whipt
            
             ;
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1661.
             and
             ,
             says
             the
             Title
             Page
             ,
             acted
             in
             the
             Great
             Room
             at
             the
             Pye-Tavern
             at
             Algate
             ,
             by
             Noctroff
             the
             Priest
             ,
             and
             several
             of
             his
             Parishoners
             at
             the
             eating
             of
             a
             Chine
             of
             Beef
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Promises
               of
               God
               manifested
            
             ,
             this
             has
             been
             in
             former
             Catalogues
             as
             a
             Dramatick
             Piece
             ,
             but
             whether
             it
             be
             so
             I
             much
             question
             .
          
           
             
               Promus
               and
               Cassandra
            
             ,
             in
             Two
             Parts
             .
          
        
         
           
             Q
          
           
             
               THE
               Queen
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Excellency
               of
               her
               Sex
            
             ;
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1653.
             published
             by
             
               Alexander
               Gough
            
             ,
             being
             given
             him
             by
             a
             Person
             of
             Honour
             ;
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Lady
             
               Catharine
               Mohun
            
             .
             Plot
             ,
             part
             of
             it
             from
             
               Bandello's
               Novels
            
             ,
             and
             part
             from
             
               Histoires
               Tragicques
               par
               de
               Bellesorest
            
             ,
             8
             vo
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             R
          
           
             
               THE
               Rampant
               Alderman
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               News
               from
               the
               Exchange
            
             ;
             a
             Farce
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1685.
             
             This
             is
             taken
             out
             of
             several
             other
             Plays
             ,
             as
             
               Fine
               Companion
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Rape
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Innocent
               Impostors
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre
             Royal
             ,
             by
             their
             Majesties
             Servants
             ,
             1692.
             4
             to
             .
             and
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             Charles
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Dorset
             and
             
               Middlesex
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             This
             Play
             was
             writ
             by
             a
             Divine
             ,
             tho'
             introduc'd
             by
             our
             late
             Laureat
             ,
             Mr.
             Shadwel
             .
             It
             met
             with
             no
             great
             Success
             ,
             tho●
             it
             is
             not
             the
             worst
             of
             our
             English
             Tragedies
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Reformation
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1673.
             acted
             at
             the
             Duke's
             Theatre
             .
             This
             Play
             is
             accounted
             to
             be
             written
             by
             Mr.
             Arrowsmith
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Rehearsal
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1683.
             
             This
             being
             an
             excellent
             Farce
             ,
             and
             ascribed
             to
             the
             late
             Duke
             of
             Buckingham
             ,
             as
             Author
             ,
             has
             bore
             several
             Impressions
             ,
             and
             is
             frequently
             acted
             of
             late
             Days
             .
             This
             Play
             lashes
             the
             ridiculous
             Model
             of
             our
             modern
             Tragedies
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Religious
               Rebel
            
             ,
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1671.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Return
               from
               Parnassus
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Scourge
               of
               Simony
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1606.
             
             It
             was
             acted
             by
             the
             Students
             of
             St.
             
               Iohn's
               C●lledge
            
             in
             Cambridge
             .
             This
             Play
             censures
             the
             Poets
             ,
             and
             is
             the
             Original
             Dr.
             
             Wild's
             Play
             ,
             call'd
             ,
             
               The
               Benefice
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Revenge
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               A
               Match
               in
               Newgate
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1680.
             acted
             at
             the
             Duke's
             Theatre
             .
             This
             is
             only
             a
             Play
             of
             
             Marston's
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Dutch
               Courtezan
            
             ,
             reviv'd
             and
             ascribed
             to
             Mrs.
             Behn
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Rivals
            
             ,
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             in
             4
             to
             .
             printed
             1668.
             
          
           
             
               Robin
               Conscience
            
             .
             This
             has
             been
             stiled
             a
             Play
             ,
             but
             is
             rather
             an
             old
             Dialougue
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             
               Robin
               Conscience
               against
               his
               Father
               Covetous
               ,
               his
               Mother
               Newguise
               ,
               and
               his
               Sister
               Proud
               Beauty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Robin
               Hood's
               Pastoral
               May
               Games
            
             .
          
           
             
               Robin
               Hood
               and
               his
               Crew
               of
               Soldiers
               .
            
          
           
             
               Romulus
               and
               Hersilia
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Sabine
               War
            
             ;
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1683.
             
             Plot
             from
             
               Livii
               Hist.
            
             lib.
             1.
             
             
               Ovidii
               Metamorph.
            
             lib.
             14
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Royal
               Cuckold
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               Great
               Bastard
            
             ;
             giving
             an
             Account
             of
             the
             Birth
             and
             Pedigree
             ,
             of
             
               Lewis
               le
               Grand
            
             ,
             the
             First
             French
             King
             of
             that
             Name
             and
             Race
             ,
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             acted
             by
             his
             Imperial
             Majesty's
             Servants
             ,
             at
             the
             Amphitheatre
             in
             Vienna
             ;
             translated
             out
             of
             the
             German
             Language
             ,
             by
             
               Paul
               Veegerius
            
             ,
             1695.
             4
             to
             .
             and
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             
               Edward
               Russel
            
             ,
             Lord
             High
             Admiral
             of
             
               England
               ,
               &c.
            
             
             This
             Play
             was
             never
             acted
             ,
             and
             is
             taken
             from
             a
             little
             Book
             in
             8
             vo
             .
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Secret
               History
               of
               Lewis
               the
               Fourteenth
               .
            
          
           
           
             
               The
               Royal
               Masque
            
             at
             Hampton-Court
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1604.
             presented
             Ianuary
             the
             8th
             ,
             that
             Year
             ;
             personated
             by
             the
             Queen
             's
             most
             excellent
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             the
             Ladies
             of
             Honour
             attending
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Royal
               Voyage
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Irish
               Expedition
            
             ;
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1690.
             
             You
             may
             easily
             conjecture
             what
             the
             Subject
             of
             this
             Play
             is
             ,
             by
             its
             Title
             and
             Date
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
          
           
             
               SAlmacida
               Spolia
            
             ,
             a
             Masque
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1639.
             
             This
             was
             presented
             by
             the
             King
             and
             Queen's
             Majesties
             ,
             on
             the
             21th
             of
             Ianuary
             the
             same
             Year
             at
             White-Hall
             .
             The
             Scenes
             ,
             Machines
             and
             Ornaments
             are
             the
             Invention
             of
             Mr.
             
               Inigo
               Iones
            
             ,
             Surveyor
             General
             of
             his
             Ma●esty's
             Works
             .
             What
             was
             sung
             or
             spoken
             ,
             was
             writ
             by
             Sir
             
               William
               Davenant
            
             ;
             and
             the
             Musick
             was
             composed
             by
             her
             Majesty's
             Master
             of
             Musick
             ,
             Mr.
             
               Lewis
               Richards
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Scottish
               Politick
               Presbyter
               Slain
               by
               an
               English
               Independent
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Independents
               Victory
               over
               the
               Presbyterian
               Party
               ,
            
             &c.
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1647.
             
             This
             is
             a
             Play
             of
             the
             same
             Class
             with
             the
             ●ormer
             ,
             and
             of
             most
             others
             that
             are
             writ
             by
             Anonimous
             Authors
             ,
             ●or
             the
             particular
             Gust
             of
             the
             Times
             they
             are
             printed
             in
             .
             The
             Year
             of
             its
             being
             printed
             ,
             the
             Title
             of
             it
             shews
             ;
             where
             the
             Reader
             may
             find
             more
             of
             the
             Grounds
             of
             it
             ,
             viz.
             in
             the
             Accounts
             of
             the
             Transactions
             of
             those
             Times
             .
          
           
             
               She
               Ventures
               ,
               and
               He
               wins
               ,
            
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             acted
             at
             the
             New
             Theatre
             in
             Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields
             ,
             by
             his
             Majesty's
             Servants
             ,
             written
             by
             a
             young
             Lady
             ,
             1696.
             4
             to
             .
             The
             Plot
             is
             taken
             from
             a
             very
             pleasant
             witty
             Novel
             of
             Mr.
             
               Alexander
               Oldis
            
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Fair
               Extravagant
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Humorous
               Bride
            
             .
          
           
             Sicelides
             ,
             a
             Piscatory
             Dramma
             ,
             or
             a
             Pastoral
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1631.
             acted
             at
             
               King's-Colledge
               ,
               Cambridge
            
             .
             For
             the
             Plot
             consult
             
               Ovid
               Metamorph
            
             .
             lib.
             4
             ,
             &
             13.
             also
             
               Orlando
               Furioso
            
             .
          
           
             
               Shoomakers
               Holyday
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Gentle
               Craft
            
             ;
             with
             the
             Humorous
             Life
             of
             
               Simon
               Eyre
            
             ,
             Shoomaker
             and
             Lord
             Mayor
             of
             London
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1657.
             acted
             before
             the
             Queen's
             most
             excellent
             Majesty
             ,
             by
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             the
             Lord
             High
             Admiral
             's
             Servants
             .
             The
             Story
             from
             the
             old
             Book
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               The
               Gentle
               Craft
            
             ,
             4
             to
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Siege
               of
               Constantinople
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1675.
             acted
             at
             the
             Duke's
             Theatre
             .
             Plot
             from
             
             Heylin's
             Cosmography
             ,
             Book
             2.
             in
             the
             Description
             of
             
               Greece
               ,
               Paulus
               Iovius
               ,
               Knolles
               Hist.
            
             and
             
               Constantinopolis
               a
               Mabammada
            
             2
             
               da.
               expugnata
               ,
               fol.
            
             
          
           
             
               The
               Siege
               and
               Surrender
               of
               Mons
               ,
            
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             exposing
             the
             Villany
             of
             the
             Priests
             ,
             and
             the
             Intreagues
             of
             the
             French
             ,
             1681.
             4
             to
             .
             This
             was
             never
             acted
             ,
             and
             is
             built
             on
             the
             publick
             News
             ,
             and
             private
             Reports
             of
             that
             Siege
             .
          
           
           
             
               Sir
               Clyomon
               ,
               Knight
               of
               the
               Golden-Shield
               ,
               Son
               to
               the
               King
               of
            
             Denmark
             ;
             and
             Clamydes
             ,
             
               the
               White
               Knight
               ,
               Son
               to
               the
               King
               of
            
             Suavia
             ,
             (
             both
             Valiant
             Knights
             )
             their
             History
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1599.
             
          
           
             
               Sir
               Giles
               Goose-Cap
               ,
               Knight
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1636.
             acted
             at
             the
             private
             House
             in
             Salisbury-Court
             ,
             with
             great
             Applause
             .
             This
             was
             publish'd
             by
             one
             Perry
             ,
             and
             dedicated
             to
             
               Richard
               Young
            
             ,
             
               Esq
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               Solomon
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Cautious
               Coxcomb
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1671.
             acted
             at
             his
             Royal
             Highness
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             
             York's
             Theatre
             .
             This
             is
             mostly
             a
             Translation
             from
             
               Moliere's
               L'Ecole
               des
               Femmes
            
             ,
             and
             most
             agree
             done
             by
             Mr.
             Carel.
             This
             Play
             ,
             tho'
             met
             with
             some
             Enemies
             ,
             yet
             found
             Success
             in
             the
             Action
             ;
             and
             afterwards
             the
             Author
             printed
             a
             Iustification
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             
               Solimon
               and
               Perseda
            
             ,
             their
             Tragedy
             ;
             wherein
             is
             laid
             open
             
               Love's
               Constancy
               ,
               Fortune's
               Inconstancy
            
             ,
             and
             
               Death's
               Triumphs
            
             ;
             4
             to
             .
             1599.
             
             This
             old
             Play
             ,
             with
             the
             before-going
             long
             Title
             ,
             is
             not
             divided
             into
             Acts.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Sophister
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1638.
             
             This
             Play
             ,
             tho'
             printed
             ,
             was
             not
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             ever
             acted
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Spanish
               Bawd
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               Calisto
               and
               Melibea
            
             ,
             represented
             in
             Celestina
             ,
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             fol.
             1631.
             
             The
             Play
             is
             very
             long
             ,
             and
             was
             originally
             writ
             in
             Spanish
             ,
             and
             done
             into
             English
             by
             
               Don
               Diego
               Puedeser
            
             ,
             a
             Spaniard
             ;
             who
             also
             translated
             another
             Book
             into
             English
             ,
             called
             ,
             
               Exemplary
               Novels
               ,
               fol.
            
             There
             are
             Twenty
             Four
             Acts
             in
             
               The
               Spanish
               Bawds
            
             .
          
           
             
               Sport
               upon
               Sport
            
             ;
             Drolls
             ,
             8
             vo
             .
             This
             is
             a
             Collection
             of
             Drolls
             taken
             from
             Plays
             ,
             by
             Kirkman
             ,
             and
             printed
             1673.
             
          
           
             
               The
               Step-Mother
            
             ,
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1664.
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre
             in
             
               Little
               Lincoln●-Inn-Fields
            
             ,
             by
             his
             Highness
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             
             York's
             Servants
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Strange
               Discovery
            
             ,
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1640.
             
             Plot
             and
             Language
             from
             
             Heliodorus's
             
               AEthiopick
               Hist.
            
             8
             vo
             .
             Book
             10.
             
          
           
             
               Susanna's
               Tears
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Subjects
               Ioy
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               King's
               Restauration
               ,
               cheerfully
               made
               known
               in
               a
               sacred
               Masque
               ,
            
             &c.
             4
             to
             .
             1660.
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Lord
             General
             Monk.
             This
             Masque
             has
             been
             omitted
             by
             Mr.
             Langbain
             .
          
           
             
               Swetnam
               ,
               the
               Woman-Hater
               ,
               arraign'd
               by
               Women
               ,
            
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1620.
             acted
             at
             the
             Red-Bull
             ,
             by
             the
             Queen's
             Servants
             .
             Plot
             from
             an
             old
             Spanish
             Book
             ,
             call'd
             ,
             
               Historia
               de
               Aurelia
               ,
               Isabella
               Hija
               del
               Rey
               de
               Escotia
               ,
            
             &c.
             12
             mo
             .
             and
             from
             an
             
               English
               Pamphlet
            
             ,
             entituled
             ,
             
               The
               Arraignment
               of
               Lewd
               ,
               Idle
               ,
               Froward
               ,
               and
               Inconstant
               Woman
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             T
          
           
             
               TEmpe
               Restored
            
             a
             Masque
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1631.
             
             This
             was
             presented
             on
             Shrove-Tuesday
             ,
             at
             White-Hall
             ,
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             by
             the
             Queen
             and
             fourteen
             Ladies
             of
             Honour
             .
             The
             Descriptions
             ,
             &c.
             of
             the
             Scenes
             were
             invented
             by
             Mr.
             
               Inigo
               Iones
            
             .
          
           
             Thersytes
             ,
             an
             Interlude
             .
          
           
             Tiberius
             (
             
               Claudius
               Nero
            
             )
             his
             Tragical
             Life
             and
             Death
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             16.
             
             Plot
             from
             
               Suetonius
               ,
               Dion
               ,
               Tacitus
            
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Timoleon
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Revolution
            
             ;
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             London
             ,
             printed
             1697.
             4
             to
             .
             and
             dedicated
             to
             his
             Friend
             ,
             
               I.
               F.
            
             The
             Comical
             part
             is
             a
             very
             good
             and
             useful
             Satyr
             on
             the
             Mercenary
             Temper
             of
             many
             Courtiers
             of
             preferring
             Money
             to
             Merit
             .
             The
             Story
             of
             Timoleon
             ,
             is
             in
             his
             Life
             in
             Plutarch
             ,
             and
             
               Cornelius
               Nepos
               ,
               &c.
            
             
          
           
             
               Tom
               Essence
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               The
               Modish
               Wife
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1677.
             
             This
             Play
             succeeded
             well
             ,
             and
             is
             said
             to
             be
             writ
             by
             one
             Mr.
             Rawlins
             ;
             Part
             from
             
               Molliere's
               Le
               Cocu
               Imaginarie
            
             ,
             and
             part
             from
             
               Corneilles
               D.
               Caesar
               D'
               Avalos
            
             .
          
           
             
               Tom
               Tyler
               and
               his
               Wife
            
             ,
             an
             Interlude
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             printed
             first
             many
             Years
             ago
             ,
             in
             an
             old
             English
             Black
             Letter
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             sort
             of
             Burlesque
             Verse
             .
             The
             Drift
             of
             the
             whole
             Play
             is
             to
             represent
             and
             humble
             a
             Shrew
             .
             If
             it
             be
             compar'd
             with
             Monsieur
             
             Poison's
             
               Le
               Sot
               Venge
            
             ,
             a
             near
             resemblance
             will
             appear
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Traytor
               to
               Himself
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               Man's
               Heart
               his
               greatest
               Enemy
            
             ;
             a
             moral
             Interlude
             ,
             in
             Heroick
             Verse
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1678.
             
             This
             was
             acted
             by
             the
             Boys
             of
             a
             Publick
             School
             at
             a
             Breaking
             up
             ,
             and
             publish'd
             that
             it
             may
             be
             useful
             on
             the
             like
             occasion
             .
             In
             it
             are
             no
             Womens
             Parts
             .
             Plautus
             his
             Captives
             is
             writ
             like
             it
             .
          
           
             
               The
               True
               Trojans
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               Fuimus
               Troes
            
             ;
             being
             a
             Story
             of
             the
             Britains
             Valour
             at
             the
             Romans
             first
             Invasion
             ;
             a
             History
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1633.
             
             This
             Play
             was
             publickly
             presented
             by
             the
             Gentlemen
             Students
             of
             Magdalen-College
             ,
             in
             Oxon.
             Plot
             from
             
               Liv.
               Lib.
            
             5.
             
             
               Caesar
               Comment
               .
               Lib.
            
             4
             ,
             and
             5.
             
             
               Galfridus
               ap
               .
               Arthur
               Monumetensis
               .
               De
               Gestis
               Regum
               Britanniae
               ,
               Lib.
            
             4.
             
          
           
             
               A
               Tryal
               of
               Chivalry
            
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             Wanting
             the
             Title
             Page
             ,
             I
             'm
             ignorant
             of
             the
             Date
             and
             Place
             of
             its
             acting
             .
          
           
             
               Tryal
               of
               Treasure
            
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Triumphs
               of
               Virtue
            
             ,
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre
             Royal
             ,
             1697.
             by
             his
             Majesty's
             Servants
             .
             Tho'
             this
             Play
             succeeded
             not
             ,
             it
             seems
             ,
             among
             a
             great
             many
             Faults
             of
             Language
             ,
             not
             to
             want
             some
             Merit
             ;
             and
             had
             the
             Style
             and
             Language
             been
             as
             good
             as
             the
             Design
             ,
             it
             could
             not
             have
             fail'd
             of
             Applause
             .
             The
             Begining
             seems
             to
             be
             borrowed
             from
             
             Fletcher's
             
               Wit
               without
               Money
            
             ;
             and
             
             great
             part
             of
             the
             Character
             of
             Antonio
             (
             if
             I
             'm
             not
             mistaken
             )
             is
             copied
             from
             thence
             .
          
           
             Tunbridge-Wells
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               A
               Day
               's
               Courtship
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1678.
             acted
             at
             the
             Duke's
             Theatre
             .
             This
             is
             thought
             to
             be
             writ
             by
             Mr.
             Rawlins
             ,
             tho'
             the
             Title
             says
             ,
             by
             a
             Person
             of
             Quality
             .
             This
             does
             not
             equal
             Epsom-Wells
             .
          
           
             
               Tyrannical
               Government
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             V
          
           
             
               THE
               Vnfortunate
               Vsurper
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1663.
             dedicated
             to
             Mr.
             
               Edward
               Vmferville
            
             .
             The
             same
             Story
             of
             
               Andronicus
               Commenus
            
             ,
             is
             writ
             by
             one
             Wilson
             ,
             before-mentioned
             ;
             which
             Play
             I
             take
             to
             excel
             this
             ,
             but
             in
             this
             ,
             Act
             5.
             
             Scene
             3.
             we
             have
             a
             Parallel
             between
             those
             Times
             ,
             and
             our
             late
             Civil
             Wars
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Vngrateful
               Favourite
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1664.
             writ
             by
             a
             Person
             of
             Honour
             ;
             but
             I
             do
             not
             find
             it
             was
             ever
             acted
             .
             See
             
               Guicciardine
               Pontanus
            
             ,
             and
             other
             Writers
             on
             the
             Affairs
             of
             Naples
             .
          
        
         
           
             W●
          
           
             A
             
               Warning
               for
               Fair
               Women
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1599.
             
             The
             Title
             tells
             you
             it
             contains
             the
             most
             Tragical
             and
             Lamentable
             Murther
             of
             Mr.
             
               George
               Sanders
            
             ,
             of
             London
             ,
             Merchant
             ,
             near
             Shooters-Hill
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Weakest
               goes
               to
               the
               Wall
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1618.
             acted
             by
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Oxon
             ,
             Lord
             Great
             Chamberlain
             of
             
             England's
             Servants
             .
          
           
             
               Wealth
               and
               Health
            
             .
          
           
             
               Wily
               Beguiled
            
             ,
             a
             pleasant
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             The
             Chief
             Actors
             in
             the
             Comedy
             are
             a
             Poor
             Scholar
             ,
             a
             Rich
             Fool
             ,
             and
             a
             Knave
             at
             a
             Shift
             .
          
           
             
               Wine
               ,
               Beer
               ,
               Ale
               and
               Tobacco
               ,
               contending
               for
               Superiority
            
             ;
             incerted
             in
             former
             Catalogues
             as
             an
             Interlude
             ,
             but
             is
             no
             other
             than
             a
             Dialogue
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1658.
             
          
           
             
               Win
               her
               and
               Take
               her
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               Old
               Fools
               will
               be
               Medling
            
             ;
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1691.
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre
             Royal
             ,
             by
             their
             Majesties
             Servants
             ;
             and
             is
             dedicated
             to
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             ,
             Peregrine
             ,
             Earl
             of
             Danby
             ,
             Viscount
             Latimer
             ,
             &c.
             by
             Mr.
             Vnderhill
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Wit
               of
               a
               Woman
            
             ,
             a
             pleasant
             merry
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1604.
             
          
           
           
             
               The
               Wits
               led
               by
               the
               Nose
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               A
               Poets
               Revenge
            
             ;
             a
             Tragi-Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1678.
             acted
             at
             the
             Theatre
             Royal
             ,
             great
             part
             of
             it
             is
             taken
             from
             
               Chamberlain's
               Love's
               Victory
            
             .
          
           
             
               Woman
               turn'd
               Bully
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1675.
             acted
             at
             the
             Duke's
             Theatre
             .
             This
             Play
             met
             not
             with
             that
             Success
             as
             was
             expected
             .
          
           
             
               A
               Woman
               will
               have
               her
               Will.
            
             See
             
               English
               Men
               for
               Money
            
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           APPENDIX
           .
        
         
           GREAT
           Part
           of
           these
           Sheets
           having
           been
           printed
           a
           good
           while
           ,
           has
           occasion'd
           a
           Necessity
           of
           this
           Supplement
           to
           compleat
           the
           Design
           of
           the
           Book
           ,
           in
           giving
           the
           Reader
           an
           Account
           of
           all
           the
           Plays
           that
           have
           been
           hitherto
           printed
           ;
           some
           whereof
           were
           accidentally
           omitted
           in
           their
           proper
           Places
           .
        
         
           
             KNOWN
             AUTHORS
             .
          
           
             
               Thomas
               Dilke
               .
            
             
               THIS
               Author
               has
               lately
               publish'd
               another
               Comedy
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Pretenders
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Town
                 Vnmask'd
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               
                 Little
                 Lincolns-Fields
              
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Thomas
                 Barnadiston
              
               ,
               of
               Ketton
               ,
               in
               Suffolk
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               I
               have
               little
               to
               say
               to
               this
               Play
               ,
               for
               't
               is
               not
               fair
               to
               attack
               a
               Man
               that
               's
               down
               ,
               tho'
               I
               do
               not
               think
               (
               considering
               what
               Plays
               have
               pleas'd
               )
               that
               this
               ought
               to
               have
               met
               with
               so
               severe
               a
               Fate
               .
               Vainthroat
               seems
               a
               Copy
               of
               Medley
               ,
               and
               Scandal
               ;
               Sir
               Bellamour
               ,
               a
               faint
               Shadow
               of
               the
               
                 Plain
                 Dealer
              
               ,
               or
               at
               least
               of
               Blunt
               in
               
                 The
                 Committee
              
               ;
               Captain
               Bounceby
               we
               have
               had
               in
               various
               Plays
               ,
               as
               
                 The
                 Squire
                 of
                 Alsatia
                 ,
                 Old
                 Batchelor
                 ,
                 Epsom
                 Wells
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               Since
               the
               Miscarriage
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               the
               Author
               died
               .
            
          
           
             
               Thomas
               D'Vrfey
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               has
               lately
               publish'd
               another
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Campaigners
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Pleasant
                 Adventures
                 at
                 Brussels
              
               ;
               with
               a
               Familiar
               Preface
               upon
               a
               late
               Reformer
               of
               the
               Stage
               ;
               ending
               
               a
               Satyrical
               Fable
               of
               the
               Dog
               and
               the
               Ottor
               ,
               1698.
               4
               to
               .
               'T
               is
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Right
               Honourable
               ,
               Thomas
               ,
               Lord
               
                 Wharton
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               The
               Intreague
               and
               Discovery
               betwixt
               Madam
               
                 La
                 Marquise
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Colonel
               is
               borrowed
               from
               a
               Novel
               or
               Memoir
               ,
               called
               ,
               
                 Female
                 Falshood
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Charles
               Gildon
               .
            
             
               THis
               Author
               ,
               being
               known
               too
               late
               to
               be
               brought
               in
               the
               Order
               of
               the
               Alphabet
               ,
               I
               have
               plac'd
               him
               here
               in
               the
               Appendix
               ,
               with
               an
               Account
               of
               those
               two
               Plays
               he
               has
               already
               Publish'd
               ,
               and
               are
               own'd
               by
               him
               ,
               tho'
               his
               Name
               ,
               without
               his
               Consent
               ,
               was
               omitted
               in
               the
               Impressions
               of
               the
               Plays
               .
            
             
               He
               is
               ,
               as
               I
               'm
               inform'd
               ,
               a
               Gentleman
               born
               at
               Gillingham
               ,
               near
               S●aftsbury
               ,
               in
               the
               County
               of
               Dorset
               .
               His
               Parents
               and
               Family
               were
               all
               of
               the
               Romish
               Persuasion
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Civil
               War
               ,
               doubly
               incur'd
               the
               Penalties
               of
               the
               
                 Prevailing
                 Side
              
               ;
               both
               as
               engag'd
               in
               the
               Royal
               Party
               ,
               and
               as
               Recusants
               in
               Religion
               ;
               for
               which
               ,
               after
               the
               Plunderings
               of
               the
               War
               ,
               his
               Grandfather
               paid
               two
               thirds
               of
               his
               Estate
               ,
               all
               the
               Time
               of
               that
               Government
               .
               His
               Father
               was
               of
               the
               Honourable
               Society
               of
               Grays-Inn
               ,
               and
               tho'
               a
               great
               Ze●lot
               for
               the
               Faith
               he
               was
               born
               in
               ,
               he
               cou'd
               not
               convey
               that
               Zeal
               to
               his
               Son
               ,
               our
               Author
               ,
               whom
               he
               dying
               ,
               left
               but
               Nine
               Years
               of
               Age
               ,
               having
               sold
               the
               best
               part
               of
               the
               Estate
               that
               our
               Author
               was
               born
               to
               ,
               before
               he
               died
               .
               Gillingham
               ,
               the
               Place
               of
               his
               Nativity
               ,
               gave
               our
               Author
               the
               first
               Rudiments
               of
               Learning
               ,
               under
               a
               very
               Honest
               and
               Learned
               Master
               ,
               one
               Mr.
               Young.
               Thence
               his
               Relations
               sent
               him
               to
               the
               English
               Colledge
               of
               Secular
               Priests
               at
               
               Doway
               ●
               in
               Hainault
               ,
               with
               a
               design
               of
               making
               him
               a
               Priest
               ,
               if
               his
               Inclination
               cou'd
               away
               with
               that
               Function
               ;
               which
               was
               suppos'd
               the
               best
               Support
               of
               a
               Gentleman
               whose
               Fortunes
               and
               Religion
               could
               promise
               him
               no
               greater
               Advantage
               .
               But
               after
               Five
               Years
               Study
               there
               ,
               he
               found
               his
               Inclinations
               point
               him
               another
               way
               ;
               and
               at
               the
               Age
               of
               about
               Nineteen
               he
               returns
               for
               England
               ;
               and
               as
               soon
               as
               One
               and
               Twenty
               ,
               put
               it
               into
               his
               Power
               of
               enjoying
               those
               Pleasures
               that
               Age
               generally
               pursues
               ,
               he
               came
               to
               London
               ,
               where
               having
               spent
               the
               Remainder
               of
               his
               Paternal
               Estate
               ,
               betwixt
               Two
               or
               Three
               and
               Twenty
               he
               married
               ,
               and
               most
               of
               the
               Reign
               of
               King
               Iames
               ,
               he
               spent
               in
               reading
               the
               Controversies
               of
               that
               Time
               ;
               being
               dissatisfied
               with
               several
               of
               the
               Tenents
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               Rome
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               imbib'd
               with
               his
               Mother's
               Milk
               ,
               as
               they
               say
               .
               In
               him
               there
               was
               an
               Example
               how
               difficult
               a
               thing
               it
               is
               ,
               to
               overcome
               the
               Prejudice
               of
               Education
               ;
               for
               I
               am
               assur'd
               that
               it
               cost
               him
               above
               Seven
               Years
               Study
               and
               Contest
               ,
               before
               he
               could
               entirely
               shake
               off
               all
               those
               Opinions●
               that
               h●d
               grown
               up
               with
               him
               from
               a
               Child
               ;
               tho'
               he
               cou'd
               not
               answer
               to
               
               himself
               the
               Conviction
               of
               his
               Reason
               in
               the
               Points
               of
               Religion
               ,
               yet
               he
               did
               what
               is
               said
               of
               Medea
               ,
               by
               Ovid
               :
               
                 
                   Video
                   meliora
                   probque
                
                 
                   Delesiosa
                   sequor
                   —
                
              
            
             
               I
               have
               heard
               him
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               first
               Book
               that
               gave
               him
               the
               greatest
               Conviction
               was
               ,
               the
               Discourse
               of
               the
               late
               pious
               and
               ingenious
               Dr.
               Tillotson
               ,
               Lord
               Archbishop
               of
               Canterbury
               ,
               against
               Transubstantiation
               ,
               lent
               him
               by
               a
               Lawyer
               ,
               that
               at
               the
               same
               time
               cheated
               him
               of
               about
               Four
               Hundred
               Pounds
               ,
               tho'
               he
               made
               way
               for
               that
               Peace
               of
               Mind
               that
               this
               Book
               first
               opened
               the
               Door
               to
               .
            
             
               If
               I
               shou'd
               do
               with
               our
               Author
               ,
               what
               some
               other
               Writers
               of
               Lives
               have
               done
               ,
               I
               might
               here
               tell
               you
               of
               his
               Inclinations
               to
               Poetry
               from
               his
               Childhood
               ,
               and
               talk
               of
               his
               Performances
               ;
               but
               he
               being
               my
               Friend
               ,
               I
               shall
               forbear
               all
               things
               that
               may
               argue
               me
               guilty
               of
               Partiality
               ;
               and
               shall
               only
               say
               ,
               as
               he
               tells
               us
               in
               a
               Letter
               of
               his
               Essays
               ,
               that
               Necessity
               was
               the
               first
               Motive
               of
               his
               venturing
               to
               be
               an
               Author
               .
               His
               first
               attempt
               in
               the
               Drammatick
               way
               ,
               was
               not
               till
               he
               was
               was
               past
               Thirty
               Two
               Years
               of
               Age
               ;
               and
               then
               in
               about
               a
               Month's
               time
               ,
               he
               gave
               us
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               call'd
               ,
               
                 The
                 Roman
                 Bride's
                 Revenge
              
               ;
               but
               of
               that
               in
               its
               Order
               :
               for
               we
               must
               first
               speak
               of
               a
               Play
               of
               the
               late
               famous
               Mrs.
               Behn's
               ,
               which
               he
               introduc'd
               by
               the
               Importunity
               of
               a
               Friend
               of
               hers
               and
               his
               ,
               on
               the
               Stage
               :
               It
               was
               called
               ,
               
                 The
                 Younger
                 Brother
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 the
                 Amorous
                 Iilt
              
               ;
               out
               of
               the
               Respect
               to
               her
               Memory
               ,
               and
               a
               Deference
               ,
               which
               was
               too
               nice
               ,
               to
               her
               Iudgment
               ,
               he
               durst
               not
               make
               any
               Alterations
               in
               it
               ,
               but
               what
               were
               absolutely
               necessary
               ,
               and
               those
               only
               in
               the
               first
               and
               second
               Act
               ,
               which
               reflected
               on
               the
               Whigs
               ;
               when
               if
               he
               had
               alter'd
               the
               jejune
               Stile
               of
               the
               three
               last
               Acts
               ,
               betwixt
               Prince
               Frederick
               and
               Mirtilla
               ,
               which
               was
               too
               heavy
               ,
               in
               all
               Probability
               it
               would
               have
               been
               more
               to
               the
               Advantage
               of
               his
               Purse
               .
               But
               now
               I
               shall
               proceed
               to
               his
               own
               Plays
               ,
               which
               are
               two
               in
               Number
               ;
               the
               first
               in
               our
               Alphabetical
               Order
               ,
               is
               ,
               
                 
                   Phaeton
                   ;
                   or
                   ,
                   
                     The
                     Fatal
                     Divorce
                  
                   ;
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   written
                   in
                   Imitation
                   of
                   the
                   Ancients
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   1698.
                   4
                   to●
                   and
                   dedicated
                   to
                   the
                   Right
                   Honourable
                   ,
                   
                     Charles
                     Montague
                  
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                   &c.
                   the
                   most
                   Noble
                   and
                   Generous
                   Patron
                   of
                   the
                   Muses
                   that
                   our
                   Nation
                   has
                   Produc'd
                   .
                   Tho'
                   it
                   was
                   a
                   very
                   bold
                   Undertaking
                   of
                   a
                   Young
                   Author
                   ,
                   to
                   attempt
                   to
                   bring
                   so
                   very
                   different
                   a
                   way
                   of
                   Writing
                   on
                   so
                   corrupt
                   a
                   Stage
                   as
                   ours
                   ;
                   yet
                   the
                   Success
                   justified
                   his
                   Opinion
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Irregular
                   ,
                   Prophane
                   ,
                   and
                   Obscene
                   Plays
                   took
                   only
                   because
                   our
                   Audience
                   saw
                   no
                   other
                   ,
                   through
                   the
                   Poets
                   Fault
                   .
                   The
                   Plot
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   of
                   the
                   Beauties
                   of
                   the
                   Play
                   ,
                   the
                   Author
                   fairly
                   owns
                   that
                   he
                   has
                   taken
                   from
                   the
                   Medea
                   of
                   Euripides
                   ;
                   
                   and
                   in
                   his
                   Preface
                   you
                   may
                   find
                   his
                   Reasons
                   for
                   altering
                   the
                   Names
                   and
                   Characters
                   from
                   what
                   they
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   Original
                   that
                   he
                   has
                   here
                   copied
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Roman
                     Bride's
                     Revenge
                  
                   ,
                   a
                   Tragedy
                   ,
                   acted
                   at
                   the
                   Theatre
                   Royal
                   ,
                   1697.
                   4
                   to
                   .
                   dedicated
                   by
                   the
                   Bookseller
                   to
                   
                     William
                     Gregory
                  
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                   This
                   Play
                   was
                   our
                   Author's
                   first
                   ;
                   and
                   as
                   it
                   was
                   writ
                   in
                   a
                   Month
                   ,
                   so
                   it
                   had
                   the
                   Fate
                   of
                   those
                   untimely
                   Births
                   ,
                   as
                   hasty
                   a
                   Death
                   .
                   Tho'
                   notwithstanding
                   the
                   Faults
                   of
                   this
                   Play
                   ,
                   which
                   must
                   be
                   confess'd
                   numerous
                   enough
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   so
                   much
                   Merit
                   in
                   the
                   First
                   ,
                   and
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Second
                   Act
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Beauty
                   of
                   the
                   Catastrophe
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   the
                   Voice
                   of
                   the
                   Town
                   had
                   not
                   been
                   influenc'd
                   by
                   the
                   Ill
                   Representation
                   ,
                   it
                   must
                   have
                   met
                   with
                   a
                   less
                   rigorous
                   Censure
                   .
                   But
                   the
                   Author's
                   Faults
                   lie
                   generally
                   in
                   the
                   Stile
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Incidents
                   of
                   the
                   Third
                   and
                   Fourth
                   Acts.
                   The
                   Stile
                   is
                   too
                   near
                   an
                   Imitation
                   of
                   Mr.
                   Lees
                   (
                   the
                   worst
                   Qualification
                   of
                   that
                   Poet
                   ,
                   who
                   had
                   Beauties
                   enough
                   to
                   make
                   amends
                   for
                   it
                   )
                   I
                   mean
                   in
                   many
                   Places
                   ,
                   for
                   in
                   others
                   't
                   is
                   Iust
                   enough
                   .
                   The
                   Incidents
                   were
                   too
                   numerous
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   so
                   distinct
                   as
                   to
                   be
                   well
                   discern'd
                   by
                   the
                   Audience
                   ,
                   especially
                   in
                   the
                   Fourth
                   Act.
                   Tho'
                   I
                   think
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   Incident
                   in
                   this
                   Play
                   so
                   unnatural
                   ,
                   as
                   some
                   of
                   our
                   celebrated
                   Plays
                   are
                   esteem'd
                   for
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   the
                   Confusion
                   of
                   the
                   Action
                   contributed
                   to
                   the
                   making
                   them
                   seem
                   less
                   prepar'd
                   .
                   The
                   Plot
                   I
                   take
                   to
                   be
                   of
                   the
                   Author
                   's
                   own
                   Invention
                   ,
                   allowing
                   for
                   a
                   Hint
                   taken
                   from
                   Camma
                   of
                   Galata
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   thus
                   far
                   improv'd
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Husband
                   here
                   is
                   alive
                   after
                   the
                   Wife
                   has
                   drank
                   the
                   Poison
                   ,
                   which
                   heightens
                   the
                   Distress
                   of
                   the
                   Chief
                   Characters
                   .
                   But
                   the
                   Moral
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   most
                   noble
                   of
                   any
                   of
                   our
                   Modern
                   Plays
                   ,
                   it
                   being
                   to
                   give
                   us
                   an
                   Example
                   in
                   the
                   Punishment
                   of
                   Martian
                   ,
                   that
                   no
                   Consideration
                   in
                   the
                   World
                   ,
                   ought
                   to
                   make
                   us
                   delay
                   the
                   Service
                   of
                   our
                   Country
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Peter
               Motteux
               .
            
             
               SInce
               the
               Printing
               of
               the
               foregoing
               Sheets
               ,
               this
               Author
               has
               publish'd
               another
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Beauty
                 in
                 Distress
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               
                 Little
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
              
               ,
               by
               his
               Maje●ty's
               Servants
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1698.
               dedicated
               to
               
                 Henry
                 Heveningham
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               I
               cannot
               perceive
               that
               the
               Author
               has
               stole
               any
               part
               of
               his
               Design
               ,
               nor
               am
               apt
               to
               believe
               he
               has
               ,
               since
               he
               has
               generally
               been
               very
               free
               in
               owning
               to
               whom
               he
               has
               owed
               any
               Part
               of
               what
               he
               has
               publish'd
               .
               There
               are
               a
               great
               many
               very
               fine
               Lines
               in
               this
               Play
               ,
               yet
               Comedy
               seems
               much
               more
               the
               Bent
               of
               our
               Author's
               Genius
               than
               Tragedy
               ;
               tho'
               it
               must
               be
               confess'd
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               Multiplicity
               of
               his
               Incidents
               he
               has
               follow'd
               only
               the
               Example
               of
               our
               native
               Poets
               ,
               which
               may
               well
               excuse
               him
               .
               Before
               this
               Play
               we
               have
               a
               Discourse
               of
               the
               
               Lawfulness
               and
               Vnlawfulness
               of
               Plays
               ;
               lately
               written
               (
               as
               the
               Title
               says
               )
               in
               French
               ,
               by
               the
               Learned
               Father
               Caffara
               ,
               Divinity
               Professor
               at
               Paris
               .
               Sent
               in
               a
               Letter
               to
               the
               Author
               ,
               by
               a
               Divine
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               .
            
             
               
                 Europe's
                 Revels
                 for
                 the
                 Peace
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Majesty's
                 happy
                 Return
                 ,
              
               a
               Musical
               Interlude
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1697.
               perform'd
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               
                 Little
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
              
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               King
               's
               Return
               after
               the
               Conclusion
               of
               the
               Peace
               ;
               with
               a
               Panegyrical
               Poem
               ,
               spoken
               there
               ,
               on
               the
               same
               Occasion
               .
               The
               Musick
               set
               by
               Mr.
               Eccles.
               Dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 Theodore
                 Ianssen
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mary
               ,
               Countess
               of
               Pembroke
               .
            
             
               THis
               Lady
               (
               accidentally
               omitted
               by
               the
               Printer
               )
               was
               that
               Sister
               to
               Sir
               
                 Philip
                 Sidney
              
               ,
               to
               whom
               he
               dedicates
               his
               fam'd
               Arcadia
               ,
               she
               was
               the
               only
               Woman
               ,
               almost
               ,
               that
               had
               the
               Generosity
               to
               be
               a
               true
               Patroness
               to
               Poetry
               ;
               for
               such
               she
               was
               to
               Mr.
               
                 Samuel
                 Daniel
              
               ,
               who
               had
               been
               her
               Tutor
               ,
               we
               have
               had
               many
               Pretenders
               to
               the
               Muses
               of
               that
               Sex
               ,
               but
               I
               do
               not
               remember
               that
               I
               have
               read
               of
               any
               one
               ,
               that
               having
               Power
               ,
               did
               ever
               exert
               it
               in
               the
               Encouragement
               and
               Patronage
               of
               any
               particular
               Poet
               ,
               or
               Poetry
               in
               general
               .
               'T
               is
               true
               indeed
               ,
               the
               Catalogue
               of
               Men
               that
               have
               done
               it
               ,
               is
               far
               from
               being
               numerous
               ,
               tho'
               this
               may
               be
               said
               of
               them
               ,
               which
               cannot
               of
               our
               little
               Politicians
               ,
               That
               they
               have
               been
               the
               greatest
               Men
               of
               their
               Age
               ,
               and
               perhaps
               of
               any
               Age.
               She
               publish'd
               one
               Play
               ,
               which
               Mr.
               Langbain
               could
               never
               procure
               a
               Sight
               of
               ;
               it
               is
               entituled
               .
            
             
               Antonius
               ,
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Tragedy
                 of
                 Anthony
              
               ;
               8
               vo
               .
               1695.
               
               This
               is
               a
               Translation
               out
               of
               French
               ;
               tho'
               it
               was
               very
               well
               for
               a
               Lady
               of
               those
               times
               ,
               but
               in
               nothing
               so
               desirable
               ,
               as
               Mr.
               Langbain
               seems
               to
               make
               it
               ,
               only
               because
               the
               Work
               of
               a
               Person
               of
               Qu●lity
               ;
               for
               he
               has
               always
               a
               furious
               Tender
               for
               Quality
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 William
                 Philips
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               A
               Gentleman
               ,
               as
               we
               find
               by
               the
               Epistle
               Dedicatory
               ,
               that
               had
               his
               Education
               in
               Ireland
               ;
               he
               has
               given
               us
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Revengeful
                 Queen
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               1698.
               
               The
               Story
               ,
               he
               tells
               you
               ,
               is
               taken
               from
               the
               fourth
               or
               fifth
               Page
               of
               
               Machiavel's
               History
               of
               Florence
               ;
               and
               he
               seems
               sensible
               ,
               that
               the
               Characters
               of
               Alboino
               ,
               and
               Rosamund
               are
               not
               agreeable
               to
               the
               present
               Taste
               of
               the
               Town
               ;
               and
               that
               Sir
               
                 William
                 D'Avenant
              
               has
               writ
               a
               Play
               on
               the
               same
               Subject
               .
            
             
             
               THis
               Prolifick
               Lady
               has
               again
               gratified
               the
               Town
               with
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
            
             
               
                 The
                 Deceiver
                 Deceiv'd
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               as
               't
               is
               now
               acted
               by
               his
               Majesty's
               Servants
               ,
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               
                 Little
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
              
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1698.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               Sir
               
                 Robert
                 Marsham
              
               ,
               Knight
               and
               Baronet
               .
               This
               Play
               and
               
                 The
                 Impostor
                 Cheated
              
               ,
               are
               on
               the
               same
               Bottom
               ,
               built
               on
               a
               little
               printed
               Story
               of
               the
               same
               Subject
               .
               I
               think
               the
               Scene
               where
               the
               Blind
               Man's
               Wife
               make's
               Love
               before
               his
               Face
               ,
               is
               better
               manag'd
               in
               Mr.
               
               Powel's
               Play
               ,
               than
               here
               ,
               tho'
               in
               general
               ,
               this
               is
               the
               better
               Play.
               
            
             
               
                 Queen
                 Catharine
              
               ;
               or
               ,
               
                 The
                 Ruines
                 of
                 Love
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1698.
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               in
               
                 Little
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
              
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honourable
               Mrs.
               Cook
               of
               Norfolk
               .
               For
               the
               Plot
               consult
               
                 Baker
                 ,
                 Speed
                 ,
                 Stow
              
               ,
               in
               the
               Lives
               of
               Edward
               the
               Fourth
               ,
               and
               Henry
               the
               Sixth
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Rivers
               .
            
             
               ALL
               that
               I
               know
               of
               this
               Author
               ,
               is
               but
               on
               Report
               ;
               which
               is●
               that
               he
               was
               a
               Iesuit
               ,
               and
               writ
               a
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 The
                 Traytor
              
               ,
               which
               he
               put
               into
               Mr.
               
               Shirley's
               Hands
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               means
               it
               was
               acted
               .
               It
               was
               reviv'd
               in
               1692.
               and
               dedicated
               by
               the
               Anonymous
               Reviver
               to
               the
               Earl
               of
               Clincarty
               .
               Tho'
               I
               cannot
               ,
               with
               the
               Reviver
               ,
               say
               't
               is
               the
               best
               Tragedy
               this
               Age
               has
               produc'd
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               far
               from
               being
               so
               ;
               yet
               this
               I
               can
               justly
               say
               ,
               That
               the
               Character
               of
               Sciarrah
               is
               very
               well
               drawn
               ,
               and
               distinguish'd
               throughout
               the
               Play
               ;
               and
               so
               is
               that
               of
               Lorenzo
               .
               As
               for
               the
               Plot
               ,
               't
               is
               very
               irregular
               ,
               and
               consists
               of
               various
               Actions
               ;
               tho'
               the
               Poet's
               Design
               seems
               to
               aim
               at
               a
               very
               good
               Moral
               .
               The
               strange
               Humour
               that
               has
               too
               long
               reign'd
               in
               our
               English
               Poets
               ,
               misled
               the
               Author
               ,
               I
               suppose
               ,
               to
               the
               Choice
               of
               such
               barbarous
               and
               bloody
               Murders
               ,
               to
               fill
               up
               his
               Play
               ;
               which
               however
               frequent
               and
               tollerable
               in
               Italy
               ,
               have
               nothing
               to
               do
               here
               .
               Murther
               is
               too
               great
               a
               Crime
               to
               see
               voluntarily
               committed
               on
               our
               Stage
               ;
               the
               Law
               punishes
               it
               with
               Ignominy
               ,
               tho'
               the
               Poet
               has
               nothing
               to
               do
               with
               it
               ,
               I
               meanby
               Right
               .
               This
               Play
               has
               gone
               for
               
               Shirley's
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Tho.
                 Shadwell
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
            
             
               ONE
               Play
               of
               this
               Author
               's
               has
               been
               accidentally
               omitted
               in
               its
               proper
               Place
               ,
               viz.
               
            
             
               
                 The
                 Vertuoso
              
               ,
               a
               Comedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1679.
               acted
               at
               the
               Duke's
               Theatre
               ;
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               late
               Duke
               of
               Newcastle
               .
               This
               Play
               ,
               for
               the
               great
               Variety
               of
               Characters
               ,
               &c.
               has
               always
               found
               Success
               ,
               and
               is
               accounted
               one
               of
               the
               best
               Plays
               this
               Author
               writ
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ia.
               Shirley
               .
            
             
               THis
               one
               Play
               was
               by
               Accident
               overseen
               in
               its
               proper
               Place
               ,
               an●
               therefore
               inserted
               here
               :
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 Triumphs
                 of
                 Peace
              
               ,
               a
               Masque
               ,
               4
               
                 to
                 .
                 ●
              
               1633.
               presented
               before
               the
               King
               and
               Queen
               at
               White-Hall
               ,
               by
               the
               Four
               Honourable
               Houses
               ,
               or
               Inns
               of
               Court
               Gentlemen
               ;
               dedicated
               by
               the
               Author
               to
               the
               Four
               Equal
               Honourable
               Societies
               of
               the
               Inns
               of
               Court.
               Th●
               Masquers
               went
               in
               a
               solemn
               Cavalcade
               (
               their
               Habits
               being
               extraordinary
               Rich
               )
               from
               Ely-House
               in
               Holbourn
               ,
               to
               White-Hall
               .
               Mr.
               
                 Inigo
                 Iones
              
               contrived
               the
               Scenes
               and
               Ornaments
               :
               and
               Mr.
               Lawes
               and
               Mr.
               Ioes
               compos'd
               the
               Musick
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mrs.
               
                 Catharine
                 Trother
              
               .
            
             
               THis
               Lady
               ,
               by
               her
               Parents
               ,
               is
               of
               Scotch
               Extraction
               ,
               tho'
               born
               and
               bred
               in
               England
               ;
               admirable
               for
               two
               things
               rarely
               found
               together
               ,
               Wit
               and
               Beauty
               ;
               and
               with
               these
               a
               Penetration
               very
               uncommon
               in
               the
               Sex.
               She
               discovers
               in
               her
               Conversation
               ,
               a
               Fineness
               and
               Nicety
               of
               Reasoning
               on
               the
               highest
               
                 Metaphysical
                 Subjects
              
               ;
               nor
               is
               she
               less
               entertaining
               on
               the
               more
               Gay
               and
               Conversible
               .
               She
               has
               already
               given
               us
               two
               Plays
               ,
               which
               challenge
               our
               Admiration
               ,
               we
               like
               the
               first
               ,
               but
               are
               transported
               with
               the
               last
               ;
               there
               is
               the
               Chastity
               of
               her
               Person
               ,
               and
               the
               Tenderness
               of
               her
               Mind
               in
               both
               ;
               the
               Passions
               are
               natural
               and
               moving
               ,
               the
               stile
               just
               and
               familiar
               ,
               and
               adapted
               to
               the
               Subject
               ;
               if
               there
               be
               not
               the
               Sublime
               ,
               't
               is
               because
               there
               was
               no
               room
               for
               it
               ,
               not
               because
               she
               had
               not
               Fire
               and
               Genius
               enough
               to
               write
               it
               .
               What
               I
               say
               will
               be
               secur'd
               from
               the
               Imputation
               of
               Flattery
               ,
               by
               what
               she
               has
               writ
               ;
               and
               't
               is
               the
               Brevity
               I
               have
               propos'd
               my self
               in
               this
               Undertaking
               ,
               that
               confines
               me
               to
               this
               little
               ,
               and
               obliges
               me
               to
               proceed
               to
               her
               Plays
               .
            
             
               
                 Agnes
                 de
                 Castro
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1696.
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               ,
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Ri●ht
               Honourable
               ,
               Charles
               ,
               Earl
               of
               Dorset
               and
               
                 Middlesex
                 ,
                 &c.
              
               
               This
               Play
               met
               with
               good
               Suc●ess
               .
               'T
               is
               built
               on
               a
               Novel
               of
               the
               same
               Title
               ,
               written
               Originally
               in
               French
               ,
               by
               a
               French
               Lady
               ,
               and
               translated
               into
               English
               by
               Mrs.
               Behn
               .
            
             
               
                 Fatal
                 Friendship
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               acted
               at
               the
               new
               Theatre
               in
               
                 Little
                 Lincolns-Inn-Fields
              
               ,
               1698.
               and
               dedicated
               to
               her
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Princess
               of
               Denmark
               .
               I
               need
               say
               nothing
               of
               this
               Play
               ,
               the
               Town
               has
               prevented
               my
               Approbation
               ;
               and
               I
               can
               only
               add
               ,
               that
               I
               think
               it
               deserv'd
               the
               Applause
               it
               met
               with
               ,
               which
               every
               Play
               that
               has
               the
               Advantage
               of
               being
               Clapt
               ,
               cannot
               get
               from
               the
               severer
               and
               abler
               Iudges
               .
            
          
           
             
               William
               Walker
               .
            
             
               A
               Young
               Gentleman
               of
               about
               Nineteen
               Years
               of
               Age
               ,
               he
               was
               born
               (
               if
               I
               'm
               not
               mis-inform'd
               )
               in
               the
               Isle
               of
               Barbadoes
               ,
               and
               
               of
               a
               good
               Family
               ,
               his
               Education
               was
               most
               in
               England
               ;
               he
               ha●
               publish'd
               one
               Play
               ,
               call'd
               ,
            
             
               
                 Victorious
                 Love
              
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               acted
               at
               the
               Theatre
               Royal
               
                 Drury
                 Lane
              
               ,
               1698.
               4
               to
               .
               and
               dedicated
               to
               the
               Honourable
               
                 Iames
                 Kendal
              
               ,
               
                 Esq
              
               one
               of
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Admiralty
               .
               He
               tells
               us
               in
               the
               Preface
               ,
               that
               he
               acted
               a
               part
               himself
               in
               his
               Play
               ,
               which
               I
               suppose
               was
               not
               Disadvantage
               to
               it
               :
               for
               it
               was
               ,
               as
               we
               learn
               from
               the
               same
               Preface
               ,
               well
               received
               by
               
                 the
                 Town
              
               .
               The
               Play
               seems
               to
               be
               a
               kind
               of
               Imitation
               of
               Oroonoko
               ,
               only
               here
               instead
               of
               one
               ,
               they
               are
               all
               Negro●s
               .
               But
               ,
               if
               they
               think
               the
               Devil
               white
               ,
               methinks
               she
               shou'd
               scarce
               be
               so
               very
               Amiable
               in
               their
               Eyes
               ;
               but
               under
               this
               Censure
               Imoinda
               wou'd
               equally
               fall
               ;
               and
               't
               is
               very
               excusable
               in
               so
               young
               a
               Beginner
               as
               Mr.
               Walker
               .
               I
               only
               say
               it
               ,
               for
               fear
               the
               Publick
               should
               go
               on
               ,
               and
               we
               see
               nothing
               but
               Black
               Heroes
               for
               the
               Future
               ,
               since
               the
               Colour
               spreads
               so
               fast
               on
               the
               Stage
               .
               The
               Greek
               Poets
               seldom
               went
               out
               of
               Greece
               for
               their
               Heroes
               ;
               but
               ours
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               find
               Heroes
               every
               where
               but
               in
               their
               own
               Country
               ;
               this
               is
               no
               Arg●ment
               of
               their
               Iudgment
               or
               Vertue
               ;
               for
               if
               Example
               be
               that
               they
               wou'd
               instruct
               by
               ,
               the
               nearer
               the
               Example
               is
               related
               to
               us
               ,
               the
               more
               force
               it
               will
               naturally
               have
               upon
               us
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 Fulk
                 Grevile
              
               ,
               Lord
               Brook.
               
            
             
               THis
               Right
               Honourable
               Author
               was
               Son
               to
               Sir
               
                 Fulk
                 Grevile
              
               the
               Elder
               of
               Beauchamp-Court
               in
               Warwick-shire
               ;
               he
               left
               Cambridge
               in
               the
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ;
               was
               made
               a
               Baron
               in
               the
               Seventeenth
               Year
               of
               King
               Iames
               the
               First
               ;
               and
               was
               famous
               for
               Valour
               and
               Learning
               :
               among
               other
               Poems
               he
               gave
               us
               two
               Plays
               :
               He
               lies
               buried
               in
               Warwick-Church
               under
               a
               Black
               and
               White
               Marble
               ,
               on
               which
               he
               's
               stil'd
               Servant
               to
               Queen
               Elizabeth
               ,
               Counsellor
               to
               King
               Iames
               ,
               and
               Friend
               to
               Sir
               
                 Philip
                 Sidney
              
               .
               See
               more
               of
               him
               in
               
               Fuller's
               History
               .
            
             
               Alaham
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               fol.
               1633.
               
               This
               Play
               is
               built
               on
               the
               Model
               of
               the
               Ancients
               ;
               the
               Prologue
               is
               spoken
               by
               a
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               the
               Spectre
               gives
               an
               Account
               of
               each
               Character
               .
               The
               Scene
               of
               the
               Drama
               lies
               at
               the
               Entrance
               of
               the
               
                 Persian
                 Gulph
              
               ,
               of
               which
               Place
               you
               may
               read
               in
               Mr.
               
               Herbert's
               Travels
               ,
               fol.
               the
               Third
               Edition
               ,
               p.
               114.
               
            
             
               Mustapha
               ,
               a
               Tragedy
               ,
               4
               to
               .
               1609.
               fol.
               1633.
               
               This
               Play
               seems
               also
               an
               Imitation
               of
               the
               Ancients
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               Plot
               consult
               
                 Paulus
                 Iovius
              
               ,
               and
               other
               
                 Turkish
                 Chronicles
              
               .
            
             
               These
               Two
               Plays
               are
               printed
               together
               with
               other
               Poems
               of
               his
               Lordships
               ,
               in
               fol.
               1633.
               
               The
               Life
               of
               Sir
               
                 Philip
                 Sidney
              
               before
               his
               Arcadia
               ,
               is
               said
               to
               be
               written
               by
               this
               our
               Author
               ;
               as
               also
               another
               Volume
               of
               Poems
               and
               Remains
               ,
               8
               vo
               .
               not
               printed
               till
               the
               Year
               1670.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             UNKNOWN
             AUTHORS
             .
          
           
             
               AMPHITRYON
               ,
               Epidicus
            
             ,
             and
             Rudens
             ,
             made
             English
             from
             Plautus
             ,
             with
             Critical
             Remarks
             upon
             each
             Play.
             This
             Translation
             is
             supposed
             to
             be
             done
             by
             a
             Divine
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ;
             but
             since
             he
             has
             not
             thought
             fit
             to
             put
             his
             Name
             to
             it
             ,
             I
             shall
             not
             presume
             to
             do
             it
             .
             'T
             is
             dedicated
             to
             Sir
             
               Charles
               Sidley
            
             ,
             Baronet
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Fatal
               Discovery
            
             ;
             or
             ,
             
               Love
               in
               Ruines
            
             ,
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             acted
             by
             his
             Majesty's
             Servants
             ,
             at
             the
             Theatre
             Royal
             ,
             1698.
             
             The
             Author
             of
             this
             Play
             is
             unknown
             ,
             't
             is
             usher'd
             into
             the
             World
             by
             a
             Preface
             under
             Mr.
             
             Powel's
             Name
             ,
             in
             Answer
             to
             a
             Copy
             of
             Verses
             writ
             by
             Mr.
             Dryden
             ,
             in
             which
             there
             was
             some
             Reflections
             on
             that
             Theatre
             .
             The
             Story
             is
             originally
             a
             Case
             of
             Conscience
             put
             by
             St.
             Austin
             ;
             and
             after
             that
             mentioned
             in
             some
             of
             our
             English
             Divines
             .
             It
             seems
             to
             be
             taken
             from
             the
             hint
             of
             the
             old
             Story
             of
             Oedipus
             ;
             but
             't
             is
             more
             improbable
             ,
             and
             scarce
             possible
             to
             happen
             ,
             and
             therefore
             of
             no
             Use
             ,
             as
             incapable
             of
             affording
             any
             Moral
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Pindar
               of
               Wakefield
            
             ,
             a
             Comedy
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1633.
             
             This
             Play
             was
             through
             mistake
             ,
             omitted
             in
             transcribing
             the
             Copy
             for
             the
             Press
             .
          
           
             Terence
             ,
             this
             Latin
             Poet
             is
             translated
             by
             the
             Translator
             of
             the
             former
             ,
             in
             Conjunction
             with
             two
             other
             Divines
             of
             Cambridge
             .
             I
             'm
             sensible
             the
             Translators
             understood
             the
             Original
             very
             well
             ,
             but
             their
             altering
             the
             Terminations
             of
             the
             Proper
             Names
             ,
             would
             make
             some
             think
             that
             they
             had
             taken
             it
             only
             from
             the
             French
             of
             Madam
             Dacier
             .
          
           
             
               The
               Vnnatural
               Mother
            
             ;
             the
             Scene
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Siam
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             now
             acted
             at
             the
             new
             Theatre
             in
             Lincolns-Inn-Fields
             ,
             by
             his
             Majesty's
             Servants
             ;
             written
             by
             a
             young
             Lady
             ,
             4
             to
             .
             1698.
             
             This
             Play
             is
             an
             Argument
             of
             the
             Strange
             Chance
             of
             Plays
             ,
             when
             so
             indigested
             a
             heap
             could
             be
             tollerably
             received
             ;
             and
             I
             think
             't
             is
             a
             great
             Argument
             against
             those
             judges
             who
             receive
             and
             permit
             the
             Plays
             to
             be
             acted
             :
             For
             I
             am
             unwilling
             that
             the
             Nakedness
             of
             our
             Country
             should
             be
             discover'd
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             an
             Audience
             cou'd
             bear
             such
             as
             this
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             of
             a
             Modern
             Date
             .
             The
             Writers
             now
             (
             I
             mean
             all
             that
             attempt
             Writing
             )
             think
             if
             they
             can
             make
             a
             horrid
             Character
             or
             two
             in
             a
             Play
             ,
             and
             some
             bloody
             and
             barbarous
             Incidents
             ,
             they
             can
             presently
             write
             a
             Tragedy
             ,
             never
             reflecting
             
             that
             a
             Poet
             is
             not
             to
             be
             a
             Hangman
             ,
             he
             is
             not
             to
             rival
             
               Iack
               Ketch
            
             in
             his
             Office
             ,
             and
             rob
             the
             publick
             Executioners
             of
             their
             Business
             ,
             by
             ending
             a
             Criminal
             privately
             ,
             who
             ought
             to
             have
             a
             Publick
             and
             most
             infamous
             Execution
             .
             Where
             the
             Laws
             condemn
             a
             Villain
             to
             the
             Gibbet
             ,
             the
             Poet
             has
             nothing
             to
             do
             ,
             such
             Characters
             are
             below
             the
             Stage
             ,
             and
             ought
             to
             appear
             no
             where
             but
             on
             the
             Cart
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Ordinary's
             Paper
             .
             The
             Poets
             Court
             of
             Iustice
             is
             more
             sublime
             ,
             he
             examines
             and
             punishes
             Crimes
             that
             the
             Political
             Courts
             overlook
             .
             He
             is
             not
             to
             make
             Characters
             more
             deprav'd
             than
             Experience
             ever
             shew'd
             us
             ;
             for
             I
             'm
             confident
             Callapeia
             never
             had
             her
             Fellow
             ,
             on
             this
             side
             the
             Line
             at
             least
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Vices
             of
             those
             of
             the
             other
             ,
             I
             know
             nothing
             that
             we
             have
             to
             do
             with
             them
             ,
             (
             having
             Stock
             enough
             of
             our
             own
             )
             and
             't
             is
             with
             abundance
             of
             Reason
             ,
             call'd
             ,
             
               The
               Vnnatural
               Mother
            
             ;
             for
             sure
             there
             never
             was
             such
             an
             one
             in
             Nature
             .
             
             Bebbemeah's
             being
             put
             on
             the
             Couch
             with
             a
             Black
             Slave
             ,
             and
             there
             found
             asleep
             ,
             is
             borrowed
             from
             Mr.
             
             Settle's
             Incident
             of
             Cleomira
             ,
             and
             Oirantes
             ,
             in
             the
             Princess
             of
             Persia.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           AN
           INDEX
           OF
           PLAYS
           ,
           Referring
           to
           the
           AUTHORS
           .
        
         
           
             
               A
            
             
               ABdelazar
            
             
               Pag.
               8
            
             
               Abdicated
               Prince
            
             
               156
            
             
               Abraham's
               Sacrifice
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Acolastus
            
             
               110
            
             
               Acteon
               and
               Diana
            
             
               28
            
             
               Ad●lphi
            
             
               11
            
             
               Adrasta
            
             
               81
            
             
               Adventures
               of
               Five
               Hours
            
             
               141
            
             
               Agamemnon
            
             
               138
            
             
               Aglaura
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Agrippa
               K.
               of
               Alba
            
             
               31
            
             
               Agrippina
               Empress
               of
               Rome
            
             
               96
            
             
               Alarum
               for
               London
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Albion
            
             
               156
            
             
               Albion's
               Triumph
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Albion
               and
               Albianius
            
             
               41
            
             
               Albion
               K.
               of
               the
               Lombards
            
             
               33
            
             
               Albertus
               Wallenstine
            
             
               64
            
             
               Albovine
            
             
               33
            
             
               Albumazar
            
             
               156
            
             
               Alchimist
            
             
               77
            
             
               Alcibiades
            
             
               107
            
             
               Alexander
               and
               Campaspe
            
             
               87
            
             
               Alexandrian
               Tragedy
            
             
               4
            
             
               All
               Fools
            
             
               18
            
             
               All
               for
               Love
            
             
               41
            
             
               All
               Mistaken
            
             
               75
            
             
               All
               for
               Money
            
             
               88
            
             
               Alphonsus
               ,
               Emperor
               Germany
            
             
               18
            
             
               Alphonsus
               K.
               of
               Arragon
            
             
               *
               152
            
             
               Alphonso
               K.
               of
               Naples
            
             
               113
            
             
               All
               's
               lost
               by
               Lust
            
             
               118
            
             
               All
               's
               well
               that
               ends
               well
            
             
               126
            
             
               Amazon
               Queen
            
             
               147
            
             
               Ambitious
               Statesman
            
             
               18
            
             
               Ambitious
               Slave
            
             
               122
            
             
               Amboyna
            
             
               41
            
             
               
               Amends
               for
               Ladies
            
             
               55
            
             
               Amorous
               Bigote
            
             
               124
            
             
               Amorous
               Fantasm
            
             
               88
            
             
               Amorous
               Gallant
            
             
               156
            
             
               Amorous
               Old
               Woman
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Amorous
               Prince
            
             
               8
            
             
               Amorous
               War
            
             
               90
            
             
               Amphitryon
            
             
               41
            
             
               Amyntas
            
             
               31,62,119,115,116
               .
            
             
               Anatomist
            
             
               115
            
             
               Andrea
            
             
               11,73
            
             
               Andromache
            
             
               28
            
             
               Andromana
            
             
               153
            
             
               Andronicus
            
             
               156
            
             
               Andronicus
               Commenius
            
             
               149
            
             
               Anthony
               and
               Cleopatra
            
             
               126,134
            
             
               Antigone
            
             
               96
            
             
               Antonia
               and
               Melida
            
             
               93
            
             
               Antipodes
            
             
               13
            
             
               Antiquary
            
             
               93
            
             
               Any
               thing
               for
               a
               quiet
               Life
            
             
               98
            
             
               Apocraphal
               Ladies
            
             
               105
            
             
               Apollo
               Shroving
            
             
               154
            
             
               Appius
               and
               Virginia
            
             
               146
            
             
               Arcadia
            
             
               132
            
             
               Arden
               of
               Feversham
            
             
               157
            
             
               Argalus
               and
               Parthenia
            
             
               64
            
             
               Ariadne
            
             
               152
            
             
               Aristippus
            
             
               115
            
             
               Arraignment
               of
               Paris
            
             
               129,157
            
             
               Arthur
            
             
               141
            
             
               Arviragus
               and
               Philicia
            
             
               15
            
             
               As
               you
               like
               it
            
             
               127
            
             
               Assignation
            
             
               41
            
             
               Astraea
            
             
               148
            
             
               Atheist
            
             
               108
            
             
               Atheists
               Tragedy
            
             
               142
            
             
               Aureng-zebe
            
             
               41
            
          
        
         
           
             
               B
            
             
               BAll
            
             
               131
            
             
               Band
               ,
               Ruff
               ,
               and
               Cuff
            
             
               157
            
             
               Banditti
            
             
               49
            
             
               Banish'd
               Duke
            
             
               157
            
             
               Bartholomew
               Fair
            
             
               77
            
             
               Bashful
               Lover
            
             
               94,151
            
             
               Bastard
            
             
               157
            
             
               Battle
               of
               Alcazar
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Beauties
               Triumph
            
             
               48
            
             
               Beggars
               Bush
            
             
               57
            
             
               Bell
               in
               Campo
            
             
               105
            
             
               Bellamira
            
             
               134
            
             
               Bellamira
               ,
               her
               Dream
            
             
               33
            
             
               Belphegor
            
             
               149
            
             
               Benefice
            
             
               148
            
             
               Bird
               in
               a
               Cage
            
             
               131
            
             
               Birth
               of
               Merlin
            
             
               127
            
             
               Black
               Prince
            
             
               11
            
             
               Blazing
               World
            
             
               105
            
             
               Blind
               Beggar
               of
               Alexandria
            
             
               18
            
             
               Blind
               Beggar
               of
               Bednal
               Green
            
             
               35
            
             
               Blind
               Lady
            
             
               75
            
             
               Bloody
               Banquet
            
             
               *
               152
            
             
               Bloody
               Brother
            
             
               57
            
             
               Bloody
               Duke
            
             
               157
            
             
               Blurt
               ,
               Mr.
               Constable
            
             
               98,157
            
             
               Boadicea
            
             
               74
            
             
               Boarding-School
               ,
               see
               Love
               for
               Money
            
             
             
               Bondman
            
             
               94
            
             
               Bonduca
            
             
               28,157
            
             
               Bragadocio
            
             
               157
            
             
               Brazen-Age
            
             
               70
            
             
               Brenoralt
            
             
               138
            
             
               Bridals
            
             
               105
            
             
               Bride
            
             
               102
            
             
               Britannia
               Triumphans
            
             
               33
            
             
               Broken
               Heart
            
             
               61
            
             
               Brothers
            
             
               131
            
             
               Brutus
               of
               Alba
            
             
               113,139
            
             
               Bury
               Fair
            
             
               124
            
             
               Bussy
               D'Amboys's
               Revenge
            
             
               18,49
            
             
               Bussy
               D'Amboys's
               Tragedy
            
             
               18
            
             
               Byron's
               Conspiracy
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Byron's
               Tragedy
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
               C
            
             
               CAElum
               Britannicum
            
             
               15
            
             
               Caesar
               Borgia
            
             
               85
            
             
               Caesar
               and
               Pompey
            
             
               18
            
             
               Caesar's
               Revenge
            
             
               157
            
             
               Caius
               Marius
            
             
               108
            
             
               
               Calisto
            
             
               29
            
             
               Calligula
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Cambyses
               ,
               K.
               of
               Persia
            
             
               113,122
            
             
               Canterbury
               Guests
            
             
               116
            
             
               Captain
            
             
               57
            
             
               Cardinal
            
             
               131
            
             
               Careless
               Lovers
            
             
               116
            
             
               Careless
               Shepherdess
            
             
               64
            
             
               Carnival
            
             
               112
            
             
               Case
               is
               alter'd
            
             
               81
            
             
               Cataline's
               Conspiracy
            
             
               77
            
             
               Chabbot
               Admiral
               of
               France
            
             
               131
            
             
               Challenge
               at
               Tilt
            
             
               77
            
             
               Challenge
               for
               Beauty
            
             
               70
            
             
               Chances
            
             
               57
            
             
               Changes
            
             
               131
            
             
               Changling
            
             
               98
            
             
               Charles
               VIII
               .
               of
               France
            
             
               29
            
             
               Chast
               Maid
               in
               Cheapside
            
             
               98
            
             
               Cheats
            
             
               149
            
             
               Cheats
               of
               Scapin
            
             
               108
            
             
               Christ's
               Passion
            
             
               121
            
             
               Christmas
               Masque
            
             
               77
            
             
               Christian
               turn'd
               Turk
            
             
               35
            
             
               Christmas
               Ordinary
            
             
               152
            
             
               Cicilia
               and
               Clorinda
            
             
               83
            
             
               Cid
            
             
               119
            
             
               Cinthia
               and
               Endymion
            
             
               49
            
             
               Circe
            
             
               35
            
             
               Citherea
            
             
               134
            
             
               City
               Bride
            
             
               67
            
             
               City
               Heiress
            
             
               9
            
             
               City
               Lady
            
             
               38
            
             
               City
               Madam
            
             
               94
            
             
               City
               Match
            
             
               90
            
             
               City
               Night
               Cap
            
             
               35
            
             
               City
               Politicks
            
             
               29
            
             
               City
               Wit
            
             
               13
            
             
               Citizen
               turn'd
               Gent.
               
            
             
               116
            
             
               Claricella
            
             
               83
            
             
               Cleomenes
            
             
               43
            
             
               Cleopatra
            
             
               96
            
             
               Cloridia
            
             
               78
            
             
               Clouds
            
             
               137
            
             
               Coblers
               Prophecy
            
             
               149
            
             
               Colas
               Fury
            
             
               14
            
             
               Combat
               of
               Caps
            
             
               158
            
             
               Combat
               of
               Love
               and
               Friendship
            
             
               97
            
             
               Comedy
               of
               Errors
            
             
               127
            
             
               Comical
               Hash
            
             
               105
            
             
               Committee
            
             
               75
            
             
               Committee
               Man
               Curried
            
             
               130
            
             
               Commons
               Conditions
            
             
               158
            
             
               Common
               Wealth
               of
               Women
            
             
               49
            
             
               Conflict
               of
               Conscience
            
             
               149
            
             
               Conquest
               of
               China
            
             
               122
            
             
               Conquest
               of
               Granada
            
             
               43
            
             
               Conspiracy
            
             
               82,147
            
             
               Constantine
               the
               Great
            
             
               85
            
             
               Constant
               Maid
            
             
               132
            
             
               Constant
               Nymph
            
             
               158
            
             
               Contented
               Cuckold
            
             
               13
            
             
               Contention
               between
               York
               and
               Lancaster
            
             
               158
            
             
               Contention
               for
               Honour
               and
               Riches
            
             
               132
            
             
               Contention
               for
               Achil.
               Armr.
               
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Convent
               of
               Pleasure
            
             
               105
            
             
               Coriolanus
            
             
               127
            
             
               Cornish
               Comedy
            
             
               158
            
             
               Coronation
            
             
               58,132
            
             
               Coronation
               of
               Q.
               Eliz.
               
            
             
               153,158
            
             
               Costly
               Whore
            
             
               158
            
             
               Covent-Garden
            
             
               103
            
             
               Covent-Garden
               Weeded
            
             
               13
            
             
               Counterfeit
               Bridegroom
            
             
               158
            
             
               Counterfeits
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Country
               Captain
            
             
               104
            
             
               Country
               Girl
            
             
               12
            
             
               Country
               Innocence
            
             
               85
            
             
               Country
               Wake
            
             
               39
            
             
               Country
               Wife
            
             
               150
            
             
               Country
               Wit
            
             
               29
            
             
               Couragious
               Turk
            
             
               64
            
             
               Court
               Beggar
            
             
               13
            
             
               Court
               Secret
            
             
               132
            
             
               Coxcomb
            
             
               58
            
             
               Craesus
            
             
               4
            
             
               Gromwel's
               Life
               and
               Death
            
             
               127
            
             
               
               Cromwel's
               Couspiracy
            
             
               pag.
               158
            
             
               Cruel
               Brother
            
             
               33
            
             
               Cruel
               Debtor
            
             
               159
            
             
               Cuckold's
               Haven
            
             
               139
            
             
               Cunning
               Lovers
            
             
               12
            
             
               Cupid
               and
               Death
            
             
               132
            
             
               Cupid's
               Revenge
            
             
               58
            
             
               Cupid's
               Whirligig
            
             
               159
            
             
               Cure
               fo●
               a
               Cuckold
            
             
               147
            
             
               Custom
               of
               the
               Country
            
             
               58
            
             
               Cutter
               of
               Coleman-street
            
             
               27
            
             
               Cymbeline's
               Tragedy
            
             
               127
            
             
               Cynthia's
               Revels
            
             
               78
            
             
               Cynthia's
               Revenge
            
             
               137
            
             
               Cyrus
               King
               of
               Persia
            
             
               159
            
             
               Cyrus
               the
               Great
            
             
               6
            
          
        
         
           
             
               D
            
             
               DAme
               Dobson
            
             
               116
            
             
               Damoyselle
            
             
               13
            
             
               Damoysell's
               A-la-mode
            
             
               56
            
             
               Damon
               and
               Pythias
            
             
               159
            
             
               Darius
            
             
               4,159
            
             
               Darius
               ,
               King
               of
               Persia
            
             
               29
            
             
               David
               and
               Bethshabe
            
             
               110
            
             
               Debauchee
            
             
               159
            
             
               Deorum
               Dona
            
             
               8
            
             
               Deserving
               Favourite
            
             
               15
            
             
               Destruction
               of
               Ierusalem
            
             
               29,159
            
             
               Destruction
               of
               Troy
            
             
               6
            
             
               Devil
               's
               an
               Ass
            
             
               78
            
             
               Devil's
               Charter
            
             
               7
            
             
               Devil's
               Law-case
            
             
               147
            
             
               Devil
               of
               a
               Wife
            
             
               76
            
             
               Dick
               Scorner
            
             
               159
            
             
               Dido
               Q.
               of
               Carthage
            
             
               92,104
            
             
               Disappointment
            
             
               135
            
             
               Disobedient
               Child
            
             
               77
            
             
               Distracted
               State
            
             
               140
            
             
               Distresses
            
             
               33
            
             
               Distressed
               Innocence
            
             
               122
            
             
               Divine
               Comedian
            
             
               141
            
             
               Divine
               Masque
            
             
               159
            
             
               Doctor
               Dodipole
            
             
               92
            
             
               Doctor
               Faustus
            
             
             
               Doctor
               Faustus's
               Life
               and
               Death
               ,
               with
               the
               Humours
               ,
               of
               Harlequin
               and
               Scaramouch
            
             
               102
            
             
               Don
               Carlos
            
             
               108
            
             
               Don
               Quixot
            
             
               50
            
             
               Don
               Sebastian
            
             
               44
            
             
               Double
               Dealer
            
             
               22
            
             
               Double
               Marriage
            
             
               58
            
             
               Doubtful
               Heir
            
             
               132
            
             
               Duke
               and
               no
               Duke
            
             
               139
            
             
               Duke
               Guise
            
             
               144
            
             
               Duke
               of
               Lerma
               ,
               see
               Great
               Favourite
               .
            
             
             
               Duke
               of
               Millain
            
             
               82,95
            
             
               Duke's
               Mistress
            
             
               132
            
             
               Dumb
               Knight
            
             
               95
            
             
               Dumb
               Lady
            
             
               85
            
             
               Dutch
               Courtezan
            
             
               93
            
             
               Dutch
               Lover
            
             
               9
            
             
               Dutchess
               Malfey
            
             
               147
            
             
               Dutchess
               of
               Suffolk
            
             
               70
            
          
        
         
           
             
               E
            
             
               EAstward
               Hoe
            
             
               19
            
             
               Edgar
            
             
               120
            
             
               Edward
               I.
               
            
             
               110
            
             
               Edward
               II.
               
            
             
               92
            
             
               Edward
               III.
               
            
             
               159
            
             
               —
               with
               the
               Fall
               of
               Mortimer
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               Edward
               IV.
               
            
             
               70
            
             
               Elder
               Brother
            
             
               58
            
             
               Electra
            
             
               154
            
             
               Elvira
            
             
               159
            
             
               Emperor
               of
               the
               East
            
             
               95
            
             
               Emperor
               of
               the
               Moon
            
             
               9
            
             
               Empress
               of
               Morocco
            
             
               123,159
            
             
               Enchanted
               Lovers
            
             
               88
            
             
               Endymion
            
             
               87
            
             
               ●●glish
               Fryar
            
             
               29
            
             
               ●●●lish
               Lawyer
            
             
               116
            
             
               English
               Men
               for
               Money
            
             
               159
            
             
               English
               Monsieur
            
             
               75
            
             
               English
               Moor
            
             
               13
            
             
               English
               Princess
            
             
               160
            
             
               English
               Rogue
            
             
               141
            
             
               English
               Traveller
            
             
               70
            
             
               Enough
               's
               as
               good
               as
               a
               Feast
            
             
               160
            
             
               
               Entertainment
               of
               the
               K.
               and
               Q.
               at
               High-Gate
            
             
               pag.
               78
            
             
               Entertainment
               of
               the
               K.
               of
               Engl.
               and
               Denm
               .
               at
               Theobalds
            
             
               78
            
             
               Entertainment
               at
               K.
               Iames
               I.
               Coronation
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Entertainment
               of
               K.
               Iames
               I.
               and
               Q.
               Ann
               at
               Theobalds
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Entertainment
               of
               the
               Q.
               and
               Prince
               at
               Althrop
            
             
               33
            
             
               Entertainment
               on
               the
               Prince's
               Birth-day
            
             
               103
            
             
               Epsom
               Wells
            
             
               124
            
             
               AEsop
            
             
               143
            
             
               Erminia
            
             
               56
            
             
               Evening's
               Love
            
             
               45
            
             
               Every
               Man
               in
               his
               Humour
            
             
               78
            
             
               Every
               Man
               out
               of
               his
               Humour
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Every
               Wom.
               in
               her
               Humour
            
             
               159
            
             
               Eunuchus
            
             
               11
            
             
               Example
            
             
               132
            
             
               Excommunicated
               Prince
            
             
               8
            
             
               Extravagant
               Shepherd
            
             
               152
            
          
        
         
           
             
               F
            
             
               FActious
               Citizen
            
             
               160
            
             
               Fair
               Em
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Fair
               Favourite
            
             
               34
            
             
               Fair
               Irene
            
             
               139
            
             
               Fair
               Maid
               of
               Bristow
            
             
               160
            
             
               Fair
               Maid
               of
               the
               Exchange
            
             
               70
            
             
               Fair
               Maid
               of
               the
               Inn
            
             
               58
            
             
               Fair
               Maid
               of
               the
               West
            
             
               70
            
             
               Fair
               Quarrel
            
             
               98
            
             
               Fair
               Queen
            
             
               160
            
             
               Faithful
               Shepherd
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Faithful
               Shepherdess
            
             
               58
            
             
               False
               Favourite
               disgrac'd
            
             
               160
            
             
               False
               Count
            
             
               9
            
             
               False
               one
            
             
               58
            
             
               Family
               in
               Love
            
             
               98
            
             
               Fancies
            
             
               61
            
             
               Fancies
               Chast
               and
               Noble
            
             
               61
            
             
               Fancies
               Festivals
            
             
               81
            
             
               Fatal
               Contract
            
             
               68
            
             
               Fatal
               Dowry
            
             
               pag.
               95
            
             
               Fatal
               Iealousy
            
             
               160
            
             
               Fatal
               Love
            
             
               123
            
             
               Fatal
               Marriage
            
             
               135
            
             
               Fatal
               Mistake
            
             
               68
            
             
               Fawn
            
             
               93
            
             
               Feign'd
               Astrologer
            
             
               160
            
             
               Feign'd
               Courtezans
            
             
               9
            
             
               Female
               Academy
            
             
               105
            
             
               Female
               Prelate
            
             
               123
            
             
               Femal
               Vertuoso
            
             
               149
            
             
               Ferrex
               and
               Porrex
            
             
               107
            
             
               Fidele
               and
               Fortunatus
            
             
               160
            
             
               Fine
               Companion
            
             
               93
            
             
               Fleir
            
             
               130
            
             
               Floating
               Island
            
             
               137
            
             
               Flora's
               Vagaries
            
             
               160
            
             
               Folly
               of
               Priestcraft
            
             
               160
            
             
               Fond
               Husband
            
             
               50
            
             
               Fond
               Lady
            
             
               160
            
             
               Fool
               turn'd
               Critick
            
             
               50
            
             
               Fool
               wou'd
               be
               a
               Favourite
            
             
               15
            
             
               Fools
               Preferment
            
             
               50
            
             
               Forc'd
               Marriage
            
             
             
               Fortunate
               Isles
            
             
               78
            
             
               Fortunatus
            
             
               36
            
             
               Fortunate
               by
               Land
               and
               Sea
            
             
               70
            
             
               Fortune
               Hunters
            
             
               16
            
             
               Four
               London
               Prentices
            
             
               70
            
             
               Four
               Plays
               ,
               or
               Moral
               Representations
            
             
               58
            
             
               Four
               P's
            
             
               69
            
             
               Four
               Plays
               in
               one
            
             
               58
            
             
               Fox
            
             
               81
            
             
               Free
               Will
            
             
               161
            
             
               French
               Conjurer
            
             
               152
            
             
               Friendship
               in
               Fashion
            
             
               108
            
             
               Fryar
               Bacon
            
             
               67
            
             
               Fulgius
               and
               Lucrelle
            
             
               161
            
          
        
         
           
             
               G
            
             
               GAlathea
            
             
               87
            
             
               Game
               at
               Chess
            
             
               198
            
             
               Gamester
            
             
               132
            
             
               Gam
               .
               Gurton's
               Needle
            
             
               152
            
             
               Generous
               Enemies
            
             
               26
            
             
               
               Gentle-Craft
            
             
               pag.
               161
            
             
               Gentleman
               Dancing
               Master
            
             
               150
            
             
               Gentleman
               of
               Venice
            
             
               132
            
             
               Gentleman
               of
               Verona
            
             
               129
            
             
               Gentleman
               Usher
            
             
               18
            
             
               Ghost
            
             
               161
            
             
               Glass
               of
               Government
            
             
               63
            
             
               Gloriana
            
             
               85
            
             
               Goblins
            
             
               138
            
             
               Golden
               Age
            
             
               70
            
             
               Golden
               Age
               Restored
            
             
               78
            
             
               Gorboduc
            
             
               107
            
             
               Grateful
               Servant
            
             
               132
            
             
               Great
               Duke
               of
               Florence
            
             
               95
            
             
               Great
               Favourite
            
             
               75
            
             
               Green's
               Tu
               Quoque
            
             
               26
            
             
               Greenwich
               Park
            
             
               102
            
             
               Grim
               ,
               the
               Collier
               of
               Croyden
            
             
               153
            
             
               Gripus
               and
               Hegio
            
             
               8
            
             
               Guardian
            
             
               27,95
            
             
               Guy
               of
               Warwick
            
             
               151
            
             
               Guzman
            
             
               11
            
          
        
         
           
             
               H
            
             
               HAmlet
               P●ince
               of
               Denmark
            
             
               127
            
             
               Hannibal
               and
               Scipio
            
             
               103
            
             
               Heautontimorumenos
            
             
               11
            
             
               Hector
               of
               Germany
            
             
               134
            
             
               Hectors
            
             
               114
            
             
               Hecyra
            
             
               11
            
             
               Heir
            
             
               97
            
             
               Heir
               of
               Morocco
            
             
               123
            
             
               Hell
               's
               Higher
               Court
               of
               Iustice
            
             
               152
            
             
               Henry
               II.
               
            
             
               5
            
             
               Henry
               III.
               of
               France
            
             
               130
            
             
               Henry
               IV.
               
            
             
               127
            
             
               Henry
               V.
               
            
             
               11.121
            
             
               Henry
               VI.
               
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Henry
               VI.
               Part
               1.
               with
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               D.
               of
               Gloucester
            
             
               29
            
             
               Henry
               VI.
               Part
               2.
               or
               ,
               The
               Miseries
               of
               Civil
               War
            
             
               30
            
             
               Henry
               VIII
               .
            
             
               127
            
             
               Heraclius
            
             
               15
            
             
               Hercules
               Furens
            
             
               69
            
             
               Hercules
               Oetus
            
             
               pag.
               138
            
             
               Hero
               and
               Leander
            
             
               137
            
             
               Herod
               and
               Antipater
            
             
               92,120
            
             
               Herod
               and
               Mariamne
            
             
               112
            
             
               Herod
               the
               Great
            
             
               11
            
             
               Heroick
               Love
            
             
               16,66
            
             
               Hey
               for
               Honesty
            
             
               115
            
             
               Hic
               &
               Ubique
            
             
               68
            
             
               Histriomastix
            
             
               161
            
             
               Hoffman's
               Tragedy
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Hog
               hath
               lost
               his
               Pearl
            
             
               141
            
             
               Hollander
            
             
               64
            
             
               Holland's
               Leaguer
            
             
               93
            
             
               Honest
               Lawyer
            
             
               153
            
             
               Honest
               Man's
               Fortune
            
             
               58
            
             
               Honest
               Whore
            
             
               36
            
             
               Honoria
               and
               Mammon
            
             
               132
            
             
               Honour
               of
               Wales
            
             
             
               Horace
            
             
               26,111
            
             
               Horatius
            
             
               88
            
             
               How
               to
               chuse
               a
               good
               Wife
               from
               a
               Bad
            
             
               161
            
             
               Humorous
               Courtier
            
             
               133
            
             
               Humorous
               Days
               Mirth
            
             
               18
            
             
               Humorous
               Lieutenant
            
             
               58
            
             
               Humorous
               Lovers
            
             
               104
            
             
               Humorists
            
             
               124
            
             
               Humour
               out
               of
               Breath
            
             
               35
            
             
               Huntingdon's
               Divertisement
            
             
               151
            
             
               Husband
               his
               own
               Cuckold
            
             
               47
            
             
               Hyde
               Park
            
             
               132
            
             
               Hymenaei
            
             
               78
            
             
               Hymen's
               Triumph
            
             
               32
            
             
               Hyppolitus
            
             
               114,138
            
          
        
         
           
             
               I
            
             
               IAck
               Drum's
               Entertainment
            
             
               161
            
             
               Iack
               Iugler
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Iack
               Straw's
               Life
               and
               Death
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Iacob
               and
               Esau
            
             
               162
            
             
               Iames
               the
               Fourth
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Ibrahim
            
             
               111,123
            
             
               Ibrahim
               XIII
               .
               Emperor
               of
               the
               Turks
               .
            
             
               111
            
             
               Iealous
               Lovers
            
             
               115
            
             
               Ieronymo
            
             
               162
            
             
               
               Iew
               of
               Malta
            
             
               pag.
               92
            
             
               Iew
               's
               Tragedy
            
             
               69
            
             
               If
               this
               been't
               a
               good
               Play
               ,
               the
               Devil
               's
               in
               't
            
             
               36
            
             
               If
               you
               know
               not
               me
               ,
               you
               know
               no
               Body
            
             
               71
            
             
               Ignoramus
            
             
               *
               152
            
             
               Impatient
               Poverty
            
             
               162
            
             
               Imperial
               Tragedy
            
             
             
               Imperiale
            
             
               83,165
            
             
               Imposture
            
             
               133
            
             
               Inchanted
               Lovers
            
             
               88
            
             
               Indian
               Emperor
            
             
               45
            
             
               Indian
               Queen
            
             
               75
            
             
               Ingratitude
               of
               a
               Commonwealth
            
             
               139
            
             
               Injured
               Lovers
            
             
               102
            
             
               Injured
               Princess
            
             
               50
            
             
               Inner-Temple
               Masque
            
             
               99
            
             
               Innocent
               Mistriss
            
             
               111
            
             
               Innocent
               Usurper
            
             
               6
            
             
               Insatiate
               Countess
            
             
               93
            
             
               Interlude
               of
               Youth
            
             
               162
            
             
               Intreagues
               of
               Versailles
            
             
               50
            
             
               Iocasta
            
             
               63
            
             
               Iohn
               the
               Evangel
               .
            
             
               162
            
             
               Iohn
               K.
               of
               England
            
             
               125
            
             
               Iohn
               and
               Matilda
            
             
               35
            
             
               Ioseph
            
             
               65
            
             
               Ioseph's
               Afflictions
            
             
             
               Iovial
               Crew
            
             
               13,162
            
             
               Irish
               Masque
            
             
               79
            
             
               Iron
               Age
            
             
               70
            
             
               Island
               Princess
            
             
               58
            
             
               Isle
               of
               Gulls
            
             
               35
            
             
               Italian
               Husband
            
             
               116
            
             
               Iuliana
               Princess
               of
               Poland
            
             
               30
            
             
               Iulius
               Caesar
            
             
               4,128
            
             
               Iust
               General
            
             
               91
            
             
               Iust
               Italian
            
             
               34
            
          
        
         
           
             
               K
            
             
               KIng
               Arthur
            
             
               45
            
             
               Kind
               Keeper
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               King
               and
               no
               King
            
             
               59
            
             
               King
               Edgar
               and
               Alfreda
            
             
               117,162
            
             
               King
               Lear
               and
               his
               3
               Daughters
               ,
               see
               Lear
               K.
               of
               England
               .
            
             
             
               King
               and
               Queen's
               Entertainment
               at
               Richmond
            
             
               162
            
             
               King's
               Entertainmen
               at
               Welbeck
            
             
               79
            
             
               Knack
               to
               know
               an
               Honest
               Man
            
             
               162
            
             
               Knack
               to
               know
               a
               Knave
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Knave
               in
               Grain
            
             
               163
            
             
               Knavery
               in
               all
               Trades
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Knight
               of
               the
               Burning
               Pestle
            
             
               59
            
             
               Knight
               of
               the
               Golden-Shield
               ,
               see
               St.
               Clyomon
            
             
             
               Knight
               of
               Malta
            
             
               59
            
          
        
         
           
             
               L
            
             
               LAdy
               Alimony
            
             
               163
            
             
               Lady
               Contemplation
            
             
               105
            
             
               Lady
               Errant
            
             
               16
            
             
               Lady
               of
               Pleasure
            
             
               133
            
             
               Ladies
               Priviledge
            
             
               64
            
             
               Ladies
               Tryal
            
             
               61
            
             
               Lancash
               .
               Witches
            
             
               71,124
            
             
               Landgartha
            
             
               14
            
             
               Late
               Revolution
            
             
               163
            
             
               Law
               against
               Lovers
            
             
               34
            
             
               Law
               Tricks
            
             
               36
            
             
               Laws
               of
               Candy
            
             
               59
            
             
               Laws
               of
               Nature
            
             
               163
            
             
               Lear's
               Tragedy
            
             
               128,140
            
             
               Levellers
               levelled
            
             
               163
            
             
               Liberality
               and
               Prodigality
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Libertine
            
             
               124
            
             
               Like
               will
               to
               like
               ,
               quoth
               the
               Devil
               to
               the
               Collier
            
             
               63
            
             
               Lingua
            
             
               163
            
             
               Little
               French
               Lawyer
            
             
               59
            
             
               Locrine
            
             
               128
            
             
               London
               Chanticleers
            
             
               163
            
             
               London
               Cuckolds
            
             
               117
            
             
               London
               Prodigal
            
             
               128
            
             
               Longer
               thou
               liv'st
               ,
               the
               more
               Fool
               thou
               art
            
             
               146
            
             
               Look
               about
               you
            
             
               163
            
             
               
               Looking-glass
               for
               London
               and
               England
            
             
               pag.
               67,88
            
             
               Lost
               Lady
            
             
               163
            
             
               Lost
               Lover
            
             
               91
            
             
               Love
               A-la-mode
            
             
               163
            
             
               Love
               and
               Honour
            
             
               24
            
             
               Love
               for
               Love
            
             
               22
            
             
               Love
               for
               Money
            
             
               51
            
             
               Love
               and
               Revenge
            
             
               123
            
             
               Love
               and
               War
            
             
               97
            
             
               Love
               Crowns
               the
               End
            
             
               140
            
             
               Love
               freed
               from
               Ignorance
            
             
               79
            
             
               Love
               only
               for
               Love's
               Sake
            
             
               55
            
             
               Love
               in
               a
               Tub
            
             
               53
            
             
               Love
               in
               a
               Wood
            
             
               150
            
             
               Love
               in
               its
               Extasy
            
             
               110
            
             
               Love
               in
               the
               Dark
            
             
               54
            
             
               Love
               Restored
            
             
               79
            
             
               Love-sick
               Court
            
             
               13
            
             
               Love-sick
               King
            
             
               12
            
             
               Love
               Tricks
            
             
               133
            
             
               Love
               Triumphant
            
             
               45
            
             
               Love's
               Adventures
            
             
               105
            
             
               Love's
               Cruelty
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Love's
               Cure
            
             
               59
            
             
               Love's
               Dominion
            
             
               56
            
             
               Love
               's
               a
               Iest
            
             
               101
            
             
               Love's
               Kingdom
            
             
               Ibid.
               
            
             
               Love's
               Labour
               lost
            
             
               128
            
             
               Love's
               Labyrinth
            
             
               62
            
             
               Love
               's
               Last
               Shift
            
             
               20
            
             
               Love's
               Loadstone
            
             
               163
            
             
               Loves
               of
               Mars
               and
               Venus
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Love's
               Triumph
               thro'
               Calipolis
            
             
               79
            
             
               Lovers
               Melancholy
            
             
               61
            
             
               Lovers
               Progress
            
             
               59
            
             
               Lovers
               Metamorphosis
            
             
               87
            
             
               Lovers
               Mistress
            
             
               71
            
             
               Lovers
               Pilgrimage
            
             
               59
            
             
               Lovers
               Riddle
            
             
               28
            
             
               Lovers
               Sacrifice
            
             
               61
            
             
               ●overs
               Triumph
            
             
               26
            
             
               Lovers
               Victory
            
             
               17
            
             
               Lovers
               Welcome
            
             
               79
            
             
               Loving
               Enemies
            
             
               pag.
               89
            
             
               Loyal
               Brother
            
             
               135,142
            
             
               Loyal
               General
            
             
               140
            
             
               Loyal
               Lovers
            
             
               91
            
             
               Loyal
               Subject
            
             
               59
            
             
               Lucius
               Iunius
               Brutus
            
             
               85
            
             
               Lucky
               Chance
            
             
               9
            
             
               Luminalia
            
             
               163
            
             
               Lusts
               Dominion
            
             
               92
            
             
               Lusty
               Iuventus
            
             
               146
            
             
               Lyer
               ,
               see
               Mistaken
               Beauty
            
             
          
        
         
           
             
               M
            
             
               MAckbeth
            
             
               128
            
             
               Mad
               Couple
               well
               matcht
            
             
               13
            
             
               Mad
               World
               my
               Masters
            
             
               99
            
             
               Mad
               Lover
            
             
               59
            
             
               Madam
               Fickle
            
             
               51
            
             
               Magnetick
               Lady
            
             
               79
            
             
               Maid
               of
               Honour
            
             
               95
            
             
               Maid
               in
               the
               Mill
            
             
               59
            
             
               Maiden
               Queen
               ,
               see
               Secret
               Love.
               
            
             
             
               Maiden-head
               well
               lost
            
             
               71
            
             
               Maid's
               Metamorphosis
            
             
               87
            
             
               Maids
               of
               Moorclack
            
             
               4
            
             
               Maid's
               Revenge
            
             
               133
            
             
               Maid's
               Tragedy
            
             
               59,146
            
             
               Male-content
            
             
               93
            
             
               Mall
            
             
               *
               152
            
             
               Mamamouchi
               ,
               see
               Cit.
               tur●'d
               Gent.
               
            
             
             
               Manhood
               and
               Wisdom
            
             
               164
            
             
               Man
               of
               Mode
            
             
               53
            
             
               Man
               of
               New-market
            
             
               74
            
             
               Man
               's
               the
               Master
            
             
               34
            
             
               Marriage
               A-la-mode
            
             
               46
            
             
               Marriage
               Broker
            
             
               154
            
             
               Marriage
               Hater
               match'd
            
             
               51
            
             
               Marriage
               Night
            
             
               55
            
             
               Marriage
               of
               Oceanus
               and
               Britannia
            
             
               57
            
             
               Marriage
               of
               the
               Arts
            
             
               72
            
             
               Marriage
               of
               Wit
               and
               Science
            
             
               164
            
             
               Married
               Beau
            
             
               30
            
             
               Mariam
            
             
               14
            
             
               Marcelia
            
             
               11
            
             
               
               Marcus
               Tullius
               Cicero
            
             
               164
            
             
               Marius
               and
               Scilla
               ,
               see
               Wounds
               of
               Civil
               War.
               
            
             
             
               Martyr
            
             
               88
            
             
               Martyred
               Soldier
            
             
               131
            
             
               Mary
               Magdalen's
               Repentance
            
             
               145
            
             
               Mary
               ,
               Q.
               of
               Scotland
               ;
               see
               Island
               Queens
               .
            
             
             
               Masque
               at
               Berthie
            
             
               21
            
             
               Masque
               at
               the
               Lord
               Haddington's
               House
            
             
               79
            
             
               Masque
               at
               Lord
               Hayes
               House
            
             
               79
            
             
               Masque
               at
               Ludlow
               Castle
            
             
               100
            
             
               Masque
               of
               Augurs
            
             
               79
            
             
               Masque
               of
               Flowers
            
             
               164
            
             
               Masque
               of
               Grays-Inn
            
             
               59
            
             
               Masque
               of
               Owls
            
             
               79
            
             
               Masque
               of
               Queens
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Masque
               of
               the
               Middle
               Temple
               and
               Lincolns-Inn
               Gent.
               
            
             
               19
            
             
               Masquerade
               du
               Ciel
            
             
               153
            
             
               Massacree
               at
               Paris
            
             
               86,92
            
             
               Massacree
               of
               Paris
            
             
             
               Massianello
            
             
               164
            
             
               Master
               Anthony
            
             
               11
            
             
               Master
               Turbulent
            
             
               164
            
             
               Match
               at
               Midnight
            
             
               118
            
             
               Match
               me
               in
               London
            
             
               36
            
             
               Match
               in
               Newgate
               ,
               see
               Revenge
               .
            
             
             
               Matrimonial
               Trouble
            
             
               105
            
             
               May
               Day
            
             
               19
            
             
               Mayor
               of
               Quinborough
            
             
               99
            
             
               Measure
               for
               Measure
            
             
               128
            
             
               Medea
            
             
               130,138
            
             
               Menechmus
            
             
               155
            
             
               Merchant
               of
               Venice
            
             
               128
            
             
               Mercurius
               Britannicus
            
             
               164
            
             
               Mercury
               vindicated
            
             
             
               Merry
               Devil
               of
               Edmonton
            
             
               164
            
             
               Merry
               Milk-maids
            
             
             
               Merry
               Wives
               of
               Windsor
            
             
             
               Messalina
            
             
               118
            
             
               Metamorphosed
               Gypsies
            
             
               79
            
             
               Michaelmas
               Term
            
             
               99
            
             
               Microcosmus
            
             
               103
            
             
               Midas
            
             
               pag.
               87
            
             
               Midsummer
               Night's
               Dream
            
             
               128
            
             
               Mirza
            
             
               8
            
             
               Miser
            
             
               125
            
             
               Miseries
               of
               Civil
               War
               ,
               see
               Henry
               VI.
               Part
               2.
               
            
             
             
               Miseries
               of
               inforc'd
               Marriage
            
             
               147
            
             
               Mistaken
               Beauty
            
             
               164
            
             
               Mistakes
               ;
               or
               ,
               False
               Reports
            
             
               67
            
             
               Mistaken
               Husband
            
             
               45
            
             
               Mithridates
            
             
               66
            
             
               Mock
               Duellist
            
             
               *
               151
            
             
               Mock
               Marriage
            
             
               121
            
             
               Mock
               Tempest
            
             
               48
            
             
               Mock
               Thyestes
            
             
               149
            
             
               Monsieur
               D'Olive
            
             
               19
            
             
               Monsieur
               Thomas
            
             
               59
            
             
               Money
               is
               an
               Ass
            
             
               81
            
             
               More
               Dissemblers
               besides
               Women
            
             
               99
            
             
               Morning
               Ramble
            
             
               164
            
             
               Mortimer's
               Fall
            
             
               79
            
             
               Mother
               Bomby
            
             
               87
            
             
               Mother
               Shipton's
               Life
               and
               Death
            
             
               141
            
             
               Mourning
               Bride
            
             
               22
            
             
               Mucedorus
            
             
               164
            
             
               Much
               ado
               about
               nothing
            
             
               128
            
             
               Mulberry
               Garden
            
             
               134
            
             
               Muleasses
               the
               Turk
            
             
               94
            
             
               Muse
               of
               New-market
            
             
               164
            
             
               Muses
               Looking-glass
            
             
               115
            
             
               Mustapha
            
             
               11
            
          
        
         
           
             
               N
            
             
               NAture's
               3
               Daughters
            
             
               105
            
             
               Neglected
               Vertue
            
             
               165
            
             
               Neptune's
               Triumph
            
             
             
               Nero's
               Life
               and
               Death
            
             
               86,165
            
             
               New
               Custom
            
             
               165
            
             
               New
               Exchange
            
             
               13
            
             
               New
               Inn
            
             
               81
            
             
               New
               Trick
               to
               cheat
               the
               Devil
            
             
             
               New-market
               Fair
            
             
               165
            
             
               New
               Way
               to
               pay
               old
               Debts
            
             
               95
            
             
               
               News
               from
               Plymouth
            
             
               pag.
               34
            
             
               News
               from
               the
               World
               in
               the
               Moon
            
             
               80
            
             
               Nice
               Valour
            
             
               59
            
             
               Nice
               Wanton
            
             
               165
            
             
               Nicomede
            
             
               31
            
             
               Night
               Walker
            
             
               59
            
             
               Noah's
               Flood
            
             
               53
            
             
               Noble
               Gentleman
            
             
               ibid●
            
             
               Noble
               Ingratitude
            
             
               88
            
             
               Noble
               Spanish
               Souldier
            
             
               119
            
             
               Noble
               Stranger
            
             
               129
            
             
               No
               Body
               and
               Some
               Body
            
             
               165
            
             
               Novelty
            
             
               101
            
             
               No
               Wit
               ,
               no
               Help
               like
               a
               Woman's
            
             
               99
            
             
               Northern
               Lass
            
             
               13
            
             
               Northward-hoe
            
             
               36
            
             
               Novella
            
             
               13
            
          
        
         
           
             
               O
            
             
               OBeron
               the
               Fairy
               Prince
            
             
               80
            
             
               Obstinate
               Lady
            
             
               21
            
             
               Octavia
            
             
               107
            
             
               Oedipus
            
             
               46,104
            
             
               Old
               Batchelour
            
             
               25
            
             
               Old
               Castle
               's
               History
            
             
               128
            
             
               Old
               Couple
            
             
               97
            
             
               Old
               Law
            
             
               95,99
            
             
               Old
               Man's
               Lesson
            
             
               12
            
             
               Old
               Troop
            
             
               85
            
             
               Old
               Wives
               Tale
            
             
               165
            
             
               Opportunity
            
             
               133
            
             
               Ordinary
            
             
               17
            
             
               Orestes
            
             
               64
            
             
               Orgula
            
             
               154
            
             
               Orlando
               Eurioso
            
             
               165
            
             
               Ormasdes
            
             
               83
            
             
               Oroonoko
            
             
               135
            
             
               Orphan
            
             
               108
            
             
               Osmund
               the
               great
               Turk
            
             
               15
            
             
               Othello
            
             
               128
            
             
               Ovid
            
             
               21
            
          
        
         
           
             
               P
            
             
               PAllantus
               and
               Eudora
            
             
               82
            
             
               Pandora
            
             
               83
            
             
               Pan's
               Anniversary
            
             
               pag.
               80
            
             
               Parliament
               of
               Bees
            
             
               26
            
             
               Parson's
               Wedding
            
             
               83
            
             
               Passionate
               Lover
            
             
               15
            
             
               Pastor
               Fido
            
             
               55
            
             
               Pathomachia
            
             
               166
            
             
               Patient
               Grisle
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Patrick
               for
               Ireland
            
             
               133
            
             
               Pausanias
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Pedlar's
               Prophecy
            
             
               166
            
             
               Peleus
               and
               Thetis
            
             
               76
            
             
               Pericles
               Prince
               of
               Tyre
            
             
               128
            
             
               Perjured
               Nun
            
             
               12
            
             
               Perkin
               Warbeck
            
             
               61
            
             
               Philaster
            
             
               60
            
             
               Phillis
               of
               Scyros
            
             
               153
            
             
               Philotas
            
             
               32
            
             
               Philotus
               Scotch
            
             
               166
            
             
               Phoenix
            
             
               99
            
             
               Phoenix
               in
               her
               Flames
            
             
               88
            
             
               Phormio
            
             
               11
            
             
               Picture
            
             
               95
            
             
               Pilgrim
            
             
               60,83
            
             
               Pinder
               of
               Wakefield
               .
            
             
             
               Piso's
               Conspiracy
            
             
               166
            
             
               Pity
               she
               's
               a
               Whore
            
             
               61
            
             
               Platonick
               Lovers
            
             
               34
            
             
               Play-house
               to
               be
               Lett
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Play
               between
               Iohn
               the
               Husband
               ,
               and
               Tib
               his
               Wife
            
             
               69
            
             
               Play
               betwixt
               the
               Pardoner
               and
               the
               Fryar
               ,
               the
               Curate
               and
               Neighbour
               Prat
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Play
               of
               Gentleness
               and
               Nobility
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Play
               of
               Love
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Play
               of
               the
               Weather
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Plain
               Dealer
            
             
               150
            
             
               Pleasure
               at
               Kenelworth
               Castle
            
             
               63
            
             
               Pleasure
               reconciled
               to
               Virtue
            
             
               80
            
             
               Plot
               and
               no
               Plot
            
             
               38
            
             
               Plutus
            
             
               *
               151
            
             
               Poetaster
            
             
               80
            
             
               Politician
            
             
               133
            
             
               
               Politician
               Cheated
            
             
               66
            
             
               Pompey
            
             
               111
            
             
               Pompey
               his
               Fair
               Cornelias
               .
            
             
               84
            
             
               Poor
               Man's
               Comfort
            
             
               35
            
             
               Poor
               Scholar
            
             
               104
            
             
               Pragmatical
               Iesuite
            
             
               16
            
             
               Presbyterian
               Lash
            
             
               166
            
             
               Presence
            
             
               105
            
             
               Prince
               of
               Prigg's
               Revels
            
             
               153
            
             
               Princess
            
             
               83
            
             
               Princess
               of
               Cleve
            
             
               86
            
             
               Prisoners
            
             
               83
            
             
               Projectors
            
             
               149
            
             
               Promises
               of
               God
               manifested
            
             
               166
            
             
               Promus
               and
               Cassandra
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Prophetess
            
             
               60
            
             
               Provok'd
               Wife
            
             
               144
            
             
               Psyche
            
             
               125
            
             
               Psyche
               Debauched
            
             
               14
            
             
               Publick
               Wooing
            
             
               106
            
             
               Puritan
               Widow
            
             
               128
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Q.
               
            
             
               QUeen
            
             
               166
            
             
               Queen
               and
               Concubine
            
             
               13
            
             
               Queen
               of
               Arragon
            
             
               67
            
             
               Queen
               of
               Corinth
            
             
               60
            
             
               Queen
               's
               Arcadia
            
             
               32
            
             
               Queen's
               Exchange
            
             
               13
            
             
               Queen's
               Masque
               of
               Beauty
            
             
               80
            
             
               Queen's
               Masque
               of
               Blackness
            
             
               ib.
               
            
             
               
                 Querer
                 per
                 Solo
                 querer
                 ,
                 see
              
               To
               Love
               only
               for
               Love's
               Sake
            
             
          
        
         
           
             
               R.
               
            
             
               RAging
               Turk
            
             
               65
            
             
               Ram
               Alley
            
             
               8
            
             
               Rambling
               Iustice
            
             
               85
            
             
               Rampant
               Alderman
            
             
               167
            
             
               Rape
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Rape
               of
               Lucrece
            
             
               71
            
             
               Rebellion
            
             
               117
            
             
               Reformation
            
             
               167
            
             
               Rehearsal
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Religious
            
             
               106
            
             
               Religious
               Rebel
            
             
               167
            
             
               Renegado
            
             
               95
            
             
               Return
               from
               Parnassus
            
             
               167
            
             
               Revenge
            
             
               pag.
               167
            
             
               Regulus
            
             
               20
            
             
               Revenge
               for
               Honour
            
             
               19
            
             
               Revengers
               Tragedy
               ,
               see
               Loyal
               Brother
            
             
             
               Reward
               of
               Vertue
            
             
               62
            
             
               Rhodon
               and
               Iris
            
             
               84
            
             
               Richard
               the
               Second
            
             
               128,140
            
             
               Richard
               the
               Third
            
             
               128
            
             
               Richmond
               Heiress
            
             
               52
            
             
               Rival
               Friends
            
             
               68
            
             
               Rival
               Kings
            
             
               7
            
             
               Rival
               Ladies
            
             
               46
            
             
               Rival
               Queens
            
             
               86
            
             
               Rival
               Sisters
            
             
               65
            
             
               Rivals
            
             
               167
            
             
               Roaring
               Girl
            
             
               99
            
             
               Robert
               ,
               ●Earl
               of
               Huntingdon's
               Downfal
               and
               Death
            
             
               71
            
             
               Robin
               Conscience
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Robin
               Hood's
               Pastoral
               May-games
            
             
               167
            
             
               Robin
               Hood
               and
               his
               Crew
               of
               Soldiers
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Roman
               Actor
            
             
               96
            
             
               Roman
               Empress
            
             
               82
            
             
               Roman
               Generals
            
             
               39
            
             
               Romeo
               and
               Iuliet
            
             
               129
            
             
               Rome's
               Follies
            
             
               151
            
             
               Romulus
               and
               Hersilia
            
             
               167
            
             
               Roundheads
            
             
               9
            
             
               Rover
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Royal
               Cuckold
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Royalist
            
             
               52
            
             
               Royal
               King
               and
               Loyal
               Subject
            
             
               71
            
             
               Royal
               Masque
               at
               Hampton-Court
            
             
               168
            
             
               Royal
               Master
            
             
               133
            
             
               Royal
               Mischief
            
             
               91
            
             
               Royal
               Shepherdess
            
             
               125
            
             
               Royal
               Slave
            
             
               17
            
             
               Royal
               Voyage
            
             
               168
            
             
               Rule
               a
               Wife
               ,
               and
               have
               a
               Wife
            
             
               60
            
             
               Rump
            
             
               140
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               SAcrifice
            
             
               pag.
               54
            
             
               Sad
               One
            
             
               138
            
             
               Sad
               Shepheard
            
             
               80
            
             
               Saint
               Cicely
            
             
               151
            
             
               Salmacida
               Spolia
            
             
               168
            
             
               Sampson
               Agonistes
            
             
               100
            
             
               Sapho
               and
               Phaon
            
             
               87
            
             
               Satyromastix
            
             
               136
            
             
               Scaramouch
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               117
            
             
               School
               of
               Complements
               ,
               see
               Love
               Tricks
            
             
             
               Scornful
               Lady
            
             
               60
            
             
               Scots
               Figaries
            
             
               140
            
             
               Scottish
               Politick
               Presbyter
            
             
               168
            
             
               Scowrers
            
             
               124
            
             
               Sea
               Voyage
            
             
               60
            
             
               Seven
               Champions
               of
               Christendom
            
             
               84
            
             
               See
               mee
               ,
               and
               see
               me
               not
            
             
               10
            
             
               Sejanus's
               Fall
            
             
               80
            
             
               Selimus
               Emperor
               of
               the
               Turks
            
             
               65
            
             
               Selindra
            
             
               83
            
             
               Sertorius
            
             
               5
            
             
               Several
               Wits
            
             
               106
            
             
               Sforza
               ,
               Duke
               of
               Millain
            
             
               65
            
             
               Sham
               Lawyer
            
             
               40
            
             
               She
               Gallants
            
             
               66
            
             
               She
               Ventures
               and
               he
               Wins
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Shepheards
               Holyday
            
             
               119
            
             
               Shepheards
               Paradice
            
             
               101
            
             
               Shoomaker
               's
               a
               Gentleman
            
             
               118
            
             
               Shoomakers
               Holiday
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Sicelides
            
             
               168
            
             
               Sicily
               and
               Naples
            
             
               *
               152
            
             
               Siege
            
             
               17,33
            
             
               Siege
               of
               Babylon
            
             
               112
            
             
               Siege
               of
               Constantinople
            
             
               168
            
             
               Siege
               of
               Memphis
            
             
               52
            
             
               Siege
               of
               Rhodes
            
             
               34
            
             
               Siege
               of
               Urbin
            
             
               83
            
             
               Silent
               Woman
            
             
               80
            
             
               Silver
               Age
            
             
               70
            
             
               Sir
               Anthony
               Love
            
             
               136
            
             
               Sir
               Barnaby
               Whig
            
             
               52
            
             
               Sir
               Clyomon
               ,
               Knight
               of
               the
               Golden
               Shield
            
             
               169
            
             
               Sir
               Courtly
               Nice
            
             
               30
            
             
               Sir
               Giles
               Goose-Cap
            
             
               169
            
             
               Sir
               Hercules
               Buffoon
            
             
               85
            
             
               Sir
               Martin
               Mar-all
            
             
               46
            
             
               Sir
               Patient
               Fancy
            
             
               9
            
             
               Sir
               Solomon
            
             
               169
            
             
               Sisters
            
             
               133
            
             
               Six
               Days
               Adventure
            
             
               74
            
             
               Slighted
               Maid
            
             
               137
            
             
               Sociable
               Companions
            
             
               106
            
             
               Sodom
            
             
               56
            
             
               Soliman
               and
               Perseda
            
             
               169
            
             
               Sophister
            
             
               37
            
             
               Sophompaneos
            
             
               65
            
             
               Sophonisba
            
             
               86,94
            
             
               Sophy
            
             
               37
            
             
               Soldiers
               Fortune
            
             
               108
            
             
               Spanish
               Bawd
            
             
               169
            
             
               Spanish
               Curate
            
             
               60
            
             
               Spanish
               Fryar
            
             
               46
            
             
               Spanish
               Gypsies
            
             
               99,118
            
             
               Spanish
               Rogue
            
             
               48
            
             
               Spanish
               Wives
            
             
               112
            
             
               Sparagus
               Garden
            
             
               13
            
             
               Speeches
               at
               Prince
               Henry's
               Barriers
            
             
               80
            
             
               Spightful
               Sister
            
             
               5
            
             
               Sport
               upon
               Sport
            
             
               169
            
             
               Springs
               Glory
            
             
               103
            
             
               Squire
               of
               Alsatia
            
             
               124
            
             
               Squire
               old
               Sap.
               
            
             
               183
            
             
               Staple
               of
               News
            
             
               80
            
             
               State
               of
               Innocence
            
             
               46
            
             
               Step-mother
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Strange
               Discovery
            
             
               169
            
             
               Subjects
               Ioy
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Successful
               Strangers
            
             
               102
            
             
               Sullen
               Lovers
            
             
               124
            
             
               Summers's
               Last
               Will
               and
               Testament
            
             
               104
            
             
               Sun
               's
               Darling
            
             
               62
            
             
               Supposes
            
             
               63
            
             
               Surprisal
            
             
               75
            
             
               Susanna's
               Tears
            
             
               169
            
             
               
               Swaggering
               Damoiselle
            
             
               p.
               17
            
             
               Swetnam
               the
               Woman-hater
               arraign'd
            
             
               169
            
          
        
         
           
             
               T.
               
            
             
               TAle
               of
               a
               Tub
            
             
               80
            
             
               Tamberlain
               the
               Great
            
             
               92
               ,
               121
            
             
               Taming
               of
               the
               Shrew
            
             
               129
            
             
               Tancred
               and
               Gismond
            
             
               148
            
             
               Tartuff
            
             
               97
            
             
               Tarugo's
               Wiles
            
             
               120
            
             
               Tempe
               restor'd
            
             
               170
            
             
               Tempest
            
             
               47,129
            
             
               Temple
            
             
               19
            
             
               Temple
               of
               Love
            
             
               34
            
             
               Terrence's
               Comedies
            
             
               73
            
             
               The
               longer
               thou
               liv'st
               ,
               the
               more
               Fool
               thou
               art
            
             
               146
            
             
               Thebais
            
             
               106
            
             
               Theodosius
            
             
               86
            
             
               Thersytes
            
             
               21,170
            
             
               Thomaso
            
             
               83
            
             
               Thornby
               Abby
            
             
               155
            
             
               Thracian
               Wonder
            
             
               147
            
             
               Three
               Ladies
               of
               London
            
             
               155
            
             
               Thyerry
               and
               Theodoret
            
             
               60
            
             
               Thyestes
            
             
               29,69,149
            
             
               Tiberius
               (
               Claudius
               ,
               Nero
               )
            
             
               170
            
             
               Time
               vindicated
               to
               himself
               and
               to
               his
               Honours
            
             
               80
            
             
               Timolion
            
             
               170
            
             
               Timon
               of
               Athens
            
             
               125,129
            
             
               'T
               is
               pity
               she
               's
               a
               Whore
            
             
               61
            
             
               Titus
               Andronicus
            
             
               117,129
            
             
               Titus
               and
               Berenice
            
             
               108
            
             
               Tom
               Essence
            
             
               170
            
             
               Tom
               Tyler
               and
               his
               Wife
            
             
               ibid
            
             
               Tottenham
               Court
            
             
               103
            
             
               Town
               Fop
            
             
               10
            
             
               Town
               Shifts
            
             
               117
            
             
               Trapolin
               supposed
               a
               Prince
            
             
               21
            
             
               Travels
               of
               Three
               English
               Brothers
            
             
               36
            
             
               Traytor
            
             
               pag.
               133
            
             
               Traytor
               to
               himself
            
             
               170
            
             
               Treacherous
               Brother
            
             
               113
            
             
               Trick
               for
               Trick
            
             
               52
            
             
               Trick
               to
               catch
               the
               Old
               One
            
             
               99
            
             
               Triumph
               of
               Beauty
            
             
               133
            
             
               Triumph
               of
               Love
               and
               Antiquity
            
             
               99
            
             
               Triumph
               of
               Peace
            
             
               179
            
             
               Triumph
               of
               the
               Prince
               D'Amour
            
             
               34
            
             
               Triumphs
               of
               Vertue
            
             
               170
            
             
               Triumphant
               Widow
            
             
               105
            
             
               Troades
            
             
               130,152
            
             
               Troas
            
             
               69,153
            
             
               Troylus
               and
               Cressida
            
             
               47,129
            
             
               True
               Trojans
            
             
               170
            
             
               True
               Widow
            
             
               125
            
             
               Tryal
               of
               Chivalry
            
             
               170
            
             
               Tryal
               of
               Treasure
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Tryphon
            
             
               11
            
             
               Tunbridge
               Wells
            
             
               171
            
             
               Twelfth
               Night
            
             
               129
            
             
               Twins
            
             
               118
            
             
               Two
               angry
               Women
               of
               Abington
            
             
               112
            
             
               Two
               Noble
               Kinsmen
            
             
               60
            
             
               Two
               Tragedies
               in
               One
            
             
               150
            
             
               Two
               Wise
               Men
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               rest
               Fools
            
             
               19
            
             
               Tide
               Tarrieth
               for
               no
               Man
            
             
               146
            
             
               Tyrannical
               Government
            
             
               171
            
             
               Tyranick
               Love
            
             
               47
            
          
        
         
           
             
               V.
               
            
             
               VAlentinian
            
             
               60
            
             
               Valiant
               Scot
            
             
               154
            
             
               Valiant
               Welchman
            
             
               151
            
             
               Varieties
            
             
               105
            
             
               Venice
               preserv'd
            
             
               108
            
             
               Very
               Good
               Wife
            
             
               113
            
             
               Very
               Woman
            
             
               96
            
             
               Vestal
               Virgin
            
             
               75
            
             
               Vilain
            
             
               112
            
             
               
               Virgin
               Martyr
            
             
               pag.
               96
            
             
               Virgin
               Widow
            
             
               114
            
             
               Virtuoso
            
             
               178
            
             
               Vertuous
               Octavia
            
             
               12
            
             
               Vertuous
               Wife
            
             
               52
            
             
               Vertue
               betrayed
            
             
               7
            
             
               Vision
               of
               Delight
            
             
               81
            
             
               Vision
               of
               the
               Twelve
               Goddesses
            
             
               32
            
             
               Unfortunate
               Lovers
            
             
               103
            
             
               Unfortunate
               Mother
            
             
               382
            
             
               U●fortunate
               Shepheard
            
             
               142
            
             
               Unfortunate
               Usurper
            
             
               171
            
             
               Ungrateful
               Favourite
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Unhappy
               Fair
               Irene
            
             
               139
            
             
               Unhappy
               Favourite
            
             
               7
            
             
               Unhappy
               Kindness
            
             
               122
            
             
               Unnatural
               Brother
            
             
               56
            
             
               Unnatural
               Combat
            
             
               96
            
             
               Unnatural
               Tragedy
            
             
               106
            
             
               Untrussing
               the
               Humorous
               Poet
               ,
               see
               Satyromastix
               .
            
             
             
               Volunteers
            
             
               125
            
             
               Vow-breaker
            
             
               120
            
             
               Usurper
            
             
               74
            
             
               Vulpone
               ,
               see
               Fox
            
             
          
        
         
           
             
               W
            
             
               WAlks
               of
               Illington
               and
               Hogsden
            
             
               81
            
             
               Wandring
               Lover
            
             
               98
            
             
               Warning
               for
               fair
               Women
            
             
               171
            
             
               War●
               Widow
            
             
               72
            
             
               Weakest
               goes
               to
               the
               Wall
            
             
               171
            
             
               Wealth
               and
               Health
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Wedding
            
             
               134
            
             
               Westward-hoe
            
             
               37
            
             
               What
               you
               will
            
             
               94
            
             
               When
               you
               see
               me
               you
               know
               me
            
             
               119
            
             
               White
               Devil
            
             
               147
            
             
               Whore
               of
               Babylon
            
             
               37
            
             
               Wi●t's
               History
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Widow
            
             
               81
            
             
               Widow
               Ranter
            
             
               10
            
             
               Widow's
               Tears
            
             
               19
            
             
               Wife
               for
               a
               Month
            
             
               60
            
             
               Wild
               Gallant
            
             
               47
            
             
               Wild
               Goose-chase
            
             
               60
            
             
               Wily
               beguil'd
            
             
               171
            
             
               Win
               her
               and
               take
               her
            
             
               171
            
             
               Wine
               ,
               Beer
               ,
               Ale
               ,
               and
               Tobacco
            
             
               171
            
             
               Winters
               Tale
            
             
               129
            
             
               Wise
               Women
               of
               Hogsden
            
             
               72
            
             
               Witch
               of
               Edmonton
            
             
               37,118
            
             
               Wit
               at
               several
               Weapons
            
             
               60
            
             
               Wit
               of
               a
               Woman
            
             
               171
            
             
               Wit
               in
               a
               Constable
            
             
               64
            
             
               Wit
               without
               Money
            
             
               60
            
             
               Wits
            
             
               34
            
             
               Wits
               Cabal
            
             
               106
            
             
               Wits
               led
               by
               the
               Nose
            
             
               172
            
             
               Witty
               Combat
            
             
               152
            
             
               Witty
               Fair
               one
            
             
               134
            
             
               Wives
               Excuse
            
             
               136
            
             
               Woman
               Captain
            
             
               126
            
             
               Woman
               Hater
            
             
               61
            
             
               Woman
               Hater
               Arraign'd
               ,
               see
               Swetnam
            
             
             
               Woman
               in
               the
               Moon
            
             
               87
            
             
               Woman
               kill'd
               with
               Kindness
            
             
               72
            
             
               Woman
               turn'd
               Bully
            
             
               172
            
             
               Woman
               's
               a
               Weathercock
            
             
               55
            
             
               Woman's
               Conquest
            
             
               74
            
             
               Woman's
               Prize
            
             
               61
            
             
               Woman
               will
               have
               her
               Will
            
             
               172
            
             
               Woman's
               Wit
            
             
               20
            
             
               Women
               beware
               Women
            
             
               100
            
             
               Woman
               pleas'd
            
             
               61
            
             
               Wonder
               of
               a
               K●●gdom
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Wonder
               ,
               a
               Woman
               never
               vex'd
            
             
               118
            
             
               World
               tost
               at
               Tennis
            
             
               100
            
             
               World
               in
               the
               Moon
            
             
               124
            
             
               
               World's
               Idol
            
             
               *
               151
            
             
               Wrangling
               Lovers
            
             
               117
            
          
        
         
           
             
               Y.
               
            
             
               YORKSHIRE
               Tragedy
               ,
            
             
               129
            
             
               Young
               Admiral
            
             
               134
            
             
               Young
               King
            
             
               10
            
             
               Younger
               Brother
            
             
               ibid.
               
            
             
               Your
               Five
               Gallants
            
             
               100
            
             
               Youth's
               Glory
               and
               Death's
               Banquet
            
             
               106
            
          
        
         
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           of
           the
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             the
             most
             Honourable
             ,
             Iohn
             ,
             Lord
             Marques
             of
             Normanby
             ,
             and
             Rector
             of
             Epworth
             ,
             in
             the
             County
             of
             Lincoln
             .
             Each
             Book
             illustrated
             by
             necessary
             Notes
             ,
             explaining
             the
             more
             difficult
             Matters
             in
             the
             whole
             History
             :
             Also
             a
             Prefatory
             Discourse
             concerning
             Heroick
             Poetry
             .
             The
             Second
             Edition
             ,
             revised
             by
             the
             Author
             ,
             and
             improv'd
             with
             the
             Addition
             of
             a
             large
             Map
             of
             the
             Holy
             Land
             ,
             and
             a
             Table
             of
             the
             principal
             Matters
             :
             With
             Sixty
             Copper
             Plates
             ,
             by
             the
             Celebrated
             Hands
             of
             
               William
               Faithorne
            
             .
          
           
             Resolves
             ,
             Divine
             ,
             Moral
             ,
             and
             Political
             ;
             with
             several
             New
             Additions
             ,
             both
             in
             Prose
             and
             Verse
             ,
             not
             extant
             in
             the
             former
             Impressions
             .
             In
             this
             Eleventh
             Edition
             References
             are
             made
             to
             the
             Poetical
             Citations
             ,
             heretofore
             much
             wauted
             .
             By
             
               Owen
               Feltham
            
             ,
             
               Esq
            
          
        
         
           
           
             QUARTO
             .
          
           
             Mechanick
             Powers
             ;
             or
             ,
             The
             Mystery
             of
             Nature
             and
             Art
             unvail'd
             :
             Shewing
             what
             great
             things
             may
             be
             perform'd
             by
             Mechanick
             Engines
             ,
             in
             removing
             and
             raising
             Bodies
             of
             vast
             Weights
             ,
             with
             little
             Strength
             or
             Force
             ;
             and
             also
             the
             making
             of
             Machines
             or
             Engines
             for
             raising
             of
             Water
             ,
             dreining
             of
             Grounds
             ,
             and
             several
             other
             uses
             :
             Together
             with
             a
             Treatise
             of
             Circular
             Motion
             ,
             artificially
             fitted
             to
             Mechanick
             Use
             ,
             and
             the
             making
             of
             Clock
             Work
             ,
             and
             other
             Engines
             .
             A
             Work
             Pleasant
             and
             Profitable
             for
             all
             sorts
             of
             Men
             ,
             from
             the
             highest
             to
             the
             lowest
             Degree
             ;
             and
             never
             treated
             of
             in
             English
             before
             ,
             and
             that
             but
             briefly
             .
             The
             whole
             comprised
             in
             Ten
             Books
             ,
             and
             illustrated
             with
             Copper
             Cuts
             ,
             by
             
               Ven.
               Mandey
            
             ,
             and
             
               I.
               Moxon
            
             ,
             Philomat
             .
          
        
         
           
             OCTAVO
             .
          
           
             The
             Christian
             Pattern
             Paraphras'd
             :
             Or
             the
             Book
             of
             the
             Imitation
             of
             Christ
             ,
             commonly
             ascribed
             to
             
               Thomas
               a
               Keimpis
            
             ;
             made
             English
             by
             
               Luke
               Milbourn
            
             ,
             a
             Presbyter
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             Four
             Tracts
             .
             I.
             A
             Discourse
             against
             Revenge
             .
             II.
             Questions
             and
             Answers
             concerning
             the
             two
             Religions
             ,
             viz.
             Church
             of
             England
             and
             Church
             of
             Rome
             .
             III.
             An
             Account
             of
             an
             Evening-Conference
             with
             a
             Iesuit
             in
             the
             Savoy
             .
             IV.
             A
             Dissuasive
             from
             Popery
             ,
             being
             a
             Letter
             to
             a
             Lady
             .
             By
             
               A.
               Horneck
            
             ,
             D.
             D.
             late
             Prebendary
             of
             Westminster
             ,
             and
             Preacher
             at
             the
             Savoy
             .
             With
             a
             Preface
             by
             Mr.
             Edwards
             .
          
           
             The
             Family
             Dictionary
             :
             Or
             ,
             Houshold
             Companion
             :
             Containing
             in
             an
             Alphabetical
             Method
             ,
             I.
             Directions
             for
             Cookery
             ,
             &c.
             
             II.
             Making
             all
             sorts
             
             of
             Pastry-Ware
             ,
             &c.
             
             III.
             Making
             of
             Conserves
             ,
             Candies
             ,
             &c.
             
             IV.
             Making
             all
             kind
             of
             Potable
             Liquors
             ,
             &c.
             V.
             Making
             all
             sorts
             of
             Perfumes
             ,
             &c.
             
             VI.
             The
             Vertues
             and
             Uses
             of
             the
             most
             usual
             Herbs
             and
             Plants
             ,
             &c.
             
             VII
             .
             The
             Preparation
             of
             several
             choice
             Medicines
             ,
             Physical
             and
             Chirurgical
             ,
             &c.
             
             The
             Second
             Edition
             ,
             corrected
             and
             much
             enlarged
             ;
             by
             
               William
               Salmon
            
             ,
             Professor
             of
             Physick
             .
          
           
             Solid
             Philosophy
             asserted
             against
             the
             Fancies
             of
             the
             Ideists
             ;
             or
             ,
             The
             Method
             to
             Science
             farther
             Illustrated
             ;
             with
             Reflections
             on
             Mr.
             
             Lock
             's
             Essay
             ,
             concerning
             Humane
             Understanding
             .
          
           
             
               Cursus
               Osteologicus
            
             :
             Being
             a
             Compleat
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Bone
             ;
             according
             to
             the
             newest
             and
             most
             refin'd
             Notions
             of
             Anatomy
             :
             Shewing
             their
             Nature
             ,
             Substance
             ,
             Composition
             ,
             manner
             of
             Ossification
             ,
             Nourishment
             ,
             &c.
             
             To
             which
             is
             annexed
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             Appendix
             ,
             an
             excellent
             Method
             of
             Whitening
             ,
             Cleansing
             ,
             Preparing
             ,
             and
             Uniting
             the
             Bones
             ,
             to
             form
             a
             Movable
             Sceleton
             ,
             wherein
             the
             Bones
             may
             have
             the
             same
             Motions
             as
             in
             a
             living
             Subject
             .
             The
             whole
             being
             a
             Work
             very
             useful
             and
             necessary
             for
             all
             Students
             in
             Physick
             and
             Surgery
             .
             By
             
               Robert
               Baker
            
             ,
             Chirurgeon
             .
          
           
             Abra-mule
             :
             Or
             ,
             A
             True
             History
             of
             the
             Dethronement
             of
             Mahomet
             IV.
             Written
             in
             French
             by
             
               M.
               le
               Noble
            
             .
             Made
             English
             by
             
               I.
               P.
            
             
          
           
             Divine
             Emblems
             by
             
               Francis
               Quarles
            
             ,
             together
             with
             his
             Hieroglyphicks
             of
             the
             Life
             of
             Man.
             
          
           
             Contemplations
             ,
             Moral
             and
             Divine
             ,
             in
             Two
             Parts
             .
             By
             Sir
             
               Matthew
               Hale
            
             ,
             late
             Lord
             Chief-Iustice
             of
             the
             Kings
             Bench.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             DUODECIMO
             .
          
           
             The
             Psalms
             of
             David
             in
             English
             Metre
             ;
             translated
             from
             the
             Original
             ,
             and
             suited
             to
             all
             the
             Tunes
             now
             sung
             in
             Churches
             ;
             with
             the
             Additions
             of
             several
             new
             .
             By
             
               Luke
               Milbourne
            
             ,
             a
             Presbyter
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
          
           
             
               Officium
               Eucharisticum
            
             ;
             a
             preparatory
             Service
             to
             a
             Devout
             and
             worthy
             Reception
             of
             the
             Lord's
             Supper
             .
             The
             Sixteenth
             Edition
             .
             To
             which
             is
             added
             a
             Meditation
             for
             every
             Day
             in
             the
             Week
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lately
             Published
             .
          
           
             The
             Church
             of
             England
             Man's
             Private
             Devotions
             .
             Being
             a
             Collection
             of
             Prayers
             out
             of
             the
             Common-Prayer
             Book
             ,
             for
             Morning
             ,
             Noon
             ,
             and
             Night
             ;
             and
             other
             special
             Occasions
             .
             By
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             Weeks
             Preparation
             to
             the
             Sacrament
             .
             12
             mo
             .
             Price
             stitch'd
             3
             d.
             Bound
             6
             d.
             
          
           
             The
             Holy
             Days
             ;
             or
             ,
             The
             Holy
             Feasts
             and
             Fasts
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             observed
             in
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             (
             throughout
             the
             Year
             )
             explained
             ;
             and
             the
             Reasons
             why
             they
             are
             yearly
             celebrated
             .
             With
             Cuts
             before
             each
             Day
             .
             12
             mo
             .
             Price
             Bound
             1
             s.
             6
             d.
             
          
           
             An
             Essay
             upon
             Sublime
             Style
             .
             Translated
             from
             the
             Greek
             of
             
               Dionysius
               Longinus
               Cassius
            
             ,
             the
             Rhetorician
             .
             Compared
             with
             the
             French
             of
             the
             Sieur
             
               Despreaux
               Boîleau
            
             ,
             8
             vo
             .
             Price
             Bound
             1
             s.
             6
             d.
             
          
           
             The
             Spiritual
             Combat
             ;
             or
             ,
             The
             Christian
             Pilgrim
             in
             his
             Spiritual
             Conflict
             and
             Conquest
             .
             By
             
               Iohn
               de
               Castaniza
            
             .
             Translated
             from
             the
             French
             ,
             with
             some
             Additions
             .
             Revised
             and
             Recommended
             by
             the
             Reverend
             
             
               Richard
               Lucas
            
             ,
             D.
             D.
             Rector
             of
             St.
             
               Katharine
               Coleman-street
            
             .
             8
             vo
             .
             Price
             Bound
             ,
             1
             s.
             6
             d.
             
          
           
             The
             Art
             of
             knowing
             ones
             self
             :
             Or
             ,
             an
             Enquiry
             into
             the
             Sources
             of
             Morality
             .
             Written
             Originally
             in
             French
             ,
             by
             the
             Reverend
             Dr.
             Abadie
             ,
             in
             Two
             Parts
             .
             The
             Second
             Edition
             ,
             8
             vo
             .
             Price
             Bound
             1
             s.
             
          
           
             
               Gulielmi
               Oughtredi
               AEtonensis
               ,
               Clavis
               Mathematica
               denuo
               Limata
               ,
               sive
               potius
               Fabricata
               .
               Cum
               aliis
               quibusdam
               ejusdem
               Commentationibus
               ,
               quae
               in
               Sequenti
               Pagina
               recensentur
               .
               Editio
               Quinta
               auctior
               &
               emendatior
               .
               Ex
               recognitione
               D.
            
             Iohannis
             Wallis
             ,
             
               S.
               T.
               D.
               Geometriae
               Professoris
               Saviliani
               .
            
             8
             vo
             .
             Price
             Bound
             3
             s.
             
          
           
             Advice
             to
             young
             Gentlemen
             ,
             in
             their
             several
             Conditions
             of
             Life
             :
             by
             way
             of
             Address
             from
             a
             Father
             to
             his
             Children
             .
             By
             the
             Abbot
             Goussault
             ,
             Counsellor
             in
             Parliament
             ;
             with
             his
             Sentiments
             and
             Maxims
             upon
             what
             passes
             in
             Civil
             Society
             .
             Printed
             at
             Paris
             ,
             1697.
             and
             translated
             into
             English.
             8
             vo
             .
             Price
             Bound
             1
             s.
             6
             d.
             
          
           
             A
             Voyage
             to
             the
             East-Indies
             :
             Giving
             an
             Account
             of
             the
             Isles
             of
             Madagascar
             ,
             and
             Mascareigne
             ,
             of
             Suratte
             ,
             the
             Coast
             of
             Malabar
             ,
             of
             
               Goa
               ,
               Gameron
               ,
               Ormus
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Coast
             of
             Brasil
             ,
             with
             the
             Religion
             ,
             Customs
             ,
             Trade
             ,
             &c.
             of
             the
             Inhabitants
             ,
             as
             also
             a
             Treatise
             of
             the
             Distempers
             peculiar
             to
             the
             Eastern
             Countries
             .
             To
             which
             is
             annexed
             an
             Abstract
             of
             Monsieur
             de
             Rennefort's
             History
             of
             the
             East-Indies
             ,
             with
             his
             Propositions
             for
             the
             Improvement
             of
             the
             East-India
             Company
             .
             Written
             Originally
             in
             French
             ,
             by
             Mr.
             Dellon
             ,
             M.
             D.
             8
             vo
             .
          
           
             The
             History
             of
             Poland
             ,
             in
             several
             Letters
             to
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             ;
             giving
             an
             Account
             of
             the
             present
             State
             of
             that
             Kingdom
             ,
             Geographical
             ,
             Historical
             ,
             Political
             ,
             Physical
             and
             Ecclesiastical
             ;
             in
             Two
             Volumes
             .
             By
             
               Bernard
               Connor
            
             ,
             M.
             D.
             Fellow
             of
             the
             Royal
             Society
             
             and
             Member
             of
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Physicians
             ;
             who
             in
             his
             Travels
             in
             that
             Country
             ,
             collected
             these
             Memoirs
             from
             the
             best
             Authors
             and
             his
             own
             Observations
             .
             Compos'd
             and
             publish'd
             by
             Mr.
             Savage
             .
             Price
             10
             s.
             
          
           
             The
             Mistery
             of
             Fanaticism
             ;
             or
             ,
             The
             Artifices
             of
             Dissenters
             to
             support
             their
             Schism
             ,
             together
             with
             the
             Evil
             and
             Danger
             of
             them
             ,
             wherein
             't
             is
             made
             appear
             ,
             that
             nothing
             but
             the
             Cunning
             and
             Subtilty
             of
             their
             Teachers
             doth
             now
             hinder
             the
             People
             from
             Conformity
             ,
             8
             vo
             .
          
           
             
               Modus
               Transferendi
               Status
               per
               Recorda
            
             ;
             a
             Compleat
             Collection
             of
             choice
             Precedents
             for
             Fines
             upon
             Writs
             of
             Covenant
             ,
             and
             Common
             Recoveries
             upon
             Writs
             of
             Entry
             in
             the
             Post
             upon
             all
             Cases
             ;
             whereby
             Lands
             may
             be
             setled
             ;
             1.
             in
             the
             Crown
             ,
             to
             preserve
             the
             same
             in
             the
             utmost
             Posterity
             ;
             or
             ,
             2.
             the
             same
             be
             transfer'd
             from
             one
             to
             another
             ;
             in
             Fee
             Simple
             ,
             Fee
             Tale
             ,
             for
             Life
             or
             Years
             :
             or
             ,
             3.
             
             Annuities
             may
             be
             granted
             thereby
             in
             Fee
             Tale
             ,
             &c.
             or
             ,
             4.
             any
             other
             Estates
             may
             be
             raised
             thereby
             ,
             which
             can
             be
             done
             by
             Deed
             of
             Conveyance
             ,
             to
             which
             Presidents
             are
             prefixt
             Two
             Discourses
             of
             the
             Nature
             and
             Operations
             of
             ,
             and
             the
             Use
             and
             Practice
             relating
             to
             Fines
             and
             Recoveries
             .
             By
             
               W.
               Brown
            
             ,
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Common-Pleas
             .
             8
             vo
             .
          
           
             The
             History
             and
             Reason
             of
             the
             Dependency
             of
             Ireland
             ,
             upon
             the
             Imperial
             Crown
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             England
             ,
             rectifying
             Mr.
             
             Molyneux's
             State
             of
             the
             Case
             of
             
             Ireland's
             being
             bound
             by
             Acts
             of
             Parliament
             in
             England
             .
          
           
             A
             Relation
             of
             a
             very
             sudden
             and
             extraordinary
             Cure
             of
             a
             Person
             bitten
             by
             a
             Viper
             ,
             by
             the
             Means
             of
             Acids
             ;
             together
             with
             some
             Remarks
             upon
             Dr.
             
             Tuthil's
             Vindication
             of
             his
             Objections
             against
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             
             Acids
             ,
             wherein
             are
             contained
             several
             things
             in
             order
             to
             the
             further
             clearing
             of
             the
             said
             Doctrine
             ;
             by
             
               Iohn
               Colebatch
            
             ,
             Member
             of
             the
             Colledge
             of
             Physicians
             .
          
           
             An
             Historical
             Account
             of
             the
             Manners
             and
             Behaviour
             of
             the
             Christians
             ,
             and
             the
             Practices
             of
             Christianity
             throughout
             the
             several
             Ages
             of
             the
             Church
             ;
             written
             originally
             in
             French
             ,
             by
             Mr.
             
               Cl.
               Fleury
            
             ,
             Preceptor
             to
             
               Monseigneur
               de
               Vermandois
            
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Dukes
             of
             Burgundy
             and
             Anjou
             ,
             8
             vo
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           BOORS
           Printed
           for
           ,
           and
           Sold
           by
           
             William
             Turner
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             White
             Horse
          
           without
           Temple-Bar
           .
        
         
           THE
           English
           Historical
           Library
           ;
           or
           ,
           A
           short
           View
           and
           Character
           of
           most
           of
           the
           Writers
           now
           extant
           ,
           either
           in
           Print
           or
           Manuscript
           ;
           which
           may
           be
           serviceable
           to
           the
           Undertakers
           of
           a
           general
           History
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           .
           By
           
             William
             Nicolson
          
           ,
           A.
           M.
           Archdeacon
           of
           Carlisle
           .
        
         
           The
           English
           Historical
           Library
           ,
           Part
           II.
           Giving
           a
           Catalogue
           of
           most
           of
           our
           Ecclesiastical
           Historians
           ,
           and
           some
           Critical
           Reflections
           upon
           the
           Chief
           of
           them
           ;
           with
           a
           Preface
           correcting
           the
           Errors
           ,
           and
           supplying
           the
           Defects
           of
           the
           former
           Part.
           By
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           First
           Part.
           
        
         
           A
           Voyage
           of
           the
           Sieur
           
             Le
             Maire
          
           ,
           to
           the
           
             Canary-Islands
             ,
             Kape
             Verd
             ,
             Senegal
          
           and
           Gamby
           ;
           under
           Monsieur
           Dancourt
           ,
           Director
           General
           of
           the
           Royal
           African
           Company
           .
           Translated
           from
           the
           French
           by
           Mr.
           Dilke
           .
        
         
         
           Some
           farther
           Considerations
           concerning
           Alcaly
           and
           Acid
           ;
           by
           way
           of
           Appendix
           to
           a
           late
           Essay
           ;
           wherein
           the
           Terms
           are
           made
           clear
           ,
           and
           the
           Natures
           of
           them
           both
           more
           fully
           explained
           .
           Together
           with
           an
           Answer
           to
           the
           Objections
           that
           have
           been
           raised
           against
           some
           things
           contained
           in
           the
           said
           Essay
           .
           By
           
             Iohn
             Colbatch
          
           ,
           Physician
           .
        
         
           Queen
           Catharine
           ;
           or
           ,
           The
           Ruines
           of
           Love
           ;
           a
           Tragedy
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           Acted
           at
           the
           New
           Theatre
           ,
           in
           
             ●Little
             Lincolns
             -
             Inn
             -
             Fields
             .
          
           Written
           by
           Mrs.
           Pix
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A49536-e9110
           
             (a)
             
               Antiquit.
               Oxon.
               p.
            
             274.
             
          
           
             (b)
             
             Lloyd's
             Memoirs
             ,
             p.
             422.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Cockain's
               Epigr.
               Lib.
            
             2.
             
             Epig.
             7.
             
          
           
             †
             
               See
               his
               Poems
               p.
            
             93.
             and
             118.
             
          
           
             *
             Heywood's
             
               Epistle
               to
               the
               Reader
            
             .
          
           
             *
             See
             Beaumont
             and
             Fletcher's
             Plays
             ,
             last
             Edition
             ,
             fol.
             p.
             233.
             
          
           
             †
             
               Covent
               Garden
               Drollery
            
             ,
             p.
             86.
             
          
           
             *
             Si●
             William
             D'avenant's
             
               Works
               ,
               fol.
            
             p.
             249.
             
          
           
             (a)
             
               Fuller's
               Worthies
            
             ,
             p.
             222.
             
          
           
             (b)
             
               Baker's
               Chron.
               Reign
               of
               Queen
               Eliz.
            
             p.
             364.
             
          
           
             (a)
             Langbain's
             
               Account
               of
               the
               Dram.
               Poets
            
             ,
             p.
             258.
             
          
           
             Langbain's
             
               Account
               of
               Dramatick
               Poets
            
             .
             p.
             263.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Collection
               of
               Poems
               on
               several
               Occasions
               ,
            
             8vo
             .
             1673.
             pag.
             29.
             
          
           
             †
             Duffet's
             Poems
             ,
             8vo
             .
             pag.
             72.
             
          
           
             *
             Dryden's
             
               Dramatick
               Essay
            
             ,
             page
             .
             50.
             
          
           
             *
             
               London
               Drollery
            
             ,
             pag.
             11.
             12.
             
          
           
             *
             Langbain's
             
               Dram.
               Poets
            
             ,
             pag.
             308.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Wood
               Athenae
               Oxonienses
            
             Vol.
             2.
             p.
             372
             ,
             373.
             
          
           
             †
             Hist.
             and
             
               Antiquit.
               Oxon.
               Lib.
            
             2.
             p.
             282.